Anderston is a very mixed district that extends from the city into the City Centre - this is a bit of Argyle St above. Some include Finnieston in the district which I have hived off. See http://www.anderston.ukpals.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderston and http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/finnieston.html |
Argyle St 2: undeveloped tenement and in Kevinhgaugh St, Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church |
More Argyle St, Finnieston end |
In town now; Anderston always seems to have fresh bits off it every time you visit |
Robert Biggar: one of Glasgow's best-known pawnshops |
Robertson St on the right |
Bilslands bakery was opened in 1885 and closed in the 1980s; back view of what's left |
St Vincent Crescent on left, Argyle St on right |
I think this belongs in Park district but I have also seen this bit described as the Anderston end of Sauchiehall St; boundaries are fluid. Royal Crescent on the right |
Royal Crescent was built in the 1840s - here is what it looked like then (horse and carriage long gone) - http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/aandf/plate11a.html |
The Gaelic School, reflecting the Henry Wood Hall - see http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/churches-working-and-converted-other.html |
Beside the school is Brechin St, where a smart new housing development by Glasgow West Housing Association (see www.gwha.org.uk) opened on 16 November 2010. One of the incoming tenants gave one of the best short speeches I have ever heard on leaving your old place behind ('I'm leaving the window open') and moving on. |
Burying a time capsule |
A quiet lane |
Sandyford Place Lane |
The Daily Record Building at Anderston Quay |
OOOPS - 9th pic down, 'St Vincent Crescent' should be 'Minerva St' - the Crescent actually starts just a bit up the street.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to Bobby McDougall for spotting it.