External Websites (Mainly)

 

Gordon Dinnie's postcard views of
Old Cambuslang


Gordon was an avid collector of old Cambuslang picture postcards. (Sadly, Gordon died in January 2010, but Mrs Dinnie has kindly donated copies of his photos, and enhanced versions can be seen HERE)

Colin Findlay's excellent site of photos and history of Clydebridge Steel Works

Click here

(Please be patient while this link is being upgraded)

Old Houses of Glasgow (external website)

Cambuslang Area

Hallside
Milheugh
Newton
Rosebank
Wellshot
Westburn
Cairns

Morriston    Location
Old Blantyre (external website)
St Brides Website Church (someone has disabled this website as of May 2015?)
Photos (1) Savoy Cinema (2) Empire Cinema Demolition (3) Ritz Cinema (external website)
The Making of the Scottish Working Class
A paper on one persons view of the movement of his family in the pursuit of better living conditions in the late 19th and early 20th Century...
By Aaron Reed Carmichael
aaroncarmichael06 @ yahoo.com
California State University Long Beach
May 2017

John McGee for family research and a fountain of knowledge on Hallside and surrounding areas.

https://wheechmcgeenes.webs.com

See his 1901 Census compilation here...1901 census

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Flemington-Hallside Parish Church (external website)
The revivals of the eighteenth century : particularly at Cambuslang (1900) (external website) Digitised 'Cambuslang In Old Picture Postcards' (external website) published 1984 by Ian L Cormack ISBN 90 288 2884 2 (hardback)
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Cambuslang in the 21st Century - Photos by Colin Findlay (On Flickr) Note: It is assumed that copyright restrictions do not apply but should anyone object please contact me

Public Park History - Photos from souvenir book owned by Norman Rae, and some from Anne Flannigan - (On Flickr) The history of Cambuslang Coal Mining (PDF with 57 pages) - Translated by Colin Findlay from the original for easy reading. (Note: It is assumed that any copyright restrictions have been time lifted but should anyone object please contact me)
Clydebridge Steel Works - Photos from Colin Findlay (On Flickr) Sister Timothy Mullan, RSM 1888-1962
(Sister Regina Werntz, RSM, a Sister of Mercy working at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA contacted me in 2012 enquiring about Isabella Mullan, a sister in this order who was born in Cambuslang and died in 1962. Sister Regina had been tasked to write a mini biography of Isabella and asked for my help in indentifying her family backgound. I have attached our series of emails which illustrate the sequence of events which sheds some light on Isabella and her family. The final email shows the eventual Bio).
Extracts from the Cambuslang Pilot newspaper circa 1929   Extracts from the Scotsman newspaper with a local interest (PDF files which will be downladed)
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Cambuslang Community Council Website Gary Painter photos of Hallside area 1987
Cambuslang Bowling Club The Blantyre Project - Over 1,550 uniquely researched articles and more than 4,200 images added to daily, we present the most DETAILED, FACTUAL and FREE collection of Blantyre's history online

New addition about trams - July 2023
from Paul Veverka - https://www.facebook.com/BlantyreProject/
   

 

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Updated 10 Jul 2023