IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Castleton Drive, GLASGOW, G77 5LF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Castleton Drive, G77 5LF by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (31 Images Found)
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Distance
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Houses on Broomfield Avenue
The path links the street with Waterfoot Road behind the camera.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.10 miles
2
Queuing traffic
The cars are queuing at temporary traffic lights on Waterfoot Road. Work is currently underway to widen the pavement here and also cut back the hedges.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.13 miles
3
Commonwealth War Grave, Mearns Cemetery
LIEUTENANT
J.R. HAIG HADDOW
D.S.C., R.N.
H.M.S. "MERCURY"
28TH MARCH 1946, AGE 26
WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE
LET HIM COME HITHER
Lieutenant John Renwick Haig Haddow was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1942, while serving in submarine H.M.S. Unbroken in the Mediterranean. He continued to serve in other submarines for the rest of the war. In 1946, he was at HMS Mercury, the signal school near Petersfield. Sadly he died during a flying exercise when the plane crashed. (Information from Mearns History Group https://mearnshistory.org.uk/index.php/history/people/john-wilson/35-ww2/229-john-renwick-haig-haddow-dsc.)
One of 13 Commonwealth War Graves in Mearns Cemetery.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.14 miles
5
Fungi X2
The brackets are either Coriolus versicolor or Bjerkandera adusta - difficult to tell without a closer look at the specimen. The toadstools are probably a species of inkcap - Coprinus - C. micaceus is common on stumps and buried wood.
Thanks to M J Richardson for fungi info.
Image: © Alan Murray Walsh
Taken: 19 Aug 2008
0.15 miles
6
Burnhouse Farm
Original three-storey farmhouse just off Waterfoot Road.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.15 miles
7
Commonwealth War Grave, Mearns Cemetery
7575322 S. SJT
H. BLANEY
ROYAL ARTILLERY
12TH NOVEMBER 1940 AGE 43
Henry Blaney was a Staff Serjeant in the 99th Battery, 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
One of 13 Commonwealth War Graves in Mearns Cemetery.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.15 miles
8
Commonwealth War Grave, Mearns Cemetery
CAPTAIN
I. W. BARCLAY. MB., ChB.
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
4TH JULY 1944 AGE 34
IN MEMORY OF IAN
THE BELOVED HUSBAND
OF NANNIE HAY, 1910-1999
OF GLASGOW
Captain Ian William Barclay, husband of Agnes (Nannie) Hay.
One of 13 Commonwealth War Graves in Mearns Cemetery.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.15 miles
9
Commonwealth War Grave, Mearns Cemetery
915098 BOMBARDIER
H. G. KING
ROYAL ARTILLERY
19TH JULY 1941 AGE 20
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR DEAR SON
AND BROTHER
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK"
Harry Glencaird King was a bombardier in the 43rd Battery, 61st (11th Battalion, The City of London Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment. He was stationed at Swindon in Wiltshire, which was subjected to heavy German bombing, due to the location of the large railway works there. He died on 19 July 1941 while defending the area.
One of 13 Commonwealth War Graves in Mearns Cemetery.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.15 miles
10
Widening the pavement
Workmen on Waterfoot Road installing new kerbs.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 15 Feb 2023
0.16 miles