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Local/Social History from Inverclyde:Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock and the local villages. Local publisher www.cartsburnpublishing.com

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Local History channel for the towns and villages of Inverclyde, Scotland: Greenock, Gourock, Port Glasgow, Inverkip, Wemyss bay, & Kilmacolm Cartsburn Publishing also produces books on a variety of lo...

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 12h

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock #Shipbuilding

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 12h

#31daysofgraves #obelisks 3 generations. Rev Robert Steele @ OldWestKirk, William Steele @ Dumbarton Cemetery and William Steele Brown @ Inverkip. The latter, superintendent of Edinburgh Glasgow Railway, was the son of Inverkip Parish minister. #Inverclyde

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #PortGlasgow

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves #damaged Gravestone of the Nicol family in Greenock Cemetery. Two sons remembered here, killed in WW1
#Inverclyde #LocalHistory

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Out of interest the vault was constructed from stones of the old Inverkip Parish Church

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves #Inside the Shaw Stewart family vault at #Inverkip graveyard. #LocalHistory #Inverclyde

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock #PortGlasgow #Gourock

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD #Gallipoli ##PortGlasgow

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #PortGlasgow

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 4d

#31daysofgraves #notablewomen #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

Tales from Inverclyde Graveyards #2 Elizabeth Gilchrist

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 4d

Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves is #NotableWoman
To anyone who knows my areas of interest, it couldn't be anyone other than Miss Cranston of Glasgow tearoom fame. She died in 1934 and is buried with her husband in Barrhead
#twitterstorians
Read my post:
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The Cochrane family grave in Neilston Parish Church in Barrhead
Photo (c) Lorraine Murray, 2024

Mrs Catherine Cochrane (Cranston) was widowed in 1917

31 days of graves themes for 2025 but @annaandthedead

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 5d

#Inverclyde #31daysofgraves #military

Tales from Inverclyde Graveyards #1 The Aurora Disaster

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 7d

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 9d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 10d

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 11d

MacNaughtan, born in Greenock

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 11d

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 12d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Gourock

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 13d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 14d

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 14d

The theme of day 2 of #31DaysOfGraves is #nautica
The #anchor motif on a grave often signifies a sailor.
This grave is for Captain Donald Brotchie, who moved to Greenock in the 1850s and remained there till he died. The plaque was stolen but recovered in 2018
#Taphophile
#Cemetery
#DarkTourism

Photo of Captain Brotchie's grave in Greenock Cemetery who died 23rd February 1889.
Photo credit: Lorraine Murray

Photo by Lorraine Murray 2018
The missing plaque from the grave was stolen & recovered by police. It is now in the collections of the McLean Museum / Watt Institution.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43951809

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Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social · 15d

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock

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