Historical Facts

[Sheneval]

How interesting, I don't remember there being any Roman baths, but it was a long time ago. Sister lives in Milmgavie

The start of the West Highland Way - have done the stretch between Milngavie and Drymen a few times - a nice easy 12 miles with good food and drink at the end of it

[Sheneval]

Nothing left of the Gorbals now, last time we were up in Scotland, we visited a restored house in Glasgow, interesting.

My 3 brothers and myself went for a walk to the old school and to Caledonia road a few years back on a night out - kept the drinking time down - all that is left is the Greek Thomson church at the corner of Hospital street and a tree stands where our building once stood

[Sheneval]

Oh my goodness......I went to Boclair Academy in Bearsden. And I had no idea there were Roman Baths there. I did History at Higher Level, and still don't recall either History teacher mentioning the Baths.

ETA Just looked on a Ordnance Survey map - we used to run cross country right over the wall

Jules,

Part of the Antonine Wall


http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.u...en/romanbaths/

[Sheneval]

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning & death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

[julesapple]

Just been looking on a Hidden Scotland site, Shen. Fascinating stuff, it is too. I'm utterly gobsmacked it's been there since 1970 so it I cannot think why it wasn't on Geography or History field trips.

Stupidly, I never made the connection to the Antonine Wall and the Roman Fortlet I knew well at Cadder Golf Course. And there are other Forts and Fortlets on the Forth & Clyde Canal, about a mile away from where we lived in Torrance.

Can't believe I missed all that - geeky teenager that I was!

[Sheneval]

Just been looking on a Hidden Scotland site, Shen. Fascinating stuff, it is too. I'm utterly gobsmacked it's been there since 1970 so it I cannot think why it wasn't on Geography or History field trips.

Stupidly, I never made the connection to the Antonine Wall and the Roman Fortlet I knew well at Cadder Golf Course. And there are other Forts and Fortlets on the Forth & Clyde Canal, about a mile away from where we lived in Torrance.

Can't believe I missed all that - geeky teenager that I was!

Have to say I never knew about it either till I saw it on a map of the Antonine wall I got in Oxfam a few years before my grandson got the Roman Project - for some reason the old map/booklet took my eye and I thought it might be useful for his school work which proved to be the case

[Dorothy rouse]

Small world isn't it, Boclair Academy, rings bells, will have to ask big sister.

[Sheneval]

Bread was divided, according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or ''The Upper Crust''.