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Living At The Cloch
I was a lighthouse keeper at the Cloch lighthouse from 1967 until 1972. I lived there with my wife Edna and our two children Andrew and Karen who should have been born there but she was overdue and so had to be born at the ...Read more
A memory of River Clyde in 1967 by
Greenock Mill Street
I remember staying up Mill Street when I was a young girl, we then moved to Tasker Street up Bow Road.
A memory of Greenock in 1956 by
Early Days In Greenock
I found all these photos fascinating, I have been researching many aspects of Greenock since I began working on the family's history i was hoping to see photos of some of the streets I have come to know quite well, like William ...Read more
A memory of Greenock by
Higher Grade School
My father, Archibald Brown Mckinlay, came to Barrow in 1900 with his parents, Samuel Laing Brown Mckinlay and Margaret Mckinlay. They lived at 22 Duncan Street, Barrow. Samuel was born in Greenock, Scotland and came to Barrow in ...Read more
A memory of Barrow in 1910 by
Days Gone By
I remember the Blitz and losing family at 43/45 Belville Street. I was only 7 then didn't fully realize the overall mayhem of these two nights in May 1941. My dad moved us all to New Lanark where we stayed for two years before returning ...Read more
A memory of Greenock in 1941 by
Where Is My Birth Mother
My birth mother was born in Greenock on September 26, 1926. I have been looking for her for 35 years. She came to Canada before I was born. I was born in 1950 and I don't know if she ever returned. Her name was Rose ...Read more
A memory of Greenock in 1947 by
Fond Memories
As an American, stationed at Aviano AFB, Aviano, Italy, I met a young lady, Rose Graham from Greenock, Scotland. We met At Jeselo beach, while she was on holiday. When she returned to Greenock, we maintained our relationship. We were ...Read more
A memory of Greenock in 1967 by
Patons Of Greenock
My mother Jean was born in Greenock in 1916. She married an Englishman and I was born in England in 1941 but spent my holidays with my grandparents, aunts and cousins in Greenock. My grandparents lived in an old tenement in Weir ...Read more
A memory of Greenock in 1940 by
Best Years Of My Life
From my birth in 1945 to my departure from Greenock in 1958 I think I can honestly say were the best years of my life. I was born in Oakfield Terrace, I was the middle of three children. Tough times? Who knew, everybody was in ...Read more
A memory of Greenock in 1958 by
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It was in the 17th century that Greenock developed as a port, providing a packet service to and from Ireland.
It was in the 17th century that Greenock developed as a port, providing a packet service to and from Ireland.
There were once regular sailings to Glasgow and Greenock, but its days as a cross-channel port are now over.
Greenock was a beneficiary of the River Clyde's industrial heyday.
This view looks out over the smoking chimney pots of Greenock and across the Firth of Clyde to the entrance to Gare Loch.
The village used to be called Auldkirk because the people of Greenock worshipped here until they built their own church at the end of the sixteenth century.
The steamer crossing West Bay is heading to Greenock. A
During the late 17th century, Greenock's herring trade with France and the Baltic required a fleet of more than 300 boats.
During the late seventeenth century Greenock's trade in herrings with France and the Baltic required a fleet of over 300 boats.
Greenock Custom House was built in 1818.
Greenock was the birthplace, in 1736, of James Watt, who was born in a house on Dalrymple Street.
In 1869 the Glasgow & South Western Railway opened a rail link between Johnstone and Princes Pier, Greenock, thereby offering an alternative route to Glasgow.
When first commissioned, she was placed on the up-market daily run from Glasgow to Tarbert and Ardrishaig, by way of Greenock, Dunoon, Rothesay and the Kyles of Bute.
In 1900 Provost Black of Greenock, a strict temperance man, wanted legislation introduced to close ice-cream shops on a Sunday.
The village used to be called Auldkirk, because the people of Greenock worshipped here until they built their own church at the end of the 16th century.
In September 1936 she was laid up at Greenock for the last time and sold the following March for scrap.
With some thousands of pounds in the kitty from the B&CSPCo fiasco, the iron-hulled paddler 'Alexandra' was ordered from Cairn & Co, Greenock.
From left to right we see the Duke of Wellington Inn, Green Oak Farm, and the post office, extended forward in 1966.
