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Tighnabruaich, from the Kyles c1955
Tighnabruaich, from the Kyles c1955
Tighnabruaich, the Kyles of Bute c1955
Historic maps of Tighnabruaich and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Tighnabruaich maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Argyll
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We moved into Tighnabruaich when I was almost 8 yrs old. Our 1st house was on the Ardmarnock Est between Millhouse and Otter Ferry. We stayed there for around a year before moving into Corra Farm on the Ardlamont Est near Ardlamont House.
I used to go to Tigh. Primary School before moving onto Dunoon Grammar School.
I remember Pamela Briggs, Val, Karen + Sidney Moebeck, The Dillons Neil and Tom. Angela Whyte. Frank + Pamela Coutts who lived along the road from me. As did the McCrae brothers Donald + Iain just to name a few. I enjoyed the country life the peace and quiet without all the hustle and bustle of city life.
I've been back quite a few times to the old town and the farm either on my own time or as a tour driver with a party of visitors.
I could get very used to being a country gent.
In the immortal words of the song ''If I could turn back time'' I would in this case as I would have returned years ago
Shared on 25 June 2008
This is a favourite view of photographers taken from McIntyre's Boatyard. In the distance you can see St Bruoc's church which burnt down in 1956. In the foreground is a boat hiring station, one of three in the village. This one did not last into the 50's but the other two did. The next one along was McMillan's and there is another one on the far side of the stone pier run by Harry Stewart and Arthur Robertson well into the late 60's. In this era the bay was a well known visiting point for yacht crews, sadly today this has changed but the advent of a new Marina on the site of McIntyre's Boatyard may change all that.
Shared on 15 February 2007
My father, 'John' Johnson, was a chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1943-46. He was based on HMS Cyclops, the submarine depot ship, in Rothesay harbour The family accompanied him to Rothesay and we lived at 2, Desmond Bank for a time and in other places. My Dad occasionally helped with services at a Presbyterian church in Rothesay. I attended school for the first time in Rothesay with my elder brother Tim.
My memories of the area are dim but I visited last summer and revived some of them. I remember from my childhood some high swings at Kilchattan bay (no longer there) and finding a duck egg while walking in woods at Ascog (later put into a cake by Mum!). I remember a boy taking us to a pond and saying to us 'If ye're not there in two ticks, I'll murder ye!' - still the only thing I can say in a convincing Scottish accent! I remember VE day with the ships lit up in the bay.
Last summer, Rothesay still seemed a beautiful place, though a little run down like many seaside resorts throughout Britain.
Shared on 05 March 2009
I was stationed about the USS Canopus, and lived with my wife and son... and then daughter... on the second floor of the wonderful old house known as Joppa. I have a ton of photos, as well as a ton of memories. Another Canopus family lived on the first floor - Bruce and Sue Hill and their son - and every morning Bruce and I would drive to Holy Loch in his Mini, and often stop at the Royal Bar before travelling the last couple of blocks home. It was a glorious time, and I never quite understood some of the sailors and their spouses who didn't enter into the adventure of life in Scotland.
My wife and I travelled back about seven years ago and stayed in a B&B in Innellan. We walked along the shore and visited the shops in Dunoon, and even met one of the ladies who owned the Dhalling House where we stayed before we found Joppa.
I miss the ferry rides, fish and chips, the wonderful bleak and romantic scenery, and even the weather.
Shared on 17 November 2008
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Tighnabruaich, inspired by Frith photos.
Glasgow - A History & Celebration
Whereas Glasgow Green had been a part of the common grazing land of the burgh since the earliest times, the greening of Glasgow really began in 1852 when the city acquired the estates of Woodlands and Kelvingrove occupying the valley of the River Kelvin, and laid out the West End Park to a design by Sir Joseph Paxton.
Glasgow - A History & Celebration
The chair of Botany was instituted in 1818, and the first professor was Sir William Hooker, later Director of Kew Gardens. The Royal Botanic Society of Glasgow was founded a year later; the first botanic gardens were at Sandyford, but they moved to their present site in 1839- 42. For almost half a century ordinary members of the public paid a penny to gain admission, but in 1891, when the burgh of Hillhead was annexed by the city, the Botanic Gardens were transferred to the Parks Trustees and became a public park. Its chief landmark is the Kibble Palace, which originally stood in the grounds of John Kibble’s country mansion on the shores of Loch Long. He offered it to the city in 1871, but the Corporation rejected the offer (allegedly because of the nude statuary that adorned it), so Kibble offered it to the Botanic Society, and it was formally inaugurated in 1873. In its earlier years the Kibble Crystal Art Palace was the venue for many important events and regular concerts, but in 1881 it reverted to being a conservatory for exotic plants. However, it was one of the venues for the World Orchid Conference, held at Glasgow in 1993. In 2004 it was dismantled, and when it is repaired and expanded in 2006, it is hoped that it will again be used for public functions.
Glasgow - A History & Celebration
The statues include this monument to Sir Walter Scott, who stands atop a tall Doric column; it was erected in 1837, less than five years after his death, and was the first memorial to him anywhere.
