Can you identify the building in question?
The Viator • Published 12 Jan 2012 13:00
11 Comments
I have received several photographs showing this building in various stages of its construction.
The person who handed in the pictures has no idea of the location but feels certain it is Greenock. Can you identify where this photograph was taken?
- The building has now been identified as the old Mount School gym hall in Greenock. Thank you to everyone who has contacted the Telegraph to let us know.
This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 12 Jan 12
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weeang
5 posts
Jan 12, 17:44
Report commentThis is the old Mount school.. The view from the tenements on mearns street... That is the Gym hall our garden on Wellington Street had the shared wall which is still standing if you pass number 17 Wellington street
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Thebigg
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Jan 12, 18:20
Report commentI can confirm weeang is correct , the square tower is the water tank for the
showers , the play ground is above the building on the left of the picture , this housed
the art rooms .
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flibag
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Jan 12, 20:51
Report commentyup! that's exactly where it is and brought back so many memories. All the sweetie shops round about for a start!!
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Belville8
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Jan 12, 21:08
Report commentThe door entrance to the Mount School gym viewing from the playground at Trafalgar Street, many times I used this facility between 1956 and 1959.
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dragonman
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Jan 12, 21:26
Report commentit is indeed the old mount school gym hall i was a pupil there at its time it was said to be one of the best gym halls in scotland the pupils were at the mercy of gym masters harvey tait & houston harvey used to wait till everyone was in the showers and turn them to cold what a laugh we all had trying to dodge the cold water happy days
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b0bisabel
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Jan 13, 10:25
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b0bisabel
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Jan 13, 10:36
Report commenti recall my gym teacher was a mr loban great times
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bill009
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Jan 14, 10:27
Report commentyes mr loban was mine too and he married miss mcaskill i think. i left in 1949
bill009 now in australia
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raintown11
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Jan 15, 14:25
Report commentin the background is 22 & 24 Wellinton Street the only buildings still standing in foreground
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mackail
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Jan 16, 17:42
Report commentI played cricket etc on the accompanying play ground while l living at no 23 dempster st during the 50's. Maternal grand parents lived at 24 wellington st.
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whitesettlers
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Jan 20, 12:37
Report commentyeh good old days harvey used to pass us at the end of bruce street on his push bike at about quarter to nine we dint get to school untill about quarter past all the local boys got 1 of the belt for being late we came from wemyss bay and inverkip all harvey said was the bus late we said yes so we never got the belt ha ha
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