Old Glasgow streets

[Jessie Lou]

Hi Trish, It's been awhile since you posted you initial post and I was intrigued that your post had the street address of where my grandfather was born in 1917 at 20 Thornhill Street, Glasgow. Would you know if this address was a hospital or a house? Looking forward to hearing your reply. Kind regards Jessie Lou

[Cammy]

20 Thornhill Street was a tenement building housing 12 families.  All the tenements are now gone but the street still exists as Thornhill Path.

Cammy

[RJ_Paton]

Hi Trish, It's been awhile since you posted you initial post and I was intrigued that your post had the street address of where my grandfather was born in 1917 at 20 Thornhill Street, Glasgow. Would you know if this address was a hospital or a house? Looking forward to hearing your reply. Kind regards Jessie Lou

Welcome to Rootschat ... as Cammy says that address in Thornhill Street was a tenement building (apartment block) - in any case hospital births at that time were a rarity with the most common place of birth being either at the mothers home address or at her parents.

[macberry]

Crail street is in parkhead G31.  There has been changes around there, but a good deal of the old buildings are still around.

[weenib]

Hi all, 94Drumover drive was my family home for 26 years.It was bought in 1957 by my dad and sold in 87,my parents then retiring to Australia.It was the manse for Barlinnie prison and had small stables in the back garden and accomodation for a ostler.I,ve met a few people who were married in our lounge room ,having been taken  from prison to be married.The manse for Parkhead Congregational church was across the road probably no 89.The reverend Dr Nelson Gray was living there when I was in my teens.I have been told that when Mary Stuart was going to the battle of Langside,she instructed her drummers to"" Drum over the hill "to let warn of her approach to Battlefield.No 68 was the first house built Hope this helps

[Jessie Lou]

Hi Trish, It's been awhile since you posted you initial post and I was intrigued that your post had the street address of where my grandfather was born in 1917 at 20 Thornhill Street, Glasgow. Would you know if this address was a hospital or a house? Looking forward to hearing your reply. Kind regards Jessie Lou

Welcome to Rootschat ... as Cammy says that address in Thornhill Street was a tenement building (apartment block) - in any case hospital births at that time were a rarity with the most common place of birth being either at the mothers home address or at her parents.

Belated thanks Falkyrn and Cammy, I’m pretty sure it was my grandfathers grandparents residence. This search is a challenge especially when I’m on the other side of the world 😞

[deebel]

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-streetschanged1.html

deebel

[Sutherland74]

Can anyone tell me where Gallowgate Street was in Glasgow?

[MonicaL]

Some details here https://canmore.org.uk/site/161785/glasgow-gallowgate-general

Added: See also www.rootschat.com/links/01nkw/  - link shrunk from google books.

Monica