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	Greenock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Greenock (Grianaig in Scottish Gaelic) is a large burgh and a burgh of barony in the district of Inverclyde in western Scotland.
		Greenock thrived in the post-war years but as the heavy industries declined in the 1970s and 1980s unemployment became a major problem, and it has only been in the last ten years with reinvestment and the redevelopment of large sections of the town that the local economy has started to revive.
		Greenock reached its population peak in 1921 (81,123) and was once the sixth largest town in Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenock (1198 words)

	The Blitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blitz, a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning "Lightning War", was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940–1941.
		Although the Blitz took its name from the German Blitzkrieg, it was not an example of "lightning war" but was an early example of strategic bombing.
		The Baedeker Blitz was a series of raids conducted in mid-1942 as reprisals for the RAF bombing of the German city of Lübeck.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Blitz (1794 words)

	History of Scotland
		A flowering of culture and science helped this growth, spearheaded by names such as Adam Smith, David Hume and James Boswell in the former category, and in science by James Hutton and William Thomson better known as Lord Kelvin.
		In 1763—1764 the Greenock born mathematical-instrument maker to Glasgow University, James Watt, repaired a Newcomen steam engine and thought of an improvement which he patented in 1769.
		The town of Clydebank in particular suffered great destruction and loss of life during the blitz.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_scotland.html (6924 words)

	History of the USS Kretchmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We arrived at Greenock on the Clyde River on 22 February 1945, with liberty for the port section until 2330.
		Greenock is on the south shore of the Firth of Clyde, and twenty miles from Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland with a population of a million people in 1951.
		Greenock, which is the birthplace of James Watt who invented the steam engine, was important in World War II for its shipbuilding, engineering, sugar refining, worsted and woolen manufacturing and production of aluminum products.
	www.megspace.com /government/kretchmer/kretchmer2a.html (4402 words)

	Greenock Telegraph Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Another that was heavily scarred during the Second World War was Dortmund, which, like Greenock, survived the blitz to prosper again, then to see its prosperity and population decline as its heavy industry disappeared.
		Weel-kent Greenock piper and freelance electrical design engineer Hector Macphail, who has been living and working in the German city for much of the past year has seen many similarities between Dortmund and his home town and draws his experiences of the two together with these thoughts.
		Just as the success of Greenock Morton has added a great deal of pride and pleasure to our community, Borussia Dortmund is at the centre of much conversation in the city.
	www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk /readstory.php?id=5671 (837 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He sets his film in Greenock, a lower-class burg just across the Clyde River from Glasgow, and he populates the movie with young, first-time actors who speak a Scots dialect so thick that he chose to release the film with English subtitles.
		Blitz introduces us to the eight spellers one by one, but he never lets us in on how he chose these particular eight.
		After the main event is over, Blitz follows the eight spellers back to their homes and ask them to reflect upon their experiences.
	www.cs.wright.edu /people/faculty/rrea/st143.html (1950 words)

	Press Release Archive 2001
		MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is to address rally of those fighting for justice for asbestos victims in Clydebank.
		MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is continuing to press the case for the waterfront development at Gourock.
		MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has called on the Scottish Executive to put "every ounce of pressure at their disposal" on Railtrack to force them to rethink their "short-sighted decision" not to proceed with the joint redevelopment of the Gourock waterfront....
	www.duncanmcneil.com /News/Press_Releases/Releases_2001.htm (905 words)

	Congratulation Greenock Burns Club
		Greenock Burns club, known as "The Mother Club" celebrates its 200 years history with a birthday party on July 21 and an exhibition of Burns books and artefacts.
		They first founded the Greenock Ayrshire Society in 1795 which provided help for the very poor and education for children from poor homes.
		During the blitz in 1941, the building in Nicolson Street in which the Mother Club had its rooms was one of the casualties.
	www.worldburnsclub.com /newsletter/0107/greenock_burns_club.htm (296 words)

	Lean Manufacturing - Customer Satisfaction - Ross International Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The blitz week delivered reduced setup and build times enabling DPSL to reduce the lead times to the customer.
		Greenock has been using Kaizen as a continuous improvement tool since 1999 mainly, but not exclusively, within manufacturing.
		Other less tangible benefits we didn't set out to achieve but which cannot go unmentioned are the sense of empowerment and ownership as employees themselves are initiating and making on-going changes.
	www.rossinternational.co.uk /lmcs.htm (1085 words)

	Inverness Blitz American Football Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Inverness Blitz Academy of American Football suffered a major setback after their premises were broken into on Tuesday night.
		The Inverness Blitz Academy of American Football welcomes back the Highland Wildcats into the Academy after the governing body for American Football in Britain, BAFA, have accepted the SAU Pop Warner Football into the Association.
		The "Snow Bowl" is the time when players from the local Inverness Blitz Academy of American Football are allowed to demonstrate the skills they have learnt over the past year on their unfortunate coaches.
	www.invernessblitz.co.uk /history/archives/archives.html (2175 words)

	Greenock
		A cheque for £50 was presented to Mr Bowman by Mr James Neil, on behalf of the architects and contractors, for the benefit of the Greenock Fire Station Welfare Fund, and Provost John Reid moved a vote of thanks to Mr Maclay and Dr McFarlane.
		The fire service in Greenock dates back to 1753 when a fire engine was bought and housed in the shed in William Street, which also provided a home for Greenock's first post office.
		Greenock was one of the few local authorities in the country to have their rights as a fire brigade authority established by law, in this case under sections of the Greenock Corporation Act 1909.
	www.graeme.kirkwood.btinternet.co.uk /SFB/C07.htm (3242 words)

	Commemorative Mission to the United Kingdom - Travel Diary
		It was during the Blitz that Arawa returned to being a merchant ship and those serving in her moved to the naval depot HMS Victory.
		Marjorie was working in a factory producing stirling bombers in Coventry, which was heavily bombed during the Blitz.
		Allan has never returned to the United Kingdom and the mission is chance for him to show his admiration for the strength and courage of the British people during the Blitz.
	www.dva.gov.au /media/publicat/2003/london/vbios/ferrari.htm (764 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Sport - No sign of a tailing off as Greenock maintain challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		CHAMPIONS Greenock last night remained on course to push Grange all the way for this season’s premier division title with a thoroughly efficient defeat of Heriot’s at Glenpark.
		Earlier Greenock skipper Neil MacRae, who notched a century on the same strip last weekend, had little hesitation in opting for first knock.
		Butt, who had been the pick of the Heriot’s bowlers, scarcely deserved to suffer to the tune of 22 runs from the final over of the home innings as Greenock hoisted their tally to 248-6.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=812372003 (979 words)

	Sunday Herald, The: No Headline Present
		But after Tillakaratne's blitz they could only reach 157 for nine - which was never likely to test Grange's deep batting line up.
		Greenock eased their relegation worries with a crushing revenge victory over Stoneywood-Dyce at Glenpark.
		It was a particularly welcome success for Greenock who were anxious to wipe away the bitter memory of their early season defeat at Peoples Park.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_19990725/ai_n13940057 (568 words)

	Greenock Telegraph Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		INVERCLYDE is more of an urban wasteland than it was after the Blitz, top author Iain Banks has claimed.
		But he does return to play cards — and lose money — with old pals in Greenock every now and then, though even that, he said, is going a bit far.
		And he does have happy memories of his youth in the town at “the end of the Clyde’s golden age”.
	www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk /readstory.php?id=5736 (398 words)

	Scottish Parliament Remembers Greenock's Blitz
		The Scottish Parliament tonight paid tribute to the Clydeside communities who endured the terror of the Blitz.
		And MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, took the opportunity to remember the two terrible nights in May 1941 when German bombs fell on Greenock.
		Mr McNeil continued, saying that the Greenock of today should not only acknowledge the debt it owes to the wartime generation, but use their resilience as an inspiration to tackle the challenges which face the town now.
	www.duncanmcneil.com /News/Press_Releases/PR_140301.htm (513 words)

	Books: Old Greenock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Old Greenock features a stunning collection of 170 photographs illustrating many aspects of the town's historic past.
		These neighbourhoods were swept away during a variety of redevelopments, and are just one example of how this historic town has changed during its relatively short existence.
		Many well-remembered local businesses such as Shannons and Mackays are also featured, along with sobering images of the aftermath of the Blitz and pictures of Greenock's legendary docks and shipbuilding heritage.
	www.stenlake.co.uk /books/375.htm (124 words)

	theblitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was Woodhall they were in on the first night of the Blitz and there was looting.
		The first night, Greenock's air-raid siren was struck by the Germans and there was no sirens sounded the second night, therefore the things were dropping before we'd time to get into the shelter in the garden next door, so we never got the length and the press was the only thing we could think of.
		His son's shelter was supposed to be the strongest in Greenock but it had been blitzed.Fourteen of the different relatives of the Olivers went into the
	www.portglasgow4u.co.uk /submitted/theblitz.html (580 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Greenock Blitz and Scott's Shipbuilders - A2451197
		This contribution is taken from the collections of the McLean Museum and Art Gallery Greenock.
		We must have sent out hundreds of letters to suppliers and the majority of them were very good and sent back by return of post copies of the orders.
		My own personal difficulty at the blitz was that I lost all my drawing instruments.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2451197 (669 words)

	Church of St Mary the Virgin, Port Glasgow, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Reverend Charles Cole, incumbent of St John's, Greenock held services in a hall in Gillespie's Lane in the mid 1840's.
		The foundation stone was laid in December 1855 and the building consecrated on 25 March 1857 and dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
		St Mary's was damaged in the 'blitz' of May 1941 and six members of the congregation were killed as a result of the bombs dropped on the the town.
	www.episcopalglasgow.org.uk /portglasgow (180 words)

	Ray Daniel
		Flares were dropped lighting up the City and in the first hour 70 fires were reported in the centre of the City.
		During one of the raids, while my mother, father, brother, three neighbours and myself were in the shelter, a explosive bomb fell onto the road in the front of our house and made a crater 15 feet across and 10 feet deep.
		We put to sea again and steamed south; on Sunday June 4th.a signal was received delaying the operation for twenty four hours and we were ordered to reduce speed and return north.
	www.normandy1944.info /veterans/ray_daniel.html (2137 words)

	History of Scotland Article, HistoryScotland Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Aflowering of culture and science helped this growth, spearheaded by names such as Adam Smith, David Hume and James Boswell in the former category, and in science by James Hutton and William Thomson, better known as Lord Kelvin.
		In 1763 – 1764 the Greenock -born mathematical-instrument maker to Glasgow University, James Watt, repaired a Newcomen steam engine and thought of an improvement, which he patented in 1769.
		The town of Clydebank in particular suffered greatdestruction and loss of life during the blitz.
	www.anoca.org /english/scottish/history_of_scotland.html (6692 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Sport - Poloc brushed aside as chase for seventh Scottish Cup continues
		GRANGE are today looking forward to making cricketing history when they face Greenock in the Coronel Scottish Cup Final at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, on Sunday August 29.
		In anticipating their first cup win since 1998 Grange will be looking to come out top in overall dealings with Greenock this season.
		Hero of the Greenock win was Australian professional Michael Dighton who hit 80 and took 4-39 as Premiership front-runners Clydesdale were dismissed for 152 chasing 240-8.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=914662004 (483 words)

	Ron 'Scotty' Wilson
		This was part of the Isle of Mull is home of the McLean clan crammed with picturesque history of the Scottish highlands.
		To-day was to be our final examination day and we were to set sail for Greenock.
		Every possible type of emergency was called by the Commodore and while most of the exam was being carried on a terrible din was set by our signallers sending out code on the ships whistle.
	www.cbrnp.com /RNP/Flower/ARTICLES/Wilson-1.htm (6057 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Mother wins UK's biggest short story competition
		A TALE of corruption in the Far East was last night named as the winner of The Scotsman and Orange Short Story awards - the biggest of its kind in Britain.
		Kirstin Zhang, 35, a single mother who lives in Greenock, was presented with the £7,500 award by John McGurk, editor of The Scotsman, at a ceremony in Edinburgh.
		Ms Zhang is now divorced, and bringing up their young son in Greenock, where she has lived for the past five years.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=598502005 (1023 words)

	Inverclyde Leisure Fitness Gyms
		Individual programmes are available or join in one of our exciting abs or spinning classes for those enjoy training in a team.
		New Body Tone classes are available every Tuesday from 12 noon to 2pm, and Thursday from 4pm to 7pm at the Greenock fitness Gym.
		Body Blitz, an exercise based weight management class, takes place at our Boglestone gym and is guaranteed to put the glow back into your personality.
	www.inverclydeleisure.com /html/fgyms.asp (518 words)

	Sunderland Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		WHEN her days as a passenger ship were over, she had a five-year spell in the coal and transatlantic timber trade, but her sailing days ended in 1893 when she was bought by Southampton Corporation for use as a sanatorium and floating isolation hospital ship.
		She had an anti-aircraft gun on her upper deck and was used in the defence of the river during the Clydeside Blitz.
		After the war, she was scheduled for breaking up, but was saved by transfer back to the RNVR for use as a club-house on the Clyde in Glasgow.
	www.sunderland-echo.co.uk /mk4CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=29847 (1008 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Greenock Blitz - U233101
		I lived through the Greenock Blitz and have vivid memories of it.
		In researching the subject I have come across tales of enemy planes machine-gunning civilians, but have been unable to find any factual proof of this happening.
		Everyone "knows a friend who knew a man who was told by someone who saw it happen", etc., etc. I know that the redoubtable Greenock Telegraph even mentioned it a few days after the event.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/U233101 (249 words)

	HMS Firedrake Page 26
		For me the war was the London blitz, a brief spell in the Essex Home Guard, but mainly the Royal Navy and my marriage to Dorothy in 1943.
		Thus, as an aspiring young sailor I was drafted from the historical naval base at Chatham to join HMS Firedrake (the fire dragon) at Greenock.
		Thus I found myself at the harbour in Greenock and, as an interim experience I found myself waiting and working, on a Scottish fishing trawler the Shepherd Lad.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake26.htm (2289 words)

	Best Laid Schemes :: Greenock Plans Ahead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After the Second World War all over the Britain Isles towns and cities prepared plans to tackle the legacy of unplanned expansion since the industrial revolution.
		People walking through bomb damaged streets, their belongings in horse-drawn carts (6.47) pan of Greenock from hills to docks (7.05) int.
		of town council building (?) with members looking over proposed plans for Greenock, which have been prepared by Sir Frank Mears (7.37) a cargo boat is unloaded onto wharves and small boat alongside.
	www.bestlaidschemes.com /moviezone/greenock-plans-ahead (216 words)

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