The best things in Greenock are ....

[Arsen Gere]

http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Greenock/Inverclyde/Scotland/info/bestthings

Having worked in this part of the world I think it is a bit cruel of the locals to dis' themselves like this. Made me laugh though.

 

[Scoosh]

The 'Endeavour' sculpture was made by a friend of ours, Malcolm Robertson.

 

[Aperitif]

I just gave Greenock a 'bigging up' in post #91 of the 'Children of the 70's' thread!

 

[Brandane]

The best things in Greenock are ....

The roads out of the place.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Never been: must go now for sure.
'that monument a ship? Looks like a giant odd shaped cup cake tin liner

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

That's not Greenock!

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

Although the sculpture is quite nice. How long has it been there?

 

[Brandane]

That's not Greenock!

Ahhh; I was trying to figure out whereabouts in Greenock that sculpture was. Just realised it's in Fore Street, up THE PORT!

Although the sculpture is quite nice. How long has it been there?

Just over a year, and it's not been stolen. Yet.

 

[mr messy]

The best things in Greenock are ....

The roads out of the place.

unless its going to Port Glasgow....only place i know that has a year round eclipse!

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

A year? I was last there this time last year and it completely passed me by. I was probably too busy trying not to have my laptop stolen on the bus

 

[downesy]

Aye the dirty wee port, where you get searched going into the pubs. Then handed a weapon if you have been careless enough, to venture out unarmed. ;-)

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

My mum took the dog (bichon, pure white coat) into Sudgies a while ago while she was waiting for someone and they told her she had to leave because the dog was a health hazard when in actual fact she was keeping the dog in her handbag because the pub's so dirty she was feart she'd catch something or end up filthy black. The bloody cheek of them! Her partner was horrified when he went into the Widows and discovered that you can buy Buckie by the glass although you've been able to do that for years in Sleazy's in Glasgow

 

[Gasman]

My wife did some of her GP training in Greenock and Port Glasgow. She used to describe the 'multicoloured' nature of a generation of children in the area due to the frequent liaisons between the local girls (working or otherwise) and servicemen at the US Naval Base near Dunoon.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Used to ride that road by Loch Thom to Largs once upon a time. Also the Gourock ferry over to some super countryside the other side of Dunoon. Kyles of Butes an aw that

 

[ComedyPilot]

The best thing about Greenock - It's proximity to Yorkshire?