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Thanks so much for being here and enjoying it. I'm always making these in the hope for that reaction.

That's great to hear, glad you enjoyed it

Thanks so much, been a couple of weeks but hoping for another one this Sunday

I have to agree, but I'm perhaps a little biased

Thank you so much 🥰

Thanks so much. More coming next Sunday and every Sunday.

Thanks so much. I've been away from this channel for some time, but I'm just gearing up to reboot everything. Hope I'll see you back here for more like or better than this

@@ajmerron_writes Welcome back I suppose is in order then. Definitely subscribed and will be watching every posting.

wow, what a great connection to the canal. I wish I could've done a longer video now

Nice. It’s a great spot.

Thanks 🤗

There’s strong connections between the Strathclyde region of Scotland and Ireland, particularly Ulster, so that’s not surprising. The local archives hold a lot of family information they may be able to help trace your family history: www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/heritage-services/collections/archives/archives-services

It’s always a pleasure to visit. Although I think I have to go back and do a video visiting Ettrick Bay and Port Bannatyne.

Interesting, I didn’t know that. Just as I’d started researching some of the links between Inverclyde and NS. I’ll have to look into that further, thanks 😊

Any other places that would bring back memories?

@@ajmerron_writes Used to live in Rothesay and my flat is clearly shown in your video. Took the ferry to work most days and remember, going back, buying a can of beer and standing on the rear deck of MV Bute, Argyle or Coruisk and watching the mainland disappear. Remember the view from the top of Canada Hill on a clear, sunny Sunday afternoon. If this doesn't sound too strange, visit the gents public toilets at Wemyss Bay station, straight out of Victorian times. Good pub as well ! Sometimes delayed ferries could be a blessing. 😀

Thanks for the compliments, that means a lot. Great to hear from someone that was there for IBM too. Don’t know when the last time you were here was but there’s now nothing left where IBM used to be.

The comment regarding IBM Greenock is interesting, I worked in Spango Valley from 1973 till I transferred to IBM in Havant in 1983, during that time a significant proportion of the employees were both Scots and Greenockians. It’s very sad to see that the once thriving plant is now derelict

In the mid 90s, IBM started their EMEA support center there. Around the same time, manufacturing was wound down. This had the effect that a lot of people were "foreigners" supporting their respective geographies. Many of them settled and many are still there today. They just don't work for IBM anymore 😀

Thanks for the comment. You wouldn’t have any problem seeing the river from James Watt Docks now, all of the ship yards are gone and the docks are a marina for private yachts. I’m originally from Lancashire in North West England but I’ve lived all over the UK with a total of 8 years in Scotland. Most of that in Edinburgh.

Lots of places to get coffee in Scotland. This one however is in North West England.

Welcome. Always good to find a fellow writer. Are you going to be working on something for NaNoWriMo too?

@@ajmerron_writes Yes, I have a new project being planned out at the moment!

Thanks so much. Looking to do some more like this, so always nice to hear they’re appreciated 😀

There’s some positive things happening. It’s an area worth keeping an eye on.

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Aye, you’re right. I kept calling it Pollokshaws Park as well 😐 Brain fuzz