Kirkcudbright County Council
Local Authority Housing in Palnackie - Glen Road and Riverside Drive.
The following information is taken from the valuation rolls for the dates shown, It gives the approximate dates of first occupation of the 28 council houses built in the village about 1950.
The valuation roll for the year 1949 to 1950 shows the first of these houses:
No. 1 Riverside Drive. James McCourt, Lorry Driver.
No. 2 Riverside Drive. J Neilson, Rabbit Trapper
No. 3 Riverside Drive. James Wilson, Lorry Driver
No. 4 Riverside Drive. Mrs. Janet Curran
No. 5 Riverside Drive. Robert P Forteath, Postmaster
No. 6 Riverside Drive. Robert W Stewart, Rabit Trapper
No. 7 Riverside Drive. Mary T Paterson, Spinster, Nurse
No. 8 Riverside Drive. J.S. Finnigan, Lorry Driver.
The roll for 1950 to 1951 added the 4 houses at the foot of the cul-de-sac:
No. 17 Riverside Drive. James Ewart, Agricultural Worker
No. 18 Riverside Drive. Robert Corrie, Ploughman
No. 19 Riverside Drive. James Roxburgh, Lorry Driver
No. 20 Riverside Drive. John McMaster, Forestry Worker
There were no further houses added the during the following 2 years, but in the roll for 1953 to 1954 the remainder of the houses were shown. Unfortunately, the practice of showing tenants occupations was dropped by then.
No. 9 Riverside Drive. Wilson T Carey
No. 10 Riverside Drive. Mrs. M McDougall
No. 11 Riverside Drive. Samuel McCubbin
No. 12 Riverside Drive. William Lochhead
No. 13 Riverside Drive. John Dickinson
No. 14 Riverside Drive. C.J. Halliday
No. 15 Riverside Drive. David Halliday
No. 16 Riverside Drive. Mrs. R. RossNo. 7 Glen Road. James McWilliam
No. 9 Glen Road. James Clive
No. 10 Glen Road Mrs. A. Stewart
No. 11 Glen Road George Middleton
No. 12 Glen Road Mrs. J.M. Cowan
No. 13 Glen Road William Caldow
No. 14 Glen Road James Kirk
No. 16 Glen Road E.F. Cruickshank
Whilst a few more local authority houses were built more recently in Auchencairn Road, and an equally small number of private houses also added, very little in the way of expansion has occurred in the village, and it successfully retains a small village atmosphere.
