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As this 1912 postcard view of Danes Drive looking east shows, Scotstoun Mains Farm was bounded by iron railings
(to the right of frame). By way of fixing a perspective, you can discern the brick wall of the Scotstoun Showground
to the back, centre.
Worthy of note in this circa 1919 aerial photograph is the entrance to the Scotstoun Showgrounds (yellow dot), Whiteinch
Methodist Church (green dot), and the terrace of Oswald's workers' villas on Park Drive (blue dot). Notice how
few houses sit on Southbrae Drive to the very right of frame.
Facing Scotstoun Mains, on the north side of Danes Drive was an area of wasteland - indicated by the red dot
on the above photo. This wasteland lay undeveloped and was used solely as a "loanie" (lane) onto Northland Drive until
1962, when Strathclyde Regional Council built the Northland Drive School on the site. The loanie is delineated by the dark
hedgerows just below the red dot. As with the Victoria Drive Secondary School annexe, this one-storey concrete building
with its blaes football pitch abutting Queen Victoria Drive was levelled in 1996 to pave the way for yet another batch
of residential accommodation.
On this (clearer) aerial view taken sometime between 1920 and 1930 I have marked the course of the Loanie (yellow dots) from Scotstounhill
railway bridge at the top, to the late Victorian terrace on Danes Drive. Scotstoun Mains Farm is indicated by the red dot.
This photo evidences why Scotstounhill was known as a "garden city" prior to annexation to Glasgow in 1926. At this point,
lands to the north and west were simply open fields; the post-war housing development at Knightswood had yet to be conceived
and the Oswalds' fine mansion and sprawling gardens ensured the tranquility of the area.
 
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