Johnstone History Museum
Johnstone History Society • Scotland
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The Museum is open Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 1030am till 4pm. Welcome!
Johnstone History Museum is in Johnstone, Scotland. It contains local industrial and social artefacts and memorabilia. For opening times and directions follow the Schedule and Direction buttons on this page. [Overview]
Coming Events14-May-2024 - Johnstone HIstory Society Monthly Talk - Tues 14 Th May 2024 From our members...Members may contribute and comment throughout the site.
Rees Clark 02-Feb-2024 We've made it easier to donate to the museum. Both financial and volunteer support are very much appreciated. Just follow the helping hand. Or click LINK at the end of this post. johnstonehistory.org Tom Stout 13-Oct-2023 Tom Stout 1946-2019. Tom was an industrial arts teacher in California. His maternal grandparents left Johnstone for the USA in 1882 with their two daughters. In 2013 he visited the Museum and later... Administrator 08-Sep-2023 We've made a few style changes and added a video page that is still under development. Member feedback is appreciated. If you're not yet a member, this would be a good time to join. Fiona Speirs 07-Feb-2022 Johnstone Weblog Preview
Johnstone was one of Scotland’s quickest growing towns in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The town, of course, was planned by George Houston, Esq, the local laird, and the first houses were built in 1782. Johnstone prospered and, eleven years later in 1793, it was described as “a neat and regularly built village.”
The town... Continues...
The following photograph of the public park football team from 1954 was uploaded to the Johnstone history Facebook page and is surely worth reposting here.
The following article was published by
Eddie McRorie on 19th August 2023 on the Johnstone History Facebook page and is
reproduced here with his kind permission.
David Crawford was a farmers son from Sproulston Farm
in Howwood and attended school in Lochwinnoch. He spent his early years working on
the farm until the family... Continues...
We have added a new feature to our web site. You will find a Videos link on the banner. Have a try! (Please note: This feature is developing rapidly and may change from day today.)
By Angela Gillespie.
While searching the London Gazette I found the following entry in a Supplement dated 24 Feb. 1942, page 894 - The Military Cross awarded to Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Thomas Stevenson Craig (85709), Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Johnstone, Renfrewshire). This is another Angela Gillespie Story. Click the link below. Ardrossan Canal and Railway
By the late E.S.Nicoll, edited and contributed to
Johnstone History Museum
by Stuart Rankin.
On October 2, 1903, the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald contained a paper on the above subject, read at Ardrossan by Clement F. Stretton of the Society of Engineers.
Follow the link to the full story
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Other Johnstone history friends have also created a Facebook page with running commentaries and personal stories. | |||||||
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