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Our Forth Bridge: Made From Girders
It’s OUR bridge.
Scotland’s famous Forth Bridge spans more than a body of water. It connects centuries, communities, land and sea, past and present.
However, beyond the famous red struts and lattices lies a varied and lively community, every bit as interconnected and interdependent as the girders of the bridge itself. Just like the six-and-a-half million rivets holding the Forth Bridge together, there are countless points of contact between the people who form the Forth Bridge community in its widest sense: engineers and environmentalists, managers, model makers, construction workers, campaigners, tour guides and train drivers.
Writer Barbara Henderson and photographer Alan McCredie lift the curtain on the people who work on the bridge, promote the bridge, protect the bridge, live by it, or play a significant
part in its story.
One sentiment unites them all.
In one way or another, they all claim ‘the Bridge’ as their own.
Scotland’s famous Forth Bridge spans more than a body of water. It connects centuries, communities, land and sea, past and present.
However, beyond the famous red struts and lattices lies a varied and lively community, every bit as interconnected and interdependent as the girders of the bridge itself. Just like the six-and-a-half million rivets holding the Forth Bridge together, there are countless points of contact between the people who form the Forth Bridge community in its widest sense: engineers and environmentalists, managers, model makers, construction workers, campaigners, tour guides and train drivers.
Writer Barbara Henderson and photographer Alan McCredie lift the curtain on the people who work on the bridge, promote the bridge, protect the bridge, live by it, or play a significant
part in its story.
One sentiment unites them all.
In one way or another, they all claim ‘the Bridge’ as their own.
170 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2023
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March 21, 2024
This is a wonderful, warm-hearted book looking at a range of people and their connections to the Forth Bridge. (For those who don't know, the Forth Bridge is the Rail Bridge opened in 1890, the Forth Road Bridge is the original Road Bridge opened in 1964, and the Queensferry Crossing is the new Road Bridge opened in 2017.) The author gave herself the unenviable task of arranging the participants into 26 chapters, one for each letter of the alphabet. Assigning each entry to a specific alphabetized heading was apparently quite difficult!
There is a full page photo of each participant, along with a brief biography, and then they explain their connection to the Forth Bridge and how it has influenced their life. It is fascinating to learn all these details. What also comes across is how many people would like a visitor centre for the Bridge (or even to cover all three bridges) but it seems that funding is always a problem!
There is a full page photo of each participant, along with a brief biography, and then they explain their connection to the Forth Bridge and how it has influenced their life. It is fascinating to learn all these details. What also comes across is how many people would like a visitor centre for the Bridge (or even to cover all three bridges) but it seems that funding is always a problem!
November 29, 2024
~ Our Forth Bridge Made from Girders by Barbara Henderson & Alan McCredie ~
I bought this book as there is a chapter about my friend @purplebeesy, so I was keen to read all about her outdoor swimming group and how important it is for her in many different ways.
The book is a collection of personal stories from those who live and work near the Forth Bridge and how it has impacted their lives!
Now I have read some more of the chapters, and I really enjoyed them too...
From Colin Hardie, the construction engineer who was supposed to only be there for two weeks (22 years later ...) to Zoologist Cristin Lambert and her passion for marine protection around our shores.
An interesting read and glimpse into the interesting lives of people! 📚📚📚
I bought this book as there is a chapter about my friend @purplebeesy, so I was keen to read all about her outdoor swimming group and how important it is for her in many different ways.
The book is a collection of personal stories from those who live and work near the Forth Bridge and how it has impacted their lives!
Now I have read some more of the chapters, and I really enjoyed them too...
From Colin Hardie, the construction engineer who was supposed to only be there for two weeks (22 years later ...) to Zoologist Cristin Lambert and her passion for marine protection around our shores.
An interesting read and glimpse into the interesting lives of people! 📚📚📚
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