Sue Greig kindly shared this advert from 1823, in times when Glencaple Quay was known as the ‘Port of Dumfries’…
WEEKLY STEAM-PACKET, BETWEEN Dumfries, Whitehaven and Liverpool THE Public are respectfully informed, that the fast-sailing Steam Packet ALBION, Will leave Liverpool for Glencaple Quay (the Port of Dumfries), on Wednesday the 18th June, and return on Thursday at 8 o’clock morning. This fine vessel was built last year, and is noted as a fast-sailor – She has separate Cabins for Ladies or Parties. This is the cheapest Conveyance ever offered for visiting the Lakes of Cumberland, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, and London. The Packet will complete the voyage in from 15 to 18 hours. Apply to Mr John Sinclair, bookseller, Dumfries; Mr Thomas Jackson, Black Lion, Whitehaven; North Wales and Dumfries Steam-Packet Office, Liverpool, No. 20. James Street; Star Hotel, and Mail Coach Office, Edinburgh. Everyone loves a bit of local interest/ history! We’re keen to document it for future generations – it’d be a shame for things to be hidden in the attic or buried at the back of a drawer when so many folk would be interested in seeing them! If you have anything you’d like to share, please do send it to us at caerlaverockcommunity@gmail.com or through our Facebook page www.facebook.com/caerlaverockcommunity/
Paul. G. Panton, R. N. Commander,