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Fairbairn Street,
Bridgeton 1935 weans |
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| Hugh, who emigrated to Australia
in 1955, stumbled across my old school
website by accident and sent me an
e-mail about himself, along with an old
Bridgeton chums photograph...... |
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3 Agnes
Gorman |
4 Ina
Wales |
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6 baby |
7 John
McKnight |
8 Hugh
Hendry |
9 Peter
Scott |
10 'Cody' |
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2 beret |
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6 hat |
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2 Nan
Casey |
3 Jean
Casey |
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5 George
Casey |
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7 Arthur
Hendry |
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This photograph was taken in the back court of
No.11 Fairbairn Street in 1935.
The window in the background is the Gorman
family's house.
Back row:
.. Provan, ? , ?, Agnes Gorman, Ina Wales,
? , John McKnight, Hugh Hendry, Peter Scott, ?
nickname Cody
Middle row: ? , ...McKnight,
....Gorman
I can't recall the rest of the names. Arthur
Hendry is holding "chums" card.
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John McKnight married Agnes Gorman
c1946 after John was demobbed from the Armour
Corps having served in Burma |
Fairbairn
Street
My memories of people who lived in Fairbairn
Street 1927 - 1939 are:-
No5 Joe Welsh whose mother lived at
No.45. Joe was a cousin to the McKnights.
The Scott family whose son Peter is in the
photograph also lived in this close.
No.11 third storey was the McIntyres,
later the McQuats, my family the Hendry's and
the Gatherals.
No.11 second storey was the McKnights
No.11 first storey was the McGhees and
the Provans family.
No 11 in the close was the Smiths later
to be occupied by my family, the house on the
right was the Gormans. |
| Hugh Hendry.
Australia |
Dec.2002. Extract from
e-mail, GlescaPal Peter
Scott, Canada
".....webmaster,
thanks for the help. I guess I just had a
mental block, either that or I didn't
have my specs on. I didn't realize that you
lived in Fairbairn St. In
1936 we moved from no.11 to the "pen" at No.
5. Even then I was
a bit of a snob and
moving to No.5 was "infra
dig"
Webmaister
: Peter have look at the photo above.....YOU
ARE IN IT
!!!
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Mar. 2011, Extract from
e-mail, Alice Verechia (nee Casey),
Australia
I was checking the Website and
came across a photo "Fairbairn
Street, Bridgeton 1935" and was
surprised to see my two sisters and my brother
and my cousins looking out at me.
My Sisters are the two wee girls at the
front with the berets and scarves my brother
is on the front row second from the left.
Nan & Jean & George Casey are cousins
of the Mcknights and the Welsh's.
My Gran was Helen Welsh who lived at 45
Fairbairn Street and my Uncle Joe and family
lived at 5 Fairbairn Street. My Uncle John who
was John McKnight Sen also lived in Fairbairn
St. The Casey's lived in
Springfield Rd but we had cousins called
Cunningham's who also stayed in Fairbairn
Street.
I now live in Australia but my Husbands
father came from Dunn Street but he was killed
WW11 his name was Peter Verechia.
It's a small world, I'll send you some photos
of ma Granny and ma Mammy and some documents
from Dalmarnock School and school photo from
Springfield Primary School around 1949. Thank-you
for a great read speak to you soon. Alice
Verechia
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July 2011, Extract from
e-mail, Jean Morgan, Glasgow.
Hi I've just come across
an image with my mother (Nan Casey), one of
her sisters (Jean Casey) and one of her
brothers (George Casey) as well as some of
their McKnight cousins on your site -
Fairbairn Street Chums 1936. Would it be
possible to have a copy of the image.
Regards, Jean Morgan
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Sept 2014, e-mail,
Jean Morgan, Age 47, Newmarket,
Canada
I am tracing the
family tree of my husband (Ed Welsh), and came
across your website. Ed's father, Eddie Welsh,
lived in Glasgow until the 1960's. We have
heard many stories of Fairbairn Street
from Ed's uncle (Ian McQuillan), and had the
opportunity to come to Glasgow this
summer!
Although the Fairbairn buildings have all
changed, it was great to visit the city and we
had a great time!
I would like to
inquire further regarding the Fairbairn
Street Chums photo, and the comments
provided by Hugh Hendry and Alice Verechia
(nee Casey).
Hugh writes "My
memories of the people who lived in Fairbairn
Street 1927-1939 are: No5 Joe Welsh whose
mother lived at No.45. Joe was a cousin of the
McKnights"
Alice writes "My Gran was Helen Welsh who
lived at 45 Fairbairn Street and my Uncle Joe
and family lived at 5 Fairbairn Street".
I have Joe Welsh's
army records indicating his home address was 5
Fairbairn St, his wife's name is E. Welsh, and
there is a telegram to H Welsh at 45 Fairbairn
dated Jan 23 1945 "Arrive Queen Street Eight
Bring Billie=Joe"
I would like to get
in touch with Alice, to find out more
information about the Welsh
family.
m.madams@hotmail.com
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