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Dear Rory
My apololgies for taking so much time to reply.  In fact i had already sent you a message but I included an attachment and this meant my message was not loaded on to the system. The attachment merely showed the shape of the Chuckie, being 3 sides of a square with the common ground in the centre.  It is because of the shape, and the wash houses, and clothes drying areas, in the centre, where the children played,and the adults met to talk that I believe therthere was a spirit of community especially in the 20's and early 30's according to anecdotal evidence,that was fairly unique.
 My family lived at 16 Battleburn St which you entered by a stair from the area in the middle. My Grannie lived in the same close which I think had 4 single-ends and a shared toilet on the same floor.  My Father was a minor and my Mother a mill worker, as were many of their neighbours .
Sorry , Rory I am going on a bit!  Your information was very useful in dating the knocking down of the building and the disappearance of Bannockburn St.
Thank you again
John

It is frustrating because the site may have provided some useful information, John

Hi,
I am wondering if you can help me,?  I am trying to trace any information regarding a building in Tollcross where my parents and my grandmother lived in the 1920’s and early thirties. My grandmother was called Gunn and my parents Crossan
It was known as The Chuckie and occupied 3 sides of a square bounded by Eversley St/ Tollcross Rd/ Battleburn St /the fourth side was open.   It was knocked down between 1980 and 1996 and replaced by a youth centre and social housing.
If you have any information, photographs, or know of a possible source of information I would be grateful to hear of it

Yours sincerely,
John
John J Crossan