Greenock, Inverclyde - Esplanade - Valentines RP c.1930s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The Esplanade, Greenock, Inverclyde
• Publisher:  Valentines A1254
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: 

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Greenock ( listen (help·info); Scottish Gaelic: Grianaig, pronounced [k??i?n?k?]) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in Scotland, United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.

Greenock's population was recorded as being 45,467 in the 2001 census, a decrease from about 78,000 in 1966. It lies on the south bank of the Clyde at the ""Tail of the Bank"" where the River Clyde expands into the Firth of Clyde.

The origin of the town's name is uncertain. It is generally accepted^{[by whom?]}, however, that the town is named after the Gaelic ""Grianaig"" meaning a sunny place. The suggestion^{[citation needed]} that the town's name comes from the words Green Oak is merely folk etymology, but the image has been taken as a logo for the town's main shopping centre, The Oak Mall and was once emblazoned on the local Co-operative Society emblem. The myth^{[citation needed]} that 'Greenock' derives from 'Green Oak' is also perpetrated in a local song (The Green Oak Tree). Significantly, no green oak appears on the town's coat of arms which features the three chalices of the Shaw Stewarts, a sailing ship in full sail and two herring above the motto God Speed Greenock.

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=renfrewshire

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=unposted