Series 12 Episode 6 - NEWTON MEARNS (# 995 Visited 25/08/2025)

Renfrewshire, Scotland : Population 26,600 (Rank # 401)

Bagpiping suburban fact into travelogue fiction.

MUSIC

Kometenmelodie 2 - Kraftwerk

Scotland The Brave - The Auld Town Band & Pipes

THANKS

The Buildings of Scotland (Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire) - Pevsner, N. et al

Visit the UK's 1,000 largest settlements with Alexander Rennie. For full details of both challenge and podcast, see https://forgottentowns.org

Series 12 Episode 5 - BONHILL (# 994 Visited 24/08/2025)

Dunbartonshire, Scotland : Population 9,050 (Rank # 988)

Is the Leven going to get us down, or will we distract ourselves with the not-so-great library of Alexandria? The first half of the final season winds up in Dunbartonshire.

MUSIC

Heartsong - Gordon Giltrap

Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian

Durham Town (The Leavin') - Roger Whittaker

Visit the UK's 1,000 largest settlements with Alexander Rennie. For full details of both challenge and podcast, see https://forgottentowns.org

Series 12 Episode 4 - ERSKINE (# 993 Visited 24/08/2025)
Renfrewshire, Scotland : Population 15,510 (Rank # 658)

The one where we pay tribute to the late Anne Gregg, for no obvious reason.

MUSIC
Heartsong - Gordon Giltrap
Get On Up - James Brown
The Last Farewell - Roger Whittaker
Durham Town (The Leavin') - Roger Whittaker

THANKS

Anne Gregg (1940-2006)
BBC Holiday 89 (Episode 11 - 16/03/1989)
The staff of Spar, Erskine
The Buildings of Scotland (Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire) - Pevsner, N. et al

Visit the UK's 1,000 largest settlements with Alexander Rennie. For full details of both challenge and podcast, see https://forgottentowns.org