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The former premises ceased to be a bank was thereafter known as the "Old Ship Bank". The new building was demolished in the 1960s to create Marks & Spencer Department Store. [5] In 1836 the bank merged with the Glasgow Bank Company (est. 1809) to create the Glasgow and Ship Bank. The then manager of the Ship Bank, Michael Rowand, retired at the ...
St Paul's High School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland.It was built on the site of, and using some buildings from, the former Craigbank Secondary School, to replace the previous Catholic school in the area, Bellarmine Secondary (the Silverburn Centre is now at its location), opening with its new identity in 2002.
The second son of photographer Thomas Annan, James Craig Annan was born at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 8 March 1864.He was educated at Hamilton Academy [1] before studying chemistry and natural philosophy at Anderson's College, Glasgow (later to merge to become the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College; later again, the Royal College of Science and Technology, and ...
Dennistoun (/ ˈ d ɛ n ɪ s t ə n /) is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometres) east of the city centre. Since 2017 it has formed the core of a Dennistoun ward under Glasgow City Council, having previously been a component of the ...
Trongate with Tron kirk steeple on left, viewing west The Trongate 1889. Trongate is one of the oldest streets in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.Trongate begins at Glasgow Cross, where the steeple of the old Glasgow Tolbooth is situated, being the original centre of medieval Glasgow, and goes westward changing its name to Argyle Street at Glassford Street.
The building was originally used as Glasgow's fish market until the late 1970s. [5] It was then converted into a shopping centre during the 1980s – this proved to be a temporary venture. In the 21st century it was converted into artists studios which opened to the public in August 2010. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The area was the scene of a tragedy in 1994 when a double-decker bus carrying a group of Girl Guides from the city's Drumchapel district crashed into one of the low rail bridges crossing West Street immediately adjacent to the subway station (the driver was unfamiliar with the route and was being led by a guide leader in a car); two 10-year-old ...
Scotstoun (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Sgotaich) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre.It is bounded by Garscadden and Yoker to the west, Victoria Park, Jordanhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde (and Braehead beyond) to the south.