Rutherglen Reformer articles
These are online local newspaper items since 2011 relating to Rutherglen's history.
Although these articles show Daily Record at the top, they are produced by the Rutherglen Reformer. Both newspapers are owned by the Reach plc. group.
The list also includes some Herald, Evening Times and Glasgow Live articles
Click on the links below to view the articles
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For Rutherglen Library details:
Anderson,William - historic photos 06 Oct 2016
Boundary Stones, - identifying burgesses 16 Feb 2021
Boundary Stones - Doors Open Day 07 Sept 2015
Boundary Stones - SLC Museum Service hunt for missing stones 23 Mar 2011
Buildings at risk - King Street & Main Street 17 May 2016
Burnside Tennis Club - Gents' Singles Cup presentation and renaming 17 Oct 2021
Caledonian Pottery - excavation exhibition 28 November 2012
Caledonian Pottery - Hartley's Jam 27 Jul 2011
Cinemas - Rutherglen's movie hall past 02 Sep 2009
Cinemas - Jim Doyle books 27 Feb 2013
Coull's bakers - closure 11 Apr 2018
Declaration of Rutherglen 1679 12 Oct 2011
East Church- 1970s photos by Rev. Donald 08 Mar 2015
Evangelistic Institute - WW1 Letter 02 Nov 2018
Five historic Rutherglen people 12 Feb 2016
Gallowflat School - plans for redevelopment 20 Jul 2017
Dr. Gorman's statue restoration 13 March 2013
Graham, DS William, addition of name to Scottish Police Memorial 14 Jul 2020
Hoover Factory demolition 27 Aug 2008
Laurel, Stan. - appeal for tribute in Rutherglen 10 Jan 2019
Library local history week 07 Mar 2015
Library refurbishment 24 Mar 2010
MacGregor Jewellers closure 22Nov 2017
McGregor, John - Australian emigration 1951 24 Aug 2018
McNeil, Harry - history of Rangers FC 16 Jan 2014
Mural at train station - Grow 73 Group 21 Nov 2018
Old Parish Church - graveyard, poor condition 23 Apr 2013
Old Parish Church - William Wallace plaques 27 Jan 2016
Overtoun Park - bandstand neglect, John Quinn 15 July 2015
Overtoun Park - call to rename (Herald) 20 Mar 2019
Overtoun Park - missing stone faces 27 May 2016
Royal visit June 1953 21 Apr 2016
Russell, Dr. James Burn - family appeal for more info 17 Oct 2016
Rutherglen Academy - Adam McNaughton folk music 08 Mar 2018
Rutherglen Academy - 1944 class reunion 01 May 2016
Rutherglen Academy - redevelopment 25 Oct 2017
Rutherglen Heritage Project - foundation 12 Oct 2011
Rutherglen Heritage Society - foundation 08 Aug 2012
Rutherglen Ladies FC - 1920s/Cent. of Strong Women 19 Feb 2018
Rutherglen Ladies FC - Exhibition in Scottish Football Museum 05 Dec 2021
Rutherglen Museum - call to restore 16 Nov 2011
Shawfield stadium - poor condition 27 Jul 2022
Shipyard - Rutherglen-built ships still sailing on Ullswater 27 Nov 2019
Spanish Civil War - members of International Brigade honoured 31Jan2008
Story of Rutherglen exhibition - closes 05/09/2009 19 Aug 2009
Town Hall refurbishment 04 Mar 2015
Welsh, Renee - World War II Belgian emigree 29 Jan 2016
Whites Chemical Co - contaminated land at site of Burnhill Sports Centre 16 Aug 2021
Whites Chemical Co. - toxic waste cleanup 07 Aug 2013
Whites Chemical Co. - Dukes Road contamination 18 Dec 2014
Whites Chemical Co. - toxic waste cleanup 14 Jul 2016
Whites Chemical Co. - hexavalent chromium in Polmadie Burn (Herald) 18 Feb 2019
Whites Chemical Co. - hexavalent chromium in Polmadie Burn (Herald) 06 Mar 2019
Whites Chemical Co. - Polmadie Burn, poisonous time bomb (ET) 04 Mar 2019
Whites Chemical Co. - Polmadie Burn 'Toxic Soup.' (GL) 21 Jan 2021
Whites Chemical Co. - Polmadie Burn, 'luminous green contamination' (GL) 24 Apr 2021
World War I - Belgian refugees 06 Oct 2015
World War I - John Campbell Smith letter 31 Oct 2019
World War I - Robertson, Robert H, Dead Man's Penny 29 Mar 2022
Acknowledgement to the Rutherglen Reformer for the background image.