glasgow streets

[elsagh]

can anyone tell me what happened to Mason Street and Rolland Street? glasgow.

[daval57]

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

[daval57]

Just had a look - that was of NO use to you whatsoever.  Sorry.
It's normally a great source of info on street changes.

[sancti]

It did help in reverse Dave 

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

[harrywrag]

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

[harrywrag]

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

[elsagh]

Thank you very much for your help........the site was very interesting.....regards

[harrywrag]

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

[RJ_Paton]

Mason Street is (was) a much older street which ran from Castle Street near the Glasgow Cathedral