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\u00a0… And What Has Changed?<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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A closer look at services from Falkirk, now operated by McGills Midland Bluebird. For this blog we go to Grangemouth, a town known for its massive oil refinery.\n
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The refinery dominates the town …<\/p>\n

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… provides significant amounts of employment and gives massive subsequent strength to the local economy.<\/div>\n
\u00a0G\u00a0rim or<\/div>\n
\u00a0G\u00a0<\/span>ood in<\/div>\n
\u00a0G\u00a0<\/span>rangemouth<\/div>\n
But recent news is, indeed, grim!\n
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The consequences woould be devastating for the community …\n
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… and not the best news fo the wider Scottish economy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Doubtless, its closure will have an effect on the towns bus services.\n
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Above we see First’s route 2 continuing to Bo’ness and routes 3 and 4, a both ways round lollipop. Things look much the same under McGills ownership.<\/p>\n

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Way back in 1987, Alexander Midland ran an 86 with 286 occasional oddments.<\/p>\n

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The terminus was a few yards along Burnbank Road …<\/p>\n

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… the end of which is still served by lollipops 3 and 4.<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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The McGills map shows “Old Town”, which is perhaps a little misleading. Here is the old Old Town, adjacent to the harbour and he canal basin.\n
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Here is the Old Town in the 1950s.<\/p>\n

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And below is the old town today c\/o Google Earth!<\/p>\n

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The small rectangle is the “Old Dock” as shown on the above old map!<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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The old town was obliterated!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Both the 2 and the 3\/4 have had a depressing career at the depressing hand of First Bus.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The 2 was, for most of its life, every 30 minutes at Grangemouth …\n
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… but latterly reduced to every hour.<\/p>\n

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McGills now run every 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Not that longs ago, the 3 and 4 ran every 20 minutes each way round.<\/p>\n

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Under First’s positive management this was reduced to every 30.<\/p>\n

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McGills have maintained the 30 minute headway on both e.g. 3 (below).<\/p>\n

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Of\u00a0 course, once upon a time Grangemouth had a railway service. Only the track to the oil refinery remains.<\/p>\n

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But the station was located roughly as above, but in its early life with a level crossing before oil arrived on the scene and new over bridges were builf.<\/p>\n

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The newer old town centre (often known as the New Town) is nearby. Here you will find bus stops for 2, 3 and 4 …<\/p>\n

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… with the more modern town centre appurtenances off to the south.<\/p>\n

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Here, in a rather tired looking precinct …<\/p>\n

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… you will find Iceland, Dominos, Greggs, “Sub” and, of course, Costa Lot!! Enjoy!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Tomorrow we look at tourism and its transport in Falkirk – but beginning with “H”.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Jacob’s family did very well in Egypt under the care of bro Joseph, then No 2 in the Heirarchy.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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But, inevitably, the political philosophy changed. Immigration became an issue. These “Habiru” became too numerous and, doubtless, their dependants soon moved in as well.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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The new Pharaoh sort of forgot what a clever guy Joe was and decided to use the immigrants as cheap Labour for his self aggrandisement building projects.\n
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Despite the hardship, the place was full of these foreigners who “bred like rabbits” according to the Egyptian authorities.<\/p><\/div>\n

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So, slaughter a batch of young males!!<\/div>\n

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\u00a0G\u00a0<\/span>rim or<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0G\u00a0<\/span>lorious<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0G\u00a0<\/span>odly<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0G\u00a0<\/span>uidance<\/span><\/div>\n
And even the most heathen of fbb’s readers will remember the story of the baby in the bullrushes.\n
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We tend to make this story “pretty” but it was one of desperation on the part of Amram and Jochebed (mum and dad) and he chances of survival were barely nil!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Moses was, however, rescued and brought up in the Pharoah’s court; messed up big time; ran away and settled down to be a humble desert shepherd.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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There he met the burning bush …\n
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… as you do!
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It was the flowers of a tamarisk tree, opine the Bible “knockers”; bushes don’t burn without being burnt. Of course they don’t if they are earthy bushes consumed with earthy fire -= conclusion, black and crinkly.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n


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But God is not limited by earth conflagration constraints.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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So He can do what he wants!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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And he was gong to get the people out of slavery and into their own settled and stable land. He promised it!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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BUT THEY HAD TO DO IT GOD’S WAY!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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It was ever thus!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0Next H for Holiday ABC blog : Friday 8th December\u00a0<\/div>\n

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