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The Old
Parish church
seen on a lovely summer day.
This church is very popular for weddings.
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This is the old Renfrew Parish
Chambers Offices. It is now used for Renfrewshire
Council
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The Victory Baths opened in
1921. It was a gift to the town from the owners of a
shipbuilding company of the town.
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The Police Station is situated
next door to Victory Baths ,both buildings are still
a good example of that building time.
The Police station is in Inchinin Road. It was
opened in 1910 and cost £6000.
Inchinin Road is now a busy road hence the police
cars blocking the lovely view of the building.
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Renfrew Parish Church. The
church was built in 1861. The Architect being JT
Rochead. The spire is 130 ft high and can be seen
from all around the town.
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This is a view of the tower
from Canal Street which was originally called Ferry
road, the street name was changed in 1786 when the
Renfrew Canal was opened.
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The Brown Institute was
presented to the town by Andrew Brown who was
Provost of the Renfrew from 1867-1870, 1879-1882 and
1891-1900.
Renfrew Castle once stood on this site. It is now
used as the Renfrew Community Museum. The road to
the right of the picture takes you down to the
Ferry.
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Robertson Park was a gift to
the people of Renfrew from Provost Mr Robertson. He
gifted it to the Burgh in 1909. He was promised it
would remain a park for the people of Renfrew.
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The North Parish Church was
built around 1883.
It was previously known as the Renfrew Free Church.
It is still a popular church and remains a
coummunity asset. It is surrounded by buildings
which does it no justice. This picture was taken on
a cold wet January morning, this church is beautiful
in the sunshine.
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