Mr Robert Mathews is presented with a gift for his wedding:
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Glengarnock Steel Works Magazine May 1925 – Daniel McBeth
Report on the death of Daniel McBeth.
John Durney and James Hill are also photographed.
Glengarnock Steel War Memorials
The metal one is still there on the side of a building by the Steel Works. The inscriptions are here
The Brandy Row
During the Steel Work days there were little rows of houses for employees dotted around the Steel works. They looked like miners rows, each with a street name.
They were known as “the rows” but with a heavy accent “the raws” and that’s exactly what they looked like ..raw ..with no frills ..not even a toilet.
In the photos you can see a wall where “Brandy Row” was ..known as Brandy Raws…it was a simple row…The Duffel or Duffle family lived there along with my Grandparents as neighbours. There were a handful of houses next to the Railway line. I’m guess the name was actually something else like Para handy Row and over the years was known simply as Brandy Row. In much the same way as the Lambert became Lamber and then Longbar thanks to Northern Irishmen with very strong accents.
The women used to take shovels to get hot coal from the trains as they passed slowly for the house fire to save money.
As a child I played there too and remember the old entrance to a mine shaft there which was closed off by metal railings.
Nothing is left of the rows…they were all demolished as the Council built housing schemes were built.
Colville’s Staff Magazine 1925
Another excerpt from the Steel work magazine, 1925 about Glengarnock, the main feature covering the death of Robert Taylor of Stevenson, also there’s a poem from Hugh Higgins and mentions of garden awards for the Garden City. Apologies for the poor quality scan.
All of these magazines are held at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Continue reading “Colville’s Staff Magazine 1925”Colvilles Staff Magazine (Glengarnock) section from 1925 – AB Glen Photography
A feature about the photographer AB Glen, the photographer from Kilbirnie/Dalry.
Other names included in this issue are: Taylor, Bray, Davidson and Gibson.
Glengarnock Steel Work Home Guard WW2 / Mr John McGhie
Names: john McGhie, James Gibson, William Baxter, Harry Bell, Dunlop, Graham,
Glengarnock Steel Magazine – Hugh Higgins of Saltcoats 1922
Additionally, a poem called “Maid of Longbar” by Hugh L. Paterson – if you know this place now, you would know how ridiculous a poem about the place sounds.
Other names include: Miss Shaw, Miss Provan, Williamson, Warnock, Hubner, Hamilton, Gordon, Breckenridge, Sharp, Kerr, Anderson, Abernethy.
Glengarnock Steel Staff Magazine May 1922 – Peter Adamson Abernethy
A Steel work Employee who came from Linwood.
Other Names in this page:
West, Busby, Calder, Ferguson, McGhie, Aitken, Stewart, Drysdale, McBride, Graham, Clifford, Baxter, Clark, Vann, Kean, McBride, Anderson, Henderson, Martin, Robertson, Watson,
Picture of Leslie Martin, Miss H H Barclay, E C Stuart, W H Aiton.
Other names, McMinn
Leslie P Martin, HH Barclay, EC Stuart, WH Aiton.
Glengarnock Steel Staff Magazine 1922 – Ronald McTaggart
There were a few people with the name Ronald McTaggart around Kilbirnie in 1922 – I´m unclear which one he is.