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Bonny Bridge 1 |
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Main Road Bridge over Bonny Water. Erected in 1796, widened in 1904. |
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Bonny Bridge 2 |
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"The Ford" bridge over Bonny Water near the Memorial Park |
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Bonny Bridge 3 |
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Footbridge behind Community Centre |
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Bonny Water |
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Below Memorial Park |
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Bonnybridge Cross |
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Facing today's shops and the original Toll House (now chemist) where people had to pay to use the road to High Bonnybridge or Dennyloanhead. |
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Church of Scotland |
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Bonnybridge St Helen's Church of Scotland - first opened 1897. |
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Brick Chimney |
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Old brickworks or gas works? - now radio/telephone mast |
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New Flats |
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Beside canal where Smith and Wellstood Iron Foundry used to stand. |
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Community Centre |
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Built over the old St Helen's graveyard. |
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Shops on Main St |
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Electrical retailer, computer hardware/software/repairs |
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Gosepl Hall |
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Ebenezer Hall |
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Canal Bridge |
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New 'vertical lift' bridge to replace the old 'bascule' bridge when the Forth and Clyde Canal was reopened. |
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New Library |
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Opened 2005 - also on the site of the old graveyard. |
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The Radical Pend |
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Original (and only) way to pass the canal - view from south. The Pend caused lots of problems before the bridge was built. Some carts had to be partly unloaded to get under it! |
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Radical Pend Interior |
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It is still possible to pass through both on foot and by car |
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Radical Pend from the north |
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You can see the granite 'setts' on which the cart wheels ran through the stream. |
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Radical Pend Sign |
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The 'Radical Pend' was named to commemorate the Battle of Bonnymuir in 1820 (April 5th) |
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Radical Pend Sign |
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Adjusted to be more legible |
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The Royal Hotel |
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This is probably the third hotel building to stand as an hotel on this site. The Bonnybridge Central railway station was built right behind it. |
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Station Gardens |
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The site of the original station beside the Royal Hotel - now a public gardens |
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Old Works |
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Broomhill Rd - probably part of the old iron foundries. |
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Old Works offices |
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Beside canal bridge |
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Old works |
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Broomhill Rd - possibly part of the old paper mills that once stood here. |
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World War 2 Memorial Gate |
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Cast iron gate with clock and memorial plaques |
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WW1 Memorial |
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With wreaths laid on Remembrance Day, November 2005 |
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WW1 names - third set |
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"We will remember them!" |
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.jpg "Cornhill Bar")
.JPG "Football park")
