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Personal pages of the
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I was born at 80 Reid Street, Bridgeton 26
Dec.1953.
Then
whilst still very young the family moved to 202 Baltic St. |
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Linda & William McArthur
with baby cousin William Evans
taken 1960
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This picture was taken inside our single-end house
in the
close of 202 Baltic Street.
This was a tenement one apartment house in the close with an outside
toilet. The apartment had a bed recess which housed the family double
bed, the curtains in the background of this picture are covering the bed
recess. There was a walk-in cupboard called a scullery which housed
the cooker and we had a sink at the window. Being young children we
thought nothing of it and my memories are fond ones.
I attended Queen Mary St School then
Dalmarnock Primary School |
We then flitted and moved round the corner to no.74
Fairbairn Street, two-up.
This was the close between two shops, one a newsagent on the corner the
other shop a dairy.
Two houses on each of the landings.
Second storey was an elderly couple Mr & Mrs Lowrie who were our next
door neighbours.
Third landing was two families each with two girls the Rinn's who owned
the dairy in our close, their girls were Helen & Grace. Next door was
the Cartwrights there girls were June & Ann. Smashing neighbours
Our flat had an inside toilet, two bedrooms but no bath.. My sister and I
got a room each, the living room was the family area and housed a bed
recess for my Ma & Da, a scullery and a sink at the window which had a
gas geiser for hot water. |
| This was how the area looked then......Dalmarnock Rd.
looking north towards Bridgeton X |
photo courtesy of © Gordon
Adams |
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Fairbairn Street is the street over on the right at the billboard, top right of
the picture you can see
Ruby Street high rise flats, when I was at school Ruby Street was the
tramcar depot, no high rise flats then. I'm personally sorry the tenements weren't renovated.
The bottom rh corner the parked white car is outside Dalmarnock Congregational
Church.
The church is still there but no longer a Congregational Church.
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Comparison photograph of Dalmarnock Road
junction of Fairbairn Street,
looking north towards Bridgeton X
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Fairbairn Street
has been renamed
Fairbairn Path
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Church
Dalmarnock Rd.
jcn of Fairbairn
(Photo taken Feb 2002 )
I have many fond memories of this church. See
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I decided it was time to sort out my affairs.
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Get
a will organised
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Purchase
a burial lair
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