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Link to picture of the ‘Craigie’

Link to picture of the ‘Craigie’ which appears to be called Craig Carnock.

Yes the path would have skirted South Nitshill. The Craigie was the name by which we knew the hill at Glanderston Dam. This was an occasional destination for day trips on foot or by cycle for me and my cronies from Craigbank around 1958-1962. I found a link http://www.barrhead-scotland.com/Culture/h...

I had hoped that someone with a better memory than me would have replied concerning McQuatter's, however, until someone else does, the lane ran alongside the railway line: Nitshill station to Barrhead. Not all the way but I can't really remember where it terminated. It did not cross Barrhead Road bu...

The priests' house was beside another private residence of about the same date which backed on to the then coal-fired power house that provided Craigbank's hot water. Our house in Glentyan gave us a view into the garden of this villa and we watched bemused for a while as the owner built a sizeable b...

Dating at between 1950 and 1954 can't be far out. Top right on the picture is Roughmussel and slightly lower the completed Craigbank with Gowanbank and the small RC primary school annexe (Muirshiel??) clearly visible. The spare ground behind the annexe almost reaching Peat Road was the site of a lat...