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Dimairt - the photo of Queen's Cross is brilliant, thanks. I see the tramlines were still there then, and is that a trolley bus on Garscube Road? I enjoyed seeing your photos of Maryhill Road. Sorry to say, I couldn't work out which parts of the road they were taken, though one looked a bit like the corner of Trossachs Street. Thanks for offer of more photos - I would love to see the ones of the Blythswood and Seamore picture houses.
Flam - yes, the picture is Springbank Primary School. The area nearest to the camera was the boys' playground. The girls' playground was at the opposite end, in Hinshaw Street, where I lived.
Isa - I went to NKS from 1953 to 1957. There were two buildings then, the 'old' school at the top of Oban Drive and the 'new' school further down the hill. The playgrounds there were also segregated. The girls were at the top of the old school and at the bottom of the new one. One memory I have is that during the winter when we had to change classes, the girls got pelted with snowballs by the boys when walking down or up the hill. We used to make "slides" on the slope when the ground was icy, which was a lot of fun but ended up with more than a few broken bones. Sad to say, the entire school, including a third building built between the other two, have now been demolished. I passed it a few months ago, while on holiday from NZ. Presumably, the area will be used for housing but the memories of school life will linger on.
Kind regards to all
Betty
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Hinshaw Street, Life in Maryhill in the 40's & 50's
17th Aug 2005, 10:35am
