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Dumbuck Road, DUMBARTON, G82 3AA

This was a garage, and then a vehicle rental centre; it is seen here from the other side of the A82 (compare Image, where part of the same building appears at the far right; my picture was taken from on foot). By March 2014, the site was again in use: a car wash and takeaway cafe were based there. The houses in the background are on Mansewood Drive.

A quiet residential area of Dumbarton.

A82 heading west

The picture was taken from a path that leads up into Bellsmyre. As the name suggests, Barloan Toll was located on the boundary of the burgh. When trams were running in Dumbarton (from 1907 to 1928), there was a branch line to Barloan Toll (now the site of the roundabout). The branch line left the main line at Church Place (beside Image) and followed Image, Strathleven Place, and Image [see "Dumbarton's Trams and Buses", A.W.Brotchie and R.L.Grieves, 1985]. Compare Image

Townend Road is the nearer of the two. The roads meet on the approach to Image A Image can be seen not far ahead.

In the angle where Bonhill Road and Townend Road meet, an E VII R pillar box stands beside a "Glenfield" drinking fountain. See Image for context. The same area is left of centre behind the roundabout in Image

Houses on Dumbuck Road in Dumbarton, part of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Seen here from Stirling Road. You will notice the "Yes" flyers in the windows for the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum.

Gateway to Bellsmyre, Alexandria, Loch Lomond and Dumbarton town centre.

The Rankin Memorial is the tall structure on the left; for a closer look, see Image The cemetery's listed building report – http://portal.historic-scotland.gov.uk/designation/LB24913 (at Historic Environment Scotland) – mentions this "tall, Gothic monument" and its architect. Donald MacLeod, in "The God's Acres of Dumbarton" (1888), does provide some biographical details of Janet Rankin, but her life is described there as being fairly uneventful. She did, however, make many generous charitable donations. "In Memory of Janet Rankin Daughter of William Rankin Shipowner in Dumbarton Born 29th March 1789 Died 1st February 1867." The smaller monument on the right, shown largely in shade here, commemorates several members of the Dixon family. The first named is John Dixon, who was born at Rock, Northumberland, but who died at Dumbarton on the 27th of October, 1858. Named next is "Allan Dixon, who died at Dunbritton, Pollokshields, 23rd January 1871, aged 19 years, from the effects of a shock to his system received in saving a girl from drowning". Five others are commemorated in the inscription. Behind the Dixon monument is a wall, a Image; see also Image