james73
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Weir Street, Kingston
| Quote: | The Dock Engine & Boiler Works was built in stages between 1864 and 1894 for W King & Co, engineers, boilermakers and steamship builders. Immediately to the south was a wire-weaving factory built in 1891 and extended in 1899 for George Christie Ltd, wireworkers.
This shows the factories from the south-west. The four-storey block and the crow-stepped gabled building are the wire-weaving factory, built in 1891 and 1899 respectively. To the left is the Dock works, with is buildings forming a U-plan complex.
In 1966 the Dock works was occupied by a firm of haulage contractors, and the wire-weaving factory was a rope warehouse. Christies had moved to a larger works in Broomloan Road, Govan in 1908. In 1902 Darroch & Espie, wood and iron shipwrights, boat builders etc were in the Dock works. |
James H
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schiehallion
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Starting from Scotland St at the bottom, if you go up Weir St as highlighted then turn first right you'll see two tenements with a gap between them. That gap was Ardgowan Place, a ticketed slum full of Irish immigrants that ran all the way north to the next street. My mother's family came from here and she can remember turning into that gap to go up the lane.
Here's Ardgowan Place from the Virtual Mitchell. Those doors on the open landings are the outside toilets. Bet it was freezing in there at 3am with your drawers round your ankles!
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Fjord
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A few more pics of Weir Street
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norrie
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Hi fjiord, great photos of The Kingson area.
The photo showing industrial premises, is that Weir st ?
Bye for now, norrie
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Fjord
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I reckon that's Howden engineering on Scotland Street in the upper photo
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Scary
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I remember the buildings in James`s pic and the second pic of fjords shows the high backs on Weir street backing onto the swingpark between Weir st and Pollok st with the church middle left.
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Scary
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| Fjord wrote: | | I reckon that's Howden engineering on Scotland Street in the upper photo |
Yip, you can just see the last garden in Pollok St on the left there.
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norrie
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I was talking of the photo showing work getting done on the road and a chimney, what street is that
Bye for now, norrie
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james73
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| norrie wrote: | Hi fjiord, great photos of The Kingson area.
The photo showing industrial premises, is that Weir st? |
Yes it is.
| Fjord wrote: | A few more pics of Weir Street
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| james73 wrote: | |
James H
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schiehallion
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| norrie wrote: | I was talking of the photo showing work getting done on the road and a chimney, what street is that
Bye for now, norrie |
Someone mention chimneys?
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norrie
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Hi james73, Ok thanks for the info
Bye for now, norrie
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norrie
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Hi schihallion, yes it was I who mentioned chimneys.
Bye for now, norrie
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james73
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James H
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Macblow
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The Milky Bars Are On Me!A big thank you to James, and the rest of you that found images of Weir Street! I just called my old ma there and, after 20 minutes of explaining the concept of email, got her reactions.
She was overjoyed, and nearly bubbling with fond memories of grinding poverty, scarlet fever 'dangerzones' and 9 to a bed sleeping arrangements.
They really did make them tough in those days, eh?
Guys, I'm in debt to you. James, there's a hot dinner waiting for you. Anything except sushi... 
Right. I'm off for a wander...
Macblow
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