Street name in Springburn

[garngad]

It wasn't as bleak as it looks Monica remember that demolition was going on all around but it still brings back good memories thanks to people like our selves on sites like this.

[Janice M]

It also brings good feelings to those of us who are far away as well.

I get a glimpse of where relatives lived, and that brings me closer to them.

Janice

[garngad]

I am glad Janice it's thanks to others on this web site that I traced my family tree and also to others out with who have enriched my appreciation of what our forefathers and woman had to endure to give us the time and forth sight (for a better word) to put our memories on sites like this for future generations I am more interested how ordinary folk lived and of course where they lived and the work they did than any pretentious celebrity iconic figure.

[Janice M]

Very well said!

[garngad]

I have posted this view from 1970s it shows Springburn from the Garngad (Royston) you can see St Rollox how vast it was and Petershill Rd area inc Bedlay st which only a small stump remains the Peasy Fc has moved from its right hand postion to the left of the grassy area and now sits where Bedlay st was the whole area was a hub of locomotive manufacturing and now is a shadow of its self.The one major site that is totally unchanged is the cemetery.

[garngad]

Though this is not Springburn it still came under the same district of St Rollox and I had a PM from someone and as the view of my previous post is from here I thought it linked together so sorry if it confuses any one I was asked for info on Turner st off the Garngad (Royston) Rd and I hope this is of use.

[Janice M]

You have done one better! 

I am sure the tall apartments showing in the last photo, are the the buildings on Charles Street. My grandparents lived there, in the 1960's when I was over for a visit.

If memory serves me (& it doesn't always),  I believe there was a row of shops that you could see from the balcony of 160 Charles Street. They weren't on the main part of the street of Royston, but instead I think they were directly behind the tall apartments. You got to them from Royston Rd, but you could also access them from the apartments. I remember there was a bread strike on at the time, and I lined up for rolls there.

[garngad]

Your memory is correct Janice there are shops that service the apartments as you call them you can access them from Royston (Garngad) Rd or Charles St the flats replaced Turner St ,Villiers St,Bright St and Cobden St I will try to find a picture to show.The most annoying thing of being working class ancestry is the lack of pictures showing where and how the vast amount of the population lived and worked it is hard work trawling the net and people's memories to build a complete area of our past.

[garngad]

As promised Janice here is a pic of the Charles st complex from the 70s.