As well as being a famous local landmark, the Black Bridge was a handy crossing point at Place of Bonhill for people going from Renton to Bonhill and vice versa. The old bridge is now being replaced much to the delight of local people.
Day: December 9, 2019
FATHER CHRISTMAS AT THE HILL HOUSE
Father Christmas has stopped by the Hill House to collect his order of Blackie children’s books for delivery on Christmas Eve. Bring your little ones along to meet Father Christmas in the Kitchen and receive a gift before he returns to his Christmas preparations. Our café will be open, serving a seasonal menu along with freshly baked scones and sweet treats. Tickets to Father Christmas are £7 per child and adults go free (2 adults per child).
BALLOCH WRITER’S BOOK FOR CHRISTMAS
The Gate to the Kingdom. In the small, silent chamber, by that fading candlelight, the archbishop read and reread the letter which had come to him from his nephew…
In his mind’s eye he could see the sails of the ships which would, one bright Spring morning, appear on the Firth of Clyde. Sails which would bear the crossed keys symbol of St. Peter – the keys of the kingdom.
FRANZ KAFKA AND THE LOST DOLL
When he was 40, the renowned Bohemian novelist and short story writer FRANZ KAFKA (1883–1924), who never married and had no children, was strolling through Stieglitz Park in Berlin, when he chanced upon a young girl crying her eyes out because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka looked for the doll without success. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would look again.
UPPER CLYDE SHIPBUILDERS DEMO IN DUMBARTON 1971
Familiar faces in front in this protest march along Dumbarton High Street in 1971 include Hugh McCartney MP, Ian Campbell MP, Tony Benn MP, Steve McElroy, reporter, Frank McElhone MP, Ian McKee, District Secretary, AUEW, Willie Ross, Secretary of State for Scotland and Jim White MP. Eddie McLaffery, Jack Green, Andy Hamill, John Diamond, Ian Bell and Pat McAllister are also in the picture for which we thank Donald Chisholm.
