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Lang Avenue, RENFREW, PA4 0EA

It took a lot of research to pin point this location but thankfully with the use of NLS maps I was able to pinpoint fairly accurately the location. The site today is in a middle of a housing estate. Renfrew Airport closed in 1966 and the site at Abbotsinch became the airport for Glasgow. The dockside cranes along the River clyde can be just made out in the background.

From the corner of St Andrews Road.

The detail is in the southeastern part of the kerb that was added during the 2016 site improvement. That side is on the near right in Image and the near left in Image An inscription on the northeastern side says: "This site was improved in 2016 by Renfrewshire Council with support from Renfrew Community Council, Renfrew and Gallowhill Local Area Committee and Glasgow Airport's FlightPath Fund". Aside from that, various place-names and other pieces of text are incorporated into the kerb using different sizes of font: Islay, Benbecula, Orkney, Skye, Campbeltown, Machrihanish, Harris, Tiree, "1933—1966", Colonsay, Coll, North Uist, Shetland, South Uist, Barra, Arran.

This picture was taken after the 2016 improvement of the site. See Image for more context.

The present picture was taken after the 2016 improvement of the site; see Image for an equivalent earlier view.

I found that the site of the memorial had been improved since my last visit: compare Image, the corresponding earlier view (2014).

See Image for more about the memorial, and click on the end-note title for other views. I had previously visited the memorial in November 2014, but returned on this occasion to take a picture when the lighting conditions were less bleak. It was, though, in a shaded spot, and sunshine would not have improved the view of it. The site was, though, improved in 2016: see Image for an equivalent later picture.

For a close look at the other side of the memorial, and the inscription on it, see Image; for that side, in context, see Image For a view similar to the present one, but with better lighting, see Image In the present view, Newmains Road is receding on the right, and Sandy Road crosses from left to right. The picture shows that there is also an inscription on this side. It reads as follows: "This cairn also pays homage to the memory of the following members of the Service who lost their lives at Islay when answering a call for help on 28th September, 1957. Captain T M Calderwood Radio Officer H McGinlay Nursing Sister J Kennedy 'The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while towards the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour' –Stephen Spender"