GLASGOW'S Customhouse Quay was still a working landing spot when this picture was taken on a particularly still day in 1956.

It was in use for the landing of minerals by small coastal vessels up to the early 1970s. You can see piles of sand on the quayside, much of which was used to bed in the cobbles which once paved the city's streets.

Although many of the buildings which once lined Clyde Street have long gone, St Andrew's Catholic Cathedral still stands guard by the Clyde, as does the city's old Custom House, although it has long lain empty and forlorn.

Long gone too is the MV Carrick, whose prow you can see right. The sailing ship, the former City of Adelaide, is now back in its namesake port. We suspect the Aussies will take better care of her than we ever did.