Education and Housing
The population of Shettleston doubled between 1890 and 1910. The area's expanding industry meant that housing had to be built. Instead of small thatched cottages, rows of tenements had to be built, of blonde and red sandstone. Slum clearance houses were built around Pettigrew Street between the wars to house people from places such as the Gorbals. This area became known as the 'Bowery'. Nowadays the Shettleston Housing Association are opening pioneering housing developments in the area.
Education is a theme close to Shettlestonians' hearts. We had 2 schools chosen to be part of the heritage trail. Read more about them here:
Education is a theme close to Shettlestonians' hearts. We had 2 schools chosen to be part of the heritage trail. Read more about them here:
HOUSES IN SHETTLESTON AND THE WASH-HOUSE
By Michelle
In 1953 and before that houses in Shettleston wasn't fancy, in fact a lot of them didn't have indoor toilets, bathrooms and hot water. As for washing machines they weren't heard of inside the houses.
Wives took their men's working clothes and their other washing to the Steamie in Elvan Street where they would get a ticket and do their washing in tubs, big sinks and a small side boiler. They would wash the whites and put them in the boiler then they would wash their men's work clothes which they scrubbed with a scrubber on a washboard. Once the whites were done they were put in the spin dryer before hung on drying racks.
After that the women would pair up to fold the clothes to be put through the mangle before packing them into prams or whatever they used to bring their washing from their homes to the Steamie.
By Michelle
In 1953 and before that houses in Shettleston wasn't fancy, in fact a lot of them didn't have indoor toilets, bathrooms and hot water. As for washing machines they weren't heard of inside the houses.
Wives took their men's working clothes and their other washing to the Steamie in Elvan Street where they would get a ticket and do their washing in tubs, big sinks and a small side boiler. They would wash the whites and put them in the boiler then they would wash their men's work clothes which they scrubbed with a scrubber on a washboard. Once the whites were done they were put in the spin dryer before hung on drying racks.
After that the women would pair up to fold the clothes to be put through the mangle before packing them into prams or whatever they used to bring their washing from their homes to the Steamie.
Houses on Old Shettleston Road
There used to be many thatched roofed cottages on Old Shettleston Road. They are quite typical of weavers cottages, and we know Shettleston was a centre for weaving in the 18th and 19th Century.
There used to be many thatched roofed cottages on Old Shettleston Road. They are quite typical of weavers cottages, and we know Shettleston was a centre for weaving in the 18th and 19th Century.
Honeymoon Terrace
Honeymoon Terrace was thought to be so-called because the flats were small and only big enough for newly wed couples to live in. However, the real reason it's called that is because the architect who designed the tenements was John Honeyman (click on this for a biography) who worked with Charles Rennie MacKintosh.
Honeymoon Terrace was thought to be so-called because the flats were small and only big enough for newly wed couples to live in. However, the real reason it's called that is because the architect who designed the tenements was John Honeyman (click on this for a biography) who worked with Charles Rennie MacKintosh.
Education
The first edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed in 1858 is a good place to look for early schools. One of them (Eastmuir school) is marked on the map just opposite the old graveyard. You can see the house has been painted and plastered but some of the old stonework can be seen peeping through on the NW corner! Go and have a look for yourself. The school which replaced this one was built in 1863 in the same location that Eastbank Primary is today. However, only 30 years later it proved too small for the expanding population and they had to built Eastbank Academy...
Eastbank Secondary School
This school was opened in 1894, and in the beginning was christened Scott's Folly because the locals thought it was a bit pretentious for their neighbourhood.
(Michelle)
These below pictures are of a beautiful red sandstone building which can be seen on the opposite side of Academy Street from the above building. It was built in the first decade of the 1900s as the primary department, since Eastbank Academy had already got too small!
Playground and Street Games
Street games were popular with Shettleston children throughout the last century. Before the days of many motorcars, children would play on the streets.
Common games included Beds/Peever (hopscotch); Booles (marbles); Doublers (a ball game where the ball is thrown against the wall); Hunch Cuddy Hunch; Skipping with ropes; Kick the Can...the list goes on!
Shettleston even had a "Play Street" which features on the Heritage Trail - Denbeck Street was closed to traffic in the 1950s as this image shows
Street games were popular with Shettleston children throughout the last century. Before the days of many motorcars, children would play on the streets.
Common games included Beds/Peever (hopscotch); Booles (marbles); Doublers (a ball game where the ball is thrown against the wall); Hunch Cuddy Hunch; Skipping with ropes; Kick the Can...the list goes on!
Shettleston even had a "Play Street" which features on the Heritage Trail - Denbeck Street was closed to traffic in the 1950s as this image shows
This video is a film of Eastbank Primary pupils from P5/6 learning playground games of the past. Members of the Edrom Path Lunch club and Shettleston History project told us their memories of games they played when they were younger. The singing you can hear is Isabella from Edrom Path who's singing songs of her childhood in Shettleston.
The below image gallery is of photos taken by Cate Gillon during the filming. Big thanks to Mr. Miller and his class for all their involvement and enthusiasm for this project!
The below image gallery is of photos taken by Cate Gillon during the filming. Big thanks to Mr. Miller and his class for all their involvement and enthusiasm for this project!