The Scotswood bridge ? 
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8LXBV8BRIAN:
The Scotswood bridge ?
Good grief I forgot about that one, ■■■■■■■ hell I must going down hill with no brakes, 
Thanks Bri, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
8LXBV8BRIAN:
The Scotswood bridge ?Good grief I forgot about that one, [zb] hell I must going down hill with no brakes,
This is the one, Regards Larry.
The Transporter Bridge on the Tees, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
John West:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0The River Tyne in 1947 IIRC, Regards Larry.Bit fuzzy here Larry. (Nothing to do with the White wine you understand!) I’ve driven over both the bridges shown in the 1947 photograph. Where was the one demolished and replaced in about 1967?
John.
Well the only bridge that I can recall would be the old Redeugh Rd Bridge but that was still open in the early 70s IIRC, But me mems are fading rapidly Im afraid, Mind you its nowt to do with Barley Sqeezings if you know what I mean
, Its just Im getting old & forgetfull at times,But that’s life I suppose when you get into your 80s, Now I do hope you enjoy a bottle of Chardonay after you read this, Im just having a large Glenmorangie just to keep me on form
The current bridge opened in the early 80’s, replacing what is usually referred to as the Old Bridge. The Old Bridge was actually the second bridge built there. The first was designed by the first Tay Bridge designer, and suffered similar faults, so was replaced. IIRC, this was following the mishap involving the first Tay bridge.
Lawrence Dunbar:
The Transporter Bridge on the Tees, Regards Larry.0
Love the Jag Larry! I’ve had a few and would buy one now, but ‘She who must be obeyed’ says we don’t need 2 cars and that would be too big for her. Selfish or what!
Since Auf Wiedersehn Pet, it’s amazing how many people think that bridge is in America now.
John
Eddie Heaton:
I don’t expect there’ll be many drivers who won’t recognise this landmark.
Since Eddie hasn’t bitten (probably making a bacon sandwich or walking the dogs) I’ll say what I know about that landmark.
That section of the M6, as I remember, was the last part to be completed. Between J36 and I think 39 [edit 40?] (top Penrith turn off). When J 36 was the end of the motorway it had a ‘Temporary Bend’ sign for about 15 years!
Stephenson surveyed the railway route about 100 years before and advised a coastal route, past Barrow and Millom, Whitehaven and Workington. All of the built up areas of North Lancashire and West ■■■■■■■■■■■ Meanwhile, steam engine builders built better boilers and pistons and figured that a more direct route, past Shap would be cheaper and quicker. So the railway was built serving only tiny Penrith through ■■■■■■■■■■ to Carlisle.
You may sense a slight bitterness here. I went to a planning meeting when the Dalton By-pass was being discussed. Single carriageway. I tried to explain how short sighted this was, but the planning officer insisted that traffic flow predictions only warranted a single carriageway. I’d like to tie him down on the A590 now…
At the same meeting he said that ■■■■■■■ had the same mileage of motorways as the North East. I said that the North East cities and towns were actually connected by motorways and dual carriageways, whereas the M6 was merely a road north through desolate countryside. He liked his figures better.
So…
The M6 was constructed through ■■■■■■■■■■■ at the then outrageous cost of £1,000,000 per mile - you can’t build a roundabout for that now - fairly close to the railway line.
As I understand it, the heart shaped wood of trees, which can be seen from the M6 near Tebay, was planted by a farmer in the First World War as a memorial to his son, who died in the trenches. When his second son died, he cut a diagonal blaze across it, which isn’t visible in the photo, but is still there if you drive past it. I don’t know if the story is true, but it certainly seems reasonable
John
Did anybody else ever sing this to themselves while they were plodding up the A74 over Beattock Summit. 
And if you are like me then I bet that you never got passed the first six lines.
i got told the heart shaped tree was for his wife on an anniversary and when she died she was buried in the middle with him to follow shortly afterwards?
Hi John, as you are no doubt aware, there are several theories regarding Heart wood, the First World War memorial theory being one, the memorial to the farmer’s wife being another.
I’ve also heard a version that it was the site of a WW2 aeroplane crash, whilst yet another theory rambles on about a Montague and Capulet style suicide pact between the offspring of a couple of neighbouring farming families.
My late brother was a fireman for the LMS. Working out of 8F Springs Branch shed in Wigan, he fired many a freight over Shap and Beattock. He used to say that the wood marked the boundary between Westmoreland and the Yorkshire dales national park. A glance at the map would appear to suggest that this could indeed be true, although if that’s the case,I suspect it would be mere coincidence.
I personally don’t subscribe to any of the above theories however.
The proper name for Heart wood evidently is Broken Gill plantation. It stands on High Carlingill farm and by all accounts, a former owner of the farm, a lady by the name of Hilary Wilson, did some research into the history of the plantation.
It would appear from her findings, that the plantation dates back to 1841, obviously quite some time before both world wars.
Her theory regarding the shape of the wood, and quite frankly the one that I would feel inclined to go with is that as the plantation has grown spanning a cleft in the hillside, or a gill as you lads like to call them, the heart shape is merely a natural occurring phenomenon. Not as romantic an explanation as the others I know.
However, it’s the shape of the wood that makes it the landmark that it is. If it was just a clump of trees, no one would give it a second glance.
Regards. Eddie.
A transporter bridge, a road bridge, a railway bridge, a canal and a river. There must be loads of us on here who used the road bridge so where is it.
Runcorn/Widnes ?
rigsby:
Runcorn/Widnes ?
Correct Dave, 
I must admit that I always thought that the railway bridge was very impressive.
“Where is this” You dont pay When you travel over it,
Norman croad,Torquay.
My mems are fading, But IIRC Its in Scotland,Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
My mems are fading, But IIRC Its in Scotland,Regards Larry.
Connel perhaps? Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
My mems are fading, But IIRC Its in Scotland,Regards Larry.
Connel perhaps? Regards Larry. Crossing the Loch Etive ■■?, Regards Larry.
Surely its the Kincardine bridge
Always liked coming under the “Spitfire Bridge” when heading south down the Winchester by-pass. Usually home within the hour, depending on the tailback at the (Hockley?) traffic lights.
Anyone who remembers the Spitfire bridge, may recognise this. But, where is it?
