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streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject:

Corner of Bell St and Spoutmouth. May 1974

Bell St, between Great and Little Dovehill. Dovehill School. June 1975

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject:

Duke St, north side at Burrell’s Lane. From the fortified boozer (Carr’s Bar) westward is still as was. April 1973

Duke St at Parkhouse Lane. June 1975

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject:

John Knox St, east side above Duke St. April 1973

Lower part of John Knox St from the Necropolis. March 1973

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject:

John Knox St, west side above Wishart St. April 1973

Glenfield St, from where Warnock St had been. This little enclave, a square (or parallelogram) formed by Alexandra Parade (N), James Orr St (E), Warnock St (S), and Glenfield St (W), was in process of being obliterated. The extension to the Royal Infirmary now occupies the site. March 1973

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject:

Firpark Terrace, overlooking Ark Lane. Still there, with more trees. January 1974

Dunchattan St from Broompark Dr. January 1974

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject:

Looking up Edmund St from Dunchattan St to Cardross St. (This is a best guess as my note here is deficient. Feel free to correct me, Dennistonians.) January 1974

Westercraigs, Blackfriars Parish Church (Campbell Douglas, 1878). It lost a spire from the south tower in the 1960s (compare with VM photo), and more recently the contemporary manse. January 1974

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject:

Craigpark, east side. September 1978

Craigpark, Regent Place U F Church. Built in 1878 - congregation left in 1960 - building used as an assembly hall for Whitehill School - school closed in 1977 - empty church burnt down in 1983. A sad story for such a handsome church. Two brick villas now occupy the site. January 1976.

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject:

Bellfield St railway bridge. January 1976

Wellpark St, north side. The fine Italianate building, which survives along with its associated Trinity Duke St Church, was built in 1867 as the Wellpark Institute, a Free Church school (possibly financed by the nearby Wellpark Brewery), later became Wellpark School, and is now Wellpark Enterprise Centre. June 1975

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

Sydney St, west side south of Duke St. January 1974

Sydney St, west side looking down to the Gallowgate and on to Lambert St, with the Old Canteen Bar on the corner and , the dark building dimly seen beside the pub, the former Gallowgate Central Station, which closed in 1917. January 1974

streapadair · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject:

Gallowgate, south side, looking east from Sydney St. May 1974

Orr St, west side at Crownpoint Rd. The pub was The Crofters. Part of the former St Mary’s Calton Primary School (where Glasgow Metropolitan College now teaches furniture craft) can be seen. The Graham building was the former West St Weaving Mill (the former name for that part of Kerr St was West St). January 1974