Kilbarchan
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Map of Renfrewshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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when I was growing up
I remember being very happy growing up as a child in Paisley. One of my happiest memories was being given a golliwog outfit from the Robertson's jam factory. A certain amount was given out every year at Halloween by the factory.
I used to enjoy the Library and Museum which I visited each week, and as I got older the visits became more frequent.
I remember thinking how vast Coat's Mill was and how lovely the river that ran past it looked - sadly the mill has now been renovated into flats.
A memory of Paisley contributed by patricia chalmers
Through my grandfather's eyes
My grandfather, James Cunningham Smith, was a native of Beith, born in January, 1888, who came to San Francisco just three weeks before the earthquake and fire of April 17, 1906 that nearly destroyed the entire city.
My knowledge and love of Beith comes from the fortnightly editions of the Beith Supplement that regularly arrived at my grandfather's home in San Francisco his often speaking fondly of his hometown. He would reminisce of his beloved sport 'football', or soccer as we in America know it, the afternoons indoors spent playing cribbage when the weather was too cold and wet for outside sports, and it seemed to me, as we sat there playing our own cribbage match, that it was an ...read more here
A memory of Beith contributed by James Miller
Where I was born
Looking at the photo, the large building to the left was known as Moni's building when I was born there in 1957. My grandpa (Wullie Gray) lived just to the right of the Co-Op building shown at number 17/19 Paisley Road. He would have been 18 when this was taken. I believe the Co-Op is a Fumeral Parlour now but Moni's buiding is still there.
great photo
Regards Wullie Gray
A memory of Barrhead contributed by Wullie Gray
Our old flat in Bruce Street
Top right side - corner flat. Wimpey Homes 1986 - Clydebank's Centenary year - flats collectively renamed Centenary Court
Extracts From Kilbarchan & Renfrewshire books
In the mid 18th century, the town was noted for weaving: there were more than 1,000 handlooms in operation in the area. The advent of the power-loom, however, brought about a decline, but by 1900 new industries had sprung up, including printing at Locher Mill, a laundry at Glentyan Mill and flax and paper mills at Johnstone. On the steeple of the church is a statue of Habbie Simpson, a well-known piper of the late 16th century.
An extract from from"Scotland".
In the mid 18th century, the town was noted for weaving: there were more than 1,000 handlooms in operation in the area. On the steeple of the church is a statue of Habbie Simpson, a well-known piper of the late 16th century.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".