Tag: House History
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Our House
Not quite in the middle of the street but quite close to the end of the street and not far from the bollards that prevent heavy traffic using my road to access a factory at the far end of the road. The bollards were always a boundary line to which our children could go and…
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The Swinging Sixties
This is a continuation of my stories about the history of 7 Earlspark Avenue in Glasgow. It had nine owners but changed hands only seven times because it was inherited by a brother or a spouse. I and my wife are the seventh owners. This week I have come to the tail end of ownership…
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BE (Before Earlspark)
Before Earlspark Avenue there was nothing but arable land. It lay at the bottom of the Parish Road from Millbrae to Langside Village, on the south side of the River Cart. The Parish Road is now Millbrae Hill and of course, there is no longer a Langside Village. That is a completely redeveloped (twice) Battlefield…