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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: paulsplace2009 on Wednesday 06 January 10 10:17 GMT (UK)
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Hi everyone.
would love to hear from anyone who grew up in anderston between 1900 - 1950
my gran is from there but i have never met my gran and would love to hear from anyone, what it was like.
or does anyone have relatives that grew up in anderstoopn in the 1900s
does anyone have any photos of anderston?would love to see them.
as always, i love this site...its the best around!!
thanks
paul
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Morning Paul,
If you have not looked at the site below it may help you as there are photographs of Anderston amongst the images.
http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/
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thank you....this is a great website
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You may like to pay this site a visit
http://www.anderston.ukpals.com/
it is basically a history of Anderston.
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thanks guys
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so....was anyone in anderston that can tell me any personal stories of what it was like there?
regards
paul
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Hi Paul , I was born along the road in Finnieston but all of my mothers family where born and raised in Anderston around Grace st , Stobcross St etc it was a heavy Industrial are with all bonded warehouses and Shipbuilding . My mum worked in the bond that was engulfed in 1960 by fire killing a lot of Firemen , I still like to wander the old streets whenever I am home .. cheers
Billy
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Anderston Cross is right next to the Central Railway Station. There is a bridge from the station which crosses Argyle Street, one of the main streets in Glasgow. To the west of this bridge is Anderston, and to the east, Argyle street has always been a popular place to shop.
You can get a fair idea of the busy, bustling nature of Argyle Street around the turn of the century by looking at some photos on Argyle St Glasgow History. (Try googling it). The trams were great because they had open doors. If you were fit you could jump on between stops. They dominated the streets, so to get a "feel" of the way Glasgow was I think you should think "Trams!"
That's only my opinion. I was born in the east end of Glasgow in 1943, and I loved the trams. It broke many a heart when they went off the road around 1962.
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" Anderston Cross is right next to the Central Railway Station. There is a bridge from the station which crosses Argyle Street, one of the main streets in Glasgow. To the west of this bridge is Anderston, and to the east, Argyle street has always been a popular place to shop."
Was this not called the "Heilan Man's Umbrella" and a great meeting point?
Morag
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Yes, that's it - the Heilan Man's Umbrella. It is still there. The thing is that the bridge takes quite a few railway tracks from Central Station across Argyle Street before crossing the Clyde, and this means it wasn't like going under your usual bridge and straight out again. It was, and still is, quite a distance to the other side. The air used to be polluted at times
under the bridge. They said it was bad for your lungs but I never noticed it.
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Morag, that is the Heilanmans Umbrella but that's still the Central District, Anderston is further west. The cross is where Stobcross Street met Argyle Street.
Skoosh.
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Skoosh,
You're right and I'm wrong. :P Sorry about that folks. Old age has well and truly arrived, ha ha ha. ;D
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Maybe I've also joined the old age gang....in years but not in the mind! ;D
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Hi Paul , I was born along the road in Finnieston but all of my mothers family where born and raised in Anderston around Grace st , Stobcross St etc it was a heavy Industrial are with all bonded warehouses and Shipbuilding . My mum worked in the bond that was engulfed in 1960 by fire killing a lot of Firemen , I still like to wander the old streets whenever I am home .. cheers
Billy
Hi Billy,
a lot of my ancestors lived in Grace St and they were called Neely. I also have relatives who lived in and around Whitehall St and their name was Hill. My uncles were called Neil & David