Photo's of 258 Gallowgate/ 3 Gibson Street

[woodentop2u]

Hi

I wonder if any member as any photographs of 258 Gallowgate / 3 Gibson Street in Calton Glasgow taken around  1927-1928 era. Or if not could anyone advise where I would be able to purchase them from?

Thanks 

[daval57]

Nothing of the address in Gallowgate  or Gibson St but close.
Have a look through these photos..... Mitchell library, Glasgow.
Hope they are of interest to you.
I have a few books I'll look through but going away tomorrow for a few days.


http://www.rootschat.com/links/06io/

http://www.rootschat.com/links/06ip/   



Dave

[gaucho]

Hi,
you might have already tried http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/index.p

Doesn't have any pictures specifically of those addresses. The Mitchell library does have a phot archive. Might be worth e mailing the archivists there.
Gaucho

[woodentop2u]

Thank you Dave and Gaucho  for your replies. I'll email the archives and see what they have. 
Thank you  also for the links Dave. I'll have a look. The links have come in really useful Dave being that one of my father's sibblings were born in Deanside Lane...Couldn't see myself climbing up all them steps. Shows how far the housing as advanced in 90 years. 

[daval57]

LOL, I think. 

Do you mean the steps to the top floor?

I live in the top floor of a traditional Victorian Glasgow tenement.  Only exercise I get is walking up dem bl**dy steps!     (all 88 of them!)


Dave


PS Gaucho, not sure whether I'm doing something wrong, but I can't get link you posted to work.
Is it this..... http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/

[woodentop2u]

No LOL I mean the steps going up to the street. I didn't think they still had them tennements now  .
The photo reminded me of the 39 steps only one thing though there seemed too many steps.   
Bloomin heck 88, well I hope you don't smoke  
I just worked out that you have walked up and down those steps 4,648 times  in 28 days 

[daval57]

I only smoke when I rest every 22 steps!

As for tenements, a lot of the 'slums' were demolished over the years.  However, many areas in Glasgow still have tenements that were built 1890s, 1900's. 

Posted before but here's a wee sketch my daughter did for me of my flat.....


PS, they are mostly red or grey sandstone.

[woodentop2u]

That's a very good sketch your daughter did  They look better than the ones in the photo's.

[daval57]

Thanks. Proud Da taking every opportunity to brag!

As for Glasgow, try Google maps for addresses to see how they look now.  Google van has now been around most of Glasgow and they put it online just a couple of months ago.

Sorry if I asked this before - where are you?

Dave, going to visit neverland (land of nod etc.!