Taken from the Castlemilk Crusader magazine, this is a history of the the church on Carmunnock Road, years 1955 to 1975along with some pictures from that era.

Saturday 7 November 2009




1958(Part 2)


On 17th May in Mount Florida Church Hall, the third Annual Inspection and Display of the 18th Glasgow Company of the Boys' Brigade was held. The Company was inspected by Lieut. B.W. Cannon, R.N.R. The principal prize-winners were: Picken Challenge Medal, Pte Andrew Tedcastle; Squad Challenge Cup, Squad No. 4 (L/Cpl. M. Napier); Best-drilled Recruit, Pte Samuel Shields. Over 130 certificates and badges were gained by the boys in Battalion tests. At this time also Sergt William Shields was successful in gaining the Queen's Badge, the highest award in the Boys' Brigade. He was the first member of the Company to gain the award.
 


The Sunday School Picnic on Saturday, 14th June was a great success, with twelve double-decker buses required for the occasion, and around 850 men, women and children attending. Mr Bulloch and his committee were responsible for “the transport of this mammoth crowd” to Largs, and “as the huge convoy moved off, streamers were flying gaily from the windows”.
 
The Castlemilk Crusader, the West Church magazine, was by September being distributed free of charge to 2,500 homes in the parish.


In the early days when the church was held in Arnprior School, the choir was a small but dedicated band of women, but as the church moved into Castleton School the choir numbers increased steadily to about two dozen members – men and women- “several of whom were outstanding soloists”. Tribute must be paid to the choir master at this time, Mr Barrow, and the organist, Mr Walker, “whose zeal and enthusiasm had so much to do with the emergence of the choir”.


As the congregation roll was now 650 and the new church accommodated 550 it was decided that there should be two services on a Sunday morning. This was to begin with the move into the new church building.




200 Building Fund boxes were in circulation, and £94 was collected from them in the first six months of the year, and the man in charge of these boxes was Mr B. Johnston of Glenacre Quad.


A panel was formed of men who were willing to do odd jobs about the manse and the church buildings.


In the Girls' Guildry Miss Janette McClue took over from Miss Isabel Wright as Guardian of 44a Company and Mrs Helen Smith took over from Miss E. Miller at 44b Company. 



 
 

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