TALES OF THE OAK

There is a long standing local story about a Nazi U-Boat which apparently managed to enter the Clyde in the midst of World War 2. Many ...

Well. Sort of. Official records show, that in the summer of 1942, the carcass of a large unidentified creature was washed up at Cardw...

In our Grand Literary Tour post a few weeks ago, we mentioned the work of Patrick MacGill, an irishman who lived in Greenock for a time, wo...

Versions and variations of this shanty exist in ports all around the UK, it is believed to date from around the 1600s. In all versions, the...

Greenock Cemetery is full of grandiose monuments to the great and good of bygone days — merchants, shipbuilders, industrialists and pol...

Here's one from a couple of Old Romantics, recorded for our Downriver CD. This piece was written by Greenock born composer Hamish MacC...

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