DAILY RECORD, WEDNESDAY 25TH AUGUST 1982 PETROL DANGER AT RAIL CRASH The main Glasgow to Fort William railway line was blocked last night when 18 tank wagons were derailed near Shandon, Dunbartonshire. Four were carrying 24,000 gallons of petrol and one ended up on its side leaking fuel. Firemen dug ditches to catch the escapingContinue reading “Shandon Rail Crash”
Category Archives: Shandon Station
Shandon Railwayman
OBAN TIMES AND ARGYLLSHIRE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 24TH JANUARY 1959 B.R. MAN RETIRES AFTER 58 YEARS: MR JOHN MACDOUGALL, BRIDGE OF ORCHY Mr John Swan MacDougall, Beinn Dorain, Bridge of Orchy, has retired after 58 years’ service with the North British, L.N.E.R., and finally British Railways. Mr Macdougall was employed on the Craigendoran-Fort William section allContinue reading “Shandon Railwayman”
New Railway
GLASGOW HERALD. FRIDAY 11TH AUGUST 1882. PROPOSED GARELOCH DISTRICT RAILWAY. We understand that arrangements are in progress for the formation of a railway between Helensburgh, Garelochhead, and Portincaple on Loch Long. The undertaking is being promoted under influential auspices, and if carried into execution cannot fail to have an important effect in still further developing the picturesqueContinue reading “New Railway”
Hatches Matches and Dispatches part 4
Dear blog reader This is the fourth part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of the presentContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches part 4”
Shandon Valuation Roll 1940
Dear blog reader Welcome to the twelfth and final part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1940. (Please see a note at the end of this introduction regarding the next series particularly for my blog readers looking for their ancestors in Shandon.)Continue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1940”
Employment at Shandon Station
Dear blog reader Here is a ‘two for the price of one’ blog post about people employed at Shandon station. ***************************************** DEVON VALLEY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 1902 DOLLAR NEWS Mr Thomas A Lyon, of the Parcel Office Department, Glasgow, has been appointed stationmaster at Shandon. Mr Lyon, who is a native of Dollar, enteredContinue reading “Employment at Shandon Station”
Shandon Valuation Roll 1935
Dear blog reader Welcome to the eleventh part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1935. In 1935 Shandon had 87 households listed, an increase compared to the 79 households in 1930. This compares with: In 1930 Shandon had 79 households listed, aContinue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1935”
Near Miss On Train Tracks
ABERDEEN EVENING EXPRESS, TUESDAY, 1ST AUGUST 1967 TRAIN BAIRN IS ‘SATISFACTORY’ Ten-month-old Elizabeth Agnew who missed death by inches when a double diesel engined train ran over her yesterday is today ‘fairly satisfactory’ in the Vale of Leven Hospital, Dunbartonshire. She was seen being run over by the engine driver. When he found her laterContinue reading “Near Miss On Train Tracks”
Shandon Valuation Roll 1930
Dear blog reader Welcome to the tenth part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1930. In 1930 Shandon had 79 households listed which is a slight increase compared to 1925. This compares with: In 1925 Shandon had 73 households listed, a slightContinue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1930”
Shandon Valuation Roll 1925
Dear blog reader Welcome to the ninth part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1925. In 1925 Shandon had 73 households listed, a slight decrease on 1920. In 1920 Shandon had 76 households listed, a very slight increase on 1915. In 1915Continue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1925”
Shandon People and History 