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A Community Destroyed
The Springburn Museum was at Ayr Street in the old library between 1986-2001.
With apologies for the poor quality, below are some press cuttings from 1991-2001 which are very critical of the closure, with the blame laid firmly on the shoulders of the Glasgow Council of the day, who were not prepared to find the money to keep it open.
First, they destroyed the houses and shops. Then they moved everyone out so there there was hardly anyone left to protest. Then by pulling the money from the museum, firing the staff they succeeded in wiping out any reference to the history of the area. I suspect that this contempt for Springburn (barring the gorbals) is unprecedented in Scottish social history in terms of the sheer breadth of the destruction.
However, as I learned while driving along Gourlay Street in August 2006,
only to be greeted by a bulldozer wrecking my old house in real time
right in front of my eyes, the blunt truth is they just don't care.
Article from Scotman's Scotland on Sunday March 17th 2002
by Liam McDougall
"'Locomotive City' was once Glasgow's economic heart. Now Springburn is better known for the bad things in life .Can anything get it back on track.
1947 2002
1947 2002
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| HelenMacGilvray | Springburn Museum | 2 | Aug 15 2009, 5:15 PM EDT by HelenMacGilvray | ||
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Was greatly saddened by all the negative publicity and feel strongly that the Glasgow council should take a good hard look at themselves and what they are doing to the Springburn area. We were home last year and saw first hand the disrepair and in some cases , destruction of once loved buildings. The derelict Glasshouse in an otherwise quite well tended Public park,but what strikes most is the destruction of lovely old sandstone villas which have been replaced with hideous highrise buildings. Some of the people living in these buildings very rarely venture out - what sort of life is that? We've been back a few times over the years but don't see any improvement in the area. Our last address was Blaeloch Drive which was originally a well kept area, but has sadly also declined. Come on councillors, get out and about and make an effort,the people of Springburn and Balornock voted you in, do something for them.
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| jmtaylor | Closure of Springburn Museum | 10 | Jan 10 2009, 12:28 PM EST by dot21 | ||
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Was unaware until a few days ago that the museum had actually shut. The council spokesman is quoted as saying "We are not forcing the museum to shut, but without funding it is not viable". All for a measly £30,000. A years salary for many nowadays. An absolute disgrace. Soon there won't be anyone left to answer the question "What was Springburn like?" A great pity and all the more reason why this site is so important.
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| buntygal | A community destroyed | 8 | May 7 2008, 3:31 AM EDT by buntygal | ||
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I've finally got round to adding the newspaper article from a few years back , makes very interesting reading. The photo with the engine in it is 1947 and the same view in the other photo was 2002.
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