When the Queen visited Mugdock yesterday to open the new water treatment plant she was met with a deluge.The officials of Scottish Water recalled that when Queen Victoria opened the original reservoir it was also raining.heavily
As Queen Victoria was travelling from Central Station by coach to Milngavie she stopped for a comfort break at a water board house in Bearsden. This house is now the home of Anniesland's club man of the century Roy Dingwall who was heard to quip "thats why we call the house The Royal Flush"

This article was posted on 4-Jul-2008, 11:58 by Hugh Barrow.