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Fire in Historic TA Centre


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10 hours ago, rolt968 said:

There has been a fire in a disused TA Centre in Paisley which was built in the 1890s:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51842458

 

RM


I think it was a station of 6th A&SH (TF)?

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34 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said:


I think it was a station of 6th A&SH (TF)?

 

According to Ray Westlake's 1988 The Territorial Force 1914, 66 High Street, Paisley was home to HQ and A, B and C Companies of the 6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion.

 

Paisley also hosted C Squadron of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and No 1 Works Company of the Renfrewshire Fortress Engineers, although the exact locations of these are not noted.

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8 minutes ago, Steven Broomfield said:

 

According to Ray Westlake's 1988 The Territorial Force 1914, 66 High Street, Paisley was home to HQ and A, B and C Companies of the 6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion.


I thought that was the case as there was mention in this thread in connection with the 6th: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/279657-what-or-where-can-i-look-for-information-on-argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders/

 

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1 hour ago, Steven Broomfield said:

 

According to Ray Westlake's 1988 The Territorial Force 1914, 66 High Street, Paisley was home to HQ and A, B and C Companies of the 6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion.

 

Paisley also hosted C Squadron of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and No 1 Works Company of the Renfrewshire Fortress Engineers, although the exact locations of these are not noted.

 

1 hour ago, FROGSMILE said:


I thought that was the case as there was mention in this thread in connection with the 6th: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/279657-what-or-where-can-i-look-for-information-on-argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders/

 

 

Thank you both. I saw the news about the fire too late last night to start looking up which TF Units had been based there. It's sad to see a surviving drill hall damaged.

RM

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Top: 1908 card.

Second and third cards: undated

 

Cards from my collection.

 

From our database

Town, district or village:Paisley

            City or county:Renfrewshire

            Country:Scotland

            Parish:

            Status:B Listed

            76, High Street

            1896  First scheme

            1899  Morris Tube range

            Thomas Graham Abercrombie Architect 1896-1899 with Kerr as assistant

            William Kerr Architect 1896 As assistant to T G Abercrombie

            Historic Scotland listed buildings register 39026

 

 

Paisley posted 1908.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

Paisley 2 (G).JPG

 

 

 

 

Paisley undated.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

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57 minutes ago, MaxD said:

With acknowledgement to Frogsmile who alerted me to this site:

 

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/ta-drill-hall-paisley-january-2015.94759/

 

Max

 

Dreadful. If that was what it looked like 5 years ago, burning it down is probably a blessing.

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