Kirk Street, Glasgow 1880's .

[Skoosh]

MCD,  that first pic' shows slum-clearance houses built by Glasgow Corporation, I remember some of them in the Townhead which were known as "The Working Men's Ludgings!" (Dwellings)

The second pic' shows the fore-stairs again which saved on space taken up by internal stairs. Bricks & roof-tiles instead of stone & slate. There won't be anybody in Glasgow now living who remembers streets of these old houses.  The great era for four-storey tenement building was around 1900.

Skoosh.

[mclachlan]

Hi manda_mcd,
I also had ancestors at 76 1/2 Kirk St but in the 1860s.  Always wondered what the 1/2 meant?!  Thanks for the photo...brings living conditions into perspective.
Regards,
Andrea

[Forfarian]

Hi manda_mcd,
I also had ancestors at 76 1/2 Kirk St but in the 1860s.  Always wondered what the 1/2 meant?

It probably means ½. When another building was built on the same land as an existing building that already had a street number, the new building was sometimes given the same number plus a half.

[mclachlan]

Thanks Forfarian!

[Skoosh]

St Luke's parish church has been converted into a venue for concert's, weddings etc'.  Been to a couple of gigs in it, superb acoustics! 

www.stlukesglasgow.com/saint-lukes/

Skoosh.

[manda_mcd]

surprises me no end every time i discover another ancestor lived in one of the few most of mine did although at different time i have about 4 or 5 streets in Hutchiesontown and about 20 or more families have stayed there

[Samuel family desc]

My family also lived in Kirk Street, numbers 40 and 72.  My 3rd great grandparents died at number 72 in 1858 and 1860.