This slightly later photo shows the new John Wood street being built and the old buildings being taken down. The new Star Hotel in the background looks complete but not inhabited or in use.

This photograph shows the old Star Hotel. Notice there is no John Wood Street yet! The buildings ran right up to the retaining wall at the train station and out towards the mill.

The little building was known as the Concertina Building. It was used for many things in it's life including the fire station.

The old Bay Street Area

Taken after the west Harbour had been filled in this photograph shows Scarlow Corner in the 1930's.
The building on the right of the photograph is the old Custom House. Dating back to 1710 it was thought to be one of the oldest custom houses on the Clyde.

The area shown here is where the three high flats now sit in Port Glasgow.

It seems that Scarlow Street was originally known as Seagate Street, but was apparently changed during the 19th century. The name derives from the word "Scar", being a nautical term for a sunken rock.
Amongst the businesses in Scarlow Street were McBride's the builder at number 22, the Co-operative Bake House, and the workshop of John Roberts who carved figureheads for the old sailing ships. No. 28 Scarlow Street was known as Pawn Close, where the Greenock and Port Glasgow Loan Company was situated.

Scarlow Street

Around The Town

King Street

Woodhall Mansion is no longer standing. In it's place is St Martins Church. This is where Mansion Avenue in Port Glasgow got it's name.

This horse and cart were used to deliver bread right up untill the early 1960's

St Johns School Port Glasgow

Back Row Lane as seen from Chapel Lane

Back Court at 7 Falcnor Street

Back Row Lane

This back entrance to St John's Church is now completely walled off . I wonder what happened to the two lions that marked the gate?

Chapel Lane looking towards Princess Street

Fore Street looking towards Bay Street with the entrance to the Dry Dock on the left of the photograph.

John Wood Street.
You can just see the old Dry dock at the bottom of the hill.

Taken from the flats in Glasgow Road looking up the hill.
This building is still standing and divided into flats.
This picture was taken in 1969/1970

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The West Church in Brown Street which was built in 1885.
Designed by John Burnet in what we now call "arts and crafts style.
conversion of this building to flats took place in 2002

The West Church

Chapelton School

After the education act of 1872, a new school was to be built in Port Glasgow.There was much public disapproval for the new school to be situated "in the heights" but it was finally built on the farmland out at Chapelton.

Chapelton school was opened on the 30th July 1877. It had a head teacher Andrew Thomson and two assistant teachers who taught the children in subjects like English literature, French, physical geography and domestic economy. Added later were arithmetic, map drawing and music. It was the first school in Port Glasgow to accommodate some secondary education.

By 1909 the school roll was standing at 500 and the steps that led from the school yard down onto Lily Bank would have been a busy place, more schools were needed. I am unsure of the date which this building was knocked down but am sure it prior to 1975.

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