Blog at the Ballast

One of our most popular and favourite'd images on Flickr is 'Atlantic Locomotive'. Built by Andrew Barclay & Co. in 1907 for the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway (Type 0-6-2 T.  Works number 1098.)  The records of Andrew Barclay & Co. are held at the University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections. Find out more about the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway. Records suggest...

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Ref: DC188-1-6 This week's Friday Photo is from our Dan McDonald collection. 'Ailie' was Dan's yacht, purchased in 1925 along with his friend, Andrew Roulston. Ailie was refitted at Port Bannatyne and was used for regular weekend and holiday sailing.  Ref: DC188-1-21 The Dan McDonald collection which is comprised of over five thousand negatives, each documenting the activity and latter inactivity on the...

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After our photo shoot yesterday with photographer, Greg Smith, I thought this weeks Friday photo would be a timely opportunity to show a few of the lovely new and up to date photos of the Trust! The main workroom at Walkinshaw Street Our Surveying Officer Chris looking over shipping plans. Our Director Professor Tony Slaven and our Archivist Kiara looking through a ledger...

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This week I was fortunate enough to participate in Edinburgh University's Centre for Research Collections summer school. This was an exciting opportunity to learn more about the CRC and the collections held by the University. Throughout the week we were given a series of talks geared towards providing our group with a better understanding of archives, curating an exhibition, alongside preventive and interventive...

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