Old Kilmacolm and Bridge of Weir
Old Kilmacolm and Bridge of Weir

Author: Wilson Holland

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781840330403

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This is a gem of a book for anyone with an interest in social history. Here are fascinating pictures of Quarrier's Homes, including interior shots showing dinner-time in one of the cottages, and the mock-up shops where the orphans could learn work skills. Like Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir is reputed to be a well-to-do commuter village, evidenced by its tidy Main Street alongside pictures of the golf club house and elegant Edwardians out for a stroll along Horsewood Road. The book contains pictures of the Cross, Hydropathic Hotel, Lochwinnoch Road, Station Road, Pacemuir Mill and the very elegant outdoor swimming pool at Balrossie School in Kilmacolm. The Ranfurly Hotel, Gryffe Viaduct, and Gryffe Tannery buildings are amongst other pictures included.

Kilmacolm, a History
Kilmacolm, a History

Author: David Roe

Publisher: Birlinn Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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History of Kilmalcolm (aka Kilmacolm), Renfrewshire.

Supreme Sacrifice
Supreme Sacrifice

Author: Walter Reid

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2016-08-18

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1780274483

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The war memorial in the Scottish village of Bridge of Weir lists 72 men who died during the First World War. Their deaths occurred in almost every theatre of the war. They were awarded very few medals and their military careers were not remarkable - except in the important respect that they, like countless other peaceful civilians, answered their country's call in its time of need. This book follows the lives of these sons of Bridge of Weir, not just as soldiers, sailors and airmen, but as husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and members of a small local community which felt their loss intensely. At the same time it also paints a larger picture of the war - of the politicians and generals and military campaigns which shaped it. The brave men of Bridge of Weir know little of the wider context - their experience was of the little histories in which they fought and died. Readers of this book will understand what the 72 never knew: why and how the war was fought that claimed their lives.

Landscape, Materiality and Heritage
Landscape, Materiality and Heritage

Author: Tim Edensor

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-12-05

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 9811970300

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This book focuses on a single artefact, the Barochan Cross, a ninth century stone sculpture in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Exploring the changing stories, meanings, locations, uses and feelings of the sculpture, Tim Edensor adopts a broad temporal frame across twelve centuries that moves away from a periodisation that solely considers its original meanings and uses. Narrating the shifting ways in which the Barochan Cross has been moved, utilised, cared for, interpreted, encountered, sensed, copied and appropriated allows for a sophisticated yet highly accessible discussion about its changing relationships with the physical and conceptual landscapes in which it has been situated. This book thus expands the ways in which landscape might be conceptualised, revealing how artefacts can inform future critical thinking about heritage and bringing an important contribution to theories about material culture and landscape.

Flight of 'The Arctic Fox'
Flight of 'The Arctic Fox'

Author: Rory O'Grady

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1839783745

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'The Flight of The Arctic Fox' tells the riveting story of the lives of thirty-one passengers and crew on board a BEA Vickers Viscount flying from London to Naples in October 1958. Following a mid-air collision with a jet fighter over Nettuno in Italy, everyone on board died, including the author's brother, who was a member of the crew.