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A Greenock man set off on a solo 200 mile pilgrimage in aid of people living with dementia and raised thousands of pounds.
The old Scott's site in Greenock has been cleared, leaving almost no evidence of the shipyard which once operated there. It is now occupied by T Mobile. The Lithgow's site is also being razed as a ...
A LUXURIOUS 46-metre-long motor yacht has docked at Greenock ’s James Watt Marina. The Rahal arrived in Greenock yesterday ...
The Old West Kirk's original site behind the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Greenock. The Old West Kirk was built in 1591 but in the 1920s the building came under threat from the thriving shipyards.
Greenock May 1941 "Well I left the house ... They were found temporary accommodation in the shipyard in the old drawing office which we worked there for about 3 or 4 weeks while the school ...
On the south bank of the River Clyde at Greenock a large hole in the ground ... of repair facilities for large vessels," says former shipyard worker Robert Buirds, the driving force behind the ...
An estimated 25,000 naval, merchant and passenger ships have been built on the Clyde and its tributaries since the Scott family set up in Greenock ... of the Upper Clyde Shipyards workforce ...
SCOTLAND's richest man has revealed plans to resume the construction of ocean-going commercial ships on the Clyde. In a dramatic statement of confidence in what was once thought a dying industry ...
"Greenock and Port Glasgow used to have a number of Arrol cranes in the shipyards but they're all gone," Mr McElvie said. "The Titan is the only one that's left and it's sad to see it fall into a ...
Image source, Alec Galloway Image caption, The Old West Kirk's original site behind the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Greenock. The Old West Kirk was built in 1591 but in the 1920s the building ...
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