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St James' (Pollok) Parish Church
St James' started as Titwood Parish Church, Pollokshieds as photographed by Duncan Brown in the 1890s.
The Building of St James 1950's
St James' (Pollok) Parish Church photographed by Colin Harkins Feb 2010
This was the first church designed by H E Clifford and was built 1893-1895 in Glencairn Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow. The church was dismantled and moved to Meikelrig Crescent in Pollok between 1951 and 1953 and renamed St James' (Pollok) Parish Church. The move was a major undertaking, with each stone carefully numbered so that the church could be rebuilt exactly on the new site. St James' opened its doors to the people of Pollok on 3 September 1953.
Duncan Brown (1819-1897) was a talented amateur photographer whose work documents aspects of Glasgow life from the 1850s until the 1890s.
Extract by Cathie Arbuckle 'There used to be a prisoner of war camp in Pollok, and the chaplain to the soldiers and prisoners of war was Reverend Clarence Finlayson. Because of this he was asked to start the church here at St James' in Pollok. Reverend Clarence Finlayson was given a parish with no church and no congregation. It was through the bombing of another church (St George's Queens Park Church ) that money was given for this beautiful building to take shape. . around £38,000. St James' Church came to Pollok and it has always been a very vital part of Pollok. People still want to be married here, they want their babies baptised and they want their funerals here. They don't always join the church, and that's fine, but it's there for them when they need it. It is a parish for the people, the community of Pollok. Mr Finlayson died aged one hundred.