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Clydebank (Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling and Milton beyond) to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel areas of the adjacent City of Glasgow immediately to the east.
The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Clydebank Burgh Council for much of the 20th century and initially remained the meeting place of the enlarged Clydebank District Council after it was formed in 1975. [10] However, most of the council's officers and departments relocated to new council offices in Rosebery Place in 1980. [11]
The council was initially based at Clydebank Town Hall, which had been built in 1902 for the former Clydebank Town Council.Shortly after the new district's creation it built a new headquarters called Council Offices at the junction of Rosebery Place and Kilbowie Road, which was completed in 1979.
The city of Stirling has the smallest population amongst Scotland's cities, with an estimated population of just over 37,000 inhabitants. In total, Scotland consists of eight cities, with multiple larger towns, the largest town being Paisley. The section "Localities" contains a list of basic populated areas ordered by population.
North Drumry is the location of one of Clydebank's two current secondary schools, St Peter the Apostle High School, built in 2009 on the site of another school, St Columba's High. [4] Another school a short distance to the south, Braidfield High School dating from the 1950s, was demolished in 2007; the site lay unused for some years before a ...
Clydebank Museum in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland was opened in 1980 (44 years ago) () in the Clydebank Town Hall, and is operated by West Dunbartonshire Council. The themes of its collection are related to the area's local history, which includes shipbuilding at John Brown & Company and the work of the Scottish Colourists . [ 1 ]
The Clydebank Extension Act of 1949 permitted the annexation of the Faifley area and Clydebank Town Council began work on a new housing scheme in 1953, at Auchinleck Farm to the east of the village. The Jamiesons moved their dairy herd to Dumfries and the farmhouse became part of the Doublet public house in 1963.
Meehan was born in the United States city of East Orange, New Jersey, to Scottish parents, who were staying in the United States for a short period. He would move to Scotland when his homesick mother returned home, growing up in the Scottish shipbuilding town of Clydebank, situated eight miles west along the River Clyde from Glasgow. [1] [2]