The Welsh Side

The Original Post Card of the family Inn, Kilsyth, Scotland.

1905 Sectarian riots at the Duntreath Arms Inn.
Poor housing conditions, overcrowding and poverty increases tensions between Catholic and Protestant communities.
from http://www.paperclip.org.uk/kilsythweb/history/kilsyth_scotland_history1.htm

Following its foundation as an early monastic settlement, the town has a long tradition of radical protestantism and was the scene of major revivals
under the leadership of James Robe in 1742 and William Chalmers Burns in 1839, part of the Second Great Awakening..
William Irvine was born in Kilsyth in 1863.
The formation of the new Church of God, the first Pentecostal Church in Scotland in 1902 led to further outbreaks of revival
in 1908 and to Kilsyth becoming the main early focus of Pentecostalism in the north of Britain..

The influx of Roman Catholic immigrant workers from Ireland led to outbreaks of sectarian violence at the Duntreath Arms Inn in 1905,
which followed a mistaken visit by an Orange band which disembarked at Croy and marched to Kilsyth.. The Riot Act was read at the ensuing battle.
from http://www.davishunter.com/home/place/Kilsyth

The water color
a wedding gift from Jean's boss at Delta

A period post card view of the inn

Looking down the street from the inn

Aerial view of town
The inn is lower left in the photo.