Ah yes - meant to post this the other day, after I watched another "get your antiques valued" programme on TV, and then browsing a historic ships website.
Glasgow is a fine city, with many great achievements to its name. So there is no need for anyone to pinch, on its behalf, the achievements of a neighbouring town. As a "Bankie", something that really gets me annoyed is to hear Clydebank being referred to as part of Glasgow (it is not, and never has been), or to find the great ship-building achievements of the Clydebank shipyards being attributed to Glasgow.
Among the many ships built in Clydebank, many of the great, record-breaking trans-Atlantic passenger liners were built there - the Lusitania, the Aquitania, the Queen Mary, etc.
Clydebank is NOT part of Glasgow, and these ships were built in Clydebank, NOT built in Glasgow!
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