Old Photograph Darnley Houses Scotstoun Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Darnley houses in Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland. During the medieval period Scotstoun Estate belonged to the Montgomerie family who, having owned the estate for 200 years, sold it in 1634 to John Hutchison, Notary and Town Clerk of Glasgow. John Hutchison’s daughter married Archibald Stewart and their son sold it in 1691 to William Walkinshaw. The estate changed hands on a number of occasions before it was finally bought by the Oswald family in 1751.



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Old Photograph Glencairn Drive Pollokshields Scotland

Old photograph of a delivery truck, shops, and buildings on Glencairn Drive in Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland. Pollokshields was created from the mid 19th century onwards by the Maxwell family of whom the best known is Sir John Stirling Maxwell, a founder member of the National Trust for Scotland and of the Forestry Commission, and President of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.





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Old Photograph Battlefield East Parish Church Mount Florida Scotland

Old photograph of Battlefield East Parish Church in Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland. The first church on this site was by John Honeyman 1865 in Early English style. It became the hall in 1912 when the adjacent red sandstone church by John Galt was opened as Battlefield East Parish Church. Spacious, yet warm and intimate interior with galleries supported on cast-iron columns. Fine woodwork, especially the gallery fronts and wagon roof. Light plaster walls set off many fine stained glass including windows by Abbey Studios 1937, Sadie McLellan 1972 and Susan Laidler 1980. Pipe organ of 1912 by Ingram of Edinburgh. Attractive garden. The church became Clincarthill Parish Church on the union with Mount Florida Church in 2010.





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Old Photograph Lawn Bowling Green Elder Park Govan Scotland

Old photograph of people on the Lawn Bowling Green in Elder Park in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. Elder Park was established in 1885 by Mrs Isabella Elder as monument to her shipbuilder husband. Isabella Ure, born 1828, died 1905, was an important philanthropist whose used her wealth and status for the benefit of the wider community, especially championing women's education. A solicitor's daughter, she married John Elder, partner in the marine engineering company of Randolph, Elder and Company in 1857. The firm prospered becoming John Elder and Company in 1868, and taking over the Fairfield shipbuilding yard in Govan. It soon became a world leading company. After John Elder's death in 1869 Isabella Elder supported many charitable causes, notably in Govan and in support of the education of women.



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Old Photograph Skating Pavilion Crossmyloof Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Skating Pavilion in Crossmyloof on the South side of Glasgow, Scotland. The original village of Crossmyloof was situated in the north western corner of Cathcart parish and was formed around the junction of what are now Pollokshaws Road and Langside Avenue, the road to Cathcart. Crossmyloof was a small hamlet which suddenly grew in prominence when Neale Thomson opened a large bakery there in 1847. In November 1820 two members of a band of armed ruffians who robbed a house in Crossmyloof were hanged in front of the Jail in the Saltmarket. The attack took place at the home of Dr Robert Watt, the author of the four volume Bibliothica Britanica, who had died, allegedIy of overwork, the previous year. His terrified widow had a pistol held at her head and her gold rings wrenched off her fingers. According to local belief, the name Crossmyloof is reputed to be derived from its location on the route taken by Mary, Queen of Scots to the site of the Battle of Langside. A fortune teller may have offered to tell the queen her fate if she would " cross her loof ( hand ) with silver. "





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