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Post-war years
After the war, there were many new housing developments in and around
Milngavie and its population virtually doubled by the 1960s. A new
Catholic Primary school was opened in 1961 in Craigdhu Road, where St
Joseph’s Primary is still located.
The post war housing developments
saw a shift in population from the Mugdock Road and Woodland Street
tenements to the new housing developments on the north side of the
village, leaving St Joseph’s church removed from the natural population
centre.
When the congregation of St Luke’s Church of Scotland moved to a new
building in Kirk Street, the possibility of St Joseph’s moving in to
the vacated building on Station Road was discussed and energetically
pursued.
On the Feast of St Joseph, March 19th, 1980, Archbishop
Winning opened the refurbished church. In the past few years, we have
built our own new parish hall which sits alongside St Joseph’s church
on Station Road, providing a social hub for our small but vibrant
Catholic community.
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History of St Joseph's