Thomas Shanks Park

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To book these football pitches, please contact Education and Leisure Services:

• phone: 01505 335 550
• email: comfac.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Historical information

Thomas Shanks Park is named after a leading industrialist of the nineteenth century who owned a company of heavy machine toolmakers, Thomas Shanks and Company.

Little is documented about Thomas Shanks, other than that he was Johnstone's first chief magistrate and instrumental in advancing a scheme of public health work in the town. In June 1878, these works were completed at a total cost of £4,000.

At this time, Thomas's daughter, Mrs J Polson, gifted the park to the town in the name of her late father for the recreation of the local people of Johnstone.

Thomas Shanks & Co went into liquidation on 14 January 1928 but the park still remains as a testament to a noted family who lived and worked in Johnstone.

Contact information

• email am-serv.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 842 4448
• fax: 0141 842 5457
• call at our customer service centre at Renfrewshire House in Paisley or the neighbourhood offices in Renfrew or Johnstone
• write to us at:
  Environmental Services
  Renfrewshire Council
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1BR
  
  
  

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