This photograph shows Fore Street and the town buildings and the traffic rounding the corner the same as it does today.

The tram clearly marked Port Glasgow rounds the corner at Scarlow Street / Fore Street

TOLL HOUSE
The toll house was situated on Clune Brae at the junction of the back road to Finlaystone and the road to Kilmacolm, roughly where the Clydeview Roadhouse was situated which has since been converted to flats.
Tolls were introduced after the Turnpike Act of 1753 to raise revenue to repair highways, and in 1790-92 a new main road was completed between Port Glasgow and Glasgow. Two stage coaches travelled from Greenock to Glasgow and back each day,- they were exempt from tolls.

Clune Brae And Transport

This page last modified on Wednesday, March 05, 2003

The black and white sign post in the last picture marks the boundry between Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow.
Widening the Clune Brae and a double decker making hard work of climbing the hill.

The Jones Goods on the Greenock Princes Pier branch line struggles up grade near upper Port Glasgow with the Clyde and the mountains stretching away in the background.

22/10/02 Had some mail that suggest the train might be heading past the shops and homes at Boglestone in this photograph......I honestly have no idea but it might be right..what do you think?

The second image shows Boglestone in 1975

One of a selection of  photographs, taken for the local Council in 1921, to show the borders between Port Glasgow, Greenock, Goruock and Kilmacolm. This one shows a view of upper Port Glasgow and the ground on which the prposed extension of the town and it's boundries.

A driver and conductress outside the Star Hotel.. The bus is signed "John Wood St" The land that now holds the Star Hotel was once occupied by  a drinking house by the name of The Three Ton Tavern before it became the Star.

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This photograph taken in 1972 shows the view looking towards the Slaemuir area. The area in the fore ground of the shot was used as a play area and refered to as "Blue Berry Wood". Also in front of the school at one time was the Woodside Lodge (Hen Run)

P O'Hagan

You can see the high flats still have the flat roofs and the school looks very different today also.

High School & Slaemuir