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Glesga
Folk 11
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Glesga backcourt feast yer eyes! ...... the
open overflowing middens, big puddles, the washing hingin' oot and the
neighbours sittin' roon the back wi' the weans in the prams hivving a
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Fairbairn Street,
Bridgeton 1935
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Hugh, who emigrated to Australia in 1955, stumbled across
my old school website by accident
and sent me an e-mail about himself, along with an old Bridgeton chums photograph......
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This photograph was taken in the back court of No.11 Fairbairn Street in 1935.
The window in the background is the Gorman family's house.
Back row:
.. Provan, ? , ?, Agnes Gorman, Ina Wales, ? , John McKnight, Hugh
Hendry, Peter Scott, ? nickname Cody
Middle row: ? , ...McKnight, ....Gorman
I can't recall the rest of the names. Arthur Hendry is holding
"chums" card.
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John McKnight married Agnes Gorman around 1946 after John was demobbed
from the Armour Corps having served in Burma. |
Fairbairn Street
My memories of people who lived in Fairbairn Street 1927 - 1939 are:-
No5 Joe Welsh whose mother lived at No.45. Joe was a cousin to
the McKnights.
The Scott family whose son Peter is in the photograph also lived in
this close.
No.11 third storey was the McIntyres, later the McQuats, my family
the Hendry's and the Gatherals.
No.11 second storey was the McKnights
No.11 first storey was the McGhees and the Provans family.
No 11 in the close was the Smiths later to be occupied by my
family, the house on the right was the Gormans. |
Extract from e-mail, Dec.2002, Peter
Scott, Canada
".....webmaster,
thanks for the help. I guess I just had a mental block, either that or I didn't
have my specs on. I didn't realize that you lived in Fairbairn St. In
1936 we moved from no.11 to the "pen" at No. 5. Even then I was
a bit of a snob and
moving to No.5 was "infra
dig"
Webmaister
: Peter have look at the photo above.....YOU ARE IN IT !!!
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May 2002. Bridgeton FriendsReunited thanks to my old school website ! click
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