Old Families of Crowhill Road Bishopbriggs

[FintryGirl]

Hi,

I recently lost my father and the previous 18 months I spent trying to find him his family.  I did quite well with help from lots of you, I gave him an 80 page book for Christmas of proven facts of his family (he was an orphan by the time he was 9).  It gave my whole family such a sense of where he came from.  Now my quest is to continue to add to this history. 
I am looking for anyone who knew anything about Crowhill Rd in Bishopbriggs from about 1928 (when my father was born at 59 Crowhill Rd) until 1937 when his mother died.  Are there any census records of 1930's??
Sancti sent me this link about Bishopbriggs
http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/bishopbriggs/Crow%20Tavern%2002.html
which is very good in modern times.  But now I am looking for old photos of the buildings in this area, I have never seen a picture of my fathers mother I am hoping that somewhere someone might have  this elusive photo - maybe a family from this neighbourhood.  Her name was Phyllis Gray married to Walter Gray (Coalmerchant - Govanhill), she worked at the Kelvinhall as a ladies room attendant, he had a sister Lily Gray and a brother Walter, my dads matronly aunt Emma Cobb lived with them and she watched my dad while his mother worked.  Aunt Emma would take him twice a week to the picture show - so I would imagine with would be in this area? and then she used to get him a poke of sweeties and in the winter a poke of mushy peas, I wish I had listened more now while my dad told this story maybe he mentioned the name of the picture show and the sweetie shop.  My fathers mother also knit fairisle sweaters at night by the light of the fire for extra money.  If any of this triggers something for anyone I would be glad of any information about this area.

Thanks

[sancti]

In 1932 the town saw the opening of its first (and only) cinema, The Kenmure. Located on Kirkintilloch Road it had an impressive towering facade and a single auditorium with capacity for 1000 patrons. Eventually the clientele dwindled after the arrival of television (in 1953) and by 1958 a decision was made to close it down. It lay derelict for a number of years, before being demolished to make way for the Churchill Way shopping centre which was constructed in 1962. The entrance to the cinema was where the Remax estate agency now stands.

http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/scotland/bishopbriggs.html

[FintryGirl]

Hi Sancti,

You are an old faithful, thanks for the link to the old cinema now that you mention the Kirkintilloch Rd that is the name he always mentioned. 
Is there any census of 1930's as to who lived at what address?
Is there a good link to information on the Kelvinhall ?

Thanks again already printed the picture of the cinema off and will put it in my family history book. 

[sancti]

silent film of Glasgow in the 30's

http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1324&search_term=kelvin&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes

[sancti]

This cinema would have been a few minutes walk from his home in Calder Street and Aikenhead Road

http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/govanhill.html

[aghadowey]

1901 is latest available census for Scotland at the moment.

Maybe you'll be able to find something here- lovely old photos of all sorts of local sites:
www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell

[FintryGirl]

Thank you so much for these sites, I am very interested in the areas of Aikenhead Rd and Calder Streets from 1928 to 1937. 

[Sweet Rice]

My Great Aunt Alice Rice owned a sweetie shop in Bishopbriggs, just a stones throw away from Crowhill Road in Springburn Road. They have demolished it now, you can see why in the cutting attached. Maybe your father got his poke of sweeties here. It was in the family for many years as her mother owned it before she did. It was called J. Rice. See attached picture.

[Sweet Rice]

Hi Fintry Girl ( I know Fintry....especially the Loup!!) Thanks for your reply but I am new to this and I received an error message saying I wasn't allowed to reply to you via personal message so I hope you can get this as part of the thread.... not sure what I've done wrong!!. That is not my Great Aunt Alice in the picture who owned the shop with her mother, but it is her sister (another Jean) and she went on to own a shop on the Great Western Road called Jean Megahy Antiques and in fact I think it might still be there but is now a book shop. I went back a couple of years ago and it was wonderful because they hadn't changed anything.