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Photos of old Springburn
Springburn Road looking into Hawthorn Street
Hawthorn Street ; note train driver
Hawthorn Street looking towards Springburn Road note the buildings on the left hand side
in the picture above have been demolished
Springburn Road / Cairns Street (going towards Bishopbriggs)
Elmvale Street
The great Springburn Historian John Thomas (right).
Sadly died in 1982, but left many photographs as a legacy.
The source and date of this picture is not known.
Sadly died in 1982, but left many photographs as a legacy.
The source and date of this picture is not known.
Above An extraordinary rare shot of Gourlay Street late 70s.
Note that the church and the church hall (with the three boarded up windows) is still standing.
Springburn Road at Petershill Road c1950
Gourlay Street, January 1968. Storms bring a chimney crashing down next to Hoey's. On the other side the shops are:
Princes Cinema, George Carpets, Princes Cafe, Bookseller, Colin Robertson (Bakers) and the Electricity shop.
Source: Daily Mail
Springburn Road
Keppochill Road
Keppochill Road
Corner of Cowlairs Rd/Springburn Rd 1893.
Cowlairs Rd/Springburn corner looking towards The Co-op buildings. J.R
This was the original spot where the Post office once was in Millarbank Street.
Classic tiles still survive from a close entrance at Carlisle Street.
How they must have once gleamed! (Known as a 'Wally Close')
this is cowlairs yard .eastfield depot was beside the flats at carron crescent that have the black stripe down them .cowlairs will live again as the signalling centre for glasgow central to carlisle(west coast main line).and a storage depot for engineering companies .but no tracks to allow trains ,will take photos if anybody wants me to .forgot to say cowlairs depot shut mid 80's .i should remember the date but cant .i'm a train driver based at queen st. was a second man (fireman) at eastfield depot
Colgrain Terrace (1966)
Mosesfield House
Above: The old Library at Ayr Street. Another building gifted by private donation.
Above arial view of Springburn.
Notice Where the luftwaffe missed and Glasgow council finished
Notice Where the luftwaffe missed and Glasgow council finished
Above: Springburn Road at Flemington Street
Above: Keppochill Road. To the right Cowlairs park.
View from the Garngad with Springburn Road and Sighthill Cemetery at the top.
Above the fine old Bank Building survived.
Hawthorn Street with the old tram then bus depot on the right.
St. Rollox Chemical Works
Above very rare shot of Gourlay Street 1971. Note that the cinema has turned into a bingo hall.
1967 The corner of Northcroft Road (also known as the Avenue) and Wellfield Street
showing the Salvation Army Hall. Auld's Dairy to the right and The Sports Shop
on the left (This used to be Taylors the Fruiterers and then a pram shop.)
Note Pawn Shop above Turnbulls.
Above photo: The station platform with distant view of the once winding Atlas Street. In the 70s onSaturday evenings a bus used to leave from the top of Atlas Street next to the station which took you on a mystery tour. We ended up in Dunoon when I went on it.
Above: View of Vulcan street. c1950
On the left beyond the train the top three levels of houses leading up to
Angus Street still survive.
This photo could have been taken from in front
of James Reid's Jewellers or Lipton's Grocery on Springburn Rd next
to the corner of Cowlairs Road.
On the left beyond the train the top three levels of houses leading up to
Angus Street still survive.
This photo could have been taken from in front
of James Reid's Jewellers or Lipton's Grocery on Springburn Rd next
to the corner of Cowlairs Road.
Above: The famous Public Hall. As with all Springburn Landmarks,
the money came from private, not public funds in this case the Reid family.
the money came from private, not public funds in this case the Reid family.
The same building today
Above: detail of Scrolls on Public Hall seen from Keppochill Road
The Blocks.
Built 1865, demolished 1967. (View 1)
The Blocks ( View 2)
Springburn Road shows Johnson Church at the corner of Queenshill Street opposite Sellyn's.
c1970 Looking up Springburn Road.
Co-operative shops on the left, Vulcan Street just off on the right.
1974. Kay Street with the baths straight ahead.
Bellini's chip shop on the right. Galbraith's on the left.
Only this half survives of Kay street today
1976 ? Classic Shot of Gourlay Street. Incredibly, only the school beyond the Princes survives today.
Beyond the Princes, on the same side, the tenements at the corner where
Kennedy's dairy once stood and featured in the Gourlay street black and white shots above,
have already been demolished. This makes this colour photo later than the black and white ones.
Certainly the Bookseller shop (owned by Alex Thompson sold books, magazines.models etc) eventually
ceased trading in the autumn of 1976. It seems closed here, in what is obviously daylght while
the cafe and the pub still appear to be trading.
This picture would therefore appear to be very late 1976 mabye even the following year.
(JR) The block of tenements missing from the Princess to Millarbank St. corner,
in the last close before the corner, was the home of Jean Faley,
author of "Up oor Close" and JRs cousins The Kiloe family. Jean's childhood friends.
Above Sellyns remained in this same location for thirty years!
Prior to this it had been located at the corner of Atlas street
where the bank later was. See the section called 'Photos of shops.'
Can you spot your house Steve..lol
Yep!...well actually not from this side...it was the right hand block as we look here. It was 20 stories up which means six windows from the top left as we look but on the other side of the building looking towards Springburn. Excellent pic incidentally!
Prior to this it had been located at the corner of Atlas street
where the bank later was. See the section called 'Photos of shops.'
Can you spot your house Steve..lol
Yep!...well actually not from this side...it was the right hand block as we look here. It was 20 stories up which means six windows from the top left as we look but on the other side of the building looking towards Springburn. Excellent pic incidentally!
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| DodiLamb | My father going to work at Eastfield. | 2 | Jun 10 2008, 4:19 AM EDT by buntygal | |
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I am positive the photograph with the caption "Hawthorn Street ; note train driver" shows my father going to work at Eastfield.
He used this route to go to work. |
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| TheBigYin | I think that might be my grannie! | 15 | Mar 7 2008, 5:19 PM EST by jimmorion | |
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<img src="http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/-yzQJKtz2kwefpwbzIJLZQ43946/GW802H533">
The well dressed lady with the fur collared coat on the right. She lived just down a bit in Elmvale Street. If it's not her it's someone the spit of her! Sadly passed on now. |
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