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Old Bridgeton and Calton
Bridgeton and Calton formed the heart of Glasgow's old East End until half the area was swept away in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Eric Eunson chronicles the rise and fall of these two neighbourhoods, covering their early history along with the story of Glasgow Green and its various uses and entertainments, the much-travelled McLennan Arch, and the origins of the name Shipka Pass. Shops, merchants and pubs - including, of course, the famous Sarry Heid (Saracen Head) - are featured, along with views of the Gallowgate, London Street, Abercromby Street, London Road, Bellgrove Street and more, not forgetting Bridgeton Cross and the 'umbrella'. The book finishes up with pictures of Dalmarnock Road and its surroundings.
Glasgow Street Names
There is a story in the name of almost every street and district in Glasgow, with some tracing their origins to pagan times, long before Glasgow could even be called a city. In this hugely informative and entertaining book, Carol Foreman not only investigates the influences and inspirations for many of the city's most famous thoroughfares, but also considers the origins of particular districts, buildings and even the great River Clyde itself. This revised edition includes new information on city-centre street names from the M8 to the north bank of the Clyde, to Glasgow Green and Bridgeton in the east and to Kingston Bridge in the west. Also included are the districts of the Gorbals, the West End and Anderston. Packed with fascinating information and enhanced with over a hundred photographs and drawings, Glasgow Street Names is an indispensable book which introduces the history of the city in an imaginative and accessible way.
Old Glasgow Weavers
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Glasgow's East End in the 70s
This is a collaboration between Glaswegian Peter Mortimer who has written the text and photographer Duncan McCallum who took these wonderful but grim photos of a grimy, resigned, and depressing 1970s Glasgow. As the subtitle suggests the book goes out east along London Road, Gallowgate, and Duke Street as far as Parkhead and Camlachie showing much in-between these points.
Keeping It Cheery
"Bill's remarkable capacity for entertaining reminiscence and his mastery of the pointed, effective anecdote .... a myriad of stories, some them really funny, some of them tragic, some of them heroic ... a history of aspiration, of struggle, of dogged endeavour and persistent courage, of sheer practical goodness in the most hostile of environments - and all this without being in the slightest self-serving or self-important. Bill's style is couthy and chatty, but there is seriousness too. He is too clever a writer to labour his points, but he has plenty of serious messages to communicate. He can write with insight about break-ins, intimidation, delinquency, illness and death, deprivation, funerals, prisons, courts, hospitals, football and goodness knows what else without losing his upbeat, yet always realistic, spirit. Indeed, this books contains many pertinent reflections for our times." From the Preface by Harry Reid, former Editor of The Glasgow Herald.
A Line of Mothers and Daughters from Celia Gavin (1862–1933) of Magheramore, Galway, Ireland, and Brighton, Massachusetts
A genealogical study of a line of the Logan, Rutledge, and Gavin families from Bridget Logan (circa 1794–1865) of Magheramore, Galway, Ireland, to Celia Gavin (1862–1933) of Brighton, Massachusetts.
