Beacon Book Festival 2026
20–22 February, Greenock

The inaugural Beacon Book Festival will take place next month at Beacon Arts Centre, welcoming some of the UK’s finest writers, poets and storytellers to Inverclyde for three inspiring days of discussion, performance and creativity.

https://www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/beacon-book-festival/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #storytelling #writers #Greenock #Inverclyde

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
John Macgregor in 1676 in Greenock.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393839
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1871&search_string=lastname

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #Inverclyde

The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyssbay/wemyssbay/index.html

#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture

#OTD in 2018, IBM railway station was closed. Branchton railway station is now the nearest station, 2km away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_railway_station

#ScottishHistory #ScottishRailways #Inverclyde

The Inverclyde area has 28 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Greenock Titan Crane has a #wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt_Dock_Crane

#ScottishHistory #Inverclyde

#OTD in 1965, Greenock Princes Pier railway station was closed. Greenock West railway station is now the nearest station, 1km away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenock_Princes_Pier_railway_station

#ScottishHistory #ScottishRailways #Inverclyde

The Inverclyde area has 28 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. St Laurence’s Church (Greenock) (dating from 1898) lacks a #wikipedia article.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14906728

#ScottishHistory #Inverclyde

Thanks #Inverclyde Skywatchers for inviting me! Interesting discussion on #solar #power from #space!

https://www.facebook.com/inverclydeskywatchers/posts/pfbid02fkC3QgzBuv3HPFbphYkjD37jNeXp4XhkMTbTFSGgt2y3sZjJ54JmftNNsSq1moBkl

#scotland #astronomy #inverclyde #seminar #space #solarpower