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Sept.1960, Dalmarnock Power Station in the
background, photo looking north towards Bridgeton.
Tram No 26 crossing the River Clyde at Dalmarnock Bridge
heading for Burnside district.
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March 1960 at Springfield Rd crossover Tram No 30 from Blairdardie to
Dalmarnock and Tram No 1 heading for Scotstoun West.
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August 2003, Elspeth
Crosbie, Glasgow, Scotland
.....some tramcar photographs to add to the website....."
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Extract from e-mail,
Robert Montgomerie, Oct.2010
My grandfather was a great tram enthusiast. (His
grandfather’s house was in Eglinton St
in 1872 at the time of the first tram from St Geoges Cross to Eglinton Toll.)
My father was born at 266 Main St Bridgeton, a few
closes up from the Newhall Street
corner just before the Newhall Church. I was
looking at the picture of the No.1 tram at Parkhead Cross painted by William
Neilly, the Glesca artist whose
paintings of the trams I greatly admire.
My father left nothing about his few years at Bridgeton. I noticed that William
Neilly lived at Newhall Street and William has been a great help. I saw too the
photo of the No.1 tram terminus in Springfield Road on the GlescaPals web site.
I left Glasgow in my early thirties. But before then my birth, home, education,
courting, work, social occasions all had connections with the No.1 tram route as
does some of Glasgow’s important social and industrial history. It might be
good to create a ‘virtual’ journey of the No.1 tram.
I have enjoyed looking at the GlescaPals web site.
Regards, Robert Montgomerie
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Oct.2010, extract from email Glesca Artist
William Neilly
The first and last numbered Glesca tramcars, the number 1 and number
30, both
feature in my painting, "Saturday Night at Parkhead Cross - 1950's," The
description of my painting which can be viewed along with all my other work on
the
GlescaPals Message Board:
The number 1 tramcar had its terminus in Springfield Road, as shown on the
cross-over photograph.
The number 30 tramcar had its terminus in Dalmarnock Road
just past the Boundary Bar,
at Birkwood Street, and adjacent to the still standing and last remaining
tenement block, opposite Dalmarnock Power Station.
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coronation tramcar about to use the cross-over in Dalmarnock Road at
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You don't need to be a member of GlescaPals in order to view my paintings.
However, if you're not already a member, registration would be greatly
appreciated. It only takes a few minutes to register and not only does it give
you unlimited access to a wealth of knowledge and photographs of Glesca,
particularly the East End, but the opportunity to participate in one of the
best, if not the best, informative and entertaining message boards in the
world. Kind regards, Glesca Artist |
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the number 1
tramcar in Springfield Road,
just passing the junction with London Road and en route to Scotstoun
West.
"Glesca Artist's" old school, Riverside Senior Secondary, is located
on the left of the image just beyond Springfield Wire Works the
other tramcar.
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| Aug.2007 GlescaPal Jojax sent me this photo of the Horse Drawn
Tram on the route between Paisley Road and Parkhead.
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