River Clyde Photography: Clyde fair weekend

Saturday 26 July 2008

Clyde fair weekend

A short video of ships and boats filmed during the Glasgow fair holiday weekend.

7 comments:

Jane said...: What an enjoyable compilation! Nice music too.; 28 July 2008 at 21:53
Gerard Ward said...: Thanks Jane,it an enjoyable fair weekend,[an unusually sunny fair weekend]; 28 July 2008 at 22:32
Anonymous said...: Brilliant Gerard,
I love your videos
Ian.[My Scotland]; 10 August 2008 at 17:12
Anonymous said...: I have viewed a few of your videos, great work but can you tell me the music used to back this clip - could it be something by 'Runrig'?; 17 August 2008 at 21:42
Gerard Ward said...: Thanks Michael,the music is by Mike Oldfield called arrival from his album QE2,although the original tune was by the Shadows!

Gerry; 17 August 2008 at 22:02
Anonymous said...: You've made my day although I'm ashame to say that as a big Mike Oldfield fan I have never heard that piece before. I have not got any albums of his from '78 to '92 as yet. QE2 was around 1980 so I think I'll move it to the top of the list.
Thanks,

Michael; 18 August 2008 at 19:39
Anonymous said...: really enjoyed the video, well done; 12 October 2008 at 11:08

River Clyde Photography

Over half of Scotland’s population lives within a short distance of the River Clyde, from its humble beginnings in South Lanarkshire where it is created by two streams the Patrail Water and the Daer Water, the two streams meet at Watermeetings where the River Clyde starts.

It’s not long before it reaches picturesque Lanark and its famous waterfalls. It eventually finds its way to Glasgow who’s citizens in the 18^th century narrowed and deepened and ultimately industrialised the river making it one of the most famous shipbuilding rivers in the world, Glasgow did indeed make the Clyde and of course the Clyde made Glasgow, at its peak the Clyde shipyards built a fifth of the worlds ships.

During the 2^nd world war Winston Churchill said that “Liverpool and Glasgow were the lungs in which the country breathed through”. Ship building along with heavy industry is all but dead on the Clyde, the majority of our industrial heritage was swept away in the 70s and 80s leaving few traces of the rivers famous past.

Leaving Glasgow, the Clyde broadens as you pass the towns of Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock, who all played a part in making the Clyde famous through shipbuilding.

At the Tail of the Bank the river broadens once more and becomes the firth with its many sea lochs coastal towns and villages.

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Saturday 26 July 2008

Clyde fair weekend

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