IS IT EASY TO GROW A BEARD?

Having enjoyed a few beers at Lochwinnoch, it's time to move on towards Paisley, with our first stop being Kilbarchan. The station here closed in 1956.

We're right on the edge of the Greater Glasgow conurbation and the outer limits of what was once an extensive tram network, terminating outside the Trust Inn in Kilbarchan.

The Trust Inn is still open today, with a range of real ales. It's at the centre of a conservation area.

Kilbarchan's other pub is the Glenleven Hotel. It was here that I was asked the question that forms the title. The answer was simple, "Dead easy, just cease shaving.".

Next we come to Johnstone, once home to a pub called Coanes. It's since been remamed Callum's and seems to be long term closed.

Clydeside 2000 had a depot in Johnstone, where we see a 'Y' type in the yard.

Onwards now to the outskirts of Paisley, an area known as Hawkhead, where Grahams Bus Service Ltd had its depot. 

An interesting selection of vehicles. Sadly, the company ceased trading in 1990.

As we enter the town (Scotland's largest), we happen across Paisley Canal station. When photographed in 1983, it had been closed.

A new Paisley Canal station later opened, becoming a terminus. Here's a DMU in 1993.

We'll end this post at a nearby boozer, Finlay's Bar.

In the next post we'll take a good look around the other delights of Paisley.