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P R E F A C E

IT is over twenty - five years since the t d h la e Mr. James Napier publishe is Notes and Reminiscences of Old Par ” of tick , and the volume , being now out

to print, is rarely be met with , except

r in the possession of private collecto s .

. k of Mr Napier, who new the history k his birthplace well , brought his wor down to the sixties and seventies of last

tu who cen ry , and there are many alive still remember the quiet and suburban aspect of this western suburb at that

who its period, and may have witnessed rapid extension in more recent times to the present year when the burgh attains

its !ubilee . In these circumstances I have deemed the present a fitting opportunity to issue xiii PREFACE

f av e the ollowing chapters, in which I h

su m endeavoured , in a general manner, to

’ a marise the main features of Mr. N pier s

r th work, and bring his histo y down to e

s pre ent time . What threads Of the his tory of Partick I may have left aside may perhaps be taken up at some other

time by a future historian , and weaved into the web of the further history of

the burgh . Readers who may desire to possess a further knowledge of any of the various

subjects herein mentioned, are referred

’ to the following authorities N apier s

Notes and Reminiscences of Partick, G G lasgow Regality Club Papers, lasgow

Protocols , Baker Incorporation Records,

n United Secession Church Records, Gova

Parish Records, Govan School Board

Records, Transactions of the Philosophical,

A rcha olo ical of Geological , and g Societies

of Dowan hill Glasgow, Historical Sketches

. . . e Church by the late Rev T M Lawri ,

XIV PREFACE

of and Reminiscences Partick by the Rev.

Henry Anderson .

t S a o . . . My thanks are due Mr W G me l,

M r. . . . . h s F T Barrett, Mr Jo n Ingli , Mr

e Jam s Donaldson , and Others, for the help I have received in verifying many facts of t and dates regarding the history Par ick,

Past and Present and to my friend, Mr.

r for John Aitken , photographer, Pa tick, the photographs he has supplied me with

to illustrate the volume .

P C 1 0 2 . ARTI K, 9

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

ROMAN PERI OD

ON - the north east bank of the Kelvin, and just overlooking its junction with the

Yorkhill H Clyde , there stands ouse on the extreme western portion of the Overnew

ton estate . In early spring and summer the house and its surroundings still possess a faint shadow of their former sylvan

beauty, and are reminiscent, in a frag

a of a ment ry way, how Dumbarton Ro d

was adorned on either side , all the way

from Glasgow to Partick, some eighty or

ninety years ago .

a 1 80 Yorkhill Built about the ye r 5 , House was till 1 8 1 3 occupied by its

owner, R . F . Alexander, a Glasgow d to merchant, when it was sol Andrew

A I PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

ce f Gilbert, whose nie became the wi e of

h lbert Jo n Graham Gi , the celebrated

painter. Mr. Graham Gilbert, who con tin u ed to reside here till his death in

1 866 , was a collector as well as a painter of G pictures, and laswegians will remem ber with gratitude that the entire collee tion was bequeathed by his widow to

of the Corporation of the City Glasgow, and now forms part of the treasures which adorn the walls of the Corporation f r o . Galle y Art The year after Mr . ’ Gilbert s death some workmen, while engaged trenching ground for a new

e Yorkhill e t e gard n on the s at , came upon a variety of Roman remains . Among

few these were a coins, one of which bears the image and superscription of the

Roman Emperor Trajan, who reigned

8 A . D 1 1 . from A D 9 to . 7 The coin is of

s had dd d bras , and, though it lain embe e

1 600 in the soil for at least years, is still

In a state of good preservation . These

2 ROMAN PERIOD

r of . . emains were, by permission Mr D

M . Crerar Gilbert, exhibited in the Bishop ’ s Palace collection of antiquities

s of 1 888 in the Gla gow Exhibition , and

1 1 again in the Exhibition of 90 . They in cluded — n G a rass of a an . O verse a lau Coi re t b Tr j b , rested head of that Emperor i n profile to the right in scription (translated) To the Emperor Caesar rva ra an u u u an u Dacicus Hi h Ne T j A g st s Germ ic s, , g ” st n v un an . v rse Prie , i ested with Trib iti power Re e , mu t f a fi can be ch corroded , bu a draped em le gure fa n tra S i n n an n i tly ced itt g o a chair, d looki g to the ft le , holding a garland .

nz in u n . A bro e co , m ch wor S ilver coin .

n o n u flat. Bro ze or copper c i , both sides q ite n n z O e large thumb ring i bron e. ! A small quantity of wheat .

Eleven fragments of four separate vessels .

ix f r of a a as . S fragments o glass, pa t sm ll v e

The discovery of these remains may be assumed as fair evidence that Romans

the of Yorkhill s really lived on site ground , an d are certainly the first recorded find

did not then ro in Cal edonia and would have to Wheat g w , ” : I the ci ty of

“ fi x: c f Cale

“ 31 bran ched a n i i s s till recog

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT in the immediate vicinity of the city of

Glasgow . Referring to a curious map of this country constructed by the Egyptian

A D I 0 geographer, Ptolemy , . . 5 , a local

antiquarian points out that, while the well -known Roman station at Van duara

(Paisley) is indicated , the region of Cale

donia at Yorkhill is a complete blank . It may have been that the Yorkhill outpost was subordinate to the larger camp at

Paisley, and communicated with the latter

Of or by means the ford in the Clyde , by the vicinal military way which branched

Off from the main line , and is still recog n ised under the modern name of Cause wayside , an old street in Paisley . The idea of the outpost is more than

probable, for the Paisley camp was intended to guard the shallow of the Clyde

Opposite the line of the Antonine wall ,

which, in its westward course , comes

very near the brink of the river, the

ROMAN PERI OD

Y orkhill outpost On the opposite side

u of n The g arding the mouth the Kelvi . garrison at Yorkhill was probably com m an ded d by a centurion , and compose of u picked soldiers for outpost d ty . I t ma y be asked , however, why place a fort so far within the Antonine ff wall , which a orded ample protection from the inroads of the natives in this northern Roman province ! The

the of answer is, that at the time coin

Yorkhill Trajan found at was struck, and the probable erection of the castellum on

a a that commanding spot, the milit ry curt in ’ which connected Agricola s row of forts between the Clyde and the firth had not been constructed . The space between — — these forts about two miles was there ff fore quite open , and a orded opportunity for the fierce hostile natives to make i sudden raids into the Roman d strict. I t

n ot of was till the time Antoninus Pius, two reigns later than Trajan, that these 5 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT openings between the forts were closed

‘ by the great rampart and fosse which

The became known as the Antonine wall. large camp at Paisley owed its origin to the same circumstance , and was continued till a late period of the Roman occupation to overawe the warlike people of a wide range south and west. When the Romans effected a landing on ou r and island , had pushed their way

r e no thwards to Caledonia, gr at military roads were constructed throughout the country , and two walls or lines of defence

on e were built, between the Forth and the

Clyde , the other between the Solway and

. On e of the Tyne these great roads , starting from the place n ow known as l Carlis e , passed in a northerly direction

to— through what day we call Carstairs ,

rw Carluke, Mothe ell, Tollcross, and Park head to Glasgow Cross . At this point

ne e o great road continued w stward , f the ollowing the Clyde , and, skirting 6 ROMAN PERI OD

of the Yorkhill st c edge outpo , rossed the n f or e Kelvi by a ord bridg , and f to a ollowed the Clyde Dumb rton. This road made a convenient military wa e on am y, protect d the north by the r part Or wall between the Forth and

r of e Clyde, t aces which are still visibl at Castlehill , Bearsden, Croy, Barrhill ,

w and and Dullatur, and by hich direct safe communication cou ld be kept up

s be to toward the south , and, if need , to Rome itself. It was not enough depend merely On the protection of the wall itself ; every available point was fortified , not only on the line of the

on of for wall , but also the south side it , again and again the northern tribes broke through and pushed themselves south

the n wards . Ultimately Roma legions , annoyed at these incessant attacks, with drew to the southern barrier which they had erected . In the latter end of the fourth century 7 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT the Romans once more invaded and occupied the country between the northern and southern walls , and the old work of ceaseless inroads by the natives of the north again began . The Caledonians , perpetually on the watch for an oppor tu nit y, again and again ravaged the southern districts , and returned to their mountain fastnesses laden with plunder.

The time, however, came when , the

Roman Empire falling into decay , the soldiers were required for her own defence against the fierce barbarians who , issuing in prodigious swarms from the frozen regions of the north , rolled their living tides over the sunny plains of southern

Europe . The last of the legions was recalled, and the Roman soldiers who

manned the rampart, or paced the vallum , or guarded the fort were never again seen

on Scottish ground . Their departure was so sudden that in many cases they were unable to carry away their possessions ; 8

REFORMAT I ON T I M E S

A T the beginning of the Roman invasion the original tribes of North Britain were divided into independent factions , each governed by its petty chief or king, and each at war with its neighbour . A new foe , however, had made its appearance, and a tacit bond of union was formed among the Caledonian tribes against this

t so enemy, to be main ained long as the

invaders were in the country . Their departure was but the signal for fresh

who invasions by Saxons and Normans,

brought with them new habits , new laws , new forms of government ; and then

of sprang up a series petty kingdoms, of which Clydesdale or Strathclyde formed

on e . During the next five hundred years

REFORMATI ON TIMES

c e S otland, as a kingdom , was b ing ham

we no e mered into shape , but have trac of w a or h t part, great small , Partick

is played in this great epoch . There n o th mention of the name till the 7 July, “ 1 1 6 of o the 3 , when David , King Sc tland , ” sa to ir sanct the crown , granted lands at

P r Ken ti ern e dyec to the church of St. g

. 1 1 2 in Glasgow I n 5 Herbert, Bishop of to the Glasgow, granted by charter Church at Glasgow lands in Partick and adjacent islands “between Guvan and

Perthi or c. O n e of these inches islands parted the waters of the Clyde ,

of an d at the mouth the Kelvin , was called the Water I nch another was

’ further down and was named Whyt ” f I nch , rom which the western district ”

W . Of Partick , hiteinch , has its name In 1 2 7 7 the grant of wood by the lord of Luss for the repairs of the Church at

Glasgow is dated at Partick, where he was n o doubt on a visit to the Bishop

I ! PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT of who Glasgow , had a manor or castle at Partick . The lands referred to in the grant by King David in all probability included the Partick mill , which was called for many a day the Archbishop’s “ ’ 1 8 mill or Bishop s mill . I n 4 3 , in a

C harter disposing of certain lands , Partick o 1 nce more appears, and in 5 5 5 it is again mentioned in a charter to John Stewart, fifth Provost of Glasgow In the tenth

who century a man named Craig, was e te mployed in the Partick mill , was bu ked for non -attendance at the kirk on the Sabbath day ! In these several notices the name Partick ” is never found in the modern s pelling, but in various forms , such as

Perd ec Perthic Perthwick Perthik y , , , , and Partie From the middle of the tenth century it has S lowly assumed a more d efinite form , finally compelled by general

in use into its present spelling. Much

has quiry been made, much speculation

1 2 REFORMATION TIMES

ff advanced, and many answers o ered as to the origin and etymology of the name

Of Partick , but without any definite con

clu sion . In saying that the Bishop Of Glasgow

or - had a residence manor house (which , however, is not to be confused with the old Castle of Partick) , we have the authority of the author of ParOChiales “ S cotiae. He says , The bishops had a

1 2 residence in Partick before 7 7 . I n 1 36 2 the compromise of a dispute between the Lord Bishop and his Chapter took ” the of P rthi place at manor house e c.

1 08 - I n 5 James Beaton, Bishop elect of

Galloway, being elected to the Arch

bishopric of Glasgow , continued to use

. the manor - house of Partick as one of

On his residences, but the breaking out of the Reformation in 1 560 he wisely retired

r to France, car ying with him all the

C cru cifixes C records, writs, harters , , halices , f f . o o . candlesticks , etc , the Cathedral St 1 3 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

e a Mungo . These b retained till his de th

i n 160 3 , when he bequeathed them to the

Scots College in Paris . Napier, in his ” “ a History of Partick, says, We h ve read that the Bishop secreted the sacred relics belonging to the Cathedral in the meal mill in Partick till an Opportunity ff was a orded him of removing them , with

himself, to France , and it is said that he

man oriu m fled from his in Partick . It seems rather strange that no trace

’ or vestige is left of this bishop s manor “ or castle . An old record says that it is supposed to have stood on the bank which overlooks the junction of the Kelvin

and . the the Clyde There did stand, in e of arly part last century , on the west

bank of the Kelvin, and just about where to-day the North British Railway passes o old ver it, the ruins of an building which some authors have called the Bishop ’s ” Castle . Chalmers , in his Caledonia, “ s a S ottiswood wh ys that Archbishop p , o 1 4

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

1 th 1 6 1 1 and 4 July, , was, by permission f o . Dr W . H H ill, exhibited at the Old 8 Glasgow Exhibition of 1 94. It is endorsed Contract betwix me and ye masou n in Kilying anent the ” bi ein of g g of the House Partick, the standard of measurement being stipulated to be the said George ’s awin fute . The castle existed as an abode

1 0 1 8 till about the year 7 7 , but in 7 3 , being roofless and in ruins, its hoary old stones were appropriated by the laird of

Merklan d the neighbouring farm of , who doubtless found that time convenient to build to himself a new house . All traces

- of manor house , castle , or farm are now entirely gone . TH E M I LLS O F PART I CK

LOOKI NG to the great natural advantages of n o an unlimited water supply, it is matter of surprise that many , many years before the Reformation Partick should

of have been proud her mills ; indeed, it is more than probable that, with the grant of land to the See of Glasgow, King David did not forget to include in the royal Charter the gift of at least ' I one meal mill . n the rental book of

a a A . D 1 1 C rdinal Be ton, . 5 7 , there occurs the f w R d ollo ing entry o em die, Donald Lyon en tallit in the new walk ” myll off Partik in the new towne . In ” Part k the margin Partick is spelled y . The aforesaid Donald Lyon was probably the father of Archibald Lyon of the Clay slap Mills . I 7 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

Cleland, in his History of Glasgow, writes Before the Reformation the bakers of Glasgow were in use to grind a t the town mills at Partick, and also at a small mill which then belonged to

an d to the Archbishop , subsequently the Crown . The mill belonging to the Church was situated a little to the east of the

’ t own s mill , and had nearly gone into d of ecay . These mills , being small d f to imensions, were barely su ficient s upply the inhabitants, and by no means capable of producing an extra supply on a n emergency . In the year 1 568 the forces of the

Regent Moray, who successfully opposed those of Mary Queen of Scots at the b attle of Langside , were quartered at

O n G lasgow and neighbourhood. this occasion the bakers were called upon for an extraordinary supply of bread for

s the troops, which they accompli hed by

1 8 THE MILLS OF PARTICK uncommon exertion in bruising and bolting

n ot grain , only in the mills , but also in their own houses, so much to the satis f of the action Regent, that he gave them a

’ r g ant of the Archbishop s Mill , which had now become the property of the Crown , and a piece of land adjoining it, which was annexed to the royalty of Glasgow in the first session of the first Parliament of

e Charl s I I The Regent, returning to Glasgow and offering up public thanks for his victory, expressed his obligations to the

Magistrates, Council , and heads of corpora

for tions their fidelity and bravery, and desired to know if in return he could be of an to y service the Corporation . Matthew

awside r of F , Deacon of the Incorpo ation

Bakers , with an eye to the prosperity of

‘ ’ a his cr ft, informed the Good Regent that, if he had no objections, a grant of the mill at Partick to his Incorporation would be considered a public benefit.

The Regent was as good as his word, I 9 PARTICK—PAST A ND PRES ENT an d a grant of the mill and certain lands ” w s a given .

’ For many years this story of Cleland s has been a tradition among the Baker

of s f e I ncorporation Gla gow , but rom tim to time doubts regarding it have been

x at dis e pressed , till last the tradition

- s appears before well authenticated proof . In an interesting paper read before the

A rcha olo i c l . Glasgow g a Society , Mr

am h to S J es W ite claims how conclusively,

a the of first, th t mill Partick (now the Bishop Mills) was the Bishop ’s Baronial

the of mill ; second , that New Walk Mill Partick in the Newton of 1 5 1 7 was

’ C an d hanged into Archy Lyon s Mill ,

r Cla sla latte ly named y p Mills ; third, that the ancient wheat mill was built by the Bakers after they got the right and ground

n to o which build, and is now known as

Regent Mills ; and, fourth , that the Walk Mill Of Partick is now the Scotstoun

Mills.

20 THE MILLS OF PARTICK

Among the titles in possession of the Bakers ’ I ncorporation is a disposition

th O e 1 6 dated 5 ctob r, 5 3 , by the Deacon , with the consent of the masters an d others

e on interested, proce ding the narrative that “the disponers intended to erect another wheat mill on the water of Kelvin ;

to r s f and in order ai e unds for that purpose , they dispone to John Glen an d Bessie

’ S s one - of Gray, his pou e , mill day the mill acquired by them from the heirs of

William Fawside . From 1 653 to 1 8 2 8 the mill was carried

on . 1 8 2 8 , repaired, and altered I n exten

sive alterations again took place, and

e 1 886 the mill continued to prosp r till ,

when it was burned down . The old

foundation stone, however, was recovered .

The plate , now preserved in the Regent

on e Of in scri Mills , has on its sides the p tion which we give on the following page

2 1 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

f By the avour of Almighty God . This Compartmen t or Division of the Mills of Pa n n rtick, belo gi g to n a n of a i n a The I corpor tio B kers Gl sgow, Bein g now to be rebuilt on the Site of n n uheite of Pa The A cie t Q Mill rtick, Donated i n the Year 1 5 68 by His H n a a of a n igh ess, J mes, E rl Mor y, Rege t of and Scotl , to a r of a The B ke s Gl sgow, In reward for their ! eal in the cause of the P an f a n and rotest t Re orm tio , For their spirited an d well-timed assistance to him an d his Forces n fu an d a of Lan At the eve t l decisive B ttle gside, This foun dation ston e was laid by

a S . a L of Willi m mith, Esq , l te ord Provost a Gl sgow, And a of i n a n Member th s I corpor tio , n 2 r f Ma O the 3 d day o y, nn n 1 8 2 8 A o Domi i , In the n in th year of the Reign Of our a u S n Most Gr cio s overeig , u George The Fo rth, In n of a n c as prese ce the De co , Colle tor, M ter u and u n Co rt, B ildi g Committee, An d also in presen ce of A number of the other Members of the In corporation Which un dertaking May the Supreme God

Bl ess an d P ro s r .

THE MILLS OF PARTICK

O n the other side of this plate is a list of the office- bearers of the I ncorporation in

1 8 2 8 .

By 1 884 new methods of making flour

c had ome into vogue, and unless the I ncorporation of Bakers were prepared to throw ou t all the old machinery and intro

to f duce new rollers , they would have ace

so an increasing loss in working their mill,

to they wisely resolved let the mill, in which they were successful . At the fire, how it ever, two years afterwards , was agreed to dispose of the site to the present proprietors . The foundation stone of the

! of previous mil , with the contents the

re - bottle deposited therein , was deposited in the stone of the new Regent Mills by f . o Mr John Ure , an old deacon the

I ncorporation, and an ex Lord Provost of

Glasgow, to whom the Bakers had feued i the site of the old m ll , and by whom the present stately-looking bu ildings were ‘ ff erected . Some idea of the di erence PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

“ ’ be tween a day s milling at the mill in “ ’ 1 6 5 3 and a day s milling to - day may be gathered from the fact that the present output of the Regent Mills is 1000 bolls of wheat per day. Milling at Partick seems at first to have

’ been lucrative to the Bakers I ncorpora

to i tion, for in addition their m ll at Bun house they next acquired the Clayslap l Mi ls . These mills were situated on the

now the Kelvin , in what is known as

- o Un i West end Park , and opp site the

1 1 versity. They were in existence in 5 7 ,

’ and were long known as Archy Lyon s ” Mills . I n 1 5 7 7 they passed into the

s s o of as w po ses ion of the Corp ration Gl go ,

’ but were again sold to the Bakers Incor

oration th 1 1 s p on the 7 May , 7 7 . The title included all and haill that mill situated on of of a the water Kelvin, old c lled

’ a Archib ld Lyon s mill , with the mill ,

s d e S hillhill hou es, yar , and piec called

e to b longing the same , with the ditch, 2 4 THE MILLS OF PARTICK a ue inlair a ser q duct, dam and , p ssages ,

c haill vi es, ways and pertinents lying

the a t within Lordship, B rony and Regali y

Of ff of a as Glasgow, and Sheri dom Lan rk ; al so all and haill that rood of land or thereby acqu ired by the Magistrates and

of f Council the said city rom John Craig,

of Nethern ewton b portioner , eing part of

sai n ethern ewton s the d la d of N , which lie adjacent to the Malt or Meal Milne and

Wau kmiln e to s, and other lands belonging ” th ai e s d city of Glasgow. After remaining in the hands of the

’ 10 Bakers Incorporation for 3 years, the Clayslap Mills were again conveyed to the Magistrates of Glasgow for the sum of They were ultimately taken down in the laying- ou t of Kelvingrove

of a f Park, the only vestige the n me le t to-day being the small portion of the Old road which led down from D u mbarton

the m a Cla sla s Road to ills, c lled the y p

3 5 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT — On the west bank of the Kelvin the Partick side and just opposite the

Regent Mills , stand the Scotstoun Mills . Originally the mills were divided into two , the Wauk Mill and the Wee Mill , and they received their new name when the

Scotsto u n family became the proprietors . These mills have from time to time

e und rgone many changes, enlargements ,

five and improvements , till the present storeyed and well -constru cted edifice was finished and fully equipped for the requirements of the firm , which, we are

000 told, averages some 4 bolls of grain per week . The Bishop ’s Mill ” stands on the east side of the Kelvin , a little below the Regent Mills . This mill , Mr. James

White maintains, was the Mill of Partick, otherwise known as the Archbishop’s

Baronial Mill , and was supposed to have

1 6 been built before 1 3 , and in all probability was included in the lands 2 6 THE MILLS OF PARTICK granted by King David to the city

Of Glasgow.

1 1 s e Of Du m When , in 5 7 , the Ca tl barton was taken by Captain Crauford he received as his reward a gift of the

of one of s a u e mill Partick, the mo t v l abl possessions of the Cathedral in those

far the to days, and by largest payer the

Cathedral in the old victual payment. In return Crauford granted a bursary to the

1 6 1 University in 5 7 , and in 5 7 7 he enlarged the old bridge at Partick which crossed the Kelvin at his mill . The

of Bishop Glasgow , however, still hungered

r uf to after his mill , and besought C a ord give it up . So warmly did the Bishop press his suit that Crauford actually gave

1 re way in April , 599 , and formally conveyed the mill to his lordship . Early in 1 608 the City of Glasgow found t f of i sel in debt, and the only way out it f seemed to be to get a monopoly o the mills .

C of e The whole ity , Dean Guild, m rchants , 2 7 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

o e to be and others , theref r loyally agreed thirled in that year ; but when the city leased the mills they were not allowed to multure from the tenants grinding at

the mill .

’ Bishop s Mills represent what are

of t and known as the old mills Par ick . ,

as a for recorded above, h ve existed many

en i c turies n one form or another. The Slit

l ea e Mi ls , which were situated on the st sid

the s e Of Kelvin , and exactly oppo it where

the castle stood , were constructed about

the 1 8 year 73 , for the purpose of slitting i and gr nding iron . Napier, in his history , f says , The Slit Mills were, shortly a ter 8 1 0 . 7 , converted into grain mills A great portion of them was burned in

1 8 1 5 , and immediately rebuilt. Latterly they were more advantageously used as

m Kelvin dale a shipbuilding yard . Fro to Kelvin -mouth the banks of the Kelvin at on e time literally bristled with mills

a ff s p per mills , flint mills , snu mills, ri p

2 8

TH E VI LLAGE

DR . TRA S NG, in his most delightful Old ” volume on Glasgow Clubs, thus describes the village of Partick in the early days of the n in eteenth century Among the many rural villages which at one time surrounded Glasgow, perhaps none surpassed Partick in beauty and

n interest . Situated o the banks of a limpid and gurgling stream which flows

beau tified through the centre , and as of yore with many fine and umbrageous trees , and above all ornamented with an old hoary castle , with whose history many true and many more fabulous tales were associated and when to these were added its dozen or two comfortable, clean cottages , and its picturesquely planted

h n mills, istorically linked with the ge erous 30 THE VILLAGE

gift of the successful Opponent of the

all to lovely Mary at Langside, combined render the locality on e of the most

f of avourite suburban retreats It was, in

Ci i who fact, the resort of every t zen

enjoyed a lovely landscape , an antiquarian

ramble , or a mouthful of fresh air. At that time there was only a straggling house or two on the on e side of the turnpike road from A n derston to the

u Crow Road . Partick was then tr ly in the country . I ts thatched and white

a washed cott ges , with its ruinous castle , were such as to evoke the admiration of

a f every t ste ul limner, and its river, while it

’ suggested a theme for the poet s lyre, Offered at the same time an attraction for

’ ” the angler s rod .

1 1 That was in the year 8 0. For many years thereafter, however, Partick pos “ ” sessed its village aspect , as may be

’ Mac eor e s seen from Dr. Andrew g g sketch,

1 8 2 of Yorkhill Old dated 7 , estate, Dum 3 1 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT ba an d old Bu nhouse rton Road , the

’ rn r irbairn Tave . Twenty yea s later Fa s Old h pencil shows us Partick Bridge, wit

- O the stepping stones ver the Kelvin , an d the Clyde at the Kelvin mouth, while later still the drawings of Old Partick by

the late William Simpson , in Glasgow ” to in the FOrties, give point all that Dr. Strang has to say of the subu rban beauty

Of Partick in the olden time .

In those days there were no tramways, no n o n o railways, subways , and passenger f boats plying to and rom Glasgow . Com mu n ication with the city was maintained with becoming dign ity by omnibus every few hours , . the fare being fourpence . I t is curiou s to note that thro ughout the suburbs of Glasgow Partick struck the first blow at the peace and quietness of a

- rural Scottish Sabbath day . She was foremost in running an omnibus to Glasgow ! The story goes that a number Of gentlemen resident in Partick , who were 3 2 THE VILLAGE connected with different religious denomi n to ations in Glasgow , clubbed together ru n an omnibus to and from the city every

a Sund y . The omnibus was hired for a

fixed sum for a certain period, and as the

was n s money paid in adva ce , ticket were issued in accordance with the amounts s ubscribed for , the contract obliging the ’ c a to ontr ctor run the bus in all weathers, passengers or n o passengers . At the same time the driver was prohibited from “ a f so t king up chance ares by the way, that our worthy forefathers salved their consciences in the knowledge that so long as n o money changed hands on the

- was Sabbath day there no harm done. They further whitewashed themselves in the eyes of the straiter-laced by making ample provision for the attendance at

o . church of b th driver and guard Further, the outside of the conveyance was dis figured in a way that would have lacerated the dainty feelings of present-time adver c 33 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

tisers of In those days there were,

or course , no advertisements either inside

’ u but outside b ses , this particular coach f carried , in a shame aced sort of way no

u do bt, a huge board with the legend , “ ff FOR painted in o ensively large letters , ” URC CH H , displaying thereby , like some of

ou r - present day charity organisations , an

e ager zeal, if worldly desire, to profess

itself purely undenominational . But then in those days the word “Church ” had not the same easy adaptability it has acquired

n in our ow time .

The late Rev . T . M . Lawrie , of Dowan

u s hill church , tells , in his Reminiscences , that he had a distinct recollection of the late

Dr. King of Glasgow writing him in the

1 8 year 47 , to inquire if lodgings could be g ot in Partick as summer quarters for

himself and his family, so rural and s alubrious did Partick then seem to be .

O n e or could hardly imagine a minister, a S nybody else for that matter, pending his 34 THE VILLAGE month ’s holidays amid the smoke and din of - the Partick of to day .

n The Rev . Henry Anderso , who came “ 1 8 o e of to Partick in 44, says, in his N t s ” “ a Pastorate of Fifty Years, that the Gilmorehill of these days was a small

r estate with a count y house . There was a quarry where the grass grows in front of the Western I nfirmary and near that

a t palati l structure, the Universi y. There was also a quarry on the south side , right

o of opp site, which gave the name Quarry

Land to the buildings there . The houses between Wallace Place and Church Street,

S Imilar on and those the south side, with

of two their lower roofs storeys, are a specimen of the comfortable dwellings of these days . There were some in Bridge the Old Street, Kelvin Street, and Dum

to O barton Road, the foot of rchard Street ; also along the D u mbarton Road

to the east side of Orchard Street . The porter lodge of Dowanhill House was 35 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

was west of Wallace Place . There a boundary wall to Stewartville House porter lodge ; then another to Mu irpark

r old porte lodge , where the trees were , ” and the crows and their nests . Dowanhill House and the houses

ref erred to by Mr. Anderson between Wallace Place and Church Street still

and remain, but Stewartville House Muir park House are now only remembered in th e names of the streets called after them . Stewartville House was then occupied f . of o e s . by Mr Campbell, the firm M s rs

. CO . Of G J W. Campbell , lasgow ; an d Muirpark House was built and

d . wh Occupie by Mr Thomas Muir, o

f f. named the mansion a ter himsel Mr .

u a M ir was practical philanthropist, and intereste d himself very much in the

f f r of a wel are o the poorer village s P rtick . He was a member of the Unitarian

Church of Glasgow.

On one as s we occ ion , at lea t, are told 36

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

1 8 7 1 the populati on was

1 88 1 1 89 1 2 1 896 45 15 5 I 897

I 3 I 9! 544 74

Prior to the development of shipbuild

r ing and other t ades in Partick, and the migration of city people in search of

an Of western suburb residences, the life the village was peaceful and quiet, the villagers pursuing their several callings as

or f millers, masons , weavers , tailors armers in uneventful monotony . Sixty years ago there was but one doctor, while two bakers and one butcher had little ado to supply

f In the daily wants o the villagers . the matter of weekly half-holidays the butcher was ahead of the times by nearly half-a

as to century and more , he seemed think little of shutting shop for half-a-week at

so f his a time, and orcing customers into unwilling abstinence , or maybe to trudge

for all the way to the city their necessaries . 38 THE VILLAGE

In Edinburgh at the present day ( 1 902 ) there is a rudimentary attempt to rou se the town at half-past five by means of a doleful tolling of the Tron Kirk bell ' The engaging simplicity of the magistrates of our ancient neighbour will in n o degree be lessened when we here record the fact that in the early days of Partick the inhabitants of the village were awakened

-an - half hour earlier by sound of drum .

At nine p m . the peaceful villagers were warned in like manner by Sandy (Alexander Stewart) and his drum that

it was time to go to bed . All pu blic

or matters , such as sales of property

goods, or when the bakers had their pies

or ready, the butcher his meat cut up,

were intimated by ringing the village bell . At a later date the drum and bell were f reinforced by the addition O a bugle .

’ Sandy s beat, night and morning, was

east from his house , down the knowe,

over the bridge and back, up Bridge 39 PARTICK—PAS T AND PRESENT

Street an d East Dumbarton Road to the

a Dowanhill Mile Ro d, returning to Avenue , and home by what was then known as

Cooperswell Road . One night in the

of O 1 8 2 8 month ctober, , Sandy started

’ on his usual round at 9 o clock . Meeting of some friends , however, at the end the of bridge, the entire company, course , immediately adjourned to the nearest inn for refreshment suitable to the occasion .

Forbes Mackenzie was not yet, and

’ it was on e o clock in the morning before

r Sandy resumed his d um and sticks, which he forthwith used with unwonted vigour. The rattle of the drum roused

oe ff n J Du , the bugler, who instantly spra g

an d from bed , dressed, sallied forth , bugle

so h and all , t at the sleeping village was soon alive with little crowds of lads and

r Poin thou se lasses hur ying to the Ferry, en r ou te for f the silk actory at Govan .

o f Then , after the po r erryman had been

was knocked up, the mistake discovered , 40 THE VILLAGE and it is said the whole of Partick

slept in that morning. The post-boy in Partick in 183 1 was

who rn John Inglis, is still alive . Bo in 1 8 1 f was Partick in 9 , where his ather a weaver, John received a good educa

a t tion in the vill ge school, which hen

o The st od in Kelvin Street. letter bag for Partick and district was handed ’ in every morning at on e o clock from the Glasgow and D umbarton post-gig f to the toll keeper at Sandy ord toll, and called for by the young postman at m 7 a . Eighteen letters were considered

for a good delivery the district, which

a Balsha ra ordan hill , g y, J , included P rtick .

S cotstoun hill and . , Yoker All letters

e for i n w re paid cash before delivery, a

l d I S . letter from London costing i , from 8 d d Edinburgh 5 ” from Kilmarnock 7§

2 Glasgow d. Letters beyond the village d of Partick were charged 1 . a mile

a d to . marke contrast, certainly, Mr 4 1 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

’ Henniker- Heaton s postal triumph of to day. At that time a favourite paper with

S atu r da P ost Partick people was the y ,

d on price 7 . per copy, and Saturday evening seven friends would club one

’ penny apiece in old I nglis house for a ’ copy of the paper with all the week s

. was news John the messenger, and

was invariably bid to be back quickly. The plan be adopted to help his speedy

’ ’ ” return was to ca the gir from start

to finish , which, of course , ensured at

least a trotting pace all the way .

’ I n 1 8 3 3 Inglis father removed to Glas

gow, where John was apprenticed to a firm of engravers and lithographers in the

Tron ate g , in whose service he remained

for fift - the long period of y seven years . B I TS OF O L D PART I C K

W ITH few exceptions the last vestiges of old historical landmarks in Partick have passed away . In a former page we m entioned the old Castle which stood o n of the banks the Kelvin , immortalised by Hugh Macdonald in his Rambles round Glasgow .

LO ! a a a an d n P rtick C stle, dre r lo e, Stan ds like a silen t looker-ou

Where Clyde an d Kelvin meet . ’ n an ra a a The lo g, l k g ss w ves o er its w lls, NO soun d is heard within its halls Save n oise of distan t waterfalls

Where children lave their feet . — On e bit of Old Partick the ancient

bridge across the Kelvin, moss grown — and hoary has at last given way to the ruthless hand of modernity and improve

now no . ment, and is more Whether this PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT was the first bridge thrown over the river

one at that spot we cannot tell, though may well imagine some rude structure of wood giving place in ancient days to the stone arches of the old bridge . When or by whom the bridge was founded it is impossible to say, but this we know that in 1 5 7 7 it was repaired and enlarged by Captain Thomas Crawford of Jordan ’ bill . , a Provost of Glasgow I n Crawford s

of History of the Shire Renfrew, we “ are told that he built a great part of the bridge Of Partick over the river of Kelvin , consisting of four arches, on which are his name and arms, and the following inscription

He a a u an hon estie th t by l bo r does y , a u n u The l bo r goes, the ho o r bides with thee ; He a a n an a th t by tre so does y vice lso, ’ a a n a u n a s. The sh me rem i s, the ple s re soo goe

When the bridge was removed in 1 89 5

to by the Caledonian Railway Company, make way for the present iron structure, 44

BITS OF OLD PARTICK the memorial and other stones were placed in the Kelving rove Museum for preser vation . Crossing the bridge to the north or Partick side , and turning westwards a Castleban k tr e to long S eet, we com a small street or lane which runs up to Dumbarton Road called Kelvin Street (formerly named the and a burn ran t down the side of it o the Kelvin . At the foot of the street and facing Castleban k Street stood an old building

-a - of two storey thatched house , part — which still stands known as the old

Offi to on Police ce ; and next it, the sa of s t me side the tree , may be seen

’ to-day the old Quakers Burying f . e o Ground A squar plot ground , s imple, unadorned , and enclosed by a

was r to stone wall , it g anted the Society of Friends of Glasgow for a burying place on 1 th 1 m 9 June, 7 33 , by Willia Purdon , portioner in Partick, and, by the usual 4s PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

of irony fate , the first person buried in the ground was this same William Purdon’s “ wife, known in the village as Quaker

Meg. Burials were made in this graveyard

1 1 1 8 up till th December, 5 7 , when they were discontinued . The future historian of this strange and fast disappearing sect will find some interesting data in the list of interments in this same ground, now in possession of the Society of Friends of

’ Glasgow . A Quaker s funeral being a

of for kind show the villagers, the walls were usually crowded by men, women,

C and hildren , who did not always observe an edifying or even respectful silence during the interment . The Society of

Friends have now granted the property, t in perpetui y, to the Commissioners of the burgh of Partick, to enable them to utilise a portion of it in effecting . an improvement in the line of street, on Condition that they keep what remains i of t in good order , and that the sum of 46 BITS OF OLD PARTICK

’ I S to r . be paid annually the F iends f Society o Glasgow . The family of Purdons were great folks in Partick in olden days ; they “ ” On e owned siller and land forbye .

1 0 two of them in 7 9 , along with other Partick bodies named William Robb

and Allan Craig, granted the land in Kelvin Street for the building and

playroom of the old subscription school . The original title -deed is subscribed on

2 rd 1 0 3 June, 7 9 , and gives not only a

c list of subscribers, but instru tions regard

of ing trusteeship, selection schoolmaster, and the kind of education to be given

C for to the hildren . Here many years before the days of School Boards the youth of Partick were duly instructed in

the English language, writing, and arithmetic and it speaks much for the excellence of the training given in this school that the neighbouring farmers and gentry sent their children to the old 47 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

subscription school to receive their first

s . element of education I ndeed, there are

not few of to- a in the Partick day, not to mention those who have gone to other

of and lands, whose memories happy youth school companionship still cling to the spot old where the school once stood. On e bit of Partick linking the past

P . with the present is the old U. Church at the corner of Byars Road and Dum

to barton Road, though prior the year 1 8 2 4 there were no churches or places

of worship of any kind in the village . of Members the Established Church , who

are usually steady church goers , crossed

the Clyde at the ferry, and worshipped

in Govan Parish Church . During the great frosts of 1 784 and 18 2 6 zealous church folks and others were able to cross the frozen Clyde on foot. Many of the villagers belonged to the Relief to Church , and were ministered in Ander

. t r ston by Dr S ruthers , a great and lea ned 48 BITS OF OLD PARTICK “ r preacher, whose Histo y of the Relief Church ” is a tribute to his scholarship

and piety . The adherents to the United

Secession cause attended Dr . Mitchell ,

a A n derston Che pside Street, , while the Auld Lichts walked to East Campbell

Street, Glasgow, and occasionally to

Pollokshaws . Attempts were made by the Baptists and then the Congregationalists of Glasgow

to plant missions in the village, but the

stations had u ltimately to be given up . In 1 8 2 3 a meeting of the villagers was held with the view of receiving a regular

supply of religious ordinances , and a peti

1 2 n tion , signed by 4 persons , was se t to the United Secession Presbytery of Glas

n . gow , and the prayer of it was gra ted Next year another petition was granted, that the persons worshipping in the Mason

Lodge , Partick , be received into the fellowship of the Church under the name of the United Secession Church of Partick . D 49 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

s was to h Their next tep build a churc , an d a site was secured in 1 8 2 4 at the c of s r orner Byar Road, and the p esent

. O n I e building erected the st Dec mber ,

1 8 2 t 5 , the congrega ion met to elect a

a minister, when they unanimously chose

Mr . Ebenezer Halley of Kinross, who, however, declined the call . Next year,

1 8 26 , another meeting was held, and a

s call pre ented to the Rev . John Skinner

of . was Auchtermuchty The call accepted , an d the ordination took place on 10th

1 8 2 . April , 7 The following is the excerpt from the Glasgow Presbytery record :

The United Associate Presbytery of Glasgow

. u n n u t u . met, etc Adjo r ed co stit ed to the ch rch ho lbr i af a an d a a Mr. S o a d, ter pr yer pr ise, pre ched

f a . 2 1 a a n rom J mes i , l st p rt, Receive with meek ess ’ the engrafted word which is able to save you r souls. n was a n in the Mr. Wilso , who ppoi ted to preside

n Of S n n n of n . a ordi atio Mr ki er, st ted the desig the

n an a u a had meeti g, d rec pit l ted the steps which been taken previou s to the appoi n tmen t of the n n u n f f u a ordi atio . The q estio s o the orm l were

. S n n an d all of proposed to Mr ki er, to them he f r n returned satis acto y an swers . The co gregation 5 0

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

1866 C , when the new hurch of Dowan hill was Opened, where he ministered

1 8 u till his death in 9 5 . I n his j bilee

18 0 address, given in 9 , he said, speaking

C Of his first hurch in Partick, The

building itself was a curiosity in its way . The congregation occupied only the

gallery . The open space between the galleries was floored over and fitted up

with pews, while the underground area

’ e shO was utilis d, partly as a joiner s p and partly as a hall for religious meetings and

for our Sabbath schools. We worshipped

in that upper room for five or six years,

bu t the place became too strait for us, and

we set about enlarging it . The floor of

separation was removed, and the whole

edifice converted into a church, such as it ” remains at this day . The church was called the United Secession Church of Partick till the union of this body with the

1 8 Relief Church in 47 , when the name United Presbyterian Church ” was given 5 2 BITS OF OLD PARTICK to the new denomination. This old church was demolished so lately as December of last year At the time the first Secession Church was built in Partick a number of the Relief adherents formed themselves into a con

re ation g g and built a church ; indeed, both churches were built simultaneously and

finished within a few weeks of each other . After the Union of 1 847 the one church P was called the East U. . Church and the

P . other the West or Newton Place U.

Church .

53 O LD PART I CK I N N S

IF 1 8 2 in the year 4 Partick, with a

on e population of over thousand souls,

- was void of church or mission hall , the finger of scorn could not be raised against it in the matter of houses where paying ” guests were received , for we are told

' that in and arOII n d this little hamlet there were no fewer than seven public inns or ale - houses ! Beginning with Granny ” of Gibbs at the outside the village , Old there was the Inn, which stood near the foot of Kelvin Street, in Castle “ ’ bank Street ; the Old Masons Lodge ” of and Inn , the principal inn the village ; the Ark, which stood at the north

a nd west entrance to the old bridge , the

- Bridge end I nn, which stood on the 54 OLD PARTICK INNS

Opposite side of the road ; the Old

on the Bun and Ale House , situated

Old . Dumbarton Road, near the Bun house mills ; and the Old Wheat Sheaf

” the of the on a Inn , at top brae the ro d f to rom Partick Glasgow, at the corner l of C a sla s . the y p Road Strictly speaking, the Bu nhou se and the Old Wheat Sheaf were outwith the recog nised

ar a bound y of P rtick, and were perhaps on that account better patronised than others lying nearer the homes of their patrons . The Rev . Mr . Leishman , in his

a article in the Statistic l Account, says “ that the inns and ale -houses of Govan and Partick were so numerous as to form a great moral nuisance ; their pestiferous effects on the health and virtuous habits ” of the people were only too apparent.

Mr. Leishman was minister of Govan , and we may take it that he knew what he was writing about. ld f s The O Wheat Shea Inn , wept 55 PARTICK PAST AND PRESENT away during the operations of the Glas gow City Improvement Trust a few years

- - ago , was a quiet , old fashioned ale house , and occupied a favou red spot amid the delightful green dells of the Kelvin, and seemed a natural resting- place for travel lers to and from Glasgow . Another well known and much fre

u en ted the Old Bu n q tavern, and Ale

House , stood in front of the old Bun

’ u e ho se mill , and b longed to the Bakers

- Incorporation of Glasgow, about half way

- down the hill , on the right hand side of Old the Dumbarton Road . Over the

1 6 re re door was the date 9 5 , with a p

’ sen tation of the implements of the baker s

In 1 8 trade. 49 the building had fallen into such decay that the Dean of

Guild Cou rt condemned it as dangerou s to the lieges, and had it demolished

On - forthwith . the south east corner of the new building is a tablet bearing

Bu nhou se 1 8 0 the legend was rebuilt 5 , 5 6 OLD PARTICK INNS

M ‘ A rthu r John Forrester, Deacon ; Peter , ” Collector . “

. s Dr Strang, in his Gla gow Clubs ,

1 8 10 tells us that, between the year and 1 8 0 3 , there existed and flourished an old

’ C lub called the Partick Duck Club, which met on Saturday afternoons in the old

Bu nhou se O n e Tavern . of its most

M ‘ T re or popular presidents was a Mr. y MacTear ; so frequently did he attend

’ the and do honours at the Duck Club, and so fond was he of ducks redolent

n with sage and o ions , served with , Par tick peas, and done to a turn by the landlady of the inn , that a local poet said

‘ f of a u ken The owls P rtick sed to him , ’ n n a u na It s eve bee s id they sed to me him, u ua u rf f a The d cks they q cked thro gh pe ect e r, ’ ‘ ” n Lo u M Tear. Cryi g, rd, preserve s, there s

And no wonder, continues Dr. Strang, for no sooner was the rubicund beak of the worthy convener espied by the blue 5 7 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT and white swimmers of the mill dam than it was certain that the fate of those

now disporting would become, ere another

of Saturday, that their late jolly com m ff panions, who at that oment were su er ing martyrdom at the au to-da -f e in the

n u kitchen of the Bu ho se . “ s Though the ducks, as may rea onably

be supposed, quacked loudly in anticipa

of f C tion their coming ate, yet the onvener, having no sympathy with anything akin to the melting mood except what was

’ u produced by the sun s s mmer beams,

” ‘ t M Tear not was deaf o pity. seems only to have been chief enemy to the

f - a Partick ducks, but also chie lode st r to

the Duck Club, for with his disappear ance the Saturday feasts in the Bu nhou se ‘ t came o an end. Prior to the erection of the Trades ’

Hall in Glassford Street, Glasgow, the meetings of the Bakers’ I ncorporation

a in were held in halls , in hospit ls, even 58

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT down against expenses for refreshments ” at the shaking of the pear tree . At the Partick end of the old bridge —“ there were two inns ! The Ark and ” - 1 0 n the Bridge end Inn . I n 79 the tena t of the Ark ” was a man called James

Lapsley , who had the good sense to bequeath 10 to help the subscription school in Kelvin Street. Napier says that James Lapsley was long held in remembrance for his romancing propen

’ It s sities, his wife confirming them by,

’ ’ a gude s truth , James Lapsley . James, on one occasion , was telling some of his

r for customers a remarkable sto y, the truth of which he referred to his wife

for corroboration . She had been in the

kitchen, and returning to the room at the critical moment was appealed to in the l usual formu a, to which she instantly “ ’ ’ u responded with, I t s a g de s truth , James Lapsley ; but what was you speaking about i Before the old bridge

60

OLD PARTICK INNS

was widened a pontage used to be levied

on cattle passing to certain fairs . The last man to collect these dues was one

a Matthew Semple, who lived in this s me

inn . Seventy years ago one of the most popular of the Partick inns was old

- Bridge end Inn and more weddings,

balls , and dinner parties were held in this

place than in all the other inns together.

of Widow Craig, the mistress this famous

inn , was a comely , motherly specimen of

- the old time hostess, and prided herself on the spotless cleanliness of her house no

less than on her catering. She was keenly

Bu nhou se alive to the fame of the , and vied with her rival in the excellence

of her dinners of duck and green peas . “ ” There was the Old Inn in Castleban k Street and the old Masons ’ Lodge and ” to Inn , but both have succumbed the

- destroyer, though the last named house will be remembered by the Merry

6 1 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

Masons as the lodge room of their late f brethren o Partick. On the south side of the Du mbarton Road and a little to the east of the

1 8 6 Sawmill Road there stood , so late as 9 , one of the very oldest of Partick land

’

m . arks, Granny Gibb s Cottage In olden times it was much frequented by

r West Highland drovers , who rested the e with their cattle or sheep on the way to

the Glasgow markets . I n these days

a there were no ships , no ste mers, and

was no railways , so everything perforce

brought to Glasgow by carrie r or drover.

Monday was market day, and many a toil worn and weary drover arrived at the cottage on Saturday with his flock of sheep, which were carefully enclosed in Granny Gibb ’s pen till the dawn of

Monday, for Granny was a strict Sabba tarian and would allow no person to come

- or go on the Sabbath day . Many of her customers resented this interference and

6 2 OLD PARTICK INNS

' sometimes insisted on setting out for

Glasgow on Sabbath evenings, but Mrs . Gibb was obdurate and enforced her law with impartial vigour. Indeed, the wags and other easy-minded people of the day used to say that it was due to the strict Sabbatarianism of Granny Gibb that the market day of Glasgow was changed from

Monday to Wednesday . Granny Gibb ’s husband was a vintner of ar P tick, who built the old cottage in

1 6 . 79 . After his death Mrs Gibb removed

to a tavern near Partick Cross, but in a

r yea or two returned to her cottage , where h s e died. The cottage served its day

exactly one hundred years, and on its site

a is now modern tenement of houses, known as numbers 67 1 to 67 3 Dum

barton Road. O LD PART I C K I N STI TUT I O N S

BOARD schools and old age pension schemes were unknown to our forefathers

in Partick, yet they were careful to see that the young were wisely educated and

the old tenderly cared for. Besides the

e subscription school in K lvin Street, there was another school established in the village called the Mission House

School , and by means of it hundreds of Partick Children obtained the advantages

of . a fair education Many poor boys,

besides, were, by means of this Mission, placed in situations and Circumstances from which they rose to good positions

con stItu tion in life . According to the of this society , its object was to educate Children whose parents were not able to pay the fees charged in ordinary day 64

PARTICK PAST AND PRESENT

struction . The same writer, contrasting the education of olden times with that “ - given to day , asks, What are the results from the great advantages children enjoy now ! I was once going to Dunfermline to preach , and at North Queensferry two persons came into the compartment.

Their conversation was about schools . I d ventured to put in a wor , being then in the School Board for the fourth period , ff and asked, what e ect this new system had compared with the old system ! The

‘ answer was, Well , I think the children

e a are just l arning impudence I nswered ,

That is a heavy indictment . The religious part of the work done by “ ” this Mission House School is now carried on successfully by the M ‘Coll r Mission of Partick, while the secula part of the education of the young fell into line with the other schools under the Govan

School Board .

Another old institution , or rather indi 66

i O l d S ch o o l o f P a r t ck . OLD PARTICK INSTITUTIONS

of who vidual , Partick directed the minds and lives and often the destinies of many young people was William Galbraith, a

- - simple minded, kind hearted man, with a

f r strong affection o young people . William

was a weaver, and his shop a favourite

n re dezvous for boys, who used to love to

listen to the teachings of the kindly man . By and by the honour fell to him of establishing the first Sabbath evening s chool in his native place , and there single handed he laboured lovingly and long among some of the roughest boys and g irls of the village. The experiment and success of the Sabbath evening school was followed by the opening of Sabbath morn

’ a ing meetings, and later by the st rting of the Sabbath Morning School Library , the

first of any kind in Partick .

n m is Passi g fro youth to old age, it interesting to know that in 1 7 5 8 a number of persons residing in and about Partick associated themselves into a friendly society 67 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

1 80 called the Partick Community . In 4

its articles and regulations were revised, and its boundaries limited to on e and a- half miles from the old Bridge of 8 Partick . Article stipulated that

Every member of the commu nity who is clear in h an h s n n a a t eir books, d who a bee at least o e ye r a u n fa n n n an member, sh ll, po his lli g i to sick ess, or y other bodily ailmen t which shall render him in a a of f n his a u a n n c p ble ollowi g d ily occ p tio , be e titled to four shillin gs sterlin g weekly while i n that situa

n Su ann ua . u as tio . per ted members, viz , s ch by n of a e in firmities are n ot a reaso old g , or other , ble to s u ma a su pport themselve , tho gh they y work little, shall be en titled to on e shilling an d Sixpence weekly while in that S ituation ; bu t if they fall in to sickn ess as nfin in or distress, so to co e them to their bed, that case they shall be en titled to fou r shillings n n n u i sterli g weekly while they co ti e n that situ ation . An d on the death of any member takin g place who ’ n u n of ffi a n n n resides withi the bo ds the o cer s w r i g, a d application being made to the man agers either before or within ten days after the intermen t of such member a n a n by his widow or rel tio s, they sh ll be paid o e guin ea towards defrayin g the expen se of that ’

fun a . A n d w of f s member s er l the idows ree member , n n u u an d of a a a while they co ti e s ch , good ch r cter, shall have paid them thirty shillings sterling an nually ; but if there S hould be more than fourteen widows 68

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e n a in a c o ar Rob rtso , shoem ker P rti k ; Ge rge P k, mea r an n a n l me ch t there ; Joh Nisbet, m so there ; n a h a a Joh Cr ig, smith t ere ; Thom s Miller, t ilor ‘ th n u n av r M I ndoe ere ; Joh P rdo , we er the e ; Robert , a S a we ver there ; Robert Miller, hoem ker there ; H nr n fiesher re n S s e y Cor er, the ; A drew mith, chool Wm n master there ; . Wilso , smith there ; James n a n l n a Robertso , we ver there ; Joh F emi g, we ver n u n of d -en d a there ; Joh P rdo , Bri ge there ; J mes u u n a her a a a h Colq ho , t ilor t e ; D vid C rse, t ilor t ere ; a u n fa a n an J mes P rdo , rmer there ; J mes Flemi g, serv t ‘ . M u lloch ta n P there ; Wm C , ilor there ; Joh etterson , f n a a n fa armer in Whitei ch ; J mes J ckso , rmer there ; r fa in a S u n Robe t Algie, rmer E ster cotsto ; Wm . u n far in San f a P rdo , mer dy ord ; Archib ld Dick, w a in a n n fa e ver By rs ; Robert Joh sto , rmer there ; and a n fa m Balsha ra M tthew Mo tgomery, r er, g y, n n an d of an Co sideri g the good well the poor, d the other good an d worthy con sequen ces which atten d f n n a a a an rie dly associatio , h ve ssoci ted d hereby a a u n a f n un ssoci te o rselves i to rie dly comm ity, and n an d us an d a of us bi d oblige , e ch , strictly to fulfil and f u an d a un r per orm the r les rticles derw itten, which we have calculated for the order of our said c u n na a a omm ity, mely, th t there be Preses or overs man n a u n a i a of un chose ye rly po the l st Fr d y J e, by voice of the whole Society ; that there be six a n a u n ai a m sters chose ye rly po s d d y, three by the an d un Preses the other three by the comm ity, who with the P reses are to represen t the commu nity ; that whether the Preses be chosen in the town or 70 OLD PARTICK INSTITUTI ONS

n S a a t i n the cou try, he h ll be obliged to choose p r

n a in un r . of his masters i n the tow , p rt the co t y That there be a collector chosen yearly upon said day by voice of the whole S ociety ; that n one be a f n but au of P dmitted reeme , by the thority the reses, and plurality of the masters ; that each freeman pay s n n a into the common box one hilli g sterli g ye rly, at n f n o the time and by the proportio s ollowi g, t — r n ua n n n wit Th ee shilli gs scots, q rterly, begi i g the ’ first quarter s paymen t u pon the last Friday of Sep an d n n u u n a a of tember, so to co ti e po the l st Frid y each third mon th thereafter ; that each freeman pay in to the common box on e shilling sterlin g for each appren tice he has ; that each freeman pay all his ’ uarters a u n t ra n of a q cco ts a the expi tio e ch year,

a n an d if a n otherwise to h ve o vote, it h ppe s that an y of the members of the said commun ity shall ’ not pay up their quarters accounts for a cou rse of a a n an d in a a u n him ye r, the , th t c se, po or them paying up all bygon e dues shall be received again n i to the Said commun ity. That n o freeman cu rse or swear in presen ces (sic) of P an d a u n a na of the reses m sters der pe lty 6d .

n a n n f r sterli g, to be p id i to the commo box o each n tran sgression . That whoever be chose Preses the n a n ot e f P a c commo box sh ll be remov d rom rti k, and if the Preses do happen to live at an y place a ns a an f a n and i n co ider ble !dist ce! rom P rtick, the that case he Shall be obliged to depu te on e in his at n ar n as ma place, , or e to, the tow so he y be easily got when wanted ; that a clerk and officer 7 I PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

n f un t an be chose yearly by voice o the comm i y, d that what inden tu res betwixt any of the members of the commun ity and apprentices and journ eymen S hall he wrote by the clerk of the said Society ; and this year we chose by plurality of votes the a o a n a P e es and b ve J mes Robertso , shoem ker, r s ; a i n a n h the bove des g ed George P rk, Joh Nis et, n a a n P u n and n Joh Cr ig, Thom s Miller, Joh rdo , Joh P t n a an d a n t e terso , m sters ; the bove desig ed Rober ‘ M I n o as a a n d e, collector ; lso the bove desig ed M ‘ l n S an d . Cul och ffi A drew mith, clerk ; Wm , o cer ; and a t c n n ra i n f l s ly we o se t to the regist t o hereo , ad

’ uturam ref memorzam i n u f , j dge books competen t ' f r c u o that efie t an d con stit tes . I n witn ess whereof these presents written on a a n a nd S st mped p rchme t by the bove A rew mith, C are u us at a 1 th lerk, s bscribed by P rtick, this s da of u u on e u an n un r y A g st, tho s d seve h d ed an d fift - a f s n a e y eight ye rs be ore the e wit esses, J m s Hill, a in Pa t an d n we ver r ick, Joh Miller, shoemaker there. !Here follow twenty-six Signatures !

The copy of the articles and regulations

u S 1 80 before was printed in 4, and it gives

of office- the names the bearers, among

“ ’ o ffi wh m is Robert Hill , the o cer. Robert s ” great days, says Napier, were the days when the deacon or preses or office 7 2

S OCI A L AN D RE LI G I O U S LI FE OF OL D PART I C K

To appreciate the social and religious life of the village in olden times, we must imagine ourselves spending a year in

of Partick. With the close the last day in December, things were put past for the year ; all local and out door work

- was suspended, houses were white washed

C to f and leaned, people went bed be ore ’ twelve o clock, and, indeed , it was con sidered unlucky not to be in bed before

’ n r s the New Year came in . O New Yea

first- morning footing began, and to visit a friend empty -handed was to wish him n ill luck during the coming year. O

was giving or receiving a refreshment, it part of the programme of good wishes ’ ’ ” for the year to tak it a cot. During 74 SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE the day neighbours and friends in the

C village exchanged omplimentary visits , and in the evening family reunions took place . Sons and daughters who worked

e from home, or if married in the villag

the and had families, all gathered under paternal roof, and spent the evening in the old home with song and story and innocent fun and frolic . There were exceptions, of course , to these festivities,

. his though Mr Skinner, in in cautiously and charitably - worded state ment to the Glasgow Presbytery on the

the social, moral, and religious life of people under his charge , while lamenting cases of intemperance in Partick, con sidered o u that, in proportion to the p p lation of the village , these cases were n ot more numerous than in other villages .

I ndeed, the respectability , quietness , and good behaviour of the majority of the Partick people amply turned the scale against these isolated cases . Attendance 7 5 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT at religious ordinances in church were

and f regular, amily worship was maintained by large numbers of his people morning

- and . evening, and on Sabbath days ” Sixty years ago , says James Napier, any person passing through the village

’ at or nine o clock, either morning evening

of a Sabbath day, would never be out of hearing of the psalm -singing of the ff ” di erent families at family worship . After the New Year festivities were

over, people settled down again to work

at the mills, the looms, and the neigh

bou rin g farms, till the next cessation

f - rom labour, the spring Fast day .

Partick, along with Glasgow and other

- places in Scotland , had two Fast days

on e each year, in spring and the other

in autumn . These days were strictly — kept as a Sabbath -day all labour was

suspended, all shops and schools closed .

1 8 w In 3 7 , when three denominations ere

and represented in the village, forenoon 7 6

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cholera throughout the country . The

- Partick churches observed this Fast day , although the Secession and Relief Congre

ation s g said that, while they did not

’ a cknowledge the king s authority in s ff on piritual a airs , yet that the ground of of the aspect Divine Providence , and of the people ’s being prohibited pursuing their worldly employments on the day a ppointed by the Government, the day would be observed as a day of fasting and humiliation . It is interesting to note in this protest the difference between an Auld Licht ” “ ” “ a n d a New Licht . An Auld Licht d issenter recognised the right of the nation “ ” ’ ’ to m zson d étre proclaim a fast , and the of the Established Church of Scotland ; “ the New Licht dissenters (United Secession and Relief Churches) recognised

no kingly authority to proclaim fasts , and that no Church should be established by

law. 78 SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LI FE

of 1 8 2 During the scourge cholera in 3 ,

Partick was much affected . Consequently all or of coming and going, visitation f friends and amilies , was suspended, and a death - like stillness possessed gentle and l o d . simple, weaver and miller, young and A short time before the outbreak of the Cholera a brass band had been established b in the village , and had een of great s ervice at public gatherings , processions,

. n Reform Bill agitations, and the like O e

of night, during the height the plague , to

of the horror the stricken villagers, the band paraded the streets with the innocent hope of cheering up their kinsfolk and

friends. The playing was continued every

alternate night, and some superstitious

people , noting that the cholera disappeared

r ve y soon thereafter, suggested that the

brass band had played the plague away .

I n the month of July, Partick people observed the Glasgow Fair as a holiday

’ time, but Cook s excursions to London and 79 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

elsewhere being then unknown , and coast

residences not yet in vogue, Partick bodies were very well content to stop at home and spend their holidays among

themselves . From time to time travelling S hows

visited the village , and lads met their lasses around some of the wells in the

of summer evenings , or by the banks the

Kelvin or Clyde , while balls and weddings

were mostly held in the winter time . Eighty years ago all the villagers of

Partick were known to each other, and much neighbourly kindness was mani

r - fested . Eve y family had a good sized garden attached to its house , and many people kept their own cow . These all fed in one part of the meadow , and were looked after by a cowherd , who was some

thing of a musician , for we are told that he summoned his charges in the morning by

b rn a rousing blast on his o . The habitations of the villagers for the

8 0

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT Friday in March was observed by the

Masons as their annual parade day , a great event for the lads and lasses of i the v llage . Another great feast in the village was the Deacon of the Bakers ’ election day, usually held at the beginning of August . I n this event the villagers were ever eager to show their interest, and used to discuss for days beforehand the chances of their favourites . At the time of which we are writing the only men who could securely tie the marriage knot were the ministers and

C lergy , and as there were then no

C lergymen resident in Partick, betrothed ones to complete their happiness had perforce to make their way to the minister’ s house either at Govan or Ander ston . After the ceremony the party quickly returned to the village and duly celebrated

the occasion in feasting and fun . The

day after the wedding, which constituted the honeymoon , was usually spent in

8 2

P ar ti c k D e a d

PARTICK PAST AND PRESENT well as the free tables for refreshme n ts that were usually set both outside a n d inside the house in which the deceas e d lay . From the autumn Fast-day to the N e w Year there was no break in outdoor or indoor labour, and Christmas was utterly unknown in Partick till a very recen t date . T H E B U RGH

THE forces that make for peace seemed to be signally present in the Partick of

1 8 8 for 3 , her records show that, with a

of 2000 population nearly souls, she had little need even for the service of the solitary policeman who seemed proud to be her sole guardian . But those were

a to halcyon d ys indeed, soon become a

r 1 8 of memo y only, for in 43 disturbers the peace and other lawless characters had grown so rank that the one-man force had frequently to summon aid from the neighbouring station of An derston to watch and even patrol the village . The next step on the road to local

m 1 8 6 govern ent was taken in 4 , when a number of the well - to-do villagers and residenters agreed to erect a few lamps at 35 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT suitable places to light the roads and streets in the winter time . The cost was r defrayed by volunta y subscription , and the management of affairs was left in the f hands o a committee . With the forma tion of this committee we have the beginning of the burgh of Partick . The commi ttee soon had plenty of other work thrust upon it in the form of complaints as

u . to n isances, smells , and bad drainage These matters were also aired in the

Glasgow newspapers, and meetings were held in the school -room in 18 5 1 and

1 8 2 5 , the outcome of which was the drawing up of a petition to be presented to the Sheriff that Partick and neighbour

u hood be constituted a pop lous place, that it should adopt the General Police ff Act of Scotland , and that the Sheri call a public meeting to be held in the Free Church school of al l householders of 10 rent and upwards who resided within the proposed boundaries of the burgh . This 86

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT their successors work that with an ever increasing population the death -rate was

1 8 2 rapidly decreasing. For example , in 5 , the date of the raising of the burgh , the population was 5000 and the death -rate

1000. 1 8 2 34 per I n 7 , with

2 1 inhabitants , the rate had fallen to , and in 1 896 there were people within the burgh , while the mortality had been

1 1000 reduced to 3 per . At the present day Partick stands about the lowest in the f mortality tables o Scotland , as may be f — seen from the ollowing figures Glasgow,

2 1 1 8 3 per Perth, 4 ; Dundee,

1 1 6 1 8 99 ; Paisley, 9 ; Aberdeen , 4

1 6 1 2 Greenock, 9 ; Edinburgh , 9 ; and

1 86 Leith, . The health of Partick should show even better results when the new

ou t sewage scheme is carried , however expensive it may be . I ndeed, the ques tion of rational expense need never be discussed when the welfare of a com

i s munity is at stake , and there no such 88 THE BURGH thing as a cheap municipal blessing; There seems little doubt also that the introduction of the Glasgow Loch Katrine water service had a great deal to do with the decline in the mortality rate, as prior to that time the burgh drew its chief

. O supply from the Kelvin ften, however, when the river was in flood the water was

a un and tot lly fit for domestic purposes , as the water of the public and private wells

was little better, and indeed often t dangerous , the little communi y was sorely

stressed from time to time . Fifty years ago a quartette of burns coursed freely around and through the of village , but instead purifying the air

with limpid waters , they were little better

so w r than many open se ers, and a f uitful

source of epidemic to the young burgh . One of these burns ran alongside the Crow

’ a Road ; another, c lled Hay Burn , skirted

of Partickhill h f the west side , bot alling

e r into the Clyd ; a thi d , passing down 89 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

s Partickhill the ea t side of , crossed the

a to Dumb rton Road , and found its way the Kelvin ; and the fourth came from

of Dowanhill the east , and, falling into

Old was the Kelvin near the Bridge, called the Brewster Burn These have all now been covered over, and form part of the sewage scheme of the

burgh.

Like the sensible men they were, the newly-elected burgh commissioners were content to hold their first meetings in a

humble room in Dumbarton Road. They next held their deliberations in the Police

1 8 2 Buildings , and since 7 , when the

buildings were erected , in their own Burgh

a Ch mbers . The following are the names of the gentlemen who have occupied the

’

C . Provost s hair Messrs Tod, White ,

s Robin on , Arthur, Hunter, Thomson ,

MacLean Ferguson, Kennedy, Sir Andrew ,

r Caird, and Wood. The first bu gh

treasurer was Mr. Paisley, and he was 90

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT at last conference by the Glasgow Cor

. poration

n f f sub 1 . The prese t area o the burgh o Partick ( jcet to any slight adju stmen t of boun daries which may be mutually agreed to) shall be divided in to

a a a n n a . two w rds, e ch h vi g three represe t tives

2 ra in a a be n . The tepayers P rtick sh ll e titled to a deduction of 2 0 per cen t . from the city and police r for fiv ates e years from u nification . m . a n S a n ea f 3 The Corpor tio h ll, withi three y rs ro un fi a n i u a u a for Pa t . i c tio , prov de s it ble p blic b ths r ick

. u ui n u n . i n 4 The b rgh b ldi gs, police b ildi gs, etc , Partick shall be retain ed for mun icipal and pu blic purposes. u a n n u in 5 . A Police Co rt sh ll co ti e to be held P artick. fi a S a in far as n ot con 6 . u f The b rgh o ci ls h ll, so n C n a n i n ti ned by the ity, be allowed compe s tio , terms ’ of un a n as the Bo d ries Commissio ers report, or other a n wise rra ged . a of 7 . The committee explain ed th t the policy the city was to pave all streets on which the traffic was a and a a n o u a Dum he vy, th t they h ve do bt th t the barton Road would be paved if it came un der the n f C ut a i n an jurisdictio o the ity, b th t the me time they could n ot undertake to pave that road and the portion s of Crow Road and Byars Road referred to u fu r n a n witho t rthe co sider tio .

I n w n u n 8 . f the Commissio ers can no co descend po any specific piece of groun d for an open space which 9 2 THE BURGH

n u a an u they co sider s it ble, d which might be p rchased at a a n i u moder te price, the Corporatio comm ttee wo ld be prepared to con sider it .

9 . The differential rate in the City on ren ts u nder 1 0 a n Pa an d a wa £ sh ll be exte ded to rtick, th t the ter an d gas rates an d arrangements as to stair-lightin g a in a sh ll be the same Partick s in the City.

1 0 . The special sewer rates i n the several drainage districts in the burgh shall con tinue to be levied till the capital sums expen ded in the con stru ction of such sewers remaining u npaid at the date of — unification have been repaid provision being made that owners who may build an d take advantage of the sewers in the burgh before repaymen t of such capital expen ditu re shall pay a reasonable sum for use of a n d f f the s id sewers, a relie rom such sewer n i n n a at rates bei g g ve to ow ers who h ve, their own n f a a for an a - expe se, ormed sewers, or h ve p id greed on n u f a f r n mber o ye rs o the existi g sewers . 1 1 a n of a . As reg rds the lighti g priv te streets, the arrangemen ts which exist i n Glasgow Shall apply to ar but a n of a n r a P tick, th t the positio cert i p iv te un u 1 8 2 u streets der the B rgh Police Act, 9 , sho ld n be further co sidered .

1 2 C a a l a n . The ity sh ll t ke over the debts, ob ig tio s,

and contracts of the Commission ers . a a all s and a 1 3 . The city sh ll t ke over treets p ve men ts taken over by the Commission ers before n n r ma n an n exatio , or which the Commissio e s y the n be u nder agreemen t or obligatio to take over. a an d a n a a a 1 4. All r tes ssessme ts p y ble by the r te 93 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

a of a ma a r n and a p yers P rtick y be p id the ei , th t the oca in n un n Pa re re l l collector, co j ctio with the rtick p sentativ a a a a es, sh ll h ve power to deal with the ppe ls

in the same way as the city collectors . n 1 5 . In the even t of a arrangemen t being arrived at n and ur an d n a v betwee the city b gh, bei g ppro ed a a s i n a t a u on by the r tep yer P r ick, the terms greed p

shall be embodied in a bill . n 1 6 . The deputatio explained that there was no access between the Partickhill portion of the burgh and C a and a a the row Ro d district, sked th t the o a n u u n a in n a fu u Corp r tio sho ld dert ke, the e r t re, n to provide such an access . The committee explai ed that that was a proposal they could n ot in the

n n u but mea time bi d themselves to ndertake, they n a u a a if would e de vo r to de l with the m tter, possible, n i in the even t of a n exat on taking place.

I t was agreed that the deputation should consult their Commissioners regarding the

suggested arrangement, and thereafter

communicate their decision . The terms are similar to those offered

1 8 in 97 , with the exception that no pro vision is made for divisional management

of the City . Comparing the statistics of 1 8 38 with

e ! ! those of the pr sent day, instead of one 94

VI CTO RIA PARK “ THE fine British principle that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy seems to be well understood by the

an d for provost magistrates of Partick, their first care in this direction has been to provide ample playground for the young

f M ad sid . e ow e olks of the town Park, lying between Hayburn and Merklan d f Streets , was purchased rom Sir William Hozier and the Railway Company at a

000 f cost of over £ 5 , and ormally opened by the provost and magistrates on 3oth

' 6 Th rou n ds 1 8 . e November, 9 g are taste

fully laid out with flowers , plants , and

shrubs, and one corner is well provided with S wings and other amusements dear

to the hearts of the little ones . I n the matter of recreation—tempered 96 VICTORIA PARK with muscular development—the police men have not been forgotten , for mainly through the exertions of Captai n Cameron m of the police force , a handsome gy n asiu m 1 8 was erected in 9 7 , a little to the east of the recreation grounds , at a

1 cost of about £ 000 . Though primarily for the use of the police force , the gymnasium has been generou sly thrown ope n to all the young men of the burgh a privilege they have n ot been slow to f take advantage o .

Another great breathing space, the ” Victoria Park, so named by consent of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in

on 2 n d honour of her jubilee, was opened J u ly in that memorable year Since 1 867 it had been a dream of the . Partick municipal au thorities an d local philanthropists to provide the people of Partick and neighbourhood with a suitable park, and after due deliberation the com missioners in 1 88 5 entered into n egotia 9 7 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

m O tions with Mr . Ja es Gordon swald, of

s for a the Scot toun estate, cert in lands lying in the western part of the burgh near Whiteinch . At first it was arranged

0 that 3 acres of this land should be feued , but latterly it was thought advisable to include over 1 6 acres in an easterly

-a direction, making the park in all half

mile long by 2 50 yards broad . The

terms were considered favourable , viz . , £ 5

per acre per annum for the first ten years , and £ 10 per acre per annum thereafter in

perpetuity . The work of laying out the park was

1 886 commenced in , and provided work for a great many of the unemployed

during that year of trade depression. From first to last nearly £4000 was distributed in wages in the making of

carriage drives, walks, and lakes . The

e old Whiteinch quarry, lying conv niently

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2 nd l 1 88 on Ju y, 7 , was observed as a general holiday in the town , the procession from the Burgh Hall including the provost, magistrates, and commissioners , 6 h R V . t the local corps of I st L . and

the burgh police force , the fire é brigade, and employ s from the various shipyards and works in the neighbourhood ,

a Foresters , Gardeners, Free M sons, and

Shepherds . The products of the Scots toun mills were shown in the procession ; and on a specially - fitted lorry was given a representation of flour-milling by hand as

f an practised by our fore athers, while attempt was made to depict the process mentioned in Scripture of two women ” n shall be grinding at the mill . O entering the Park the procession made its way to the platform at the west end,

MacLean of where Sir Andrew , Provost

of Partick, in the course a few remarks, declared the Park open , wishing the inhabitants pleasure in the use of the new

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n n n d a in tercalated with carbon iferou s sa dsto es a sh les,

‘ the ign eous rock being traceable westwards for n early n a a n a a un two miles, whe it g i dis ppe rs der the n now overlying strata of the district . The k oll lies within the area of groun d ren ted by the burghs of a and n as a u a an d at P rtick Whitei ch p blic p rk, is - I f a its south western extremity. n ormer years ua had n n in u of q rry bee ope ed the pper bed dolerite, the rock bein g used for macadamising purposes on n the n eighbourin g roads . Si ce it came in to the hands of the Partick an d Whitein ch Commissioners a great deal of work had been expen ded i n dressing up an d plan tin g the rocky slopes of the old quarry ; an d while employed last win ter in cuttin g a road along of ua n the hollow the q rry, the workme exposed the strata i n which a n umber of fossil trees were found to a un u be embedded. These strat derlie the pper bed n ua a a an d of dolerite ow largely q rried w y, con sist n a fla an n an of gray sa dy sh les, ggy s dsto es, d dark a na u a i n t of c rbo ceo s sh les, the bot om which the of f ar n erect stems the ossil trees e see to be rooted . When the workmen came upon the upper en d of the stems the excavation was carefully con tinued down wards un til both tru nks an d roots of five large trees

were laid bare . Four of these stan d close to each fif an d la n other, the th rgest bei g some distan ce apart n en o at the wester d f the excavation . It is very probable that other tree stems exist in the immediate as an n n proximity, the s dsto es a d shales are foun d to be contin uous on either of the sides of the cutting for a a on n n the ro dw y, those the orth side bei g seen

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has to exten d u nder the overlying dolerite, which five e here n ot been quarried away . Other tre s have recen tly been exposed stan din g near the others, ar n n besides two prostrate stems, which e see lyi g across the section in the cuttin g. The geological horizon of the group of strata in which these trees are fou n d lies in the middle and n f an n lower divisio s o the Fossil coal d iro stone series, an d which extends from this poin t eastwards u n der u n a u n n the city bo d ries, where it derlies the Millsto e r and U a a u in u n G it pper Co l me s res, the beds q estio being some 500 fathoms u n der the Upper Red s n of Sand to e, which lies over the higher beds the Lana a -fiel rkshire co l d . u n of e of f The occ rre ce rect stems ossil trees, apparen tly on the same geological horizon as those a n a Par bove me tioned in the old quarry at Victori k, has been formerly recorded from several localities to n - f c n was the orth west o Glasgow. The most re e t the i i ill r Six discovery n the G lmoreh qua ry, where erect

an n C s in stems, st di g lose together, were expo ed the year 1 8 68 du rin g the working of the san dston e for the r a i n n ew buildin gs of the Un iversity. The st at which they were found were iden tical in Character with AS a n t of those seen in Victoria Park quarry. o ice

a a ill ua and of the str t of the Gilmoreh q rry, the erect fossil trees foun d there and at other localities within

ri f u c of a a a this dist ct, ormed the s bje t p per re d to this Society by one of the au thors twenty years ago i s un n c sar an a n . . (Tr s ctio s, vol iii , it e es y to repeat what is there stated regarding either this group

103 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT of a a a n f n str t , its geologic l horizo , or its ossils , beyo d the followin g Short qu otation where mention is made — of the trees I n the workin g of the upper bed of san dston e the quarrymen came upon the erect stumps of five a f s a e or six l rge os il trees . They appe r d to be S a a an d a u f 2 n h 2 f igill ri , me s red rom 0 i c es to eet i n a di meter. They seem to have been broken or to a ca n a f n h ve de yed to withi ew in ches of the grou d, an d of S a an n S a were composed h ly s dsto e, imil r to the u s rroundin g rock. The trees stood some three or f u f a a an d of n n i n o r eet p rt, the roots the o e were see some cases in terlacin g with those of the others . While the remain s of this old forest of the coal period were allowed to stan d they formed a very in terestin g c in u a bu t u a obje t the q rry, they were ltim tely n n n removed in the worki g of the sa dston e . Remai s of large erect stu mps of fossil trees from this n eigh bourhood are recorded i n the writin gs of Dr. f . o rd n hi hn u an S o a ll an d . B ckl d, Mr mith J , Mr Jo

a n a u . u an a in Cr ig, mi er l s rveyor Dr B ckl d st tes, his An niversary Address to the Geological Society of ” Lon n 1 8 0 Bal ra n r of do , 4 At g y, three miles o th as saw in a 1 8 2 as ma Gl gow, I the ye r 4, there still y be seen ( 1 840) an un equivocal example of the stumps of several stems of large trees standin g close together i n their n ative place i n a qu arry of san dston e of the ” s n coal formation . The e trees have ow all been but n was n n removed, their positio , we believe, early o the same geological horizon as the trees foun d in the i m r ill ua sandston e of the G l o eh q rry . It is therefore in teresting to fin d them scattered over a con siderable

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f an urfa u n mark the periods of ormer l d s ces, d ri g a n a na which the u nderlyi ng crust rem i ed st tio ry, whilst the sedimen tary strata mark the periods of depression

n n n un a of a s whe the lan d we t dow der w ter, either l ke Or of s a the e . It may be in terestin g here to n ote the often -repeated u n f n f i in occ rre ce o old la d sur aces wh ch exist, the f m of - in Possil u of a a n or coal beds, the gro p str t lyi g between the horizon of the Lower and Upper Marine f L m n n Gilmorehill o i esto es n ear Glasgow. I the u a a a f n a of a q rry lre dy re erred to, seve se ms co l were exposed in a thickn ess of 7 0 feet of strata. Mr. James Dun can of Twechar has sen t us journ als of bores put down through the same group of strata fu a i n in al n a t rther to the e st, the Kelv V ley, e r Kilsy h, t f f al u n which Show a least orty seams o co , occ pyi g horizon s i n the strata which lie u n der the upper or

n n of tr and r a in Arde limesto e the dis ict ; ove th t, n n e of a a d i n n desce di g s ries, the G rib l iro sto e, which is also worked i n the J ordanhill an d Kn ightswood

in n u h of a P a pits, the eighbo r ood the Victori rk, the n f n distance, or thick ess o strata between the limesto e

and n n n 20 fa 1 2 2 f . iro sto e, bei g 7 thoms, or 4 eet ea of a are n a n but a The s ms co l ge er lly thi , sever l have been foun d of workable thickness within the s u as S i a a u n f di trict, s ch the h rv co l, which r s rom 5 to 6 feet thick in the n eighbourhood of Kirkia till och and and a n Kilsyth, which is there worked lo g i of n n of w th other the thi er seams . The whole these of a n a of f n beds co l i dic te periods repose, o lo ger or u a n in shorter d r tio , which the land remain ed station

106 VICTORIA PARK ar bu an e of y, t they likewise mark as m y p riods

u n n an n n . h n s bside ce, whe the l d we t dow W e both are n n n looked at a d co sidered together, they represe t a n n f as Possil u very le gthe ed period o time, the gro p, c u n f whi h, it m st be remembered, o ly orms the lower division of the 3000 feet of coal measures formerly n n n la a a n me tio ed, o ce y, we h ve every re so to believe, over the horizon of the trees n ow exposed i n the f ua r at a a . a ur q r y Victori P rk There is, however, ther period of time represen ted by the above section — the period requ ired for the denudation of the whole of the coal measures which on ce lay over these beds i n f was this district . Which o these periods the l n a n of o gest, th t represe ted by the slow growths nu merou s coal seams an d 3000 feet or thereby of a us n n a a a a u n v rio i tercalated sedime t ry str t , or th t d ri g which the whole of this amou nt of strata has been nu n f a n of removed by de datio , a ter the elev tio the region above the presen t sea-level We are afraid that n on e of these poin ts will ever be satisfactorily n as of i n an determi ed, the periods deposit o d that of denudation seem each so great as to lie almost beyon d the grasp of the hu man min d . Of the ten trees which have n ow been exposed at Victoria Park on ly the lower portion of the stems an d e n n the roots n earest to them have b e preserved . O e of as a r a n n d u ar the stems is, l e dy me tio e , m ch l ger n n and an a a i n than an y of the other i e, st ds p rt the

n en d of a a n . of an a f wester the exc v tio It is ov l orm , h s and measures across the stem, which a decayed to f a out f f in n ear the level o the roots, b 4 eet by 3 eet

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a . a di meter The other trees, which h ve their stems preserved to heights of from 2 to 3 feet above the a e ar n f 20 n roots, have di m ters v yi g rom i ches to n f a u a as Gilmorehill early 3 eet, bo t the s me size the

r n u trees . They a e seen to have bee b ried near their in a da a n a u S a n a n n nu roots rk c rbo ceo s h le, co t i i g mer s f a n n s n of an e i ou r gme ts a d impres io s pl t r ma n s . A more arenaceou s shale of lighter colour surrounds - the u n f ma n pper portio o the stems . It y be here oted that the heights to which the stems have been pre served were in all probability determined by the depth of sedimen t which had accumulated aroun d their bases ere the trees themselves had decayed down wards to their presen t level . Above this level the strata i n the quarry were fou n d to be quite con tin uou s f over the u pper ends o the stems . The erect stems of some twelve or fourteen fossil n n L a n f P trees belo gi g to the ower C rbo i erou s eriod,

i . . un which were d scovered by Mr. E A W sch, in a a n i n s an of an co st sectio the I l d Arr , where they had n on n n had grow two or three disti ct horizo s, the lower portion of their stems en tombed i n beds of an ash n volc ic , which determi ed the heights to which f a a e . I they were terw rds preserv d n a paper by Mr. u n a a a a W sch, with di gr mm tic sketch showing the

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in n an a n . . . a trees positio (Tr s ctio s, vol ii , p he s ys, The height Of the trunks is limited by the thickn ess - ab u f —of en v n of ash in o t 3 eet the elopi g bed , a n u u n which they seem to h ve bee b ried s dde ly. At the same time n u merou s branches mu st have been

n H u ash a un broke O , an d covered p by the ro d the

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S H I PB U I LD I NG

WHETHER it be true or not that Glasgow has flourished by the preaching of the

Word, it is certainly an ascertained fact that it has largely increased and flourished by the deepening of the Clyde . I t might have had extensive factories and vast

v t mineral fields in its immediate icini y, but even with these it would never have risen to be the second city of the

Empire without free access to the ocean .

s Thank , however, to the energy and enterprise of the Citizens of old Glasgow

s and the Clyde Tru t, their labours in providing for shipping enterprise have been amply rewarded . Thou gh history cannot tell us when the Clyde

s was was fir t navigated, it certainly sailed upon, and probably fished, long before

1 1 0 SHIPBUILDING

the Roman invasion , and undoubtedly the ancient Caledonian paddled his canoe on convenient reaches of the river. During dredging operations in 1 8 5 1 an oak- trunk canoe was found on the north

of bank of the Clyde, near the mouth

1 2 the Kelvin , measuring feet, with a

of 2 1 breadth feet , and a depth of foot

10 inches . Early in the following year another was unearthed at Clydehau gh from its bed of finely laminated sand,

1 2 f feet below the sur ace , and about 2 5 feet from the lip of the ancient Channel

s of the stream . It al o is formed out of

1 2 an oak trunk, and measures feet by

' 6 2 feet 5 by 2 feet inches . About mid way between the bow and stern there is a small rest for the end of a transverse seat. This rest has just been left as a projection by the savage when scooping ou t the boat, and forms an integral part f o the gunwale . The breadth of the seat has been 44 inches. This canoe

I I I PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT differs from the others in the formation

of the stern , which , in these , was shut

in by a movable board, placed in ver tical grooves down the sides of the

vessel , and fixed in a horizontal one

across the bottom , to enable the canoe

men to draw it out when ashore, and run off the water shipped instead of

Cl dehau canting her . But in this y gh specimen both ends of the tree have

u been left unc t that is to say , the

artificer has economised the tree , and dispensed with the movable board by fashioning a permanent stern out of the

root . The bow is not unlike that of

’ fisherman s C the ordinary oble , and has a snout- like appearance without any cut

water, as in some of the other specimens .

In 0 the same year, and within 5 yards

of the same place , a second canoe was discovered, considerably smaller, though

not so well preserved . Its length is 14

10 2 feet inches, breadth feet, and depth

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seen both were lying flat in the sand, as if they had sunk in smooth water, an d been gradually silted up . The prow — of the largest probably a war canoe of

— to - the tribe was pointing the north west, in the general direction of the river ; the smaller one , which is not unlike a punt to it, was a few feet astern , and lay as if she had been drifting down the stream broadside on when she sank. The largest of these antique boats has something of grandeur in her proportions ; she is n ot t l at all crank, but broad and subs antia ,

1 1 and is 4 feet long, 4 feet inch broad , an d 1 1 I foot inches deep. There is evidence in the construction of this canoe that the natives had got beyond the paddling stage, for we find two horse s ca hoe knobs, with the con ve facing the f bow, at a convenient distance rom the w seat, as if for the ro ers to rest their feet in . The craft is also supplied, at the bow end , with an oaken plug about 1 1 4 SH IPB UILDING

’ f and a oot long as thick as a man s wrist. The plug was in place when the canoe

to r its was unearthed, but gua d against loss the fashioners seem to have tethered it to the can oe by a thong passed through

at t an eye the op. This hole in the bottom would no doubt serve the double purpose of running off the water shipped of when afloat, and sinking her when the knowledge of her whereabouts was more desirable to her owners than their enemies.

al a 1 0 f The sm ler c noe is eet long, f f 2 1 . 3 eet inches broad, and oot deep It also is formed of a single oak ; sharp

at S e . both ends , and well coop d out This little canoe seems to have met

for on one of S with an accident, the ides there is a piece of wood about a foot square very neatly fitted over a hole

S f s the ecured by our wooden peg , and whole made water -tight by the help of

C s a puddled lay packing. The stern is h rp 1 1 5 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

and one closed, and, like the larger , the sides of the little vessel are perforated

r by a se ies of holes.

At the mouth of the Kelvin , and near

the f spot where the canoes were ound, a f shipbuilding firm was ounded by Messrs .

‘ 8: M Gre or 1 8 Tod g in the year 3 5 , and i n 1 8 38 they built the R oy al S over eign

a nd R o al Geor e . the y g , both iron steamers

r David Tod , the senio partner of the

firm , was born in Scone, Perthshire, in

1 6 1 8 7 9 , and died at Partick in 59 . The

firm was amalgamated with that of Messrs .

. 1 8 n D W . Henderson Co . in 7 3 . O the Opposite bank of the Kelvin stood

Poin thou se r the inn , fer y , and lands, now h ’ t e 81 . h site of Messrs . A . J Inglis s ip

b in 1 8 . uilding yard , founded 47 Long ago the lease of the Pointhou se inn carried to f with it the right the erry, but in those “ days land values were not of much

a for 1 8 2 ccount, in 7 the house , land , ferry, boats and all were offered for sale at the

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MO RA L AN D RE LIG IO U S E FFO RT

TOUCH ING the religious life of Partick and the influ ence of the Established Church of Scotland in the twenties of

on e ha last century , would ve expected the State Church to lead the way in so elementary a matter as the possession of

u a building of some sort, and a d ly ordained minister for the observance of

its ordinances . Instead of this, however, the members and adherents of the Church

C of Scotland were ontent to travel , as we

A n derston have already said, to Govan, to ,

and even all the way to Glasgow, Sabbath

1 8 after Sabbath until the year 34, when an

extension church was opened in Partick, though the congregation had to wait for two years before it was erected into a ' a o saer a C g oa harge . MORAL AND RELIGIOUS EFFORT

as The present p tor, the Rev . John

D 1 88 1 B. . Smith, , ordained in , ministers

1 00 a to a congregation of 5 , t kes a notable interest in educational matters , and has been for many years chairman of Govan ' aoao saora School Board . Another g

C r e 1 86 1 ha ge was erect d in , and is ministered to by the Rev . W . Ross ,

D . B. 1 2 The membership is 00 . The congregation of Hyndlan d Church did not always worship in the handsome

for structure they now occupy , we are told that the late Dr. Service first preached to his people from the pulpit of an iron building. Dr. Service was succeeded by the present pastor , the Rev .

Henry Grey Graham . Whiteinch Parish

a 1 8 Church d tes from 7 3 , and its minister,

. . . n the Rev David Ness, M A , was ordai ed in 1 8 94. I n 1 900 the membership of the Established Church had reached such proportions that the authorities of Govan 1 1 9 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

- Parish Church , in self defence almost, actually built and staffed a little Church in

e Roseval Street, without hope of reward of any kind beyond the saving of souls. t As in du y bound, we have given the place of honour in these humble records to

of the Church the country, though it was by no means the first to carry the Consola f tions of religion to the people o Partick . That distinction belongs to the Secession

an d Church the Rev . John Skinner, who was C 18 2 ordained to the harge in 7 , where he continued a long and successful ministry

1 8 0. till the year 4 His successor , the

Rev . T . M . Lawrie , of Byars Road

-a- r Church , spent half centu y among his

1 st flock, attaining his jubilee on 3 March ,

1 8 0 9 , when he was presented with a hand some gift of silver plate and a cheque for 1 300 guineas as a tribute of affection from

1 8 his people. He died in 9 5 , and was suc

ceeded . . . . by the Rev Wm Dickie , M A

Dowan hill 1 886 a Church , built in at

MORAL AND RELIGI OUS EFFORT cost of has long been known for its missionary enterprise, and can point to Victoria Park United Free Church as one of ff its most successful o shoots . Another branch of Dowanhill is to be found in

Kelvin Street, where mission services have

n been carried o for some years . The membership of Dowanhill Church numbers

1000 at the present time .

When Mr . Lawrie left the old Church at

Dowan hill of Byars Road for , a number the older members remained to encourage his successor the Rev . Mr. Gibson , and a few friends secured the old build ing with the view of converting it into ff a regular Charge . The e ort was success f ul . , for in a few years Mr Gibson had gathered around him a large and increasing

congregation , which was later ministered

to by the Rev . Robert Primrose and the

Ma f Rev . Mr. c ee.

’ Macf e s During Mr. e ministry an appeal was made for funds for the erection of a

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so a e new church , and re dily did the peopl

u r 1 8 th e respond that in Febr a y, 99 ,

C n hurch, which had cost in site and buildi g

8000 c about £ , was opened for publi

Macfee worship . The following year Mr. ,

of - d in consequence ill health , resigne the

Charge and was succeeded by the Rev . Mr.

Mackay , the present minister.

1 8 2 In the year 7 , when the first Secession Church of Partick was being built, the residenters of the village who belonged to the Relief Church likewise resolved to have a building for themselves .

The churches proceeded apace, and were

th . finished about e same time . The Rev

Mr. Ewing was the first minister of this

. 1 8 church He died in 3 7 , and was succeeded by the Rev . R . Wilson , John

‘ ‘ M Coll M E an w . , and Morgan The original building was taken down

1 86 C in 5 , and the present hurch built in

its place . The present pastor is the

. . . w . C Rev J T Burton This hurch , kno n 1 2 2

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He was succeeded in the charge by th the Rev. David Young, ordained 4

ar 18 8 Febru y, 9 .

18 I n 60 the church was again rebuilt, the congregation in the meantime finding of accommodation in the schools , which

two—on e 1 8 6 there were built in 4 , the

18 n H . M. other in 50. O the advice of Inspector these schools were transferred to

the Govan Parish School Board in 1 8 74. Partick Free High Church was opened

1 86 . . in the year 9 , and the Rev Dr

of Bremner, the pastor, is a member the

one Govan School Board, and of the clerks to the United Free Presbytery of

Glasgow.

i . Wh teinch charge, under the Rev . Mr

Coutts, and Broomhill , under the Rev .

1 00 James Henderson, M . A . , were in 9 opened under the late Free Church

Extension Scheme . For some years the Congregational Church has had a small following in MORAL AND RELIGIOUS EFFORT the of r burgh, but in view the apid e xtension of the town and a probable

as incre e in the membership, the first portion of a prospective church was e 1 00 Balsha ra rected in 9 in g y Avenue, where public worship is held under the

Rev. James Bell .

Dowanhill . United Free Church, the

of pastor which is the Rev . Mr. Wallace , was a territorial Charge erected by

Kelvinside Free Church in 1 8 7 8 . In 1 868 the authorities of Claremont Street (Finnieston) Wesleyan Methodist

’ r t Church rented St. Ma y s Hall, Dumbar on

for fo a . Road, where they remained ur ye rs

’ They then removed to the Good Templars

18 6 Rooms in Douglas Street. In 7 they

ff to h for accepted an o er ave built them , ’ on five- -a- f a s as a and hal ye r le e, the brick

ra f d now church in C w or Street, in the

i r n possession of Govan Par sh Chu ch . O

r of the as e e the expi y le e they wer nabled,

‘ the h of the la s M Millan by elp te Thoma , 1 2 5 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT to build a church on their own accou n t in r the Dumba ton Road, where , besides

C - d hurch, they have also a well equippe school . I n 1 845 the Roman Catholics acquired a i property in Br dge Street, where they at

of present worship, pending the completion the Partickhill new church at , where a

e d has large ar a of groun been secured .

The new buildings, when completed, will

H ndlan d form an entire block, bounded by y

Dowan hill Street, Wood Street, Street , and Clarendon Street . The site of the

C - hurch is at the north west corner, that

C of H n dland an d is , at the orner y Street

Wood Street, or, as it is presently called,

D nv l owa a e Terrace . The principal door

i n H ndlan d way will be y Street, and the presbytery or manse will be situated at the corner of Hyn dlan d and Clarendon

of f Streets , while the whole the rontage to Dowan hill Street will be occupied with

of s l the schools . There will , course , ti l

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PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT made every effort to Cope with the work f laid to their charge. At fi teen Sabbath

ff 0 Schools held in the burgh , a sta of 44

ea of a t chers had the oversight 4700 schol rs .

The Salvation Army, Gospel Brass Band , and Temperance Association are active agencies for good in their own way in

’ the burgh ; while the Young Men s

1 8 8 1 Christian Association , founded in , “ al seeks the religious , mor , intellectual ,

of social , and physical improvement the f young men o Partick and Whiteinch .

1 28 E D UCATI ONAL

THE for o a a s first School Board G v n P ri h ,

s which includes the di trict of Partick, was

10th 1 8 elected April , 7 3 , and at the first

e meeting of the Board Mr. Al xander

Stephen was appointed Chairman and Mr.

C s John A . Craig ie lerk . The old chool in Kelvin Street was then taken over by the Board and put under inspection . I n

u 1 8 Febr ary, 74, the Partick Free Church

School was next taken over and enlarged, and in the following year Rosevale Street

School was completed by the Board . In

1 8 7 7 Whiteinch School was opened, and in the same year the old Partick Academy changed hands and became Church Street

for 2 School, giving accommodation 949

Children. In 18 7 3 the following resolution was 1 29 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT adopted by the Board : That in ordi

r C a na y ircumst nces religious instruction , in accordance with the use and wont of

the late parochial schools , shall, subject to 18 2 the Education Act of 7 , be given in all the schools under the supervision of the r Board , and the Bible and Sho ter Catechism be made use of for the purpose f ” i o such instruction . In add tion to the o r of rdinary b anches education taught ,

r music, d awing, drill, needlework, cooking , and evening Classes for lads and girls a bove twelve years of age were added . The teachers at the various schools

—Mr were . John Blane , Whiteinch ; Mr .

J ohn Hastie , Rosevale Street ; Mr. Wm .

Bissett, Anderson Street ; and Mr. E . E .

‘ M Donald ur , Ch ch Street.

1 88 1 . . the In Mr Alex Stephen , with view of encouraging the study of the higher subjects of education in public

oo n schools under the Sch l Board of Gova , n d to help certain scholars on leavin g 1 3 0

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT buildings in Anderson Street were vacated and the school removed to Stewartville

tr a s te had S eet, where i been acquired of by the Board at a cost £3 347 , the school and its equipments costing for th a of 1 0 e accommod tion 50 scholars .

e m 1 8 The buildings wer co pleted in 9 3 ,

M . P . . . at Mr J Parker Smith, , presiding the Opening ceremony. In 1 89 2 additions were made to White

i n inch School , order to bring it more f into line with the needs o the time .

. f . o e The Rev Dr Bremner, Partick Fr e

the r High Church , was chairman of Boa d

1 8 1 1 8 from 9 till 9 7 , when he was suc

c ed d . e e B. D by the Rev. John Smith , , f t o he Parish Church . The next great step in the march of education was the opening of Dowanhill

f of on School , by Lord Bal our Burleigh ,

2 n d 1 8 6 . has the April , 9 As it been

C s most ostly , it is undoubtedly the mo t important establishment under the Board . EDUCATI ONAL

The site was acquired from the Dowanhill

a 8 8 1 Est te Company , and extends to 4 of square yards, which 3944 yards are in the four streets surrounding the build

105 . . ing, the cost being per square yard Outstanding features of this school are

n h the large and ope playgrounds, wit ample covered play - sheds under the front of the main building, and the large open

on -floor f h hall the ground , rom w ich

- class rooms Open out on either side . It

- is a three storey building, and is heated an d ventilated by the latest mechanical appliances. The accommodation is for

. 1 an 5 7 9 children, and at present there is of T e 1000. he s attendanc co t, including

’ of janitor s house, but exclusive site , s d etc. 1 . . ewers, , was s 9 In the course of his remarks at the

Opening ceremony, Lord Balfour said “ That was the first occasion on which he had attended such a function as the representative of the Educational Depart 1 I 33 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

l was ment for Scot and , and it an occasion he would long remember. He did not think that there was any other district in Scotland which could with greater propriety Claim the first visit from the

Minister of Education , because they were equalled by few, and certainly excelled by none, in the magnitude and complexity of the problems which they presented for solution. The circumstances of the district were in many respects special and remark able . There had been a rapid growth of population , scarcely, perhaps , equalled anywhere else . He supposed that early in the century Govan was a peaceful

village, remote from active industry ; it was now a busy adjunct to the most populous centre of Scotland, and although

close to the life of that city, it possessed some special activities and special interests

of its own . He did not venture to say anything upon questions of boundaries

which might arise hereafter, but, however

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a of 0 6 e rd s occupies site 7 5 squar ya ,

ete r purchased from the late Mr. P

The r u . Hutchison at 108 . pe sq are yard

o s to cos scho l building , estimated t occupy practically the centre of s Dowan hill a quare , and , like School ,

bo e s ee are unded by four str et , giving a fr and open S pace to the school in addition t n o the large playgrounds . The fro t

a set off of s pl yground is with rows tree ,

e encircl d with neat iron railings . The

ai m n building, three storeys in height,

od for 1 8 with accomm ation 34 scholars,

of is built Locharbriggs red stone, and is simple and uniform in its style f o architectu re . The basement floor of o the sch ol contains laundry, manual

o instruction worksh p, heating ducts,

’

C . s s hambers , etc The janitor s hou e i on u r and on hi the gro nd floo level , t s level the school proper commences, with

a for s s sep rate entrances boy , girl , and f m in ants , where, occupying the iddle 1 36 EDUCATI ONAL

o of e p rtion the buildings, there is a larg

a central h ll . This hal l is open through the e ntire height of the building, and is spanned on the upper floor by a neat

r i n ss for . bound oof, filled with gla lighting There are also on each floor open

a u a b lconies, s pported by ornamental c nti levers , round the four sides of the hall. These balconies give access from the various floors to the Class-rooms of the

al t sever departmen s. At either end of the hall are spacious open staircases ; and on - - s the half landings, the cloak room and

’ are a a teachers rooms pl ced lternately . Electric bells and speaking tubes from

’ the central hall and headmaster s room

a s rs communicate with the v riou floo , these special featu res forming auseful adjunct to

fa of the satis ctory working the school . The various Class rooms have been supplied with furnitu re and appliances of the best type . The heating and ven tilat ing arrangements are on the propulsion I 3 7 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

b system . The temperature is raised y

a propelling fresh air, filtered through specially prepared hair screen over steam heated Coils placed in the shafts leading to the several classrooms. This arrange ment allows of each room being inde

a pendently heated. A l rge air propeller is driven by a gas engine , which also

. for drives grindstone, etc , the manual instruction workshop . In the laundry,

fitted for sixteen girls , the boiling and drying are done by steam . There are at present ( 1 90 1) twenty five schools under the Govan School

Board, seven of which are in Partick, giving accommodation for over 8000

scholars , all of which are in full occupation, with the exception of Anderson Street in

C - Partick, in which a lass room or two are used occasionally only for manual instruction of pupils in the neighbouring

schools .

1 8 In March, 9 5 , the question of the 1 38

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Without doubt, the most important educational event of the period just closing is to be found in the appearance of the

of 1 8 on Code 99 . with the radical and,

e a C ff the whol , s lutary hanges it e ected in the mechanism of ou r educational system . Circulars issued by the Department during the preceding year had prepared managers and teachers for some of the more import ant of a new provisions the Code , not bly those relating to the merit and labour

a the of and certific tes, mode inspection , the institution of the higher-grade depart

ments . Without discussing the Code in

a the det il, it may be said generally that Changes introduced by it have been accepted by all competent judges as pro

ceedin on e a g sound duc tional principles , and have therefore been most cordially

b o w elcomed. It may e interesting t enumerate some of them : standards are abolished and scholars are promoted from Class to Class according to their individual 140 EDUCATIONAL

rf m cer attainments . Pe ect freedo , within

to tain necessary limits, is given teachers in the organisation of the schools and

C of the lassification the scholars, provided always that the standard of the merit certificate is kept steadily in view as the

' end to be reached by every scholar, and that all the work of the school is so b arranged as to lead naturally, and y

s carefully graduated stage , up to that

point . Formal examination by H . M . I . is abandoned ; the inspector may visit a

school at any time , and may then examine

C any lass in the work it professes , in

order to test its efficiency . Payment by

results finally disappears , and inclusive slump-sum grants are substituted for the multiplicity of separate payments which

i v formerly obta ned . Ad anced departments are recognised for scholars who have

s obtained the merit certificate , and in the e

a . grants of 505 . per he d may be earned

Higher grade departments, in which 1 4 1 PARTI CK—PAST AND PRESENT

C science , commercial , lassical , and other special courses of higher instruction may

be followed , are provided for . The labour certificate examination is substituted for

n a pass in Standard V . as the qualificatio for leaving school to enter upon employ

ment . The teaching of drawing is made compulsory in the case of girls as well

as of boys . No certificated teacher must have more than S ixty scholars habitually

a under his Ch rge . I n addition to these

there are many minor Changes . The Board carefully considered the

o C de , and while they welcomed it as designed to improve the conditions under which the work of the schools was con

a ducted, and fitted to promote education l f t e ficiency , they deemed it their duty o suggest to the D epartment modifications

in certain details . They observed that, while the undoubted effect of the Code would be to increase the cost of carrying on the work of the schools , the grants 1 4 2

NE W PART I C K

THE Gilmorehill grounds of , on which the

a University of Glasgow now st nds , were

originally known as the lands of Partick, an d the boundary line of Glasgow and Partick passes between the University

n and the Western I nfirmary . O the summit of the hill stood old Gilmorehill l House, occupied by Mr. Matthew Boy e , and here the present building was erected

- in 1 8 70 7 1 . The University of Glasgow

1 0 was founded in the year 45 , through

who the influence of William Turnbull , was Bishop of Glasgow at that time , and who obtained a bull from Pope

Nicholas V . conferring money privilege s

n 1 60 o it . In 4 the University received

of as a bequest from James First, Lord

of Hamilton, a site in the H igh Street I 44 NEW PARTICK

of Glasgow, together with four acres

adjacent land . The fortunes of the Uni versity seem to have ebbed and flowed

1 60 for many years , till 5 , when they were

s reduced to the lowest strait , partly through the poverty of the University and partly through the disturbed condi tion of the country . In the seventeenth and eighteenth cen

turies fortune once more shone, and numerous donations from the Crown an d

of an d private individuals , land, money, books put the College authorities in pos session of means to extend their buildings

F r and teaching staff. o over four hu n dred years the Old College of Glasgow Continued in the buildings which stood in the High Street, till compelled through the life and commerce of the city drifting

Gilm r ll westwards to remove to o ehi . In 1 864 the old grounds and buildings were disposed of to the City of Glasgow Union Railway Company for the sum of x 1 45 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

to this was added a grant of from the City of Glasgow, and a grant of from the Govern ment, enabling the University authorities to purchase the grounds of Gilmorehill and erect the present substantial pile . of buildings, from designs by Sir G . Gilbert

1 8 Scott . I n 70 the buildings were opened by the Prince of Wales (now Edward

The style of the architecture is mainly early English , and the ground plan is that

of 600 . 00 . . a rectangle , ft long and 3 ft broad The buildings had a handsome addition m to 1 88 ade them in 4, when the Bute

f of Hall was erected, the gi t the late

Marquis of Bute . I n the same year there was added the Randolph Hall ,

f . the gi t of Mr Charles Randolph,

the few shipbuilder. During past years the old gateway which stood at the

n Old e trance to the College , H igh Street, was taken down and rebuilt by the late 1 46

PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT buted the sum of to purchase the ground and erect the buildings . The foundation stone was laid on the

I Oth 1 8 1 1 8 - August , 7 , and by 7 3 74 the undertaking had so far progressed that a dispensary for outdoor and infancy wards for indoor patients were opened . Since

l a that date , and through iberal don tions , the buildings have from time to time been

s enlarged and improved . The ground

10 cover an area of acres , and the total cost of the site and buildings now amounts to over Immediately to the west of the entrance to the Western Infirmary is Anderson ’ s

College and Medical School . This is a

western extension of what has been known . Old as the Anderson College of Glasgow .

John Anderson , son of the Rev . James

Anderson , of Roseneath Parish Church ,

1 26 was born in 7 , and educated at the

- University of Glasgow . At twenty nine years of age he was appointed Professor of 1 48 NEW PARTICK

O an d two riental Languages, years later

of u Professor Nat ral Philosophy, Opposite which title his name appears in Jones ’

1 8 . first Glasgow Directory , published in 7 7 At his death he bequeathed his estate t o found a school to be called by his name. I n 1 8 2 9 buildings were acquired in George

s w Street, Glasgow, and the chool , hich at least one of its pupils helped to enlarge , s for oon became famous, it was here that Dr. David Livingstone , explorer and

ar mission y, obtained his medical training. A few years ago the extension in Partick was agreed upon , and the present build ings were erected at a cost of about

£ 5000. They are conven ient for students and who professors attend the University ,

of r r and there is a full equipment labo ato y,

r r - C museum , lib a y, reading room , and lass rooms . Westward the course of Glasgow seems to n ot make its way , and though it has f ormally annexed Partick, it certainly has 1 49 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

enlarged it, as each year sees an increase

of City people in search of houses . Twenty -five years ago Partickhill had n o buildings on it from Hyn dlan d Street to

Mu ir ark Hamilton Crescent , save p House

to and Stewartville House , and to the p of the hill nothing could be seen but

luxuriant pasture land , with the summit

H n d an d crowned with beautiful trees . y l f Road , at one time a avourite walk on a summer evening to see the sun setting over Goatfell and enjoy the breeze from

the Kilpatrick Hills, is now a densely populated district . A few years ago the west end of Partick terminated at

e Meadowbank Crescent , where the Cal don ian Railway crosses the Dumbarton

- Road ; to day, the extension of houses is

projected a mile or more westwards, and is

now beyond the Whiteinch Burn , the

western boundary of the burgh . Broom

hill, with its drive , terrace, and avenue ,

and select appearance , is being gradually 1 50

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and to the east, Eaglesham and Cathkin

Hills, with the whole stretch of suburban f n Glasgow lying between , rom Ruthergle t to Craig on Cemetery , and from Pollok shields to Pollok estate . Without hesita tion , it can be said there is not a more healthy place around Glasgow than the to p of Thornwood , and there is no place where a finer range of scenery around our

City can be had .

The Crow Road , with its green fields on either side ; Balshagray Avenue and

1 6 1 its mansion house built in 4 , and the old beech trees , are year after year

C passing away and giving place to hurches , villas, and tenements . I ndeed , when the area of ground immediately to the west of the North British and Caledonian Railways

is built over, the burgh of Partick will be on e large city and the largest burgh in

the world . NO suburb around Glasgow is so well supplied with the means of communication 1 5 2 NEW PARTICK

with the city as Partick . The North British Railway runs 1 40 trains to the

C 0 ity daily ; the Caledonian , 7 ; the Sub

2 0 2 0 way 7 cars ; and the Tramway, 4 ; in 6 0 all 5 conveyances to Glasgow every day,

for and eighteen hours a day, making an average of about one conveyance every

of 1 d . a two minutes , at a cost 5 Fifty ye rs ago an omnibus was run to Glasgow every

h an d f f . t ree hours , the are was ourpence Regular communication is also established t with the ci y by the Clutha steamers, plying between Stockwell Bridge and

Whiteinch .

l 53 O LD PART I C K M E N

FEW s on of who A note some the men , in their day, were long held in esteem by the residenters of Partick may not be

u . ninteresting James Napier, a member of of the Philosophical Society Glasgow , and for many years prominently identified

C r with industrial hemist y, was born at the

on 2 th foot of Kelvin Street, Partick , 9

1 8 10 - J une, , his father being a hand loom weaver in humble circumstances . Unable to give their son more than a scanty

’ education , Napier s parents apprenticed the lad at an early age to a calico printer in the neighbourhood . He very soon ,

of however, felt the need more learning, and was swift to take advantage of the evening classes in the village school. There he so earnestly applied himself to 1 54

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- from his pen number thirty two . He died

n I 8 o 1 8 . at Bothwell st December, 4 Two years before the village of Partick had been formed into a burgh , James

1 8 2 Paterson , born in Paisley in 7 , estab lished himself in the village as a medical practitioner, where his skill and the love of his profession soon brought him to the notice of a wider circle than his patients . Among the first appointments the newly elected burgh officials had to consider was ffi that of a reliable medical o cer, but with

Dr . Paterson in their midst they had not far to seek . The post was assigned to

an d him , he did not betray the trust For fifty years he not only went out and in as a friend and medical adviser of rich and poor, but with rare and fine tact he kept himself in touch with the growth of

the burgh, and its varied wants , to keep it in the best of san itary and medical

. not health He was only a scholarly ,

but an intensely religious man , and was 1 5 6 OLD PARTICK MEN elected an elder of Dowanhill Church in

’

1 866 . . Dr Paterson s figure was familiarly known and respected for many years in

Partick , and many who knew him cherish

r of who his memo y as that one, , through

- an honourable life of well doing, attained the perfect day which the wise man says is the end of the just . He died on the

16 1 00 th November, 9 , and was buried in

Sighthill Cemetery . o Tw days before the death of Dr . Paterson there also died another well known old Partick man , Sir Andrew

MacLean . Sir Andrew was born in 1 8 2 8 bo Renfrew in , and as a y entered

of f CO. o the service Barclay , Curle ,

Whiteinch . With energy, precision , and rare tact he soon raised himself in the

of who esteem his employers , admitted him to a share in the business he so

o F r greatly helped t develop . o many

’ years he was connected with St . Mary s h Parish Churc , Partick , and took a great I S7 PARTICK PAST AND PRESENT interest in the formation and prosperity of Whiteinch Parish Church , but was not neglectful of other Churches and philan thro ic p associations in the burgh . He was buried in Sighthill Cemetery on i 7th

1 00 . November, 9 Just as the year 1 90 1 was about to “ ” C old lose , Partick lost another stalwart

. dis in Mr George Wilson , who had charged the duties of treasurer and

f r . Chamberlain o seventeen years . Mr

Wilson, who in early days was interested in the shawl trade in Glasgow , took up his residence in Partick some fifty years ago , where he interested himself ff much in the a airs of the burgh , became a Commissioner, and ultimately a Bailie . Up to the year 1 884 the finances of i the burgh were admin stered by Mr.

Gavin Paisley, of the Union Bank there , an d at his death Mr . Wilson was asked t o take over his duties ; this he did, along with his own work as agent for the 1 58

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a of Ma 1 80 a f n S a Frid y y, 4 ye rs, the ollowi g h ll be the Articles an d Regulation s of said Commun ity

Bou n dar ies o flu Commu n i t — I . f y As this Com n h na in Pa mu ity ad its origi l rise rtick, so it likewise

n a f i s a takes it me rom it, which hereby decl red to Y u n a be PARTICK COMMUNIT . The bo d ries of the Commun ity shall exten d to all that part of

an P a on n i of Gov rish, which lies the orth s de the

and no fa i n a n . river Clyde, rther th t directio They shall likewise exten d to the distan ce of on e mile

n a a f f Old of P a an d n o a d h l rom the Bridge rtick, fa i n all n an d un a rther other directio s ; these bo d ries , as n ow are a be C described, hereby decl red to the ircle ’ n n an d exten t of the Offi cer s war i g.

r 0 n n II . Te ms of N perso ca be admitted a member of this Commu nity who does n ot reside within the bou n ds men tion ed i n Article first ; n or can any person be admitted a member a a e of 0 a u n who is bove the g 4 ye rs, or who is der 1 4 years of age ; an d mu st be of a good moral C a a f of u of a a con h r cter, ree bodily tro ble, he lthy stitution an d i n a wa f u n , visible y o s pporti g them

s . n u n a n a a elves Every perso , po his dmissio , sh ll p y

five n n a e fu n shilli gs sterli g, to be ppli d to the ds ; a s f u n an d n l o, o rpe ce to the Clerk, twope ce to the Offi and f u n a of ua e a un cer, o r shilli gs ye rly q rt r cco ts,

a a on e n ua . u s a p y ble, shilli g q rterly Members m t p y u a a u n an d u a a their q rter cco ts, other d es p y ble by

i n n . An d i n a an them, twelve mo ths c se y members 1 64 A RTICLES AND REGULATIONS n e a a u at glect to p y their s id d es, the respective te m a fi a f f all r s bove speci ed, they sh ll or eit right or t had in u n an d a itle they the Comm ity, h ve their n a m a f in es er sed rom the roll of members . And o rd er that quarter accou n ts an d other du es be regu l arl a n un a y p id i to the Comm ity, it is hereby decl red, T a n o n ot a i n h t member, who is cle r the Com ’ m u n it s n a n a a y books whe he is t ke b dly, sh ll be e n e an n fi f fun u n af titl d to y be e t rom the ds, til ter the n ext quarterly meetin g (as the Collector can on ly receive quarter accou n ts at the quarterly meet n but u n n a n u a a i gs) ; po his the p yi g p his rre rs, an d a in f a i n a m k g himsel cle r the books, he sh ll be n f An d all a e titled rom that date. members who h ve n ot paid up their quarter accoun ts an d other debts ’ d ue h o u n five on by t em to the C mm ity, by o clock da of n a h i at a the y electio , they sh ll lose t e r vote s id n a a n electio . Every member sh ll receive pri ted copy ’ of u n t e u n a i n for the Comm ity s Ar icl s, po p y g the

same.

me an d man ner o E l ecti n M an a ers and . Ti III f g g , r e — an a of un thei P ow rs. The M gers the Comm ity a n of a P n i c and a sh ll co sist reses, seve D re tors, o who a n an nua on fi C llector, sh ll be chose lly the rst a of Ma at S - u in Pa af Frid y y, the chool ho se rtick, ter the followin g man n er : The whole seven Directors or Masters of the precedin g year Shall be pu t into one leet and be presen ted to the Commu nity on the

f n n 1011 e n a and day o electio , whe the b i g c lled over bath a of votes marked, he who the m jority votes

1 65 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT shall be declared duly elected Preses for the ensuing a an d ha e a e Ch se e rec ors ye r ; s ll imm di t ly oo thr e Di t , on e of whom to be resid en t at the time i n Partick or n eighbourhood ; an other to be residen t at the time i n Govan or n eighbourhood ; an d the third in

A nderston or n eighbou rhood . An d the Community S hall Choose other four from among their n umber ma t of t w u e a by jori y vo es, itho t resp ct to their pl ce of s n e a h Wi in un re ide ce, provid d th t t ey be th the bo d i n a . s a n ann r C a ries They h ll the , like m e , hoose f a n u n i at a a Collector rom mo g the comm ty l rge, nd he who hath the majority of votes shall be declared u e e an d a an d ly el ct d, sh ll vote d act in conjunction with the Preses and Directors i n all affairs of the Community ; the old Preses and old Collector shal l

as e for a i h u e n e sit Dir ctors the ye r, w t o t b i g vot d u pon ; all the above Managers may be re-elected Pr an c h ffi an n except the eses d Colle tor, w ose o ces c ot

be a u e . ec held two ye rs s cc ssively All the Dir tors, P s ma en u a en except the re es, y be chos tho gh bs t f t n an d r h u a n rom the elec io ; membe s, t o gh bse t, n h f may se d t eir vote by proxy or a Preses. The al a wa at n an d a Preses sh l l ys preside the meeti g, sh ll have the castin g vote in all cases of parity. A n d as often as he shall see it n ecessary for the man agem en t ’ mun affa r a a a n of of the Com ity s i s, sh ll c ll meeti g

t af e n u arn the Direc ors, whom, t r bei g d ly w ed by the if n h a l t are a Officer, o ly t ree sh l mee , they decl re d a u u m and a i n the C o m to be q or , sh ll proceed

’ : And i n as of the a f th munity s affairs. c e de th o e P the a e n on e S a u ee d reses, immedi t ly precedi g h ll s cc

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PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT before an y deman d be made upon him ; and on e person Shall n ot be received in to two differen t h vouc ers as a secu rity . And it is hereby expressly declared that the expense of any law-suit or diligen ce ’ for n un fu n for an recoveri g the Comm ity s ds, or y ’ other cause or matter relatin g to the Commu n ity s ' flai rs S a f a a ut of . , h ll be p id o their unds — . l r V C e k and 0fi eer . The Commun ity shall have a an d Offi ma an nua n on Clerk cer, who y be lly chose da of n a n in ffi n the the y electio , or rem i o ce duri g ’

u n a u . u Comm ity s ple s re The Clerk, or his dep te, Shall attend n ot only the gen eral meetings to mark bu t a a n ll the votes, sh ll also tte d a meetin gs of the ’ an a un s affa n d fill M gers, to record the Comm ity irs, a u for a a an an nua p their books, which he sh ll h ve l ’ a a of on e un n out of s l ry po d sterli g, the Commun ity s fu n s a f f a n w nd ur n e n an . d , o pe ce rom e ch e tr t The Officer S hall be under the direction of the Preses an d

ana for a n n all e n an d as M gers , tte di g th ir meeti gs ; , Of n as n a a n n all te it is ecess ry, w r i g the members ’ n n un u n a for residi g withi the Comm ity s bo d ries, which he shall have an an n ual salary of fifteen n n out of fun and n Shilli gs sterli g their ds, twope ce for each new en tran t ; but n either he n or the Cl erk i f shall have any vote n the court o Managers .

' P enal ties and For a tu res — If an VI . f y member refuses to accept of the office of Preses when duly u n S a a a fine of elected by the Comm ity, he h ll p y An d if an e S a fu t five Shillings . y memb r h ll re se o

1 68 ARTICLES AND REGULATI ONS act as n n a Collector, or Director, whe chose , he sh ll a a fin e of n n n n p y two shilli gs a d S ixpen ce. A d a y m e mber who Shall curse or swear by the name of ’ G od a u an at an of u n , or r ise dist rb ce y the Comm ity s m e n al fin in ne S n for a fau eti gs, sh l be ed o hilli g e ch lt

an d if at a n a n a l d r ge er l meeti g sh l , besides, be ep ived of v n n n An d u at a t n . oti g, or bei g voted po , s id mee i g if any member be con victed of u pbraidi n g an y other m ember for receiving his alimen t from the Commun ity

w n u n i m ff n n al he j stly e t tled, the ember so o e di g sh l be fi n i ed n two Shillings and Sixpen ce for each offen ce. All the above fin es to be applied to the fu nds of the u Comm nity . If an y member be proven guilty of havin g embezzled ’ an of u n fun of n u an y the Comm ity s ds, or keepi g p y

’ ua a u n n a ofien der q rter cco ts e tru sted to his ch rge, the in both such cases Shall have his name erased from of and un the roll members, be expelled the Comm ity,

never to be again admitted a member . An d if an y member be proven gu t of givin g i n a ’ — f r a fa vi z . of u in an o lse proxy , s g y member s vote ’ Preses without said member s con sen t being asked n ff n S a fin in five and give , the said o e der h ll be ed ff n a Shillin gs for each O e ce, to be pplied to the

funds . Every Man ager (or the Clerk without su bstitu ti ng n f an n n u another) absen ti g rom y meeti g, bei g d ly n ot a n n n an u aft warn ed, or tte di g withi ho r er the f r tin ha fin in time appoin ted o said mee g, s ll be ed a a f a n n Sixpen ce, to be pplied tow rds de r yi g the expe se e in r a n of said meeti ng ; an d the Coll ctor, thei bse ce, 1 69 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

m la out u fin for ch is e powered to y s ch es them, whi ha at n in and f i n they s ll their ext meet g, be ore proceed g

- an u in re embu rse . u l to y b s ess, to him No exc se wil be sustained for absen tees but person al or family i s f n d tress . Members re using to pay a y of the above fin es (when j ustly due them) shall have n o privilege whatever in the Commun ity till they comply there with .

. r n u n t VII Membe s l mposi g po Me Commu ni y . Every person applyin g for admission as a member of the Commun ity mu st appear person ally before an a t n of i e n n the M gers a o e the r m eti gs, whe they are ud of fi n for a an d a to j ge his t ess member, ccept h u n n or reject him accordingly. But s o ld a y perso get admitted as a member who is afterwards foun d n ot a had ua fi a n for a to h ve the q li c tio s member, as u e in n u on am n req ir d Article seco d, p the s e bei g n a u n an d prove , he sh ll be expelled the Comm ity, f f a n - n e u a a un &c or eit wh t e try mo y, q rter cco ts, . , he ma if an r y have paid thereto . And y members a e u of n u n un s spected imposi g po the Comm ity, by f n n an a eig i g themselves sick, or worse th they re lly are n r a a P s an S u n , the Ma agers a e to c ll hy ici or rgeo to in spect them an d if such members are thereby f u n n a a a o d to be impostors, their mes sh ll be er sed out of of n to a a n the roll members, ever be g i had m a admitted . An d any member who the im edi te cau se of brin ging trou ble or distress on himself by his own miscon duct in any man n er of way Shall have no title to any alimen t out of the fu n ds of the Commu n ity

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have paid them thirty shillings sterlin g an n ually but if there should be more than fourteen widows u pon un at on e m in a a a the Comm ity ti e, th t c se they sh ll receive the an n ual aliment of twen ty -on e pou n ds

n ua n An a sterli g eq lly amo g them . d it is speci lly e ha i n a of an n a provid d t t, c se y member bei g b dly, n a n w s n or otherwise e titled to lime t, hose re ide ce is ’ u un of Offi a n n witho t the bo ds the cer s w r i g, his a n him a al w an d rel tio s, or , sh ll be lo ed six weeks ( those forth of Scotlan d six mon ths) to tran smit their a i a n u n h u af e ppl c tio s, po w ich the s pply or said shall be remitted them the same as if they had been within the bou ndaries : provided always a certificate be produ ced (signed by the Min ister and two Elders of the parish where such applican ts reside) that he or they are i n the S ituation set forth i n the applica

n an d are of an n C a a an d u a n . tio , ho est h r cter rep t tio An d all af a n n a as a the ores id alime ts , whe pplied s id

are fu a u a n is, cheer lly to be p id witho t m ki g the un reason able distin ction of poor or rich in members

w . a n a a a n o or wido s Decl ri g lw ys, th t member who ’ not hu an n did , or member s widow whose sb d did ot a his u a a un an d all e u p y q rter cco ts, oth r d es to the u n for at a a of one af Comm ity, le st the sp ce year ter n e was n a a at his a his e try th reto, or i rre rs de th,

S hall n ot be en titled to the foresaid alimen t . Appli can ts always payin g postage of letters an d all other

in cidental Charges .

— IX. Vi lnti ng of M embers Every member residin g n un a in for a n a withi the bo ds, pply g lime t, sh ll be

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of an a a as v i sited by two the M gers periodic lly, the P re ses shall direct ; an d the aforesaid weekly alimen t s h all be stopped or con tin ued accordin g to the report

f an a are u . o f the visitors, whereo the M gers to j dge

t c t m — X . S o k of ire Com u n ity The Man agers for the time bein g shall not allow the stock or fu nd of the Commun ity to decrease below the su m of One H u n an d f P u n n th u a n dred Fi ty o ds sterli g, wi o t c lli g a gen eral meeting of the members to decide upon the of a n ua a un of propriety r isi g their q rter cco ts, or d c a n a n i n u a an n e re si g their weekly lime ts, s ch m er

as to keep u p the said stock or fu n d . — X P owers reser ved to Gener al M eeti n s. I . g All the aforesaid Articles and Regulation s Shall be su bject un a ha a a i n fa to the Comm ity, to m ke w t lter t o s or rther acts an d regu lations they Shall think proper for the good thereof ; but they shall by n o mean s alienate the fun ds from the frien dly purposes for which they were origin ally institu ted : n either Shall any act or a a n n f a n a law lter tio he ce orth p ss i to , till it be approved of by the majority of a meeting of the o un i n u s a n for C mm ity, the whole be g previo ly w r ed that pu rpose by the Officer and Glasgow n ews

papers. And i n case an y dissen sion shall arise i n the Commun ity that may ten d to its prejudice or threaten its d u n u n an a a n f an issol tio , po pplic tio rom y three members the Preses shall call a gen eral meeting as ab n ove ; and the affair bei g laid before them, it shall 1 7 3 PARTICK—PAST AND PRESENT

a f s all be be determined by a m jority o vote , which sh fina i n all u a s And al l m n s of the l s ch c se . the eeti g Commu n ity shall be held at some conven ien t place within the village of Partick .

- P RES ENT OFFICE BEARERS .

EO E O E P . G RG M NT ITH, reses

ES u n . JAM CRAIG, ! ,

ES O JAM PURD N,

O BSO J HN GI N,

V AITKENHEAD r . DA ID , Di ectors

V E O DA ID DR GH RN ,

E E WILLIAM B NNI ,

O H O J HN AMILT N,

O J HN BAIN, Collector.

O C a J HN JA K, l te Preses .

L B E T at l . WI LIAM GAL R A H, l e Col ector

O OW E J HN BR NLI , Clerk. H OBE T Offi . R R ILL, cer

INDEX

- Parti c ur h 8 . Partic eavers 8 1 k B g , 5 95 k W , .

urns 8 . Paterson Dr. a es B , 9 , J m , 156 . Cast e 16 in , : 43 Po thouse Ferr 1 16. l y, Communication with Glas ’ U KE RS ur i n roun d Q A B g , 4 5 . ow 1 . y G g , 53

Parti c Co uni t 68 16 . m , , 3 RE FO A k m y M IO Ti es 10. R T N m ,

Cur in C u 8 . l g l b, 3 Relief Church 2 , 5 . hurch 1 C es, 19. i - Re i ous ife i n Old Partick 6 8 . l g l , 7 7

Dead e , 83 . Re en t i s 8 1 - B 1 21 2 . ll g M ll , , 9 , 4 - Death rate 88 . Ro an Catho i c Church 12 6 , m l , .

Dru . er, 39 cu ation of Parti c c 1 . mm O p k , , 9 Duc u C b , 7 . a k l 5 Ro d 6. ,

ectri c or s . , 95 a . El W k W ll , 7

Fi t Years a o . f y g , 35 , 74

- S CHOO S of Parti c 12 . Fossi rove 101 10 . , 9 l G , 9 L k un i s 20 2 S cotsto M , , 6. Gas Co an 1 . mp y, 9 ll

ecession Church . nasi u S , 49 Gym m, 97 . - Shi ui din 1 10 1 1 . In ns 6 pb l g, 7 , 54 3.

in n r v ohn 0. - S e , Re . J , 5 i s 12 1 2 . k M ll , , 7 7 ocia f l Pa i S i e i n O d rt c , 74 . Old Insti tutions 6 . l l k , 4 S tatistics 88 Old Land ar s 6 , , 95. m k , 43 , 45 , 4 , tewartvi S e ouse, 36. 8 62 . ll H 47 . 4 . he r 1 1 S te n Bursa y, 3 . Parti c Old Residenters 1 . p k , 54 tran D1 0 S g. 4 3 . 3 1 . 57 ri i n of n a e 12 . O g m , S u scri ti on S choo . Par b l , 47 . p k , 97 Po u ation 8 p l , 37 , 3 . THO WOOD i 1 1. RN H ll , 5 P t-bo os y, 41 . S choo 1 . l, 35 Provosts, 90.

- U V E S Y of as ow 1 1 . Ro an occu ation I . I I m p , , 9 N R T Gl g , 44 47

Reli e Church 2 . f , 5

V I I Par . CTOR A , 97 S a ath S choo Union 128. k bb l , Vi e of Partic 0 ag , 3 . S choo s 12 . ll k l , 9

S ewa e S che e 0. g m , 9 E VE S of Parti c 8 1 . W A R k , cessi on h S e Churc , 49, 120. estern Infir ar 1 . W m y, 47 hi ui di n 6 S b g, 1 1 . p l hiteinch ri in of n a e W , O g m , tati sti cs 88 S , , 95 . i son eor e 1 8 . W l , G g , 5 Terms of An nexation with

as ow 1 YORKHI LL ouse 1 . Gl g , 9 . H , - Partic Vi a e 0 . Ro an Fort on 1 . k ll g , 3 , 39 m , 9