saw024462 SCOTLAND (1949). Alloa, general view, showing Alloa Harbour and West End Park. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

Old Bus Station (now demolished) now Police Station

Used to be the Crown Hotel

Entrance tunnel on Bank Street (still there) to old police station. Through the tunnel Police station is on the right including cells converted into residential accommodation.

Old Fire Station (now demolished)

macdonalds coopers? ended up alloa coopers.1971 to74 owned by w.lawsons coatbridge whisky worked there for 3 years made and repaired whisky barrels ,app.10 coopers worked there.paid per barrel(pbr)no work no pay me and a few could make £70 p.w.big money then.hard graft great place to work.coopers ally paterson -john gillfilan-pancho-jock fyffe-jim mcdade-f dawson-c harrower-stotty bits?-geordy mcdonald.jock skelton gaffer,closed and moved to coatbridge

originaly pearsons cooperage .then youngers brewery cooperage. wg scott bought it to make and repair whisky barrels large cooperage for its time employed app.20 coopers and 6 labourers went bankrupt 1967.me. ally paterson kenny drysdale and john gillfilan were apprentices. prior to this w.g.scott had sunnyside cooperage in greenfield st i started my app.there.he employed 8 coopers 1 labourer.wully scott was agood boss loved working at scotts

Old iron bridge crossing the railway line. I remember seeing one of the last gas lamps lit on this bridge in the mid 1950's when I visited my granny in Lime Street nearby. The "man with the "leerie" lit the gas mantle with a long pole!

The "Black Shed". A gathering place for many a bottomender, hanging aboot, watching the tide and mebbe some gambling with pennies.

Jack Carberry's ice cream and sweetie shop. Jack Junior would sell ice cream from a tub attached to the front of his bike. It had a parasol on the bike in the summer!

Ritchie's shop, Castle Street

Linden Road ("Top End" view). I was born at No.77 ("Bottom End")

Alloa Bath house, now the Speirs centre library

ballantyne shop in one of these buildings

I was in this house about 1950 family called hanlon lived here

hen hous a few people kept hen runs up to the 50s

meadow brewery bought by george younger

bass crest brewery then grange brewery bought by george younger

grocer shop

i think it was where pickles had a small piggery.my gran and others had a broak bin for tatty pealings etc pickles collected it every week

i think this was robert balds.mining engineers house

royal oak hotel

wagon rd

former gas showrooms

blairs brewery demolished

youngers beer barrel store

new ship inn .demolished

forth st

carron st

castle st

lime st

ferry peer

tatty merchant

mar cafe now peppys bar

lindsys lemonade factory

greenfield house

inglewood house

saint johns school

lime tree inn .burnt down

the walk house.i think one of the mars lived here

linden house.toffs houses

seafield house ?

maltings

youngers maltings demolished

ferry inn demolished

sibbaldies chip shop

calder st demolshed

ruins of j calders brewery.our playground when we were kids 1951we lived in calder st

beer bottling works.owned by j calder brewer

previous.school.church.ended up a model for travelling man or homeless

the old ship inn closed 1970?

bookies on top floor.brophies?

mar inn