"More steam, MacPhail!"

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The Maryhill, a working, scale replica of the classic Clyde Puffer, in the Kirky Marina. In the industrail era many of these ships, made famous in Neil Munro's book, and the 1970s TV adaptation (still much loved here), were built and launched near this spot

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Taken this day, 2010, "more steam, MacPhail!!!" https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/4691053617/

"The Wee Spark", a working, scale replica of the famous Clyde Puffer, moored near where many of them were built & launched in Kirkintilloch

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"More steam, MacPhail, you blaggard!"

Monument celebrating the wonderful Clyde Puffer, as seen in Para Handy, by the canal marina at Kirkintilloch. Many were built & launched from this spot, one upon a time.

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Taken this day, 2013, the Vital Spark in the snow https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/8542272645/in/photostream/

Actually it's the Maryhill, a working, scale version of the classic Clyde Puffer, many of which were built & launched near this spot in #Kirkintilloch

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