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Title: glasgow streets
Post by: elsagh on Friday 08 January 10 03:45 GMT (UK)
can anyone tell me what happened to Mason Street and Rolland Street? glasgow.
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: daval57 on Friday 08 January 10 03:53 GMT (UK)
Hi,
I don't have time to check other stuff tonight but this might be useful to you.

Dave

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-streetschanged1.html
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: daval57 on Friday 08 January 10 03:58 GMT (UK)
Just had a look - that was of NO use to you whatsoever.  Sorry.
It's normally a great source of info on street changes.
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: sancti on Friday 08 January 10 08:38 GMT (UK)
It did help in reverse Dave  ;D

Rolland Street used to be called Hutcheson Street, Maryhill

This is a good site for Maryhill info and includes the following message

HI, NAME IS JAMES DICKSON, LIVED IN ROLLAND STREET MARYHILL, BORN 1941, HAVE AN OLDER BROTHER JOHN, 5YRS OLDER, MY MUM+DAD STAYED AT NO.3, MY PASSED AWAY JUNE 1945, WHILE AT THIS ADDRESS, MY GRANDA GIDEON DICKSON STAYED FURTHER DOWN ROLLAND ST, CAN'T RECALL NUMBER, WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR FROM ANY-ONE, WHO REMEMBERS ANYTHING ABOUT THE DICKSONS, LEFT MARYHILL SOMETIME IN 1946, HUNTING FOR MEMORIES??

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/people/umaryhill.php
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: harrywrag on Friday 08 January 10 14:48 GMT (UK)
you can still see a very small part of rolland street remaining its at the the strathmore bar maryhill road football pitches now cover most of what was rolland street there is a small pathway from maryhill road that follows the old line of rolland street   harrywrag
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: harrywrag on Friday 08 January 10 14:55 GMT (UK)
if you key in www.jigsawstorehouse.com you will get photo of rolland street coronation 1953 or go to yahoo and enter photos of rolland street thjis brings up some
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: elsagh on Saturday 09 January 10 02:48 GMT (UK)
Thank you very much for your help........the site was very interesting.....regards
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: harrywrag on Saturday 09 January 10 14:16 GMT (UK)
hi elsagh
                    mason street is that the name you are looking for or is it perhaps marmion street, marmion street ran at the bottom of rolland street was very short street it ran rolland street to hotspur street it now forms part of queen margaret drive there was a dairy company there called penrice that building still remains to day it is a shop with small lane to the side.
                                                                         harrywrag
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: RJ_Paton on Saturday 09 January 10 14:23 GMT (UK)
Mason Street is (was) a much older street which ran from Castle Street near the Glasgow Cathedral
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: elsagh on Saturday 09 January 10 19:29 GMT (UK)
Many thanks for your replies.....Mason Street near the Glasgow  Cathedral is the one Im looking for......is it still there or do you know if it has changed names?   thanks again.
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: RJ_Paton on Sunday 10 January 10 10:39 GMT (UK)
Many thanks for your replies.....Mason Street near the Glasgow  Cathedral is the one Im looking for......is it still there or do you know if it has changed names?   thanks again.

Mason street appears to vanish in the 1860's - A glut of building took place both industrial premises and tenement buildings went up. Most of those streets created around that time have also vanished but there was one in the same area called Marson Street.

If you go to Google maps and type in Castle Street Glasgow the area will be highlighted and is to the left of the Royal Infirmary
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: billyr on Thursday 14 January 10 20:57 GMT (UK)
rolland street was demolished around 1971..it ran across vernon street(which is now an extension of queen margret drive)and marmion street...it ran from maryhill road to oran street..which is still there....i lived at 138 and133
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: elsagh on Thursday 14 January 10 23:29 GMT (UK)
Thank you for that information...I lived at number 7, and then  we moved to Cadder....since then Ive been moving around the world but never forgot Maryhill.  thanks again
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: Glennells on Friday 04 November 11 22:13 GMT (UK)
Hi there I was born in Rolland Street, born in 1949 and raised there.  In doing my ancestory I found it was named Belfort Street before becoming Rolland Street.  So if anyone has any names they want to look up for that time period (1950s to 1967) around no 25 Rolland Street then hope I can help.
Helen
Title: Re: glasgow streets
Post by: harrywrag on Saturday 05 November 11 15:33 GMT (UK)
this site may be of interest www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/people/umaryhill

                                                           harrywrag