Old Photograph Barshaw House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Barshaw House in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the early 1800s by Robert Smith, and later reconstructed by wealthy Paisley businessman James Arthur. The estate was sold to Paisley Town Council in 1911, with the park officially opening the following year. The mansion house became an infirmary, and in 1917 a military hospital for wounded soldiers.



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Old Photograph Barshaw Park Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Barshaw Park in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. In the early years of the 20th century, Paisley Burgh Council was looking for a site for a park which would be suitable for use by the public for recreational purposes. Extensive grounds at Barshaw, which covered some 55 acres, were bought from the Arthur family in December 1911. The Arthur family was well known in Paisley and owned several firms in Glasgow. Work was carried out on the park to bring it up to a suitable standard before its official opening on 15 June 1912.



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Old Photograph Auchencorlie House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Auchencorlie House to the East of Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. In 1910, the Paisley Parish Council took over a large property known as Auchentorlie House on Seedhill Road to the east of Paisley. The house was used as a children's home and for maternity cases and had a total capacity of 77 inmates. The buildings consisted of two floors, plus attics, and included dormitories for boys and girls, a day room and dining-hall for the children, a waiting room for maternity cases, an accouchement, delivery, room, probationary wards, bathrooms and lavatories, kitchens and outhouses, and staff quarters. The children's home was intended for to prevent children of good character from coming into contact with the ordinary inmates of the poorhouse. Neglected and under-fed children were sent to a separate children's home at Largs.



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Old Photograph Clark Town Hall Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Clark Town Hall in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. Paisley Town Hall, adjacent to the Abbey, was funded by the will of George Aitken Clark, one of the Clark family, owners of the Anchor Mills. In competition, Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern Paisley Museum and Central Library in 1871, also in a neo-Classical style. The Clarks and Coats families dominated Paisley industry until their companies merged in 1896.



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Old Photograph Glen House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Glen House in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish house was built around 1859 by William Fulton, Laird of Glenfield. who owned the nearby dyeing and finishing Works not far from Glasgow.



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