The Queen Mary II was a pleasure steamer that sailed on day trips down the River Clyde from Glasgow. These ended around in the 1970s. The ... (read more)
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Photos here were mostly not taken by me but by my father William F. Sommerville (1909-82) who travelled extensively in the Scottish Highlands in the 1950s and 1960s
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Dennys was a well-known Clyde shipyard, where the China clipper the Cutty Sark was built. It closed in 1963, before this picture was taken (read more)
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Aluminium smelter at Fort William, opened in the 1929. Still operational. Powered by Lochaber Hydro electric scheme. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochaber_hydroelectric_scheme http://visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/rio-tinto-alcan-aluminium-smelter-in-fort-william-at-rio-tinto-alcan-works (read more)
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Looking into Kyle of Lochalsh from the ferry (read more)
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Glenfinnan Highland Games. Held every summer. http://www.glenfinnan.org.uk/gathering.asp (read more)
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The passenger accommodation on the ferry which ran between Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin, before the Skye bridge was opened in 1995. (read more)
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The Bridge of Orchy hotel was severely damaged by a fire in October 1956. This picture, taken in early 1957, shows the shell of the hotel ... (read more)
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In 1963, the winter was so cold that Loch Lomond froze and it was safe to walk to the pleasure steamer - the Maid of the ... (read more)
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From: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clydebridge/ Clydebridge Steelworks in Cambuslang, at the East End of Glasgow opened in 1887. It was one of the giants of industrial Scotland, and its' ... (read more)
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Another view of the QE 2 being built (read more)
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The QE 2 was the last cruise liner built on the River Clyde at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank. Photo taken from a pleasure steamer Queen Mary ... (read more)
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