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Forth Rail Bridge - what a spectacular view

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Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 3 Jul 2014 15:23


Thanks for the clip OFTG. :-D HMS Illustrious is a wonderful looking aircraft carrier and I'm proud to say she was built at Swan Hunters in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear.

She could be easily seen at the bottom of the streets and dwarfing the houses.

Researching:
In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 3 Jul 2014 15:16

Joan - well done to your youngest daughter, something I would never have attempted, if the truth be known, I was scared enough going up and down in a cradle - petrified actually.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Amokavid

Amokavid Report 3 Jul 2014 14:57

OFITG......

Aye right! lol.

A couple of years ago our youngest daughter absailed down the Forth Rail bridge for charity, it was a first for her & she loved it.

Joan.

Researching:
Research covered........Harrison, Holiday, Sharp, Garthwaite, Buttle, Lund, Smurthwaite.... ..York, Malton, Thirsk, Darlington, H on Sp Moor, H le Spring, Whitby........

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 3 Jul 2014 14:43

Amokavid - now if I still worked for the company that supplied and erected the cradles that were used for painting the Forth Rail Bridge, I could have taken you up in one :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Amokavid

Amokavid Report 3 Jul 2014 14:37

I hate going over any bridges that have water flowing under them, they scare me rigid!
So whenever I have had to go over either the Forth road & the Forth railwy bridges I slink down in my seat so as not to see out!
The Tay Railway bridge is horrendous for me!

I have to run (in a fashion) along the kerb) over the wee road bridge that goes over the stream near the village.
Bridges over water, scary!

I have been told that "witches" don't like going over water!!!!!

Joan.

Researching:
Research covered........Harrison, Holiday, Sharp, Garthwaite, Buttle, Lund, Smurthwaite.... ..York, Malton, Thirsk, Darlington, H on Sp Moor, H le Spring, Whitby........

Maryanna

Maryanna Report 3 Jul 2014 12:31

We visnited it in May whilst on holiday in Edinburgh.

I thought it was amazing and took some fantastic photos when we went on a boat trip out to the Island.

I couldn't get over how close some of the houses are to the main supports and what a great view some of them have.

M.

Researching:
Devon, Somerset, Scotland, India, Essex, Surrey, London, Suffolk, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Dorset. McCausland, McCallum, Pallett, Brown Walpole, Gidley, Cook, Cole, Pickles, Harrison, Whitley,Ridgley, Holden, Guppy, Hankin and all the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men.

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 3 Jul 2014 09:04

GlasgowLass :-D :-D :-D at you were disappointed the train went straight through and not up and down.

Apart from crossing it by train I have also been on many parts of the bridge, the company I worked for in Edinburgh, supplied and erected the cradles that were used for painting it - quite scary experience.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 3 Jul 2014 08:47

Great pic James.
As a child, I can remember the first time that I saw a train go over it.. and what a disappointment!
The train went straight through and not up and down! :-( :-(

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Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

Mersey

Mersey Report 3 Jul 2014 08:24

Wonderful, great photograph :-)

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#Be Kind

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 3 Jul 2014 07:50

I was born in Rosyth and lived there on and off for about 35 years and have fond memories of the Forth Rail Bridge. I travelled over it every week day for nearly 8 years when I first worked in Edinburgh, this is a spectacular view of it.

HMS Illustrious arriving in Fife ahead of the naming ceremony of the HMS Queen Elizabeth which will be the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier.

The photo in the link is of HMS Illustrious sailing under the Forth Rail Bridge on Tuesday night on its way to Rosyth Naval Dockyard.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-28128965

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"