TheGlasgowStory tells the story of Glasgow in words and pictures, told by some of Scotland's best writers, and illustrated with thousands of images from the collections of the city's world-famous libraries, museums and universities. From football to fashions, Auchenshuggle to Yoker, you'll find it all here.
TheGlasgowStory tells the story of Glasgow in words and pictures, told by some of Scotland's best writers, and illustrated with thousands of images from the collections of the city's world-famous libraries, museums and universities. From football to fashions, Auchenshuggle to Yoker, you'll find it all here.
Children playing in a puddle in the Gorbals, a slum distict of...
Children playing in a puddle in the Gorbals, a slum distict of Glasgow with graffiti on the walls and muddy pools and rubbish littering the back yards. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The...
Tenement Back Court with wash house, Glasgow, Scotland - Each wife in the building had a 'wash day' when they could use the wash house (not all did, as if you were a little better off (or were thrifty) you could send your washing to the laundry. Big job - had to light a fire (and keep it lit) under the boiler and wait for it to heat and boil your clothes in it then hang them out after reboiling more water to rinse them. People nowadays don't realize how much work it was to live back then.
Old Photograph Boys Outside Tenement House Glasgow Scotland
Old photograph of boys outside a tenement house in Glasgow, Scotland. A tenement was a substandard multi family dwelling in the urban core of the city, usually old and occupied by the poor. Tenements made up a large percentage of the housing stock of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Glasgow tenements were built to provide high density housing for the large number of people immigrating to the city in the 19th and early 20th century as a result of the Industrial Revolution, when the city's population…
