ONE day in the late 1930s, a young Glasgow journalist drove down to Erskine just as the ferry was leaving the left bank. Thinking nothing of it, he settled down to await its return, only to be told by a local man: “Ye’ll ha’e a lang wait, son. It’s awa’ for overhaul and it’ll no’ be oan again fur three weeks”. Memories of the ancient Erskine ferry came back to many people on July 2, 1971, when it sailed for the final time. The reason for its demise lay overhead – the £9 million Erskine Bridge, all 11,000 tons of steel of it, and newly opened by Princess Anne.
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David Livingstone Birthplace to reopen this summer following regeneration
David Livingstone Birthplace Exterior. Photo: Iain Douglas.
BLANTYRE
.-The David Livingstone Birthplace in South Lanarkshire announced an opening date of Wednesday 28 July 2021. Home to one of Scotlands most famous explorers, the Museum will reopen to the public following a £9.1m regeneration plan. Located on the site of the former Blantyre Works Mill, on the banks of the River Clyde, the Birthplace includes a brand-new exhibition space in the historic Shuttle Row tenements where David Livingstone was born and raised; a newly refurbished shop and café, new childrens play park, and 11 hectares of free to access parkland.