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Publications

We have a range of publications, written by local people, about the history of our local area.

These are on sale in our libraries and museum. They combine personal reflections with detailed historical knowledge, making them great gifts or souvenirs for anyone interested in the history of the area.

Buy a copy at your local library or contact us archives@eastdunbarton.gov.uk to arrange for a title to be posted to you (additional postage and packaging fees will apply).

Publications Contents

Publications

Book Cover Price  Publication
Agricultural Improvements in Strathkelvin £1.00

Dorothy E. McGuire,

Agricultural Improvements in Strathkelvin

Jessie and Willie Ure,  Bishopbriggs: The Golden Years (1987)

£3.00

Jessie and Willie Ure,

Bishopbriggs: The Golden Years (1987)

 
Willie Ure,  Bishopbriggs: the Years of Growth (1989) £3.00

Willie Ure,

Bishopbriggs: the Years of Growth (1989)

A. I. Bowman,  The Gipsy o’ Kirky: SS Gipsy Queen (1987) £1.00

A. I. Bowman,

The Gipsy o’ Kirky: SS Gipsy Queen (1987)

Strathkelvin Mining Project Team,  Bridgend: a Scottish Colliery Village (1984) £3.00

Strathkelvin Mining Project Team,

Bridgend: a Scottish Colliery Village (1984)

Loretta Mulholland,  Campsie Glen Picture Album (1988) £2.50

Loretta Mulholland,

Campsie Glen Picture Album (1988)

Cecilia McDaid,  Catholic Church in Strathkelvin (1996) £2.50

Cecilia McDaid,

Catholic Church in Strathkelvin (1996)

Chryston: a North Lanarkshire village £2.00

Chryston: a North Lanarkshire village

G. Quail,  Garnkirk Fire and Clay £1.00

G. Quail,

Garnkirk Fire and Clay

Kincaids of that Ilk £0.50

Kincaids of that Ilk

Sue Selwyn and Don Martin,  Kirkintilloch Life and Times (1994) £6.00

Sue Selwyn and Don Martin,

Kirkintilloch Life and Times (1994)

John Horne,  Kirkintilloch £3.50

John Horne,

Kirkintilloch

James Lindsay,  Milton of Campsie: People and Places £3.50

James Lindsay,

Milton of Campsie: People and Places

Sheena V. Peters,  Remains to be Seen: A Brief History of Bearsden and Milngavie (2nd ed., 1994) £3.00

Sheena V. Peters,

Remains to be Seen:
A Brief History of Bearsden and Milngavie
 (2nd ed., 1994)

Elizabeth Robertson and Willie Ure,  Story of Baldernock (1991) £3.00

Elizabeth Robertson and Willie Ure,

Story of Baldernock (1991)

J. A. Russell,  Story of Bishopbriggs (1989) £3.00

J. A. Russell,

Story of Bishopbriggs (1989)

Neil Kidd,  The Story of Chryston (1993) £2.00

Neil Kidd,

The Story of Chryston (1993)

Don Martin,  The Story of Lenzie (1989) £3.00

Don Martin,

The Story of Lenzie (1989)

Freda Bunyan and Neil Kidd,  The Story of Stepps (1996) £2.00

Freda Bunyan and Neil Kidd,

The Story of Stepps (1996)

Iain M. Smith,  The Story of Twechar (1994) £3.00

Iain M. Smith,

The Story of Twechar (1994)

Bill Findlay,  Auchinairn and Bishopbriggs at War (1995) £1.80

Bill Findlay,

Auchinairn and Bishopbriggs at War (1995)

Michael Donnelly,  Thomas Muir of Huntershill £3.99

Michael Donnelly,

Thomas Muir of Huntershill

Rita: The Scottish girl who married the founder of Japanese whisky £3.99

Rita: The Scottish girl who married the founder of Japanese whisky

Publications

Book Cover Price  Publication
William B. Black,  The Bennie Railplane £3.50

William B. Black,

The Bennie Railplane

Don Martin and A. A. Maclean,  Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Guidebook (1992) £2.00

Don Martin and A. A. Maclean,

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Guidebook (1992)

David Roberts,  For to do the Country Good: The Working Horse in West Central Scotland (1987) £1.50

David Roberts,

For to do the Country Good: The Working Horse in West Central Scotland (1987)

Forth and Clyde Canal Society,  Forth and Clyde Canal Guidebook (3rd revised ed., 2001) £2.50

Forth and Clyde Canal Society,

Forth and Clyde Canal Guidebook (3rd revised ed., 2001)

Don Martin,  The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway (1981) £1.00

Don Martin,

The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway (1981) 

Don Martin,  The Monkland and Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways (1995) £5.00

Don Martin,

The Monkland and Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways (1995)

A. I. Bowman,  Swifts and Queens: Passenger Transport on the Forth and Clyde Canal (1984) £2.50

A. I. Bowman,

Swifts and Queens: Passenger Transport on the Forth and Clyde Canal (1984)

Publications

Book Cover Price Publication
Bishopbriggs Street Map (including Lennoxtown and Torrance, 2005) £1.50 Bishopbriggs Street Map (including Lennoxtown and Torrance, 2005)
Old OS Map of Lenzie (1897) £1.00 Old OS Map of Lenzie (1897)