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Hello, I am rying to find out about my grandfather's past, Angus Macdonald, born 1862. He became a good artist and fiddle player and also a fisherman so my mother tells me, I am ...Read more

A memory of Greenock by Peter Macvean

I have heard about the beautiful countryside around Greenock from an old friend - contact now lost. He moved from the Gorbals with his family when he was 12, in 1961ish. I think his father worked in the shipyards. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Greenock by Helena Mc Ginty

Would anyone have information on a company called Highland Industries? it was located in Greenock Scotland.

A memory of Greenock by Patty Moriarty

My aunt and uncle lived in Windward House on Shore Road, Kilcreggan, during the 1960s and early 1970s. My uncle was deputy headmaster at Greenock High School and travelled over to school every day on Ritchies' Ferries or the ...Read more

A memory of Kilcreggan in 1968 by Gillian Redpath

In 1803, a group from the Muirtown area, left Scotland and came to America. Included were - (3)Simon & Elizabeth Fraser & 2 of their children Donald & Mary; AND cousin (2.3.2)John ...Read more

A memory of Muirtown by Donald Clare Fraser

Our family story is that my great grandparents, James & Margaret Risk owned and operated a greenhouse in the Greenock, Campsie, or Kirkentolloch area (it may have been in the Baird name) in the 1890's & 1900's. My mother, May ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1900 by Sandra Bramham

As a boy in the 1930s and 1940s I often visited Auchmountain Glen. It was a fascinating place with a pleasant walk and many plants and flowers together with statues and even some ships' figureheads. There was a clubhouse ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1930 by Alex Lafferty

Was this previously John Haddow's Cloch House Hotel? My Great Great Grandfather was John Haddow and I am trying to follow up our family tree. There are many mentions of the Cloch House Hotel in the Greenock Advertiser which had been owned by John Haddow. Regards Richard Budniak

A memory of Gourock in 1860 by Richard Budniak

My grandfather was a Highland gentleman who lived in Greenock for a short time, orginally coming from Luing, a small slate island. He came to this town during the war but going back periodically to the island. He brought my ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1967 by Maureen Mcfarlane

I was born in Greenock in 1953 and we left in the late 1960s, we moved to England due to the fact there was no work in Greenock. I never liked being away from all my cousins and friends but I was only young ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1953 by Rosemary Hennessy Nee Mc Gowan