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Rockvilla Primary School Dawsons Road / Possil
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Jan.2011
School
photograph sent to me by former pupil Campbell
Cain, Melbourne, Australia.
G'day., Doing research on a
pending visit to Glasgow, I just
discovered your site and I couldn't find
my school. It was Rockvilla Primary
School on the corner of Dawsons
Road and Possil Road.
As its name suggested it was
built on a huge rock, but the school
closed some years ago and it has now been
demolished ... although the rock still
stands. I've
attached a photo - of Rockvilla School
taken in the mid 70's
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Rockvilla Primary School on Dawson Road in
Hamiltonhill, 1970s. The school was designed
by John Honeyman and built between 1874 and
1877. Hamiltonhill existed only as a
farm until 1925, when a series of new
streets were laid out to the north in an
area previously known as Rockvilla. The new
houses built there were intended to
accommodate people who had lived in areas
such as Calton where slum clearance
programmes had been implemented. |
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Sadly how it looks now, 2010
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Jun.2021,
extract from email,
David
Henderson (Hendy)
I am looking for my
school photos I went to Rockvilla 1947-48 old
mrs
mc candlish was my first teacher in the baby
class as we called it my
other teacher was mrs valance till I left.
I lived in the old black
tenement on the possil road they called it the
vale they were my
happiest days we had the genie across the road
and the vale to play
fitba.
After they pulled the air raid shelters down not
to mention the
canal for a swim with the old jags football park
just along a bit was
firhill the Astoria picture house and the wee
magnet further on.
What a life talk a out spoilt for choice i do
hope you can find my
picture I was wearing a big tie belonging
to my dad you would spot it
a mile away I think I was about 7 or 8yrs I'm so
happy I found this
site all information welcome or if I can help in
any way.
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Donations
gratefully received towards the running
costs.
lifetime honour and timeless
photograph on the web
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