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Sons. The firm continued to prosper well into the twentieth century, building in excess of 450 vessels, many of these being passenger vessels and coasters for
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Bowling is that of Thomas McGill, originally from Glasgow. He rented the Graving dock in 1800, for which he paid £25 in the first year. McGill and two of his sons built vessels at Bowling until 1843 when the yard was forced to close due to an extension of the Forth and
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Bowling also has an annual cheese running competition where locals chase rolls of cheese down the
Kilpatrick hills. The winner is awarded a giant roll of cheese and has the village hall named after them until next year's cheese race. Steven Donnachie is currently the record holder, having won the
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services call at Bowling, two trains per hour each direction.
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and allegedly spent its later life as a smuggling ship in the
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Old Bowling, Duntocher, Hardgate, Milton and Old Kilpatrick
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and the Scott family of the shipbuilders Scott and Sons.
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Video and narration - Bowling Basin and Harbour Complex
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571:One well-known ship built by Scott was the
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583:. It ran aground at
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1142:Hood, John (2004).
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559:Grangemouth
517:" books by
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1411:Categories
1371:Gartocharn
1315:Alexandria
1258:Whitecrook
892:29 October
789:References
605:ExxonMobil
581:Ionian Sea
519:Neil Munro
515:Para Handy
492:Whitecrook
341:55°55′55″N
100:Population
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1361:Duntocher
1335:Dumbarton
1330:Clydebank
1238:Duntocher
711:Dumbarton
593:Zakynthos
496:Clydebank
480:Clydeport
469:In 2008,
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406:Clydebank
344:4°29′38″W
305:Dumbarton
263:Ambulance
203:Post town
1376:Hardgate
1248:Hardgate
1115:BBC News
1062:cite web
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940:4 August
918:4 August
862:Archived
813:31 March
767:See also
742:ScotRail
709:ran via
412:. It is
395:Scotland
328:Scotland
268:Scottish
256:Scottish
244:Scotland
185:Scotland
116:NS445737
1366:Faifley
1356:Dalmuir
1351:Bowling
1325:Bonhill
1320:Balloch
1243:Faifley
1228:Dalmuir
1081:Navagio
966:3 April
719:Glasgow
715:Balloch
585:Navagio
487:Provost
421:⁄
371:Bowling
207:GLASGOW
179:Country
82:Bowling
24:Bowling
1396:Renton
1386:Milton
1233:Drumry
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379:Bowlin
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