I’ve often been told that Grant Street was once a farm, however old maps of the area show Bawhirley Road and the streets surrounding it as being there since the 1800s. Does anyone have an image of the Grant Street area when it was a farm, before the council built houses there?

David G S

-- A useful web site for this sort of research is www.old-maps.co.uk. Their 1858 1:2500 scale map shows "Hillend Lunatic Asylum" on the site of Victoria Bowling Club and Grant Street, with a few farms around the area. Grant Street and the bowling green first appear on the 1914 1:2500 map. The Watt Library is probably a good place to check for a photo.

Anon.

-- Yes there was a farm on Grant Street/ Bawhirley Road in the 1800s and the remnants of the farm boundary with its drystane dyke on the southern boundary of Grant Street where it meets Bawhirley Road still stands to this day (albeit it has been fortified with cement during the late 1900s).

As far as I am aware this is the only visible remains of the old farm as private and council properties were built in that area circa the 1880s. I attach a photo of the drystane dyke of the old farm.

In the other scene, the farm would have been to the left of photo, behind the hedge and further on down Bawhirley Road.

Robert Currie

-- Hi Greenock. There was a farm in this area in the 1940s. The entrance was via "The Lane" in Morton Terrace next to the bowling green. Half way up The Lane, there was a walkway on the right through to Grant Street and on the left there were some houses in a courtyard [commonly known as "The Court"].

The farm at the time was owned by Annie Duff who used to supply the neighbourhood with beautiful fresh milk every day by way of her pony and trap and ringing her bell to let everyone know she was on her rounds. I remember collecting our milk supply for the day in a big white enamel can, and sipping the cream off the top before I got home with it.

I've attached a photo of the entrance to the farm on Morton Terrace. It's on the left of the photo

I lived at 10 Morton Terrace in those days, just opposite "The Lane" and played football up in "The Court" or in "The Big Field" up Bawhirley Road. Some of the names I recall are David and Jenny Edwards, John Graham, Alec Sloane, May Paul, Gordon Weir, Andrew McKeeman, Ian Miller, Billy Hegarty, Jean Gillies, and Betty and Margaret McLoughlan [their father was the local Police Sergeant]

Kind Regards, Roy Hegarty, New Zealand

Send comments to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Talkback Homepage