Dalmarnock Bridge. San-Mex are still in business, in the same premises. December 1975
Dalmarnock Power Station. And the dug, out for a Ne'erday walk.. January 1976
This photo needed a little research, for although I had a rough date (late April or May 1975) I had no note or recollection of where or why I took it. School on the hill, couldn't find a match, but then I noticed the motorway-standard lighting and barriers top left, so which m/way was nearing completion at that date? Answer was Phase 1 of the Monkland, Townhead to Cumbernauld Rd. Things began to fall into place, and the school was identifiable as the old Riddrie Primary (where there is now the circle of houses at the top of Leader St.). So, for what it's worth, I present the Blochairn/Parkhead off-slip from J13 on the westbound M8. Incidentally, the tyre tracks coming down from the level part of the hill are on the site of the famous Inclined Plane on the Monkland Canal, by means of which barges bringing coal to the city from Lanarkshire could bypass the Blackhill Locks with a 90% saving on time.
