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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: Cazza47 on Wednesday 12 September 12 18:46 BST (UK)

Title: Laundressey Strret
Post by: Cazza47 on Wednesday 12 September 12 18:46 BST (UK)

Could anyone tell me where I might find something about Laundressey Street in the civil parish of Barony, it exists in the 1841 census but I cannot find it in later census's.
I think they must have been big houses because they seem to be multi occupancy, 4 families or more.
A lot of the occupants worked in the cotton industry.

Carol

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: sancti on Wednesday 12 September 12 18:57 BST (UK)

Google Landressy Street

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: sancti on Wednesday 12 September 12 18:59 BST (UK)

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9B83C172-B7D5-4318-8ACF-62EDEFDEEE8E/0/Heritagetrail_Bridgeton.pdf

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: Cazza47 on Wednesday 12 September 12 19:05 BST (UK)

Thank you very much.
Carol

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: Ann Baker on Wednesday 12 September 12 20:07 BST (UK)

Not much of it left now but it's in Bridgeton in Glasgow's east end. was mainly tenements and only a few left - most removed in last 20 years or so.

 :D

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: Cazza47 on Thursday 13 September 12 19:02 BST (UK)

Thank you Ann

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: doddsie4 on Thursday 13 September 12 19:24 BST (UK)

     Landressy St was a short street, right next to Bridgeton Cross.     I seem to remember that it had snooker halls in it.     Used to pass by it a lot, away back in the fifties and sixties.
                                                    Brian

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: jackiemc on Thursday 13 September 12 19:31 BST (UK)

Another link you may not have

http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/streets/landressyst1.htm

Jackie

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: doddsie4 on Thursday 13 September 12 19:37 BST (UK)

Jackie,
            There seems to be another photo on Glesga Pals.      (Hope you don't mind me butting in).       Google: Old photos of Landressy St, Bridgeton, Glasgow.       Click 1st item on the list that comes up.        Scroll down to second picture on the right.        Click METHODIST CHURCH.

           Scroll down and quite a lot of stuff about that area is there.      I noticed someone who went to Canada, writing about the old days.
You might like to have a look at the names mentioned here...
                                                                  Brian, Glasgow

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: Ann Baker on Thursday 13 September 12 22:06 BST (UK)

I have a photo of it taken a couple of years ago I took for another Rootschatter which I'll try and locate and post. I worked round corner in the early 1980s and can remember there was also a Post office - a grand Victorian building alas gone now too. I remember one of our customers (I worked for the dole in Megan St) offering me a wee nip out of his bottle of Lord knows what in the queue. I was queuing for stamps he was cashing his giro lol. I declined!

Ann :D

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: Cazza47 on Thursday 13 September 12 22:17 BST (UK)

Thank you all for your help.
Carol

Title: Re: Laundressey Strret
Post by: doddsie4 on Friday 14 September 12 09:28 BST (UK)

    Ann, 
              I remember going to Megan Street to sign on unemployed a few times in the eighties.        You might even have served me.       I lived in the high flats at Allan St, Dalmarnock at the time - awful place.       I had to get out.

                                                                                    Brian
P.S.    There were two banks at Bridgeton Cross, the Royal & the Bank of Scotland.      I used to go into the Royal.         I used to go to Shawfield.
I was a Clyde supporter.