hucks216 forwarded me a tweet a few days ago that contained the below image as it was is described as being at Motherwell and I'm Motherwell born, the location looked very familiar as if its where I think it is I live about the same distance the opposite side of the slag heap on the photo, I went to try get a matching photo today but can't get a match so I may be in the wrong place, so I'm hoping someone has the unit War Diary that may confirm the location and hopefully I can get a then and now The full IWM caption has "Spectators watching troops of the 20th Field Squadron, Polish Army Engineers, assembling the sections of a Bailey Bridge during a bridge building demonstration for Scottish factory workers at Motherwell. All workers were employed in making component parts of the Bailey Bridge and it was the first time they saw the results of their work put into operation and used by the Army." I'm guessing the factory mentioned is "Motherwell Bridge Limited" but there were a few heavy industry factories in the area including Findlays who made Mulberry sections
THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 Object description Female workers watching troops of the 20th Field Squadron, Polish Army Engineers, assembling the sections of a Bailey Bridge during a bridge building demonstration for Scottish factory workers at Motherwell. All workers were employed in making component parts of the Bailey Bridge and it was the first time they saw the results of their work put into operation and used by the Army. Taken 9th March 1943 TD
There are a few photos from the day, this one is probably of interest to a few on here Below was a quick image from google street view that I thought was the rough area, but when I popped along today the water level is a lot lower than I thought, in my mind it was just below the road but its actually about 30-40 meters lower and if you go to near the water the slag heap is invisible. On the plus side my wander today I did get to wander the old disused railway and the "Bing" that were my childhood haunts
If you stood further to the left would the path of the ditch match up? And then if you looked to the left does the hill slope down from right to left as seen in the tank photo?
Its hard to say, the image is taken from the fairly modern dual carriageway and it is fairly built up, as is the slope you can see on the bottom right, its hard to work out what it would have been like before the groundworks for the road change - in my head I was thinking more to the right (but on the ground that seems unlikely) - to the left is hard to judge
