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Relatively new build houses in the Vale.

The photograph was taken from the top of Image, and is a view along the buildings on Main Street. Note the wall just to the left of the road. The name Main Street applies not just to the road beside which these buildings stand, on the near side of the wall, but also to the main road for traffic; that road is on the other side of the wall, and runs in the same direction.

The area on the right is the Cordale. For a while, it was called Kirkland, although it now seems to have reverted to its original name. "At the end of the first war, Hillfoot was built, and Cordale Scheme just before the second war. This scheme was renamed 'Kirkland' in honour of Dr Kirk, a well-respected gentleman of Renton" ["The Story of the Vale of Leven", J.Agnew, 1976]. (For the area to the left of the road, see Image) Around 2000, the Cordale area was rebuilt. The new street names commemorate local people; these include: ● Gallacher Way: after Richard 'Skeets' Gallacher, a boxer [see "The Skeets Gallacher Story", by Keith Grant, for further information]. ● Harrison Place: James Harrison was a newspaper editor and owner, and an innovator in the field of refrigeration. ● Glen View: James Allison Glen became Speaker of the House of Commons in Canada. ● Katherine Place: after Katherine Drain, who wrote poetry. ● Wylie Place: after Alexander Wylie, who was very prominent in the local textile and dyeing industry. Cordale House, where he lived, is now long gone, but it stood at or near Image ● Jackson Place: after the footballer Alex Jackson, who was capped 17 times for Scotland.

Travelling southwards into Renton.

Sign on Main Street, coming into Renton. When the town proclaimed itself "birthplace of Tobias Smollett", the papers ran an article on the little-known former resident 18th Century novelist.

Having a brief stop beside the River Leven on the Kilt Walk, (see http://www.thekiltwalk.org.uk/main/events-and-fundraising.html and Image), this participant is equipped for whatever the weather might throw at him!

For other pictures taken in Millburn Gardens, click on the end-note title.

The water level was lower than usual, making a number of such features visible along the river's course.

The picture was taken in Millburn Gardens, from near a footbridge (Image). Click on the end-note title for other pictures taken within Millburn Gardens.