Woddrop Street Dalmarnock

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Photo taken from 17 Woddrop St looking towards Allan St. - 1960
Andrew D. McNair Hair Factory is shown in foreground with allotment gardens to right. Green’s Strathclyde “The Strathies” picture house is the white building in the background. (William's brother John Neilly was an Upholsterer and he used to collect hair from the Hair Factory so that he could use it in foot stools he made)

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Photo taken from 17 Woddrop St looking towards Birkwood St. - 1960
a view from number 17 Woddrop Street looking south towards Dalmarnock Bridge in 1960. The factories in the background are located on the Rutherglen side of the River Clyde in Downiebrae Road. (William Neilly's Da worked as a Bolt Forger in the Rivet, Nut & Bolt Co. in Downiebrae Road and each year they attended his work’s Christmas party). An electric generating sub-station is located opposite the red sandstone tenements at the top of the street and extends from the prefabs to the end of Woddrop Street which opens onto the River Clyde at Dalmarnock Bridge. Birkwood Street is on the right, past the Ford Anglia motor car and opposite the flat-topped lorry which is parked outside the Fitzsimmon family’s prefab.
The prefabs continued around into Dunclutha Street, on the left, where a disabled person’s blue coloured, three-wheeled, car is parked.

Woddrop Street backcourt 1967. Mrs Neilly with Bruce in the backcourt of 17 Woddrop Street. The “new” tenements forming the block with Woddrop Street are Allan Street (left), Ardenlea Street (top) and Dunclutha Street (right).
Note the kids and their parents having a picnic on the luxurious grassed backcourt.
Compare with some of the other backcourt photos on GlescaPals.

William's pride and joy, just washed,and parked outside No.17 Woddrop Street
Photo taken 1969

No.3 Woddrop Street - Photo taken 2000 from Allan St

No.17 Woddrop Street - Photo taken 2000
Prior to demoliton