port-glasgow old street names

[kaney]

its a funny thing about the port they say everybody knows everybody else one of my mates is a guy called davie tolan ill be asking him a few questions on your behalf i also have another friend called geordie armstrong so you can imagine ,the new priest in st johns is father mcmahon his father used to be the maths teacher when i went to st stephens i know the father well ,the book we wrote about port glasgow is online now its under (trustregeneration)then find the port glasgow link which is 7 and a half john wood street they ran out in the first day                                                           http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustregeneration.org.uk%2Fpdf%2Fnewark.pdf&h=a7435  ill start to investigate your family a good link for your own detective work is                     www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk its great for everything scottish my name is robert kane (rab)port glasgow born and bred speak to you soon

[kaney]

re my message the friend is geordie gorman armstrong is another history im working on speak to you soon

[kaney]

im sending you a couple of photos of the old port the first one is ropework lane and the second is the corner of king street and church these were taken about 1890 it shows you the conditions of the time i have around 700 pics of old port glasgow i have collected overthe years im sure i have one of the dardanells building ill have a good look for it

[kaney]

ive found the picture of the dardanells building also in the picture is the jubilee bar that stood at scarlow corner the dardanells building is the derelict three storey in the centre of the picture it used to have the best barbers in town in the shops underneath this picture was taken about 1930 shortly after the building was demolished

[elaine447]

Hi Kaney
nice pics 
Elaine

[PG4U]

Nice photographs - I am always looking for old images of the town if you feel like sharing would love to hear from you 

[kaney]

hello elaine never knew you were a browser im attaching a photo of the port station taken around 1960 it makes a great screensaver  kaney

[kaney]

THE DARDANELLS CLOSE IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE FIRST PHOTO IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE THIRTIES  RAB

[Rafter]

Hi everyone,
     I've just found a great on-line streetmap of Port Glasgow here:

http://sites.scran.ac.uk/townplans/port-glasgow.html

Rafter