Greenock 50 Years Ago

In the middle of the 1960s the locally based photographer Eugene Jean Méhat (1920-2000) made a photographic survey of the town of Greenock. He recorded over 600 images of the streets of Greenock during an era when there was much redevelopment and many buildings and streets were fast disappearing. His archive now stands as a record for future generations, a unique survey of Greenock in the 1960s.

You can see the entire Méhat archive on our Collections Online site. 

The text and images on this page are the copyright of the McLean Museum and Art Gallery. For enquiries about this collection please contact us at wattinstitution@inverclyde.gov.uk.

Hamilton Street, Greenock 1966 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery John Walker & Co. Ltd., sugar refiners, Drumfrochar Road, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Princes Pier, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Lynedoch Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Arthur Street, Greenock 1965 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Belville Street School, Greenock 1965 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery West Blackhall Street, Greenock 1965 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Holmscroft School, Greenock 1965 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Greenock Royal Infirmary 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery East Shaw Street, School, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Clyde Square, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Wallace Place and Hamilton Street, Greenock by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery The junction of Kilblain Street, High Street and Inverkip Street, Greenock by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Dellingburn Street Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Old Men's Hut in Wellpark, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Corner of Lynedoch Street and Drumfrochar Road, Greenock by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Regent Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Roxburgh Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Belville Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Cathcart Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Dalrymple Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Greenock Central Station 1967 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Dalrymple Street and Hunter Street, Greenock 1966 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Bank Street, Greenock 1966 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery Dalrymple Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery High Street, Greenock 1968 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery East India Harbour, Greenock 1966 by Eugene Jean Méhat - Copyright McLean Museum and Art Gallery