Jordanhill Local History
Jordanhill is a
residential area
situated in the west end
of Glasgow
north of the Clyde Tunnel
Welcome to the website of
Stuart McLean
I moved to Jordanhill in 1958 and during the last 30
years I have researched and gathered an extensive collection of maps,
photographs and articles about the history of the area. The possibility of writing a book has
always been at the back of my mind but rejected on two counts; (a) a small book would contain only a
fraction of the available data and (b) a big book would cost the earth to
produce and no one might buy it.
The advent of the web has created the perfect medium
where I can publish articles as I go along, revise, add photos and withdraw
material at will. I have compiled the
following pages (or “chapters”) to date but I am working on others, so watch
this space for more facts about this lovely area of Glasgow. If the following topics on Jordanhill are
all printed out they will fill about 120 pages of A4.
Most pages have photographs and maps which may take a
little time to load unless you are using broadband.
For the following topics,
click on the hyperlink
“Old
Jordanhill” in photographs http://www.wsmclean.com/bygones
Jordanhill from the air, aerial photos http://www.wsmclean.com/aerialphotos
Jordanhill in Old Maps 1654 – 1905 http://www.wsmclean.com/oldmaps2
Jordanhill south of the railway http://www.wsmclean.com/south
Jordanhill and the Railways http://www.wsmclean.com/railways
Jordanhill and mining http://www.wsmclean.com/mining
Road names in Jordanhill http://www.wsmclean.com/jroads.
The Smiths of Jordanhill http://www.wsmclean.com/Smiths
The Oswalds of Scotstoun http://www.wsmclean.com/Oswalds
St John and Montgomerie – Jordanhill connections http://www.wsmclean.com/St John
Jordanhill School and the Press 1985-89 http://www.wsmclean.com/JCSpress
Jordanhill Church, foundation stone http://www.wsmclean.com/stone
Jordanhill Church, 150th Birthday http://www.wsmclean.com/150years
All Saints’ Church 100th Birthday http://www.wsmclean.com/allsaints
History of Jordanhill by W Campbell, 1932 http://www.wsmclean.com/campbell
Compass Observatory of Jordanhill http://www.wsmclean.com/observatory2
Jordanhill’s shop and Compass Cottages http://www.wsmclean.com/shop
Jordanhill – Sport and Leisure http://www.wsmclean.com/leisure
References and book list http://www.wsmclean.com/booklist
Local shopping, past and present http://www.wsmclean.com/localshopping
Mackintosh and Jordanhill School http://www.wsmclean.com/Mackintosh
Jordanhill School Memories (Finlayson) http://www.wsmclean.com/finlayson
Jordanhill Community Council http://www.wsmclean.com/JCC
Election 2005, our constituency boundary map http://www.wsmclean.com/election2005
Another of my interests is
Hillhead High School
In the spring
of 2003 I started to research the present whereabouts of all my classmates from
Hillhead High School which I left in June 1954 at the end of the 5th
year. It was an interesting project and
I set up an individual website for the exercise but the free web host which I
used has now closed down. I have
included here some of the photographs which were on the original site.
A resumé of the HHS project http://www.wsmclean.com/hillhead54
Class photographs of my year taken in October
1952 http://www.wsmclean.com/Class
photographs
Senior Staff in 1952 http://www.wsmclean.com/Senior Staff
Help wanted with Primary Staff Photo 1952 http://www.wsmclean.com/primstaff
Brief biographical note:
I am a retired
chartered civil engineer, a graduate of Glasgow University, and have lived in
Glasgow for over 70 years. My interests
are local history, family history, DIY,
family and grandchildren.
Have been secretary of Jordanhill Community Council since 1975.
I retain copyright on all my material and where
possible I acknowledge sources.
I trust I have not inadvertently infringed anyone
else's copyright.
Please contact me if you can add any additional
details, if you find any errors
or you wish more information.
My e-mail address is stuart@wsmclean.com
As at 14 January 2009