We headed to Dalmarnock bridge in search of a gentleman from the 1930’s seen jumping to the waters below… What we uncovered also.. was something far more disturbing & possibly the best PSB7 Messages I have ever heard…. with validation.

 

There is also a road bridge over the River Clyde on Dalmarnock Road (A749) called Dalmarnock Bridge. The first bridge at the location was wooden, erected in 1821 to connect Dalmarnock and the Farme Cross area of Rutherglen. It was replaced by a new timber bridge in 1848, and in 1891 by the current Dalmarnock Bridge, designed by Glasgow consulting engineers, Crouch & Hogg; it is Category B listed. The Glasgow side of the bridge is a convenient point for walkers and cyclists to join the Clyde Walkway or National Cycle Route 75 which share a tarmac path along the river at this point.

 

This structure should not be confused with the nearby Rutherglen Bridge which also connects Rutherglen and Dalmarnock (as well as Glasgow Green, Oatlands, Shawfield and Bridgeton), nor with two modern pedestrian bridges: one also connecting to Shawfield, and the other between the 2014 Athletes' Village homes and the Cuningar Loop, an area of open ground on a meander of the river, known locally as 'The Vallies' and converted to a park as part of the area's redevelopment). So.. what haunts Dalmarnock Bridge? Despite the fact it is nearly 200 years old, there is only a single ghost associated with Dalmarnock Road Bridge, and sightings have been scarce since the 1970s, when activity at the location was at its highest.

 

The spirit which haunts (or haunted) the bridge, is said to be that of a suicidal young man. Eyewitness reports describe the man as being in his early thirties, and decked out in a blue jacket and black trousers which would seem out of place in any era other than the 1930s. Those who encountered the ghost say they first saw him standing at the top of Dalmarnock Road Bridge, staring into the water below as if in a trance, seemingly contemplating throwing himself to his death. When approached by members of the public, the man would leap from the top of the bridge only to vanish into thin air. Records from the early decades of Dalmarnock Bridge are spotty at best, so it is impossible to determine if a suicide ever took place in the area or just who the depressed ghost might be. Reports of the spirit were copious throughout the seventies, but have now pretty much died out bar one or two instances.

 

What did we uncover that night? ... get ready

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