Old Drumchapel
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Old Drumchapel is a district of Glasgow
, Scotland
. Old Drumchapel is located around Drumchapel railway station
. The area formed part of the Cowdenhill and Garscadden Estates.
In the late 19th century two small coal mines were sunk.One between the stone villas in the present Drumchapel Gardens. It shut in 1879. The other to the west of the path from Essenside Ave to the railway. When this closed in May 1891 the owners of the Cowdenhill and Garscadden Estates encouraged builders to erect large semi-detached stone villas. The first five villas were erected overlooking Garscadden Business Park. In 1891 they cost £1,200 each. Other villas were built around Drumchapel railway station which opened on 1 May 1890. Drumchapel Lawn Tennis Club opened in August 1904 and Drumchapel Golf Course was opened in 1905. Harry Vardon
played an exhibition 36 hole match on it in June 1909 against J.H.Taylor. The golf course was dug up in March 1917 to provide land for food production, and the club house was converted into two private semi-detached villas in Garscadden Road. The tennis club still exists, with floodlights and all weather courts. These two amenities were built to encourage housebuilders to the area. Plans to build houses on the hill overlooking Drumchapel Road were drawn up in 1898 but due to a downturn in housing were never built.
The original Blairdardie School open in 1780 at Lock 35 on the canal. Bursting at the seams with kids it moved to Garscadden Road and the new village school opened there in 1905 and was converted into flats in 2005. John Lawrence built bungalows in the 1920s and in the 1930s semi-detached villas. The bungalows cost £650, or 21 shilling
s a week over a period of 25 years. Further houses were built next to the Post Office in the 1930s, which cost around £500. The Post Office was opened by Mr Goldie in 1901. The Cowdenhill Estate factor. He died in the Garscadden Road school during a school board meeting in 1908 ! A nursery run by a Mrs Mackenzie was situated opposite the Post Office which grew tomatoes (Ailsa Craig) for the Glasgow Fruit Market.This is now Olivers Function Suite, St Benedicts Church etc.
The former miners row in Drumchapel Road near Drumchapel Hospital (built in 1904 as a children's extension of Yorkhill Hospital) was demolished in September 1939 and the inhabitants re-housed by ballot in Dalsetter Place on the Thursday before World War Two was declared. Other industries included a brick works run by P & M Hurll on the Edrington Holdings site. Garscadden Brick and Tile Works run by Robert & William Horn of Yoker (died 1875 and 1896 respectively) and latterly run as Blairdardie Brick & Tile Works by the Stevensons at Lock 35 on the Forth and Clyde Canal
closed in 1916. A third brick works run by Gilmours was located adjacent to Essenside Drive. This closed in 1904 due to shortage of brick making clay.The Post Office in Garscadden Road closed on Friday 22 February 2008 as part of the Post Office network reorganisation plan. In 1959 the [204th Scouts] were founded which are based in their Scout Hall in Golf Dr, and are now the only Scout Group within the Drumchapel area.
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Scotland
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. Old Drumchapel is located around Drumchapel railway station
Drumchapel railway station
Drumchapel railway station is a railway station serving the Drumchapel area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.The station is situated on Garscadden Road...
. The area formed part of the Cowdenhill and Garscadden Estates.
History
Drumchapel in the mid 19th century consisted of Drumchapel West farm on the site of Drumchapel St Andrews Church and Drumchapel East Farm at the junction of Glenkirk Drive and Drumchapel Road. Garscadden Estate owned much of the land. However the much smaller Cowdenhill Estate owned most of the land Old Drumchapel was built on.In the late 19th century two small coal mines were sunk.One between the stone villas in the present Drumchapel Gardens. It shut in 1879. The other to the west of the path from Essenside Ave to the railway. When this closed in May 1891 the owners of the Cowdenhill and Garscadden Estates encouraged builders to erect large semi-detached stone villas. The first five villas were erected overlooking Garscadden Business Park. In 1891 they cost £1,200 each. Other villas were built around Drumchapel railway station which opened on 1 May 1890. Drumchapel Lawn Tennis Club opened in August 1904 and Drumchapel Golf Course was opened in 1905. Harry Vardon
Harry Vardon
Harry Vardon was a Jersey professional golfer and member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day, along with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. He won The Open Championship a record six times and also won the U.S. Open.-Biography:Vardon was born in Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands...
played an exhibition 36 hole match on it in June 1909 against J.H.Taylor. The golf course was dug up in March 1917 to provide land for food production, and the club house was converted into two private semi-detached villas in Garscadden Road. The tennis club still exists, with floodlights and all weather courts. These two amenities were built to encourage housebuilders to the area. Plans to build houses on the hill overlooking Drumchapel Road were drawn up in 1898 but due to a downturn in housing were never built.
The original Blairdardie School open in 1780 at Lock 35 on the canal. Bursting at the seams with kids it moved to Garscadden Road and the new village school opened there in 1905 and was converted into flats in 2005. John Lawrence built bungalows in the 1920s and in the 1930s semi-detached villas. The bungalows cost £650, or 21 shilling
Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere. The word is thought to derive...
s a week over a period of 25 years. Further houses were built next to the Post Office in the 1930s, which cost around £500. The Post Office was opened by Mr Goldie in 1901. The Cowdenhill Estate factor. He died in the Garscadden Road school during a school board meeting in 1908 ! A nursery run by a Mrs Mackenzie was situated opposite the Post Office which grew tomatoes (Ailsa Craig) for the Glasgow Fruit Market.This is now Olivers Function Suite, St Benedicts Church etc.
The former miners row in Drumchapel Road near Drumchapel Hospital (built in 1904 as a children's extension of Yorkhill Hospital) was demolished in September 1939 and the inhabitants re-housed by ballot in Dalsetter Place on the Thursday before World War Two was declared. Other industries included a brick works run by P & M Hurll on the Edrington Holdings site. Garscadden Brick and Tile Works run by Robert & William Horn of Yoker (died 1875 and 1896 respectively) and latterly run as Blairdardie Brick & Tile Works by the Stevensons at Lock 35 on the Forth and Clyde Canal
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal crosses Scotland, providing a route for sea-going vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. The canal is 35 miles long and its eastern end is connected to the River Forth by a short stretch of the River...
closed in 1916. A third brick works run by Gilmours was located adjacent to Essenside Drive. This closed in 1904 due to shortage of brick making clay.The Post Office in Garscadden Road closed on Friday 22 February 2008 as part of the Post Office network reorganisation plan. In 1959 the [204th Scouts] were founded which are based in their Scout Hall in Golf Dr, and are now the only Scout Group within the Drumchapel area.