Knowledge of "The Chuckie" a building in Tollcross Glasgow

[CurlyC]

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

[bighaich59]

Hi John,
          The Chuckie brought back memories of yesteryears to me & many. My Mother's friends the Dickson stayed there in Battleburn St, then moved to Bothwellhaugh.  You mention Eversley St, before it ws called that it was Graham St. If you look up at the name of the Street on the Corner of Tollcross Rd, you see Graham St, still marked up in Black Surround??? & Gold Wording.  My Father was born in John St, Tollcross, am lead to believe that it run down oppisite side of Graham St. Side nearer to the old Tollcross Scholl at Fullarton Ave, now knocked down & Rebuilt as a Unit of Housing.
    I stand to be corrected though on John St, original locale though not far away from there. Then he moved to the village of Clyde opposite Causewayside St, London Rd.

Harry Machon.