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Broomlands Street, PAISLEY, PA1 2NH

The Broomlands Street end of a modern brick and timber block of flats which stretches to George Street.

Maxwellton Court towerblock is prominent in the foreground, with the Royal Alexandria Hospital beyond.

Castlehead Church, Paisley The reason I have added this picture is to complement the picture that's already shows the front of the Church. The grave you see if that of the late Robert Tannahill. The Paisley bard well known for his poetry and song writing.

Viewed from Knox Street.

The memorial is set beside the main driveway of Woodside Cemetery, not far from the entrance; see Image and Image for context, and for further information. (In the following transcription, the dots do not represent missing names; they are there simply to assist in presenting the names in three columns.) ---------- In honoured memory of the personnel of Woodside First Aid Post who died in the service of their country during May 1941. Chief Medical Officer: Dr William H Gibson Assistant Medical Officers: Dr Leo F J Skinnider & Dr David Dickie Adjutants: James McAvoy & Malcolm McD Mitchell Registrars: Rev Dr J Bonnar Russell & Rev John Strathern First Aid Party: James Anderson / David Kelly / Samuel Robinson Eric K Armour / George A Lyle / John A Stewart John Bowie / John McGlynn / Robert Stewart William J Curran / James C McLelland / Alexander G Stirling Robert H Elliott / John Marshall / Thomas Welsh Samuel Faulds / William H Mitchell / Archibald Whyte John Fleming / Alexander Moore / William Wood David Hunt / Samuel Ralston / William Young . . . . . . . / Andrew Reid / . . . . . . . First Aid Post: Agnes M Campbell / Christina McCloy / Jeanie G Maitland Barbara A Coats / Margaret McCloy / Agnes M M Mitchell Mary W Florence / Mary M McConnell / Helen T Mitchell Robert Haran / Agnes J McIntosh / Walter Provan Isabella M Hunter / Annie S S MacIntyre / Euphemia Russell Jeanie B Kelso / Susan McIntyre / Helen Scobie Agnes C Lochhead / Helen McKay / Jane M Smith Mary C McC McAvoy / Florence P McLardie / Mary Turnbull Drivers: Henry S Brown / James Jamieson / William G Quinn Robert McA Butler / John Laing / John Robertson John Crawford / John H McDowall / Winifred M Robertson William D Dunbar / Greta G McKenzie / Agnes J Russell David Hillocks / . . . . . . . . . . . / . . . . . . . . . . . Messengers: James R McAulay / William McA Mitchell / James Rae John MacDonald / Charles Paul / Robert Tervit James McLellan / Maxwell Peacock / Robert Young William McM G McPherson / James S Potter / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ambulance Attendants: Rebecca A Butler / Catherine St C Fleming / Margaret Peters Margaret McK Cherry / Jessie G McCallum / Elizabeth A Spence Catherine W Cowden / Margaret Matthews / Jeanie Walker Thomasina H Dunning / Janet E Peddie / Jeanie T Young

This stone stands on the main road with its back to Martyrs Church side door and across from the "Paisley's First Aid Post Disaster" monument http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4942898. It's also the fifth provost of Paisley to be found inside Woodside Cemetery : http://www.paisleycemetery.co.uk/paisleycemetery/ POLLOCK: Marion Macalister died 22nd August 1885 aged 63 years. John Wilson Pollock M.B.E died 4th August 1928 in his 74th year. Marion Shaw Brunton his wife died 27th June 1953 in her 89th year. Peter Pollock Maxwelton died 4th February 1873 aged 47 years. Marion Bicket his wife died 2nd May 1865 aged 75 years. Alexander Pollock JUNr Banker Provost Of Paisley from 1859 to 1862 died 12th April 1877 aged 61 years. Eliza Lambe his wife died 8th November 1845 aged 24 years. Alex. Lambe Pollock their son died 1st December 1850 aged 5 years. Ursilla Macalister also his wife died 26th December 1878 aged 54 years. Peter their son F.C. Minister Walls Shetland died 26th April 1898 aged 48 buried at Walls. Photographed July 27th 2016 as part of The spirit of Scotland remembrance project. Blog : http://the-remembrance-project.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday May 6th 2016 was the 75th anniversary of Paisley's WW2 First Aid Post Disaster, which saw 92 innocent souls killed by a German bomber that dropped a mine suspended from a parachute. It is said the mine fell in the direction of the cemetery only to be blown back over the wall and into the land once owned by the Coats family of the Paisley thread mills. Where it landed on a newly purpose built first aid post to train those who would help and recuperated the victims of war. The ceremony was held on Sunday May 8th inside Woodside cemetery and attended by the last remaining survivor Jenny Enterkin now 102 years on. Along with provost Anne Hall, Councillor Mark Macmillan and many other speakers to commemorate those who died. You will find over 100 photos taken that day here : https://www.flickr.com/photos/its-all-pretty-cool_dot-com/albums/72157668046555246

This is the main driveway of Woodside Cemetery. On the memorial in the left foreground, a plaque bears the following text: "In honoured memory of the personnel of Woodside First Aid Post who died in the service of their country during May 1941." In the early morning of the 6th of May 1941, the First Aid Post was hit by a one of two parachute mines dropped by a German bomber. The names of the 92 people who were killed are listed on the memorial; there were only 6 survivors. This memorial was unveiled 71 years later, on the 6th of May 2012. For another view, and for the names, see Image Also visible in the background of the present photograph, where the driveway divides, is the Image See also another contributor's pictures: Image and Image

Woodside Cemetery Paisley Scotland Friday May 6th 2016, 2pm will see the 75th anniversary of Woodside First Aid Post bombing disaster, where many it's hoped will show up to show their respects. Daily Record info: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/103-year-old-paisley-bombing-7885465

At the corner of Broomlands Street and West Street.