IN beautiful countryside on the southern edge of Glasgow, the city’s last remaining village is awash with history . Carmunnock’s residents know its streets, parks and buildings have always had many stories to tell, and now a clever new multimedia heritage trail aims to share them far and wide. (Image: Carmunnock Archive) Since its launch in the spring, the guide – which invites people to scan a QR code at each stop to view videos and archive material which bring the history to life - has already had more than 500 hits, while a trailer video advertising it has had around 100,000 views.
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The starting point for the trail was a remarkable digital archive compiled by the late Peter Christie and the late Bob Crawford, who had the foresight to preserve pho.