GLASGOW COURIER, THURSDAY 7TH MARCH 1844 GARELOCH: TO BE SOLD OR LET. Woodburn House, delightfully situated on Garelochside, near Shandon, and containing dining-room, parlour and five bedrooms, besides kitchen, laundry, water-closet, and cellars; with a very convenient set of offices. The grounds are tastefully laid out, and extend to about two acres. Feu duty, moderate.Continue reading “Shandon Property”
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A New Pier
Dear blog reader and friend I must apologise for being absent for the past couple of months. My Mum died at the end of April and I simply have not felt like blogging up until now. However normal service now resumes in terms of my local history research. I have some interesting news for you.Continue reading “A New Pier”
Fatal accident at Shandon
GREENOCK TELEGRAPH AND CLYDE SHIPPING GAZETTEWEDNESDAY 5 JANUARY 1859 On the evening of New Year’s Day, Alexander Davidson, gardener with George Martin, Esq., Greenhill, was drowned by the upsetting of the ferry-boat. Davidson, who was not only a total abstainer, but a thoroughly consistent Christian man, attended the prayer meeting in Shandon Free Church inContinue reading “Fatal accident at Shandon”
New Pier at Shandon
Glasgow Herald 6 October 1886 From the time when steamers first began to ply on the Gareloch there was a ferryboat station in connection with them at Shandon, where all of the steamers used to call. For the long period of half a century the Shandon ferry continued under the management of Mr Duncan McKinlay,Continue reading “New Pier at Shandon”
Shandon People and History 