Hunters Quay
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.jpg) Hunters Quay viewed from theFirth of Clyde, looking southwest | |
  Hunters Quay Location withinArgyll and Bute | |
| Population | 5,198 (2013 Est) Including; Kirn, Hunters Quay and Sandbank.[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS 18396 79130 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNOON, ARGYLL |
| Postcode district | PA23 |
| Dialling code | 01369 |
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| 55°58′15″N4°54′42″W / 55.970717°N 4.9115818°W /55.970717; -4.9115818 | |
Hunters Quay (Scottish Gaelic:Camas Rainich) is a village inArgyll and Bute, Scotland. Situated betweenKirn to the south andArdnadam to the north, Hunters Quay is the main base ofWestern Ferries, operating between Hunters Quay andMcInroy's Point.
The current building was built in 1890. This and the previous building was, between 1872 and the 1950s, the home of theRoyal Clyde Yacht Club, which was founded in 1856.[2]
Built in 1815 for James Hunter.[3]
In the mid 19th century, the principal villas at Hunters Quay wereClaver House (Mr Miller),Linnwood (Mr Somerville),Rock Hill (Capt. Littlejohn),Whinhill (Mrs Ross),Woodside (Mr Bell) and Craigend (Mr Bryson).[4]
The 12-metre class yacht race in the 1908 London Olympic Games took place at Hunters Quay. Most of the sailing took place on the Solent, but only two boats entered the 12-metre class:Mouchette from the Royal Liverpool Yacht Club andHera from the Royal Clyde Yacht Club. They were allowed to race on the Clyde for convenience. The course was twice round a 13-mile (21-kilometre) lap of the Clyde, starting and finishing at Hunters Quay.Thomas C. Glen-Coats'Hera won.[5]
"Jim Crow", a pointedglacial erratic rock lying horizontally on the village's beach facing theFirth of Clyde,[6] was known as the "Jim Crow Stone" by 1864,[7] and by 1904 was painted with a face. There have been various suggestions for the inspiration behind the name and design: theJim Crow character featured inJump Jim Crow, a song and dance popularised in 1832 by the American minstrel show performerThomas D. Rice; local stories suggest it could have been the name of the owner of a nearby builders'/joiners yard; ajackdaw [which has a black beak but not a red mouth]; or the laterJim Crow laws which were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.[8] Another suggestion is that it was named after the line "So they canonized him by the name of Jim Crow!" in the 1837 poemThe Jackdaw of Rheims.[9]
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Due to concerns about racism the rock was painted over several times, but repeatedly returned to its original state.[8] In 2017, Neville Lawrence, father ofStephen Lawrence, saw the rock when he was on holiday in the area, and described it as saddening and disappointing, an uncomfortable reminder of division. It later attractedBlack Lives Matter protests, and was painted black. In community efforts to find a way forward, a competition was held for young people to propose a unifying design.[10] The winning design was by a pupil fromDunoon Grammar School, who with other pupils re-painted the rock in 2021 as apuffin.[11][12]
Hunters Quay is the headquarters of Western Ferries. The existing Hunters Quay Pier was used since 1973. The port has since been expanded and now incorporates two floating ramps. The service connects toMcInroy's Point near to Gourock inInverclyde, on the eastern shore of the upperFirth of Clyde.[13]
they canoniz'd him by the name of Jem Crow!,text online with "Jim Crow".
