Stop 1 Stop 2 Stop 3 Parkhead Parkhead PARKHEAD Forge Savings Bank and Westmuir 1456 Gallowgate (Category B-Listed) Economical The Glasgow Savings Bank was founded to encourage Society 64 West Muir the poor to save money. Street This branch was built in 1908 to a design by the This tenement was built Parkhead Forge was founded in 1837. William architect John Keppie. byCooperative Glasgow Eastern Society in Beardmore & Co. Ltd was established in Interestingly, some of the 1915. It’s predecessor was 1886. By 1896 the works were the largest drawings were signed by the Parkhead and steelworks in and 20,000 people famous Glasgow architect Westmuir Economical were employed there at its peak. Parkhead Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society. The society Forge had a brass band, rifle range, who worked with Keppie. was formed to work for the swimming club, choir and dramatic society, However, there’s no common good, and a shop all run for the benefit of the workers. evidence that he actually offered members food at The Parkhead Forge closed in 1976. contributed to the design. cost price. What is on the site now? The corner tower at the front of the Can you find the crest of the Parkhead and building has a dome on the top. Westmuir Society on the building? What colour is it? What year was it formed?

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Completed in 1906, this is one of the ‘Carnegie Bowler s Rest Washhouse (Category B-Listed) Libraries’. Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish This former weaver’s cottage is the oldest surviving American industrialist who donated £100,000 for building in Parkhead and looks a bit out of place Before washing the establishment of libraries throughout Glasgow. amongst the tenements. It has been used as a pub machines, laundry had This one had 8,500 books available to borrow. since the early 1800s. It was known as the Bowler’s to be done by hand in There is a sculpture of an angel on top of the building. Rest because Parkhead Bowling Green was located to public washhouses like the rear of the property. You could enjoy a drink whilst this one. It was a good Celtic Football Club was founded in 1887 by the Irish What is the angel holding in their hands? playing bowls until the 1880s, when local authorities opportunity for women priest, Brother Walfrid. They moved to their current put an end to this practice. to get together and site in 1892. The new ground proved popular, with have a gossip, and even What is this pub called now? one fan saying it was like moving from ‘the graveyard inspired a musical play to Paradise’. The phrase stuck, with the ground still by Tony Roper called affectionately called ‘Paradise’. ‘The Steamie’. There are several statues outside the stadium. As lots of people didn’t have a bathroom in their home, Who are they of? this facility also provided hot baths. Those using the baths had to pay a small charge to cover the use of the facilities, towels and soap. The city crest can be seen in the central bay at first floor level. Can you make out what the motto says? 1 Tenement 2-40 Westmuir Street and 1-45 Tollcross PARKHEAD Road (Category C-Listed) The first floor flat used to be the dental practice of Julius Green. Captured by the Germans in World War II, he was held in Colditz Castle, from where he sent coded messages through his wife to MI9 providing Former Parkhead Public School, military intelligence. 135 Westmuir Street (Category B-Listed) Site of A.G. Barr The original part of the school was built in 1868. In Producer of the 1872 The Education Act made school attendance iconic Irn-Bru. G compulsory for all children aged 5-11, which meant allo The drink was wg more space was needed and an east wing was built ate first made in in 1878. The school has been restored as part of the 1901, and was Parkhead Cross Townscape Heritage Initiative. marketed as ‘an invigorating and refreshing tonic beverage’. Irn Bru Eastern Necropolis is still the most uir St Westm (Category B-Listed) popular soft drink There are over 19,000 in Scotland. people buried in the 3 cemetery, including casualties from both 2 World Wars, members 5 of Glasgow’s Jewish Former site of community and many the Parkhead carnival and show Picture Palace, 4 people who had lived in 49 Tollcross Road 6 the nearby Vinegarhill Before television, Showground. people in Glasgow went to the cinema a lot. This one, known T ol lcr y as ‘The 3Ps’, had Ja os a s ne 1,250 seats! R w 7 fi d e e t ld a S G t

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