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| Courtesy of Frances Dryburgh |
Following on from the lecture given by Emily Malcolm in November last year, thirty friends
visited GMRC to see the ship models. These are now housed in a
purpose built pod, giving adequate space for display.
They come from the last
two centuries, mainly from the heyday of ship building on the Clyde. These are remarkably detailed and
precise in their construction and have been made by craftsmen.. However, there
are other vessels from foreign parts. Emily drew our attention to particular
aspects of each model and gave us anecdotes about them.
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| Courtesy of Frances Dryburgh |
We had not one but two tours because John Messner then took
us on a tour of marine paintings from the collection. These gave us a picture
of how the Clyde has changed in the past two centuries- from a small shallow
river to the basin with many ship yards and through two world wars.
We are most grateful to John and Emily for a morning “on the
water”.
