Dumbarton Castle – info boards
If you want to see some photos of the castle, including the Georgian part which I took back in 2018 on a blue sky day have a look here. There are plenty of information boards to read if you visit … Continue reading
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Dumbarton Castle and environs
Back in September Jack wanted to go to Dumbarton to watch a football match there, he’s a loyal supporter of Dumbarton Football Club – through thick and thin and at the moment it’s quite thin! Anyway, I’m not a huge … Continue reading
Dumbarton Castle – Tom Weir
On TV recently I’ve been watching a lot of programmes which feature people walking in the countryside. I do enjoy walking but mainly in good weather not so much in the winter, that’s armchair travelling time. The first such programmes … Continue reading
Dumbarton Castle and environs
Last week I was at Dumbarton Castle which is an old friend to me as I used to play around it when I was a wee girl as I lived not far from the castle. It might be a disappointment … Continue reading
Dumbarton Castle
If, in your travels you find yourself to be going just a wee bit north of Glasgow, then you should definitely find time to break your journey at Dumbarton Castle. The name Dumbarton derives from Dun Breatann meaning fortress of … Continue reading
Dumbarton Castle
In celebration of Dumbarton Football Club being promoted to the Second Division, I thought I would photograph some of my collection of prints and postcards of Dumbarton. Note the mediaeval instrument of torture on the left. (Only joking; but it … Continue reading
Dumbarton and the River Clyde
Back at Dumbarton Castle again, and you get some lovely views from there, below is the River Clyde, looking over to its south bank. And below looking over to Langbank on the other side of the river from Dumbarton. Obviously … Continue reading
Dumbarton from the Air
Have you been on to the new site Britain from Above? I just had to go on to see what the town I grew up in looked like in the aerial photos. The houses in the top left hand of … Continue reading
The Bells of Dumbarton by Lucy Lincoln Montgomery
I bought the above book from a well known auction site the other day and it arrived this morning. It was published by (ahem) The Religious Tract Society and it says under the title – A New England Story. I … Continue reading
Glencairn House, Dumbarton
This is the oldest building in Dumbarton, it dates back to 1623 and it is situated in the High Street next door to what used to be the good old Woolworths store, now sadly missed. Most of the time I … Continue reading