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Thomas Street, ALEXANDRIA, G83 0ST

These flats are located in the appropriately-named Riverside area; the nearer two stand on Thomas Street, and the other on Angus Street. The lower buildings at the left-hand edge of the picture are part of St Ronan's Lane. National Cycle Network route 7 is visible in the foreground. For a similar view about a year later, see Image

The building appears on the first-edition map (surveyed in 1860), on which it is annotated "U.P.Church" (United Presbyterian). See Image for a slightly closer look.

The building is on Bridge Street, Alexandria. The present picture is a slightly closer view (though still from outside the gate) of the building shown in Image

This mural, on the side of the Laughing Fox lounge bar on Bridge Street in Alexandria, is new; the artist, Barry the Cat, had completed it about a week before the picture was taken. Note the chimney detail. In the right foreground is part of the Image See also Image, a nearby mural painted by same artist a little later.

Just after passing by Image, the path crosses above the Bonhill Burn at the point where the burn flows into the River Leven, as shown in this picture. From here, it is only about 200 metres to Image The name Pappert Burn is also used, perhaps referring more particularly to its upper reaches.

View north, towards Balloch Pier: ex-NB & Caledonian (Dumbarton & Balloch) Joint branch from Dumbarton Central to Balloch Pier, electrified in November 1960.

This shot; looking east, shows the original railway bridge at Bridge Street Alexandria and is just south of Alexandria station.

Amongst other things, this has been public hall, a cinema, and a bingo club. The date 1862 appears in the roundel at the top of the building. For further details, see Image

The area is called Riverside. The large building left of centre is being built on what was previously a grassy area in front of Image (visible at the far left in the present photograph). The Image are on the right. As for the buildings that were under construction when this picture was taken, they are in Leven Street. According to a plaque on a stone at the north-western end of the development, this area of new housing was officially opened by Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Housing and Transport, on the 6th of June, 2012. See also Image, taken when construction was complete.

The large building shown left of centre is one of several that had recently been built on Leven Street (the others are behind it). They were completed just a few months before this picture was taken, and they were officially opened in June of 2012. Compare Image, which was taken while construction was in progress. The section of track in the right foreground is a footpath and cycle route that follows the western bank of the River Leven; it continues along the road on the right.