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Thomas A. Johnstone was a jeweller and optician, he lived in the house and shop at the corner of The Cross. A lot of the old pictures of the village were published as postcards and sold by Thomas Johnstone. He would then co-publish as Johnstone and Muir, where the postcards often had the subject name in red on the top left corner; then as Johnstone & Howieson, where the details were below the photo. Muir and Howieson were the proprietors of the Post Office and who also sold the postcards.
Here are a selection of those photos that show the buildings that have since been demolished.
Dreghorn and Springside Parish Church and Session House. The building on the right consisted of four houses and has now been replaced with the library in 1991.
The Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society had a chemist and store seen on the left; the shops and the tenements next to it were demolished in 1968. The Auld Bakehouse currently occupies this site.
On the extreme right is the shop that Thomas Johnstone lived in. The building across from it was known as Miller's Land and is now a car park.
The Free Church of Scotland and manse; the other house was the manse for the Congregational Church minister. The Free Church was dismantled and rebuilt in Japan where it is used as an event venue.
The Congregational Church in the centre of this picture was demolished in 2003.
The Dreghorn and Perceton Church manse . Woodgrove sheltered housing now occupies this site. The current manse is at Townfoot.
The Mure Memorial Hall at the bend in the Main Street. The building on the right was known as Riverdale and in my youth it housed the library, doctor's surgery and child welfare clinic. The hall was demolished in 1997 and Riverdale possibly at the same time.
MAIN STREET, DREGHORN
Left to Right: Mure Memorial Hall, Riverdale and Cherrybank in the 1970s. Shalom nursing home now occupies the site where Cherrybank had been. The design of Cherrybank's door was incorporated in the building. The Bowling Club is in the foreground.
Shalom Nursing Home, Main Street.
photo Karon Bell.
Dreghorn Parish Church Hall on the left, Townfoot.
Left to Right: The Ebenezer Hall (Gospel hall of the Brethren); the old school and schoolmaster's house and Dreghorn Bowling Club, all on the Main Street.
photo JasonMyersPhototherapy.
The Village Pubs
The Crown Inn, Main Street.
The Crown Inn, Main Street.
photo by Karon Bell
The Eglinton Arms and Dreghorn Inn, Main Street. The small building inbetween would later be occupied by the Clydesdale Bank and is now the Chi Canteen.
Above: Townfoot. The Commercial Inn with publican John Logie at the entrance.
The Brae, Townfoot
The Brae, Townfoot
Previously known as The Commercial Inn and The Annick Tavern. The Brae is a successful pub and restaurant in the village.
photo by Karon Bell
SCHOOLS
Past: Dreghorn Primary School, Main Street.
Present: Dreghorn Primary School, Dundonald Road.
JasonMyersPhototherapy
Past: Greenwod Academy, Corsehill Mount Road, Dreghorn.
Present: Greenwood Academy, Corsehill Mount Road, Dreghorn.
JasonMyersPhototherapy
Milton Terrace, the prefabricated post war housing. Replaced with Milton Court.
TOWNFOOT
TOWNFOOT
The above photos show the progress of the street from Braehead down to the garage at Townfoot where the Co-op now sits. Adverts for the many proprietors can be seen below.
The newsagent at the Cross leading down Townfoot. The Parish Hall can be seen behind the shop and the trees conceal where the manse had been.
Cockburn's smithy was accessed on the left, they would later add petrol pumps for the new trade in motor cars. This picture shows the updated filling station of the period.
These houses are across from the current Co-op.
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