Bearsden Misc

Burnbrae, as we know, is located on the Milngavie Road out of Bearsden.  Craighdu Burn, which runs in between McDonalds and Pure Gym, is the boundary between Bearsden and Milngavie.  Thus the Burnbrae pub and restaurant and McDonalds are in Bearsden but Pure Gym and Kelvin Timber are in Milngavie. Going back to the 1920s, this would have felt semi-rural compared to today, as the following photo illustrates: I think this was taken from just north of the junction with Kilmardinny Avenue  looking towards Milngavie.  The road still has a slight bend in it but it is hardly noticeable in a car.  The monorail is visible in the middle distance (see my post here ).  Just to the left we see a building end on and behind that is today's Kelvin Timber building. Going back before that we can get an idea of how the area looked when New Kilpatrick was originally becoming established at and to the south of today's Bearsden Cross (see my post here ) by using material from this website : Burnbrae