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It's great to see Princes Pier, and inside the station which is not a common view. It was a shame it was closed. It was an amazing building right up there with Wemyss Bay and could rival Gourock for style. 2:47 - 2:54 the scene jumps from the bow of the Waverley to the midships of the Talisman which reverses away from the pier, then back to the Waverley reversing. The Talisman was powered by a double ended electric motor, with the paddle wheels directly mounted on each end. The placing of funnel(s), bridge and forward deckhouse is the clue to identifying the ships. Talisman had one funnel on the deckhouse and the bridge was right at the front. Waverley has two funnels on the promenade deck and the deckhouse extends forward from the bridge.

Very rich and beautiful ❤

Thank you for so many memories---but what about the floating dock, Was it already away,

Too fast and poor quality

Really interesting to see my town Back then I was only 4

It's such a dump.

Easily the best 10 minutes of my day today 😁

Are you sure about this being filmed in the 80's, cos i remember the sulphur well, yellow talk like powder coated everything . But you see i left Ardrossan in 1979 to join the Royal Navy, and am sure this was earlier than that .

I stayed top flat number 18. My first flat, 1990 to 1993.

I thought I was going doolally when I recalled my dad sometimes driving a quicker route down to the A8 from my Granny and Grampas house up in Moray Road than past Barrs Brae which took you right into the town. I recalled the road was really, really steep and there were stepped tenements but I couldn't find them on Street View until I realised they'd been knocked down in 2014 and went back to an older view to see them.

I used to live here for a short time. For fun the kids that lived there used to try and hit the rats wi stones. The place was plagued wi rats. When it snowed you could see All the furrows in the snow were they had walked . I hated it.

Greenock was where the Empress of England left for Canada when my mother and older sister dragged me aboard. I wanted desperately to stay in Scotland (I was 13), and the day I left was the saddest day of my life. I've thought of Scotland every single day since then and don't think I ever fully recovered from the trauma of being taken from my homeland. Thanks for posting this video.

What happened here. My mates live there and I'm in devil have to walk here most days. Kinda sad now

I got my first house on Bouverie.

Thank you William for sharing this historic film. I wasn't born in Scotland and I only became acquainted with Greenock in 1984. Surely the decline had begun in the late 1960's, but a lot of what is shown in this film was intact. I have returned many times, the latest visit was September 2019. I feel depressed to see Blackhall St in its current state, it once was a nice shopping area with some great restaurants. I wandered down to the old yards area and recalled walking through this when could see the industrial might of Greenock. Even sadder is the Greenock Central station! Money...money and job security changes everything.

Sad footage

Very awesome video. Trying to find My Family members in Scotland on my mom side Her sisters name was Mary Ann Dalrymple or her husband name was William Ian Darymple The other sisters name is Betty Ross and Jimmy Rose They had 2 son's Andrew and Alex yet Andrew is still alive but the other is not . My mom passed away I need to let them know we lost connection But I am saying prayers that someone will contact me on my post and let me know if there still Alive over In Scotland Greenock area and Gourock area and ashire Scotland My mom passed away please I pray someone message s me with there number and address new AMEN 😇🙏😇 Thank you Jesus AMEN

Fascinating footage. I'm sorry I didn't get the opportunity to sail aboard a 'Streaker'. They were distinctive and appealing looking ferries. And clearly well designed for the side loading arrangements at Dunoon Pier. I read that CalMac have plans to reinstate car ferry services on the route in the future with newly built vessels. Hopefully they won't take as long to deliver as the Glen Sannox which is still sitting incomplete at Ferguson's in Port Glasgow.

I do remember the bouverie street flats but i didnt remember being able to see the flats from the town centre

Inverclyde was buzzing with work aplenty , now drugs and antisocial behaviour have ruined the towns, wouldn't change it for the world when I was growing up in the sixties and seventies, now I feel it for the next generation of young people growing up in these towns, some mums and dads having to go to food banks just to feed there kids, desperate days in deed .🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Absolutely fantastic, me I was born two years later , port glasgow man , well done .😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The longest tenement block in Europe when it was standing apparently, was once a nice area back in the day , before being demolished and families being rehomed , last occupiers probably junkies as like other parts of the town which were nice places to live and close community's to , good old days indeed. 🥺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another one to catch fire while under renovation

ally law the famous u tuber father uncle and aunt were brought up in this famous street

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We don't seem to value these wonderful old buildings in Inverclyde.

My grandad came from here. William Dalrymple.

First ship in the Navy HMS Droxford arrived Ardrossan 1965 Awesome

I remember I got my first knee tremble up that street

Nice video, but the longest tenement theory is a local myth. It's not even the longest in Renfrewshire - take a look at McKerrel Street in Paisley for example, which is much longer, or some of the tenemented streets in Hyndland or on the south side of Glasgow. Venture into mainland Europe and you will see substantially longer continuous tenements in the big cities.

Ardrossan in it's hey days. It has changed now. Some still remain the same as it used to be. It's a tremendous shame the cranes in Ardrossan are gone. I think they were taken down in 1985.

if this was at that time it is so wrong. I was born in Ardrossan in 1948 and joined the Navy in 1964 served in various ships . As a kid in the prefabs in Kirkhall Gdns we were always down the harbour

Filmed the year I was born, the Greenock of my parent's generation. Many thanks for you efforts. x

I now know what my dad Robert Hughes saw walking down the street when he was 24 years old. Fascinating for me thank you:-)

Thankfully Saturn was saved and now operates as MV Orcadia. She is now owned by Pentland Ferries.

I was still in High school when this was filmed but getting ready for my first job as an apprentice dental technician with Mason and Armitt. left for Canada two years later.

Thank you, those flats have come up a few times on certificates while I was tracing my family tree. Great to see inside, even if it was just the stairwell.

What happened to Rab Ritchie and the Granny Kempock?

ach,t at ur very bad i liked them buildings

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I was only 4 but brilliant to see auld Greenock thanks so much

think i could spell back then to lmaoooo

my favevorite ferry ever the clansman <3 aww how i missm the 80`s x

My Dad .uncle and grandfather and great grandfather worked in the docks in Ardrossan happy days ..more so when the bannana boats came in .was eating bannanas for weeks LOL

Thanks for your kind comment---glad you enjoyed the film Bill Murray

I used to get on the Kenilworth to school from Kilcreggan - fond memories thanks for the video!

hey i'm related to! she's my great, great, great, great grandad's cousin. from my dad's side.

I appreciate your kind comment Photohunter. These shots were extracted from an 8mm film I shot several years ago. Pity in those early days film wasn't as cheap as video now is and probably more footage would have been taken. I've transferred most of my films to digital now so I'll see if I can find more Ayrshire material--Kind regards.

That brings back memories! I remember the dockyard cranes and the sulphur!! I haope you have more film footage of Ayrshire especially around the Ardrossan/Saltcoats/Ardeer/Stevenston and Kilwinning area in the 1970's/1980's! Fantastic film!