The Vennel, the Sea and the Green Oak Tree
Shaw Street, Greenock: McLean Museum & Art Gallery,
Notes on the Photo Route
01. Ship reaches port at Mid Quay
02. Survey Dry Dock - Quay Sheds (fish market?)
03. Disembark at West-East Breast
04. Start tour at East Breast - Lower William Street walking to Watt statue
05. Stop at Shaw-Dalrymple St surveying the areas between Broad St and 5 Gables
06. Continues to Upper William St to Cathcart Square to pre-municipal Cowans
07. Leave the Square towards Church Place and #4 Wheat Sheaf Hotel
08. Turn the corner into Market Street with #3 Devlins Bar
09. Continue along Market to Manse Lane looking at Gardners Arms/Paladium)
10. Continue along Market St towards flesh market stopping at Smiths Lane
11. Continue along Market St looking at Cowgate St and the Anchorage Bar
12. Continue from Market to Tobago St stopping at Buccleugh St
13. Continue along Tobago St to Sir Michael at the Cosy Corner bar
14. looking up Sir Michael Street
15. Continue along Tobago to meet the Vennel at Inverkip St.
16. Continue along Vennel to Sugarhouse lane
17. Continue along Vennel to Charles St
18 Continue along Vennel, passing Buccleugh and Cowgate
19. Continue along Vennel to Smiths Lane at Dairy
20 Continue to Hamilton St from Vennel
21. Stop at Hamilton surveying Watsons lane and shops opposite Town Hall
22. Continue from Hamilton down Taylors Close to Dalrymple Street
23. Stop at Dalrymple looking towards lower Vennel and Taylors Close
24. Continue on Dalrymple to 5 Gables
25. End tour at Watt statue on Dalrymple