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Eras and themes: Research and Feature Articles

Have you researched an era or topic in depth regarding Johnstone and environs? Do you have a scholarly article about the history of Johnstone or the surrounding area? We will be pleased to consider it for publication on this site. Accepted articles may be accompanied by illustrations (photographs, etc.). Photo essays may also be submitted; they will appear in the Gallery, linked via this section and from an article in the News. Finally, in 2023 we added a video section; you can submit videos about events and places in Johnstone to be considered for publication here. (Procedures)

 

Eras

Early Johnstone

The Glasgow, Johnstone and Ardrossan Canal and Railway
29-Nov-2022
By Stuart Rankin
The construction of a Canal from Glasgow to Ardrossan only reached Johnstone before the construction was stopped. The present Railway from Johnstone to Ardrossan is built on the land originally meant for the Canal.
Johnstone Journey : A genealogical quest
08-Apr-2022
By Rod McDuff
A personal church and graveyard tour.
Johnstone Street Names : Volume 1
19-Nov-2021
By Graham Rooney
This video explains historic and modern street names in Johnstone.
History of Johnstone Castle
21-Oct-2021
By Roger Griffith
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Johnstone - The “Cap of Liberty” and the “Radical Rising”
19-Nov-2020
By Angela Gillespie
The Brig O' Johnstone its History Explained
08-Oct-2020
By Angela Gillespie
This article explains the historical importance to the History of the Town of Johnstone

World War One (The Great War)

Jane's search for the story behind the name Frank Downs
12-Jul-2018
By Jane Cassidy
WWI Roll of Honour
31-May-2018
Here's a link to the list of Johnstone soldiers, sailors and others lost in The Great War.
Charles Clunas 13th February 1894 — 8th February 1916
28-Sep-2017
On the list of Johnstones War Dead compiled by the late John Kenny there is an entry for Lance Corporal Charles Clunas, Service no. SPTS/1068, of the Royal Fusiliers. Date of Death, 08/02/1916. Charles Clunas was born on the 13th February 1894, the th

World War Two

Captain Thomas Stevenson Craig M.C.
19-Mar-2023
By Angela Gillespie
The Strange Story of Max Schiller
17-Oct-2021
By Angela Gillespie
VE Day In Johnstone
08-May-2020
By Angela Gillespie
The Final Stand-Down of the Johnstone Home Guard
16-Apr-2020
By Angela Gillespie
Johnstone Hero of the Coventry Blitz
16-Apr-2020
By Angela Gillespie
Gecas the War Criminal - His Johnstone Connection
30-Mar-2018
By Angela Gillespie
Rudolf Hess - The Johnstone Connection
09-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie
Johnstone Soldier was Winston Churchill's Batman
09-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie
The Night Bombs Fell On Johnstone
09-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie
Johnstone's Military Encampments 1939 to 1940
09-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie
Identity of German POW Artist Revealed
08-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie
24th Polish Lancers Played Role in WWII Defence
04-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie

20th Century Miscellany

The Crawford Family
03-Oct-2023
By Eddie McRorie
When Johnstone Police Wore Straw Hats
27-Jun-2022
By Angela Gillespie
A story of Johnstone Police from the past.
Capt. Donald
15-Oct-2020
By Iain Murray
This is an article about Capt. Donald.
Stories of Quarry Street Police Station
11-Jun-2020
By Angela Gillespie
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The Use of the Birch in Johnstone
11-Nov-2019
By Douglas Gillespie
Johnstone Man Killed In Vietnam War 1968
09-Feb-2018
By Angela Gillespie
 

Themes

Local Industries

John Lang & Sons May 1960 -- Wickman Lang March 1973
02-May-2019
By John Steel
Remembrance of Wickman Lang
08-Sep-2017
By Eddie McRorie

Great Houses

Cartside House
24-Jan-2020
By Dan Sweeney
Cartside House built in 1794 and birth place of the Last Laird of Johnstone. Later the Mansion rebuilt by Peter McLaurin.
Fordbank, a Brief Account of the House and its Occupants
02-Nov-2018
By Bill Speirs
Little Corseford, big changes. A country home. Originally published in 2016.
The Red House of Milliken Park
02-Nov-2018
By Blll Speirs
50 years in the life of a house, its owners and occupants, a brief history of its transitions from private home to inn to care home.

Photo Essays

 

Contemporary Johnstone

Johnstone Journey : A genealogical quest
08-Apr-2022
By Rod McDuff
A personal church and graveyard tour.
Johnstone Street Names : Volume 1
19-Nov-2021
By Graham Rooney
This video explains historic and modern street names in Johnstone.
 
 

Submissions

Submit your article as plain text using this form. Published articles will be reformatted to our standards, so bold or italicized text will not necessarily be preserved, and illustrations may be placed differently than in the original. We may also produce a downloadable PDF version of the published version.

All submissions are presumed to have content that is either original or within in the public domain, and by submitting an article the author so attests. Authors should carefully and accurately provide bibliographic attribution to sources other than personal or common knowledge. Articles will assert a joint copyright of the author and the Society subject to international fair use standards. Your article will be reviewed by a committee before publication.

We are working on ways to allow upload of other forms of text. The form will ask for descriptions of additional resources such as illustrations. Allow six to eight weeks for review.

Development Plan

As the number of articles increases, we will further subdivide the list by topic. We encourage authors to suggest topical groupings.

Topics already in the queue: WWI, WWII, Great Houses, Families & Genealogy, and Biography.