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Tram Depot |
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June 2002, Extract from e-mail, Tom Taylor, Aberdeen,
Scotland
"This is a photograph of the Ruby Street of my young days, and has
already brought back a flood of memories.
It's the site I saw from my
bedroom window for the first 12 years of my life......
a great photograph".
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Ruby Street taken from Dalmarnock Road This is one of my favourite photographs !
See the tramcar depot over
on the left. The steamie was across from it.
The corner hardware shop was owned by Mr.Crann, his son John Crann, who was
a pupil at Dalmarnock Primary, was in the year below me and was the Dux of
the school in 1966. The zebra crossing took you over to Dale
Street.
The Ruby Street depot was built in 1893 when all the city's trams were
horse-drawn, and could accommodate over 300 horses. It was adapted as a
car depot when the system was electrified a process completed in 1902.
It was pulled down in 1967..........
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This painting was done by GlescaPal 'Glesca
Artist'
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Dalmarnock Road looking into Ruby
Street
The low building halfway up the street was 'the steamie' which was
opposite the tram depot.
My mammy did her big washings there and there was also an area of
cubicles which housed rows of baths.
As the houses in this area only had outside or inside toilets but no
baths, this was where we went to get a bath |
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Dalmarnock Road looking into Ruby
Street
This was the area I was brought up and these old photos evoke many
memories, up to the right is
Dalmarnock Congregational Church in Fairbairn Street, I lived
two-up at number 74 Fairbairn Street |
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Ruby Street at Dalmarnock
Road .
Ruby Street taken from roughly same spot as the old
photograph above.........
Tenements, Tramcar depot, the steamie all gone. High
rise flats now dominate and Ruby Street at this junction is now just
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RUBY STREET weans
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4th May 2002 Extract from e-mail, Tom Taylor, (email tba
) Aberdeen, Scotland
"I lived in Ruby St, opposite
the tram depot
Most of my time at Dalmarnock was during the war I played football for the
school under Mr French and always remember marching into class four
abreast to a teacher playing a marching tune on the piano at the top of
the stairs. enjoyed my time at Dalmarnock school."
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July 2002 Extract from e-mail, Peter Sheilds Scott, (email tba
) England,
"I'm going to raid everyones old photos, by the
way, that photo of Dalmarnock Road & Ruby St, the old metropolitian car
across from the tram was my stepdads . Our family had the four houses
above Marrownelly,s Cafe just on the left of the car. I've never seen this
photo before"
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March 2003 Extract from e-mail, Chris
MacKenzie (nee Pritchard), (age 71-80), Glasgow, Scotland
"...brings back a lot of memories. I was born at 48 Ruby Street
and lived at 70 Ruby Street until I was married in 1951. then I
lived at 11 Cornfield Street until I went to the USA in 1962. I
returned to Glasgow in 1988.
Thanks again for great site, enjoying memory
lane. and the message board."
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June 2003 Extract
from guestbook,
Geraldine Clarkson (nee White) Australia
(age 51-60)
(email tba
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"Last
time I visited your website I told you I had the original Ruby St. sign
and I was really blown
away this time with the photograph of Ruby St., it brought back so many
memories. I left there 1952, age 6 and don't really remember too much
except we lived in No. 48, top flat and down stairs neighbours were Mary
and Tom (cannot remember surname, could have been McKay). I called them
Mamie and wee Daddy as they were little people and I loved them dearly. My
parents, Richard and Betty White had a business and this couple looked
after me from time to time. My parents told me they used to put me in my
pram across the road right outside the office of the tram depot where they
could watch me and the workers all knew me. This is not something that
could be done today but back then I was very safe. I was wondering if
anyone can remember me, my parents or Mary and Tommy?"
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