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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Saturday 15 October 11 12:37 BST (UK)  »
miky my ancestors were mc cormicks ,my grandfather was hugh mc cormick and his wife matillda ,they lived in the old toll house on the glasgow road,he was the head of the cleansing dept i have photographs of the house ,also a photo of his grave that i have just recently found. and a census done at the time ,if you send me your e mail i will forward them on to you

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Renfrewshire / DARDANELLS CLOSE
« on: Tuesday 05 October 10 09:17 BST (UK)  »
THE DARDANELLS CLOSE IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE FIRST PHOTO IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE THIRTIES  RAB

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Monday 04 October 10 11:23 BST (UK)  »
hello elaine never knew you were a browser im attaching a photo of the port station taken around 1960 it makes a great screensaver  kaney

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Saturday 02 October 10 23:54 BST (UK)  »
ive found the picture of the dardanells building also in the picture is the jubilee bar that stood at scarlow corner the dardanells building is the derelict three storey in the centre of the picture it used to have the best barbers in town in the shops underneath this picture was taken about 1930 shortly after the building was demolished

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Saturday 02 October 10 23:44 BST (UK)  »
im sending you a couple of photos of the old port the first one is ropework lane and the second is the corner of king street and church these were taken about 1890 it shows you the conditions of the time i have around 700 pics of old port glasgow i have collected overthe years im sure i have one of the dardanells building ill have a good look for it

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Saturday 02 October 10 23:27 BST (UK)  »
re my message the friend is geordie gorman armstrong is another history im working on speak to you soon

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Saturday 02 October 10 23:24 BST (UK)  »
its a funny thing about the port they say everybody knows everybody else one of my mates is a guy called davie tolan ill be asking him a few questions on your behalf i also have another friend called geordie armstrong so you can imagine ,the new priest in st johns is father mcmahon his father used to be the maths teacher when i went to st stephens i know the father well ,the book we wrote about port glasgow is online now its under (trustregeneration)then find the port glasgow link which is 7 and a half john wood street they ran out in the first day                                                           http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustregeneration.org.uk%2Fpdf%2Fnewark.pdf&h=a7435  ill start to investigate your family a good link for your own detective work is                     www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk its great for everything scottish my name is robert kane (rab)port glasgow born and bred speak to you soon

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Saturday 02 October 10 15:21 BST (UK)  »
my great grandfather also came from ireland and when he arrived he also started in the gourock ropeworks in the flax shed you either arrived and started in the mill or the shipyards if you want an interesting link for the old town map just put in your browser(port glasgow town plans nls) and you can even see where your grandad worked in the mill flax shed,if you send tell me your family i can do a little research for you good luck

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Renfrewshire / Re: port-glasgow old street names
« on: Monday 21 June 10 11:17 BST (UK)  »
i have recently helped to write a book on the towns history dardanelles close was a building near to scarlow corner down at the waterfront the old map of 1856 available at the nls national library Scotland punch in old port Glasgow maps the book i helped to write is available on line at www.trustregeneration.org.UK and scroll down to newark to newark hope its of some help Robert(Rab)Kane

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