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The Gourock Times

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The Gourock Times was a weekly newspaper published in the west of Scotland town of Gourock from 1915 to 1980. A complete archive of the newspaper is available at the Watt Library in Greenock.

Wartime scoop

The Gourock Times of 6 September 1940 broke the story about the child evacuee ship SS Volendam being torpedoed, and the rescued children from the ship being safely brought to port on the Clyde.[1]

References

  1. ^ The Gourock Times, 6 September 1940