Image Gallery

From local artist Tom Johnstone. A sketch of old Overton Bar which stood at the junction of Prospecthill St. &Ann St. c.1960’s

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From local artist Tom Johnstone. ‘The Cut at Nile Street.’ A happy playground of Heid o’ the Hill weans.

Maps

‘Sketch Plan of the Falls,’ from The Shaws Water Falls In Greenock, Sylvia Clark.

1857 map of Prospecthill and it’s formal gardens adjacent to waterworks a tree lined path heads down towards what is now Ann Street. Holmscroft House stood on the corner of Ann & Dempster Street in the area occupied by the recently demolished Wellington Academy school, the 1857 map shows it’s formal gardens had heart, moon and star designs.

1860s map showing Broomhill Cottage

Roys 1755 map shows the tree lined avenue running up from the town along what is now Ann Street. Drumfrochar farm can also be seen.

Pics from the Past