Wednesday, May 11, 2011

ABC Wednesday:
Q is for Queensferry


The railway bridge over the River Forth taken from the foreshore at South Queensferry in 1966.

After publishing a version of this photograph under the title Forth Railway Bridge. A correspondent wrote
having worked in South Queensferry for over thirty years, I would be lynched if I had referred to the bridge as anything other than the Forth Bridge. According to locals, there is the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. Even "South Queensferry" is a bit of a misnomer as there isn't a town by that name, only "Queensferry" but ask anyone from "the village" where they live and it's always, "South Queensferry"!
I would have thought that would be for fear of being thought of as coming from North Queensferry, but as we say down here
there's nowt so queer as folk.
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8 comments:

  1. Foggy, foggy day. Interesting

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  2. Interesting post and great photo. It looks like three lumbering dinosaurs in the fog! (At least to my warped or creative mind.)

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  3. Interesting how labels stick and their importance. A great looking bridge, too.

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  4. A beautiful and a very interesting picture!
    Happy ABC!

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  5. In the 1980s ther was a very nice pub in 'Queensferry".
    Jane x

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  6. I now know what to call it, although it is a wonderful structure whatever it is called. Great capture.

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  7. I live in Queensferry and it's actually the local folk who call it 'Queensferry'. The rest of the world call it 'South Queensferry'. The postal address is also 'South Queensferry'. :)

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