MacFarlane Album
- Reference:GB 3143 09/5
- Dates of Creation:1947 - 1960
Scope and Content
MacFarlane Album. Comprises newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, invitations, etc. Mostly re. County business (including planning and housing) and the Scottish Unionist Association, but also including:
brochure for the Eastwood Gymkhana and Fete, 1948;
Sea Cadet's exercises on Cumbrae, 1949;
results of the election to the County Council 1949;
numerous car and motorcycle racing programmes from across Scotland;
electrification of the railways 1953-54;
County development plans, 1953-54;
the Coronation and Royal visits to Renfrewshire, 1953 & 58;
the Mill blaze at Netherlee, 1953;
article from the "Mercury" on the Pollution of the River Cart, 1954;
plans for Houston to become a New Town, 1955;
County council house rent protests, 1955;
development plans, and opposition thereto, for Eaglesham, 1956-59;
"Scotsman" feature on Cartbank Castle, the home of Dr. Macfarlane, focussing on a ground-water heat pump which he designed and built, 1957;
Dr. Macfarlane's appointment to the Royal Commission on Police, 1959-60;
development of a motor car factory at Linwood, 1960;
alcohol licensing hours, 1960.