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St.Mungo's
Academy the old school before its closure, taken
June 1973
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St.Mungo's Academy, Parson Street, Townhead, Glasgow
In 1973 the school was earmarked for demolition. A replacement, also
called St Mungo's, opened on Crownpoint Road in Bridgeton in 1977. |
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Photograph
sent in July 2004 by Glesga Pal Joe ............ St.
Mungo's an all boys selective secondary school, with over 500 pupils. St
Mungo's Academy had other school buildings in Duke St, Kennedy St and
Barony St. it was founded and ran by the charitable Marist brothers
order. A certain brother Walfrid was responsible for the formation
of Glasgow Celtic FC, for the purpose of the feeding and welfare of the
impoverished masses in Glasgow's east end. The Duke St. building was next
door to the infamous Great Eastern Hotel, a well known Glasgow doss-house.
The Molendinar burn openly ran round the back of the school, and the whiff
was unforgettable!!
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Parson Street in the 1960's |
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