London East End gangster twins Ronnie (right) and Reggie Kray pictured after spending 36 hours helping the police with their inquiry into the murder of George Cornell (Image: William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme.
This photograph of Kelmscott from 2014 shows how well preserved the villa has been over the last hundred-plus years. Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company.
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. Nearby you can find 'Inchgarvie', another large villa designed by Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers around the same time as 'Matheran'.
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
His design drawings were exhibited at the annual exhibition of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1875.
The opening service for the church building was held on May 19, 1878.
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
The site of the building was donated by Sir John Maxwell, along with an annuity of 100 in perpetuity to "the clergyman of the first Episcopal Church that should be built and consecrated on his lands or on lands adjacent to his."
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company.
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
The architect, John Nisbet, skilfully fused elements of the then fashionable Arts and Crafts style with the familiar Scots Baronial style to seen throught West Pollokshields. Pollokshields Burgh Hall, which was gifted to the district by Sir John Stirling Maxwell
From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company. Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
'Norwoodville' in Nithsdale Road is a typical Pollokshields style detached cream sandstone villa which has been converted for use as a mosque, known as 'Madrasa Taleem Ul Islam'.
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This photograph of the house was taken in 1905, just after its completion.
University bound tramcar at junction of Nithsdale Road and St Andrew's Drive
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Rowan and built in 1878
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified. Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
Architect, H.E. The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified. Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Rowan and built in 1878
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style. Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
The south (entrance) front has a large geometrical window above a row of trefoil-headed windows with stiff leaf capitals.
The depot of the Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Company had been situated in Tobago Street, Calton, close to Glasgow Green.
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Detached villa, built 1886, as part of later development in Avenues west of St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Doorway at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, flanked by carved figures
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Night time view of floodlit Sherbrooke Castle Hotel
St Ninian's was the south side's first Episcopal church, predating the much larger and grander St Margaret's in Newlands by half a century. It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
That's why we still have to work hard to get the message through that there is no future in being in a gang or acting like a hero.
It was built as an up-market tenemental area of large flats with facilities such as shops and schools, which were lacking in the garden suburb.
1905 view of tramcar on route from Gordon Street to Pollokshields
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
Remains of east window of Pollokshields Glencairn Church
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern. It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
1905 view of tramcar on route from Gordon Street to Pollokshields
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style.
The house was first occupied in 1882 and was in use as a synogogue from 1928 to 1984.
'Ardtornish' was designed by James Miller in an Anglified Arts & Crafts style, very different from his later Chicago inspired commercial architecture which graced Glasgow city centre in the inter-war years of the twentieth century.
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
It was built as an up-market tenemental area of large flats with facilities such as shops and schools, which were lacking in the garden suburb. First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
This description from 1841 of a train journey on the newly opened Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway describes the train passing under the bridge at Shields Road, then described as the road leading "from the Paisley road to Pollokshaws".
Detached villa, built 1886, as part of later development in Avenues west of St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields
It was formally opened on April 18th, 1903 and is currently used by Hutchesons Grammar School as the 'Fotheringay Centre', a theatre/ concert hall with ancillary accommodation for lectures and seminars.
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
Shields Cottage is shown at "L.Shiels" (for Laigh Shields), near where you would now find the junction of St Andrews Drive and Shields Road.
Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie. It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
The description of Shiels Cottage matches the house shown as "L.Shiels" in the earlier map.
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
It was built as an up-market tenemental area of large flats with facilities such as shops and schools, which were lacking in the garden suburb.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. The opening service for the church building was held on May 19, 1878. Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1905
16 Is . Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Illustration of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 1904
St Ninian's was the south side's first Episcopal church, predating the much larger and grander St Margaret's in Newlands by half a century. 'Inchgarvie' Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
The number of large villas was greatly expanded from the 1880's through to the completion of the planned suburb around 1910. Rowan, 1892
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style.
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983. Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style.
If you are lucky enough to find a development plot for a new house in the Conservation Area, Glasgow City Council will ensure that it is built in the style of the existing properties surrounding it.
Another factor in the decline of Asian gangs has been due to the various organisations catering for the Black and Minority Ethnic Communities.
Pollokshields.
The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive.
Pollokshields Heritage organise an annual lecture series held in the former Pollokshields Congregational Church, close to Maxwell Park Station. Rev.
Nearby you can find 'Inchgarvie', another large villa designed by Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers around the same time as 'Matheran'.
Former Pollokshields Free Church, designed by W.G. It was insisted upon that the villas of Pollokshields were all built to different plans.
There were also trees planted on the kerbsides of the broad avenues to add to the overall greenery and give some spectacular autumn colour.
The body of the church was was destroyed by fire in 1988, leaving the east window (below) as the last remaining part of the building.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Nisbet's exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1903.
Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
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First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
In fact, as a councillor he was besieged by locals demanding that he do something about the gangs. But the situation has changed.
Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
Communion Table at Pollokshields Parish Church, designed by William Gardner Rowan, 1912
East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road.
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Exhibition Drawing of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1903
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
1905 view of tramcar on route from Gordon Street to Pollokshields
pollokshields gangsters.
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
This description of a train journey passing through Pollokshields in 1852 gives an impression of the area before and after the development of the sandstone villas.
Rowan and built in 1878
Pollokshields Heritage organise an annual lecture series held in the former Pollokshields Congregational Church, close to Maxwell Park Station.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
Communion Table at Pollokshields Parish Church, designed by William Gardner Rowan, 1912
After the jury's verdict Mrs Donald stood outside the court surrounded by family and friends, and said simply : "Justice has been done.
The number of large villas was greatly expanded from the 1880's through to the completion of the planned suburb around 1910.
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
Pollokshields Glencairn Church was known as Trinity UP Church when it first opened in 1891. The number of large villas was greatly expanded from the 1880's through to the completion of the planned suburb around 1910. It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
Night time view of floodlit Sherbrooke Castle Hotel
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Remains of east window of Pollokshields Glencairn Church
St Ninian's was the south side's first Episcopal church, predating the much larger and grander St Margaret's in Newlands by half a century.
'Kelmscott' is an out-of-the ordinary villa situated in Springkell Avenue, close to the Sherbooke Castle Hotel.
Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G. St Ninian's was the south side's first Episcopal church, predating the much larger and grander St Margaret's in Newlands by half a century.
The church was designed by W. F. McGibbon and was built in 1882.
Pollokshields Glencairn Church was known as Trinity UP Church when it first opened in 1891.
'Matheran' is one of the largest and finest villas in the area, situated on a commanding site at the corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue.
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
Springkell Avenue faade of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 2014
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme.
Temple General Secretary Gurder Virhia outside damaged temple in Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow.
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
The church was designed by W. F. McGibbon and was built in 1882.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
All five men responsible for the murder of Kriss Donald are now behind bars..for a long time.
St Ninian's was the south side's first Episcopal church, predating the much larger and grander St Margaret's in Newlands by half a century. The site of the building was donated by Sir John Maxwell, along with an annuity of 100 in perpetuity to "the clergyman of the first Episcopal Church that should be built and consecrated on his lands or on lands adjacent to his."
This earliest part of Pollokshields was redeveloped in the late 1960's and early 1970's when the old houses were replaced with blocks of flats. 'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002.
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
The exhibition drawings of the two massive villas were displayed side-by-side at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904. Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Drawings of the ruins of Haggs Castle before restoration
Interior views of Pollokshields Parish Church
If you are lucky enough to find a development plot for a new house in the Conservation Area, Glasgow City Council will ensure that it is built in the style of the existing properties surrounding it. Springkell Avenue faade of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
As three men face life sentences for the murder of Glasgow teenager, Bob Wylie looks back on the long trail to justice.
It shows that the 'as-built' version was very close to that envisioned by the architect in the perspective drawing displayed two years earlier.
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
Rowan and built in 1878
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
St Ninian's Episcopal Church at the corner of Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road was designed by architect David Thomson (1831-1910), who was also responsible for many of the tenement blocks of East Pollokshields.
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This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Rowan and built in 1878
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
The exhibition drawings of the two massive villas were displayed side-by-side at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904.
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
The original horse tram depot at Copelawhill was built in stages from 1894 to the designs of W. Clark with trams garaged at ground level and stabling for the horses on the first floor. When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier. It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
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This photograph of Kelmscott from 2014 shows how well preserved the villa has been over the last hundred-plus years.
'Inchgarvie' Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern.
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company.
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
Communion Table at Pollokshields Parish Church, designed by William Gardner Rowan, 1912
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
He was with Kriss when Shahid and co attacked.
The site of the building was donated by Sir John Maxwell, along with an annuity of 100 in perpetuity to "the clergyman of the first Episcopal Church that should be built and consecrated on his lands or on lands adjacent to his."