Talk:Kilmun
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Watering-place?
[edit]The term "watering-place" seems rather quaint or euphemistic. Did Glasgow merchants really stop there for water or was it alcoholic drink (in which case this ought to be stated instead), was it a stop for wider food and refreshment and did only merchants avail themselves of it? Is it intended to mean that the steam ships carrying the merchants took on water there? Mutt Lunker (talk) 12:07, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
- Collins has "1. Brit a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc 2. a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like 3. a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole 4. See watering hole". John Murray (1875). Handbook for Travellers in Scotland. With Travelling Maps and Plans. p. 12–13. has a Clyde "watering - place" list including "Kilcreggan, Kilmun ....". The former was teetotal, so alcohol not implicit. . . dave souza, talk 09:14, 27 January 2023 (UTC)