Last night I went on the beachie heritage walk organised by St. James Church. The guide for the walk was Charlie Webster, my former colleague on the council. In an entertaining hour Charlie covered a number of interesting things such as Broughty Castle and the Rough Wooing War, the ferry service to Tayport, one of the world’s first roll-on roll-off ferries at Broughty Harbour where a spur line ran from the Dundee to Arbroath Railway, a connection with the Irish Civil War in 1921 and the explosion at Broughty gas works.
Charlie had a lot of interesting stories about some well known local characters as well as some notable and truly heroic former Broughty Ferry residents.
Last year I went on the walk around the immediate area of the church which was about the fishing community and the lifeboats. That walk has been repeated this year as well. You will be surprised by the history in such a small area. There is no charge for the walks but donations if desired are given to Broughty Ferry R.N.L.I
Details of the remaining dates for this years beachie walks and how to book a space can be found on the St. James web site at www.stjamesbroughtyferry.org.uk.
