Ladyburn Buildings, Greenock

[jennifah]

Thanks very much Elaine

Looking closely it does seem to be the only street which makes sense on that photo as backing onto the railway line. Quite excited to have maybe found my street! I think it's such a shame that so much was demolished, it doesn't help those of us trying to investigate our family history that's for sure...

Many thanks again, Jenny

[daddysgirl]

inchgreen st started from the dock gate and headed up to lithgows shipyard, photos numbers 50 and 57 on skunkybob web link, shows inchgreen houses it has the billboard on the side, it was ajacent to shipyard, which had shops underneath the houses, a pub at the end of the street, a pawn broker, a bakery shop and a grocer, the street ran to the end and joined on to mary st portglasgow.

[daddysgirl]

the street with the red dot was fullerton st also know as paddys castle. inchgreen st was further up the road.

[daddysgirl]

jenny if you are looking to find out when your family lived there, the local museum has the old rates books that include inchgreen st occupants, i done local look up for my family only went to 1954, but i am sure the books go back further, i can ask the museum next time i pass if anyone local do look ups, for people out of range.

[jennifah]

Thanks daddysgirl. All that was really helpful.

I'm ok with knowing when my family were living at Inchgreen St as I have all the usual census and bmd certs. What info do the rates books give you?

Tried to see the skunkybob photos but there doesn't seem to be any there?

With regards to the photo, if that street is Fullerton Street then is Inchgreen Street out the photo towards Port Glasgow?

Jenny

[daddysgirl]

click on skunkybob link go to picture 50 you will see a billboard with embassy on it that is the start of inchgreen st , the other billboard on the side of the houses further up is some of inchgreen tenement houses, they go further but no picture of all the street ahead.

[jennifah]

Hi again, just looked at the photos on skunkybob's link.

So was Inchgreen Street from where the embassy billboard is, heading up towards the railway line?

[daddysgirl]

no
the sign is the inch green road inch green tenements are were the sign is on the side of the tenement straight ahead.

picture this portglagow road is long straight road on left hand side you have railway line, to the left it branches off  to another road which is inchgreen st.
so there is no railway line behind inchgreen st it is seperated by portglasgow road.

[daddysgirl]

sorry on the right hand side you have the railway line