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Tontine Park, DUMBARTON, G82 4LL

Looking North

The B857 looking south.

This George VI postbox is situated on the corner of Tontine Park (a street) and Renton Road. Tontine Park is also the name of this part of Renton. Built in the late 1920s, it retains the name of an original Tontine Park that was located here, and which was the home ground of Renton Football Club. The present-day park located on the other (i.e. western) side of Renton Road is called Wylie Park.

This view is intended to complement William Craig's earlier photo, Image, which shows more of Image to the left (west) of the main road. The houses on the right are in the Tontine Park area of Renton. The area in the foreground, on the right, where a bench is visible, was the original site of Renton's War Memorial. Jim Murphy's book "Renton Between the Wars" (2007) provides much information about the history of the monument, only a summary of which is presented below. The original unveiling ceremony was performed in September, 1922, here at Image After the Second World War, further names were added, and the second unveiling was carried out in November, 1949. The memorial was later vandalised. Because of this, it was, on October 1, 1988, relocated to a position next to the Smollett Monument, at Image It is shown in its new position in Image For the adjacent monument, see Image In the present photograph, a dark sign can be seen on the left-hand side of the road, close to the nearest car. That sign says "Welcome to Renton, birthplace of Tobias Smollett"; it has a portrait of Smollett on it (on whom, see the last-cited link, and Image). [The Howgate, mentioned above, is a track which begins where, in the present photograph, a bus stop can be seen, on the right-hand side of the road, at the speed limit sign; it leads down towards the lower-right corner of the photo, behind the area where the bench is located, and then turns eastward, leading to the River Leven.]

Behind the hedge on the left, and at a slightly higher level than the path, is the original site of Renton War Memorial: Image See Image for its current location. To the right of the path are an electricity sub-station and houses in the Tontine Park area.

This specimen was attracted to my lighted window. http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=6004

The houses in the far left background are on Hall Street, which bounds the park on the north. Compare Image, taken from further to the north.

The B857 looking north.