The Old Railway Traditional Cache
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This is placed in coney park and it is a beautiful place with view of hills and lush green fields. This is a simple clip and lock container beside the gate at GZ ALSO TO AVOID CONFUSION THE CACHE IS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE RAILWAY NOT ON THE PATH BELOW ALSO PARKING IS ACCESSIBLE AT THE VERY BACK END OF CONEY PARK AND IT IS A EASY ROUGHLY SHORT WALK ABOUT 60 METRES - 100 METRES OR SO METRES WALK
History of Banknock: There were coal mines along the north side of the valley. Cannerton Pit was one of these mines and its spoil heap, locally called "the Bing" was a local landmark Before the railway was built, the Banknock mines were linked to the Forth & Clyde Canal by a wagon way which is still traceable today. Banknock once had a railway station on the Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway , a line which was built to serve these mines. When these mines closed, a brickworks was set up on the Cannerton site. This busy industrial site was once an important feature but is now disused. Another employer in the village was the foundry which was at the Coneypark end of the village and owned by the Dobson family who lived in what is now the Glenskirlie House Hotel. The Glenskirlie House Hotel has recently added a fake castle turret and it has become a popular venue for weddings. Bankier Whisky Distillery closed in 1928, and was finally demolished in 1981. The part of the village where the Kilsyth Road crosses the Bush Burn was named Holland bush and it was the centre of the village with a Post Office, Co-operative shops and a licensed grocers shop registered as Andrew Brown & Son. Banknock was particularly busy on Sundays due to the strict post-war licensing laws which dictated that only bona fide travellers may imbibe liquor on Sundays, and Kilsyth people would travel outwith their own environs in order to qualify.
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