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47th Glasgow
Boys' Brigade, Townhead
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A social
history of the BB in Glasgow
photos and memories preserved on
GlescaPals for future generations.
www.glesga.ukpals.com
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TIMELINE
*47th Glasgow Company, the Boys Brigade was
formed 115 Nov. 1886 and was attached to
Glasgow Cathedral (High Church)
*In session 1958-1959
the company closed
*In
session 31st August 2013 the company
re-formed and was attached to Glasgow
Cathedral
*In
session 2017-2018
the company closed
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Barony Church History
The Barony congregation of the Church of Scotland
was in existence for several hundred years in
Glasgow, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow
Cathedral. When the old church building was
deemed to be in a state of terminal disrepair, the
congregation and their minister, the Reverend John
Marshall Lang, raised funds for a new building.
The new Barony Church, located on the opposite
side of Cathedral Square, the site of the former
Townhead Gas Works, was opened in 1889.
In 1985, the final service was held in the church
and the building was sold to the University of
Strathclyde. After its restoration, for which the
University was awarded international prizes, the
building came into use as the University's Barony
Hall, hosting graduations, examinations and
functions. The Barony congregation dispersed in
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47th
Glasgow Boys' Brigade
Barony Church,
McLeod Street, Townhead, Glasgow
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Jim Waddell just newly promoted from
the Lifeboys to the Company section c1948
Photo taken in McLeod St. ootside the church
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Oct 2008, (GlescaPal jasdell) Jim
Waddell, Huntingdon, Cambridge.
Hi my name is
Jim Waddell.I was born at 65 Mollinsburn
St. Springburn in 1937. The schools I
went to whilst there were, Mollinsburn
St Primary, Gourlay St, Colston Rd and
Elmvale St.
I then moved to 3 Glebe St in the
Townhead where I went to Townhead
Primary and then on to the City Public.
I joined the
RAF in 1954 and served three years as a
cook. After a spell working in Sheffield
I returned to Glasgow (my parents had
now moved to 14 Morrin Square) where I
became a tram driver until just before
they were made redundant. I then got
married and moved to Lesmahagow. My
marriage didn't last so I went back into
the RAF, in 1965, as a Dental
Technician. After demob I went to work
in Germany, circa 1970, having learned
the language. In Germany I was offered a
job with NAAFI and I became a shop
manager. I returned to England, still
with NAAFI in 1983 and lived in
Chippenham in Wiltshire, then my wife,
who I had met whilst in Germany, and I
moved to our present location. Ramsey
Forty Foot near Huntingdon Cambridge. I
had two children from my first marriage
and they both live in Gosport, England.
I am now retired.
This is a precis of my life, as I would
need a book to fill in the details.
Thank you all for the welcome to
'GlescaPals' and I hope I will spend
some time on a great site.
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costs.
A lifetime honour
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