Fingal

Fingal was commissioned by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) in 1963 and was the last ship to be built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow. Registered in Leith, she was stationed for 30 years in Oban and then for 6 years in Stromness, ferrying lighthouse keepers, essential supplies and maintenance staff to lighthouses, as well as undertaking repairs to navigational aids throughout the West Coast and the North of Scotland. Fingal retired from NLB service in 2000. 

After retiring from NLB service, Fingal was sold to a private owner and renamed ‘Windsor Castle’. The proud new owner fully maintained the ship in working order for 14 years on the River Fal in Cornwall.

It was in December 2008 that Fingal's owner first approached The Royal Yacht Britannia Trust (the Trust) to enquire if it was interested in acquiring Windsor Castle. There then followed six years of negotiations before the ship was eventually acquired by the Trust in July 2014. After a dry dock survey in Falmouth, the ship was towed to Leith in August 2014 and the detailed designs began.

Two years later her original name: Fingal was restored as a tribute to the outstanding role she had performed for the NLB, and the great affection with which she was held throughout the coastal communities she served.

Thanks to https://www.fingal.co.uk/our-story/ for information.

Battle of Langside Monument

 

The Battle of Langside Monument was built in 1887 to commemorate the battle of Langside were Mary Queen of Scott's was defeated by  The Regent Moray.

The monument was the work of Alexander Skirving.

The monument consists of a Corinthian column on a pedestal with carvings of thistles, roses, fleur-de-lis ,eagles and a lion which is perched on top of the Corinthian column.

The monuments is located in the centre of a busy roundabout on Langside Hill in the south side of the city.

Kelvingrove Bandstand

 Bandstand and Amphitheatre from 1924,architecht may have been James Miller.

The bandstand was closed in 1999 as it was unsafe and badly vandalised.

It was eventually refurbished at a  cost of £1.8million and reopened  May 2014.

St Mungos

 St Mungo's Pearson Street Townhead, the church was built in 1841 by the architect  George Goldie, modifications to the church were made in 1877,

The church was lucky to miss the slum clearances that took place in Townhead during the 50s and 60s.

The style of the church is Gothic Revival, the tower was never completed  and it does detract from the overall look of the church. The statue of Christ on the cross on the outside of the building is very striking.

Tobacco Warehouse

 Tobacco Warehouse James Watt Street by John Baird 1854, an incredibly drab building.