#Clydebank

[wardrobeoftime]

The Crown + Costumes

Queen Elizabeth II's black coat in Season 05, Episode 01.

// requested by anonymous

[onceuponatimeinthe70s]

MOON -Age Daydreams.

The 1970’s was a fabulous time to be a teenager. The music, fashions and TV shows were all wonderful…..well apart from a few exceptions!  (More on that subject later!) One of my most vivid memories is when my older brother turned 15 in 1971. He could now attend the youth club disco held in the church hall across the road from where we lived. The sound of the Sunday Chart Show announcing…

[heavyslow]

[alias71]

This is my memorial to my great uncle, LCpl. William Alexander Wyber M.M., 11th Battalion, Royal Scots (1897-1974). I hope this is of interest to those who want to know more about individual soldiers who fought in WWI and what life was like for veterans who suffered from mental health issues after the war.

[rmsqueenmaryonthisday]

Just a Number

Headline from the New York Times on July 19, 1931: CUNARDER’S NAME SOUGHT. Special Board Meeting to Find One for 73,000-Ton Ship.

[inspireelectrics]

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[ltwilliammowett]

Medicine Chest, "Duchess of Bedford, Canadian Pacific Line, Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Scotland, 2 Funnels, 581' x 75', 3rd Class 510, 20,123 Tons, front panel with black, red and gilt painted label "Morphine", 19th century

[scotianostra]

On September 26th 1934 the Liner Queen Mary launched at John Brown’s shipyard, Clydebank.

The construction of still the unnamed Cunard Queen Mary ship began in December 1930 (the ship’s keel was laid down on 31 January 1931) in the yard of “John Brown & Co” at Clydebank. The launch was scheduled for May 1932, but the work on the ship was suspended in December 1931 due to the world economic depression. A loan of 9.5 million pounds from the Government was granted to the Cunard Line with enough money to complete the Queen Mary ship and to build a second liner – the Queen Elizabeth.

As a direct result of this most advantageous deal, the Cunard Line merged with its main rival White Star on 10th May 1934 into Cunard White Star Ltd. The Queen Mary construction resumed in April 1934, the liner was completed by August and launched on 26th September at a total cost of 3.5 million pounds sterling.

The work was completed in March 1936. The Queen Mary ship sailed out for preliminary trials and after being painted in Southampton, the liner was handed over to Cunard White Star Line on 11th May 1936. RMS Queen Mary ship first sailing was on 14th May with its Transatlantic itinerary being Southampton-Cherbourg-New York. By May 1937 the liner had carried a total of almost 57,000 passengers.

The main speed-rival of the QM ship was SS Normandie – a liner built in France and operated by the French Compagnie Generale Transatlantique line. The Queen Mary took the Blue Riband (the prestigious award given to a ship with the speed record for a transatlantic crossing) from the French liner SS Normandie in August 1938, with record speeds for both west- and eastbound crossings of the Atlantic Ocean – the average speeds was, respectively, 30,63 kn (35m25 mph, 56,7 km/h) and 30,14 kn (34,68 mph, 55,82 km/h).

In 1937, the Normandie liner was refitted with new propellers, enabling her to take the Blue Riband, but in 1938 the Queen Mary ship reclaim the honour for best speeds in both directions – westbound 30,99 kn (35,66 mph, 57.39 km/h) and eastbound 31,69 kn (36,47 mph, 58.69 km/h). This record was beaten by the SS United Sates liner in 1952.

The last commercial sailing of the ship Queen Mary was on 30 August 1939 departing from Southampton and then berthed at New York until the end of 1939. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the war.

Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s, Queen Mary was ageing and, though still among the most popular transatlantic liners, was operating at a loss.

After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line, Queen Mary was officially retired from service in 1967. She left Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored. Much of the machinery, including one of the two engine rooms, three of the four propellers, and all of the boilers, were removed. The ship serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum and a hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary as part of the Historic Hotels of America.

RMS Queen Mary remains in Long Beach but recently it has been reported it is in need of significant repairs according to assessments and photos in 2019 and 2020. An estimated $289 million in repairs are needed after years of decline and the most recent operator going bankrupt.But even to “retire and recycle” the liner could cost up to $190m. One of the suggestions are to dismantle and sink the liner, although no long term plans have been finalised as yet.

The Queen Mary is due to open again to visitors next month, let’s hope someone can come up with a rescue plan to save her.

It has been mooted that it could return to the Clyde but the eyewatering amount of money it would take surely rules this out.

[captain-price-unofficially]

Battlecruiser HMS Hood on the slipway at John Brown's Clydebank yard, just prior to her launch in August 1918

[ayeforscotland]

I've never heard you talk, but whenever you pop up in my feed I always imagine you sound like the comedian Kevin bridges.

So I just assume you are Kevin Bridges.

So hi Kevin, big fan.

Lmao I’m so sorry but I don’t sound like Kevin Bridges. Pretty sure he’s from Clydebank

[onceuponatimeinthe70s]

Glazed And Confused

Mark Arbuckle: Glasgow, April 2024 I’m sure everybody remembers the first time they earned their own money and didn’t need to depend on their parents’ generosity ie pocket money…. In the early 70s, earning a few bob made saving up for the latest single (at 7/6d), new pair of Dr. Martens (at £4 10/-) or Arthur Black bespoke shirt (anywhere between £5-£8 depending on how many pleats, plackets,…

[radykalny-feminizm]

A double rapist who changed gender while waiting to stand trial has been jailed for eight years.

Isla Bryson attacked two women in Clydebank and Glasgow in 2016 and 2019 while known as Adam Graham.

The judge said Bryson posed a high risk of reoffending and would be supervised for three years after release.

The case sparked a heated debate over whether Bryson should be housed in a male or a female prison after transitioning from a man to a woman.

Bryson, 31, was initially remanded to a women's jail after being found guilty, but was then moved to a men's facility.

[ginandoldlace]

The RMS Aquitania under tow as she leaves Clydebank following her completion.

[grandmaster-anne]

20 September 1967 Daily Mail: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are pictured laughing together at the launching of the Cunarder at Clydebank.