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Maxwell Park Station Correspondence Me again! Thank you for all the The empty shell of the station be brought back into use and the expressions both of appreciation building is now showing window openings at platform level for our 14 year run of newsletter considerable internal signs of reinstated to provide a series of publications – and also of dismay deterioration after six years of spaces attractive to a variety of that regular issues have ceased. ‘Behind the Scenes at Pollok inactivity. The substantial users.” But as the front page will Country Park’ – an Illustrated restoration of its exterior carried The property has also been confirm, there is no question of Pollokshields Talk by Tony Boyle, out in the late ’90s was effectively inspected by officers of the the society itself being defunct! SPRING 2006HERITAGE ISSUE 55 a holding operation. Considerable Glasgow Building Preservation Trust The committee of Pollokshields Manager of Pollok Estate. CELEBRATING THE BIGGEST AND BEST PRESERVED GARDEN SUBURB IN THE UK 8pm Thursday 20 April, at the interest has been expressed for and the City Council’s Senior Heritage will continue to engage Pollokshaws Burgh Hall in community use of the building in Conservation Officer, also with whatever relates to improving Pollokshaws Road. accordance with First ScotRail’s concerned about the ‘holding’ the conservation and amenity of ‘Adopt-a-Station’ Scheme, and aspect while supportive of the our neighbourhood, both locally Café open from 7pm. All subject to satisfactory upgrading. ultimate vision to ensure its and citywide. welcome. This will be no small task! productive use. An annual newsletter What are the big ideas? Funded by the GCC South Area Jack Kernahan, author of “The publication is envisaged – can we Committee and Pollokshields Cathcart Circle” and former local hope for a new managing editor, Heritage, a Condition Survey has resident is helping with our perchance? At this year’s Annual General Meeting – to be held on Monday 14 April at the been carried out by conservation researches. architect Fiona Sinclair, and Besides spending a great deal In the meantime Pollokshields Burgh Hall – find out about two major projects in the neighbourhood. President of the Glasgow Institute of time tending the platform plants a regular column A Guided Walk from Pollok of Architects: he “used to study for University appears on the House departing 1.30 p.m. to “This is a spectacular little exams in the Station Manager's monthly editions Holmwood House, Cathcart on building. Its current condition points room... lovely warmth from the of the new Sunday 14 May, led by natural up the importance of securing stove! We had a small railway community newspaper, G41 – historian Liz Parsons, along viable long-term uses for buildings museum in the SM’s room from available from local newsagents the 4 mile signposted route. if initial restoration funding is not 1966 to 1971... I'm really excited and 423 Shields Road –Ed. A free bus service returns to to be wasted. about a restoration of the interior... Pollok House. Phone Cart “The award-winning I spent the happiest days of my blanche 637 2129 to book. refurbishment in 2000, the careful life in that place!” Pollokshields work carried out to the exterior will Further investigations will be HERITAGE be to no avail if the interior is not required before we can proceed to OFFICE BEARERS 2005 - 2006 Loved & Lost... similarly restored and regularly a Feasibility Study. Watch this CHAIRMAN used. Ideally, the fireplaces should space! Pollokshields West DENISE GREAVES SECRETARY JANET LAMB Malcolm Fraser – lead designer of both the high profile extension to Tramway for Scottish Ballet and the distinctive large residential The Hidden Gardens P.O. BOX NO. 3754 GLASGOW G41 4YF development on the former NTL site on Maxwell Road – gives an Illustrated Talk: “MAKING CITIES CIVIL”. All welcome! PLANNING CONVENOR Reception: 7pm. AGM: 7.30pm. Illustrated Talk: 8pm. Work has been HELEN BARNARD progressing on TEL: 423 1060 Based in Edinburgh’s Old Town Malcolm Dancebase and the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Several committee places fall vacant this the new Fraser established his practice in 1993. They As well as several teaching posts, Malcolm year, including the Chair. Nomination forms community centre TREASURER & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY are recognised for making simple, modern Fraser writes extensively on architecture, has are available from the Secretary, Janet Lamb at The Hidden HILARY STANGER buildings that gain richness from a sense been appointed Deputy Chairman of Architecture on 424 0648. The meeting will also consider Gardens, NEWSLETTER EDITED BY of place and of belonging. Their projects and Design Scotland, and was voted Scottish some amendments to the constitution. providing a KARIN CURRIE include the Scottish Poetry Library, Architect of the year in 2002 and 2003. managerial office TEL: 427 0531 and workshop facilities to be DESIGN & LAYOUT Pollokshields Then – 1951. launched this DAVID KELLY DESIGN OFFICE Photo courtesy of the Scottish spring. Being Call 423 9126 or visit www.dkdo.co.uk Industrial Heritage Society. named The Boilerhouse, it’s built of Terregles Avenue, the recently PRINTED BY Strawberry Sunday within the original walls of the appointed Chair of The Hidden SALTIRE PRINT former Tram Depot’s boilerhouse. Gardens Trust and a trained BROOK STREET STUDIOS, GLASGOW Pollokshields Burgh Hall & Maxwell Park At the entrance, adjacent to the landscape architect, with Head TEL: 554 4496 / 556 3722 landmark chimney are Lesley Scott Gardener Allan Hannah. Sunday 4 June from 1pm www.pollokshields.demon.co.uk Attractions include: ‘Talking Heads’ puppet Shows ~ ‘Dr Bike’ clinic Horse and Dray rides ~ Cricket coaching ~ Junior football Charles Rennie Mackintosh Festival Our newsletter is distributed free to 6,000 addresses throughout Glasgow Wind Band ~ Snap Crackle & Pop rock’n’pop group ~ Art show An audience with James Watt RGI As part of Glasgow’s citywide glass, furniture and architecture of Pollokshields, Dumbreck & Strathbungo. Pollokshields for Posterity Baking ~ Books ~ Bric-a-brac ~ Plant sale ‘Mackintosh Festival 2006’, the the Mackintosh period and its legacy. We are very grateful for the advertising Glendale School pupils planted the final Strathclyde Group of the Architectural More information from Audrey support that makes the publication rowan tree in the new streetscape, and Heritage of Scotland Society is Gardner of the AHSS on 339 1205. possible but of course do not take any Strawberry Café and Tearoom by En Croute Catering responsibility for products or services beneath it a contemporary memento, with planning lectures in the Pollokshields Or visit the CRM Society’s website: advertised. P.7 pupil Taimur Atif reciting his prize-winning Co-ordinated by Pollokshields Liaison Group Burgh Hall on Sunday 3 September, http://www.crmsociety.com/mack poem “The Time Capsule” in its honour. Now – Need we say more... featuring experts on the stained intoshfestival.aspx.
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Public space, environmental action and artwork? The Garden Suburb evolution Design matters
Much of the greenspace across Researched by Niall Murphy and Sheila Ogilvie. the new railway and too much surrounding the area has been eroded over industrial activity, and by 1849 the 8th Sir John recent decades. Garden nursery Pollokshields was among the very first of the Maxwell concentrated on the green fields and in Woodrow Road – gone; earliest garden suburbs in existence, not just farmland south of the Paisley Canal, allotments in Maxwell Drive – nationally, but globally. commissioning the Edinburgh architect, David gone; several former villa The seminal book on the subject of the Anglo- Rhind, to draw up new plans for Pollokshields. gardens – flatted block American suburb was written by architects Robert These plans too were abandoned in favour of a developments; the Cunyan part Stern and John Massengale in 1981 and credits layout in greater harmony with the contours of of Ringwood – gone; and east of the accolade of the prototype for the Garden the land. Shields Road there have only Suburb to architect John Nash’s Blaise Hamlet, The first feu was granted in 1851 and ever been small pockets. a charming group of nine rustic cottages grouped thereafter building proceeded with tenements The anticipated development around a common green built outside Bristol in east and villas west of Shields Road. By c. 1854 of some 1500 new flats in the 1811. You could almost call it the first cul-de- Hugh MacDonald’s ‘Rambles Round Glasgow’ neighbourhood, from the Shields sac! described the houses built along St Andrew’s Road/St Andrew’s Road junction Nash is again credited with the oldest garden Drive and Maxwell Drive: “The picturesque little to the site of the old gasworks suburb tag for his more ambitious 1812 work village of Pollokshields has recently sprung into off Maxwell Drive and around at Regents Park in London. Part of this involved existence with a degree of rapidity which fairly the Eglinton Toll area, has the erection of 56 villas, in a range of styles from rivals the go-ahead Yankee system of town focussed attention on amenity neo classical to gothic, distributed in a picturesque development. This miniature community is space, involving such a dramatic Gable-end gap sites on Leslie Street, at Herriet Street, Keir Street and Forth Street manner around the park. Only eight were actually composed of elegant cottages and villas, each Cast iron railings were originally as much a increase in number of local built of which only two remain. Do eight villas having its own belt of garden-ground walled in, feature of the gardens of tenement buildings residents. neighbourhood. Other sites are Contact Hannah Clinch at Proposals for a constitute a suburb? Nash’s intent though is and tastefully planted in front with flowers and in Pollokshields as of the villas. Hedges were The three gable-end gap sites at the Nithsdale Road corners, The Radius Project on 418 0070 Community Art project without question and the precedent was set. shrubs, and in the rear with kitchen vegetables. rather an optional extra, until they effectively in Leslie Street are all original. the Darnley Street raised brick or [email protected]. initiated by RADIUS are Architect and town planner Decimus Burton The greatest variety of architectural taste, replaced them after the last World War when It is a curious fact that so much planters, at St Andrew’s *A thought: given that the on display at The worked on another ‘garden suburb’ in Royal moreover, seems to prevail in this rising suburban so many boundary walls were pointlessly and of the north side of this street Crescent and on St Andrew’s former Pollokshields Baths, the Lighthouse from Tunbridge Wells, dating from 1828; this only settlement. Some two score or so of houses regrettably stripped of their garden railings. remained undeveloped by Drive. Library, the two original school extended to 24 villas. Burton subsequently was are already erected or are in the process of Varying degrees of maintenance have 1900.* The Herriet Street site The local Environmental buildings and the electricity sub- 7 April – 18 May and a subsequently employed by a group of Glasgow erection, and scarcely two of them are similar in contributed to something of a hotch potch is being marginally upgraded Action group are engaging with station were in the vicinity of related film will be lawyers to create a new suburb at Kelvinside – design or construction.” (“Pollokshields Historical throughout the neighbourhood! – but an by the City Council’s Land the Council to evolve a long- Maxwell Square, could these shown at the Glasgow but only Kirklee, Kew and Grosvenor Terraces Guide and Heritage Walk”, by Ronald Smith.) increasing number of owners are introducing Services as part of an improved term strategy for the protection sites have been intended for other Science Centre during were built. Development continued incessantly until the end high quality steel gates and railings in styles maintenance initiative in the of local greenspace. amenity uses? – Ed. 7 – 27 April. While the tradition of building individually of the century, establishing the earliest surviving sympathetic to the original period of the designed houses around an existing park can planned garden suburb in the UK, and without houses. be traced back into the 17th and 18th centuries, doubt the largest! the creation of a complete entity had not been The only other recognised early garden suburb Glasgow’s first sheltered housing development achieved – or attempted? – before 1834, when is the Riverside suburb of Chicago; this dates How does your garden grow? the 7th Sir John Maxwell commissioned Peter from 1869, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, In 1972 there was nowhere in two fundamental objects – Geriatric Medicine (1965-79), Association’s role in the south McQuisten, a civil engineer from Pollokshaws, better known as the designer of New York’s Quite contrary, alas, in many cases in our Scotland catering for the frail housing provision for those who Sir Ferguson was keenly aware west of the city, and with over to provide plans for spacious streets, squares Central Park – this ‘marvel of architecture conservation areas... for ‘garden’ read but ambulant elderly, when the needed it, and preserving the of the gap in residential 600 houses the SHA now has a and crescents on the land he owned in Kinning integrated into nature’ – is considered by many ‘carpark’, all too often. Manicured lawns, newly-formed Pollokshields amenity of Pollokshields. provision between nursing home focus in a number of Park, intending the area to become a garden city to be the inspiration for the later English Garden flower beds, shrubs and pebbled pathways Housing Association would have Having a Pollokshields care and ‘amenity housing’ – i.e. neighbourhoods from Cardonald that would rival Regent’s Park! Only Pollok Street Suburb movement. have been usurped by hardstanding of the been glad of a precedent connection was a fundamental for those who didn’t need to Kingspark. But, says Director was built; it had the distinction of being the Although perhaps surprisingly Pollokshields monoblocked, tarmacadam’d or concrete concerning the architectural requirement for occupancy of medical attention but who did Patrick McGrath, “We retain a widest street in Glasgow – before being is not documented elsewhere, it can clearly claim varieties. Some of it wall-to-wall. Scotland issues involved! The late Chris one of the 22 flats created in the need a supportive environment strong focus on the Pollokshields demolished to accommodate the motorway. The global distinction as the first and enduring garden comes second highest in the UK’s areas K Fletcher provided the original overall development. in order to maintain their neighbourhood, committed to project was reputedly abandoned on account of suburb. that have mainly paved front gardens; locally inspiration for the extension of “We had something of a battle independence. He personally the development of amenities they are sadly on the increase. with the Scottish Office to be undertook the medical checks and services in our historic core.” The Royal Horticultural Society is allowed to provide flats that necessary for assessing suitable Maxwell Park pleading for better laws to protect gardens were all suitable for couples. residents. The distinguished and the environment; besides the increased Until then the assumption was ‘world authority on care of the The Council’s scheme is intended to bring risk of flooding and subsidence resulting that only widows, or at a stretch elderly’, Sir Ferguson Anderson Our special together all interested parties, park users, with from these parking areas, as well as a loss widowers, needed to be catered was accordingly awarded the St the local elected members to “improve the of dust-absorbing vegetation, property values for!” says Iain Dyer, one of the Mungo Prize in 1967. trees... quality of parks and ensure that the service is can be affected by the loss of garden founding members of the PHA; In the mid-eighties the working to meet the needs of park users”. An greenery. A recent study showed a 23 per “And even then there were quite Association grew in response to The Pollokshields Tree Trail is active group “can lobby support to develop the cent reduction in some cases. some problems trying to the need to refurbish tenements being established by the Radius park, raising funds for physical improvements The RHS has produced a leaflet, “Front accommodate their furniture.” along Pollokshaws Road to Project, working with The Hidden or organising local events and activities.” Around Gardens”, devising ways of mixing paving Original villa and rear extension. Another become the Southside Housing Gardens and Glasgow City 10 groups have already been set up in Glasgow with plants to create attractive gardens; southsider, Sir Association.While maintaining Council’s Countryside Ranger over the last year. limiting paving to two tracks for cars; the villa at 32 Newark Drive, Ferguson its Pollokshields headquarters, Service. Pollokshields Community Council has pledged Local Parks Development Officer, Stevie planting shrubs in dead spaces and to meet with conservation Anderson was it lost some of the community It will include a network of funding support for the setting up of a ‘Friends Grant, also informs that some funding can be dressing blank walls with climbers. requirements, and the also very much connections of those early years. 10 special trees planted in of Maxwell Park’ group, to collaborate with the available through the Council for start-up. An More information at: appropriate conversion of the involved. As the The break-up of the old City various locations around City Council’s Land Services department on the opportunity to participate will be available at http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/resear villa itself. world’s first-ever Council housing department led Pollokshields. maintenance and desired improvements to the the Strawberry Sunday in the Park on 4 June, ch/gardeningmatters/ The PHA was unique in its Chair of to an expansion of the Park’s amenity. when views and comments will be welcome!
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Much of the greenspace across Researched by Niall Murphy and Sheila Ogilvie. the new railway and too much surrounding the area has been eroded over industrial activity, and by 1849 the 8th Sir John recent decades. Garden nursery Pollokshields was among the very first of the Maxwell concentrated on the green fields and in Woodrow Road – gone; earliest garden suburbs in existence, not just farmland south of the Paisley Canal, allotments in Maxwell Drive – nationally, but globally. commissioning the Edinburgh architect, David gone; several former villa The seminal book on the subject of the Anglo- Rhind, to draw up new plans for Pollokshields. gardens – flatted block American suburb was written by architects Robert These plans too were abandoned in favour of a developments; the Cunyan part Stern and John Massengale in 1981 and credits layout in greater harmony with the contours of of Ringwood – gone; and east of the accolade of the prototype for the Garden the land. Shields Road there have only Suburb to architect John Nash’s Blaise Hamlet, The first feu was granted in 1851 and ever been small pockets. a charming group of nine rustic cottages grouped thereafter building proceeded with tenements The anticipated development around a common green built outside Bristol in east and villas west of Shields Road. By c. 1854 of some 1500 new flats in the 1811. You could almost call it the first cul-de- Hugh MacDonald’s ‘Rambles Round Glasgow’ neighbourhood, from the Shields sac! described the houses built along St Andrew’s Road/St Andrew’s Road junction Nash is again credited with the oldest garden Drive and Maxwell Drive: “The picturesque little to the site of the old gasworks suburb tag for his more ambitious 1812 work village of Pollokshields has recently sprung into off Maxwell Drive and around at Regents Park in London. Part of this involved existence with a degree of rapidity which fairly the Eglinton Toll area, has the erection of 56 villas, in a range of styles from rivals the go-ahead Yankee system of town focussed attention on amenity neo classical to gothic, distributed in a picturesque development. This miniature community is space, involving such a dramatic Gable-end gap sites on Leslie Street, at Herriet Street, Keir Street and Forth Street manner around the park. Only eight were actually composed of elegant cottages and villas, each Cast iron railings were originally as much a increase in number of local built of which only two remain. Do eight villas having its own belt of garden-ground walled in, feature of the gardens of tenement buildings residents. neighbourhood. Other sites are Contact Hannah Clinch at Proposals for a constitute a suburb? Nash’s intent though is and tastefully planted in front with flowers and in Pollokshields as of the villas. Hedges were The three gable-end gap sites at the Nithsdale Road corners, The Radius Project on 418 0070 Community Art project without question and the precedent was set. shrubs, and in the rear with kitchen vegetables. rather an optional extra, until they effectively in Leslie Street are all original. the Darnley Street raised brick or [email protected]. initiated by RADIUS are Architect and town planner Decimus Burton The greatest variety of architectural taste, replaced them after the last World War when It is a curious fact that so much planters, at St Andrew’s *A thought: given that the on display at The worked on another ‘garden suburb’ in Royal moreover, seems to prevail in this rising suburban so many boundary walls were pointlessly and of the north side of this street Crescent and on St Andrew’s former Pollokshields Baths, the Lighthouse from Tunbridge Wells, dating from 1828; this only settlement. Some two score or so of houses regrettably stripped of their garden railings. remained undeveloped by Drive. Library, the two original school extended to 24 villas. Burton subsequently was are already erected or are in the process of Varying degrees of maintenance have 1900.* The Herriet Street site The local Environmental buildings and the electricity sub- 7 April – 18 May and a subsequently employed by a group of Glasgow erection, and scarcely two of them are similar in contributed to something of a hotch potch is being marginally upgraded Action group are engaging with station were in the vicinity of related film will be lawyers to create a new suburb at Kelvinside – design or construction.” (“Pollokshields Historical throughout the neighbourhood! – but an by the City Council’s Land the Council to evolve a long- Maxwell Square, could these shown at the Glasgow but only Kirklee, Kew and Grosvenor Terraces Guide and Heritage Walk”, by Ronald Smith.) increasing number of owners are introducing Services as part of an improved term strategy for the protection sites have been intended for other Science Centre during were built. Development continued incessantly until the end high quality steel gates and railings in styles maintenance initiative in the of local greenspace. amenity uses? – Ed. 7 – 27 April. While the tradition of building individually of the century, establishing the earliest surviving sympathetic to the original period of the designed houses around an existing park can planned garden suburb in the UK, and without houses. be traced back into the 17th and 18th centuries, doubt the largest! the creation of a complete entity had not been The only other recognised early garden suburb Glasgow’s first sheltered housing development achieved – or attempted? – before 1834, when is the Riverside suburb of Chicago; this dates How does your garden grow? the 7th Sir John Maxwell commissioned Peter from 1869, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, In 1972 there was nowhere in two fundamental objects – Geriatric Medicine (1965-79), Association’s role in the south McQuisten, a civil engineer from Pollokshaws, better known as the designer of New York’s Quite contrary, alas, in many cases in our Scotland catering for the frail housing provision for those who Sir Ferguson was keenly aware west of the city, and with over to provide plans for spacious streets, squares Central Park – this ‘marvel of architecture conservation areas... for ‘garden’ read but ambulant elderly, when the needed it, and preserving the of the gap in residential 600 houses the SHA now has a and crescents on the land he owned in Kinning integrated into nature’ – is considered by many ‘carpark’, all too often. Manicured lawns, newly-formed Pollokshields amenity of Pollokshields. provision between nursing home focus in a number of Park, intending the area to become a garden city to be the inspiration for the later English Garden flower beds, shrubs and pebbled pathways Housing Association would have Having a Pollokshields care and ‘amenity housing’ – i.e. neighbourhoods from Cardonald that would rival Regent’s Park! Only Pollok Street Suburb movement. have been usurped by hardstanding of the been glad of a precedent connection was a fundamental for those who didn’t need to Kingspark. But, says Director was built; it had the distinction of being the Although perhaps surprisingly Pollokshields monoblocked, tarmacadam’d or concrete concerning the architectural requirement for occupancy of medical attention but who did Patrick McGrath, “We retain a widest street in Glasgow – before being is not documented elsewhere, it can clearly claim varieties. Some of it wall-to-wall. Scotland issues involved! The late Chris one of the 22 flats created in the need a supportive environment strong focus on the Pollokshields demolished to accommodate the motorway. The global distinction as the first and enduring garden comes second highest in the UK’s areas K Fletcher provided the original overall development. in order to maintain their neighbourhood, committed to project was reputedly abandoned on account of suburb. that have mainly paved front gardens; locally inspiration for the extension of “We had something of a battle independence. He personally the development of amenities they are sadly on the increase. with the Scottish Office to be undertook the medical checks and services in our historic core.” The Royal Horticultural Society is allowed to provide flats that necessary for assessing suitable Maxwell Park pleading for better laws to protect gardens were all suitable for couples. residents. The distinguished and the environment; besides the increased Until then the assumption was ‘world authority on care of the The Council’s scheme is intended to bring risk of flooding and subsidence resulting that only widows, or at a stretch elderly’, Sir Ferguson Anderson Our special together all interested parties, park users, with from these parking areas, as well as a loss widowers, needed to be catered was accordingly awarded the St the local elected members to “improve the of dust-absorbing vegetation, property values for!” says Iain Dyer, one of the Mungo Prize in 1967. trees... quality of parks and ensure that the service is can be affected by the loss of garden founding members of the PHA; In the mid-eighties the working to meet the needs of park users”. An greenery. A recent study showed a 23 per “And even then there were quite Association grew in response to The Pollokshields Tree Trail is active group “can lobby support to develop the cent reduction in some cases. some problems trying to the need to refurbish tenements being established by the Radius park, raising funds for physical improvements The RHS has produced a leaflet, “Front accommodate their furniture.” along Pollokshaws Road to Project, working with The Hidden or organising local events and activities.” Around Gardens”, devising ways of mixing paving Original villa and rear extension. Another become the Southside Housing Gardens and Glasgow City 10 groups have already been set up in Glasgow with plants to create attractive gardens; southsider, Sir Association.While maintaining Council’s Countryside Ranger over the last year. limiting paving to two tracks for cars; the villa at 32 Newark Drive, Ferguson its Pollokshields headquarters, Service. Pollokshields Community Council has pledged Local Parks Development Officer, Stevie planting shrubs in dead spaces and to meet with conservation Anderson was it lost some of the community It will include a network of funding support for the setting up of a ‘Friends Grant, also informs that some funding can be dressing blank walls with climbers. requirements, and the also very much connections of those early years. 10 special trees planted in of Maxwell Park’ group, to collaborate with the available through the Council for start-up. An More information at: appropriate conversion of the involved. As the The break-up of the old City various locations around City Council’s Land Services department on the opportunity to participate will be available at http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/resear villa itself. world’s first-ever Council housing department led Pollokshields. maintenance and desired improvements to the the Strawberry Sunday in the Park on 4 June, ch/gardeningmatters/ The PHA was unique in its Chair of to an expansion of the Park’s amenity. when views and comments will be welcome!
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Maxwell Park Station Correspondence Me again! Thank you for all the The empty shell of the station be brought back into use and the expressions both of appreciation building is now showing window openings at platform level for our 14 year run of newsletter considerable internal signs of reinstated to provide a series of publications – and also of dismay deterioration after six years of spaces attractive to a variety of that regular issues have ceased. ‘Behind the Scenes at Pollok inactivity. The substantial users.” But as the front page will Country Park’ – an Illustrated restoration of its exterior carried The property has also been confirm, there is no question of Pollokshields Talk by Tony Boyle, out in the late ’90s was effectively inspected by officers of the the society itself being defunct! SPRING 2006HERITAGE ISSUE 55 a holding operation. Considerable Glasgow Building Preservation Trust The committee of Pollokshields Manager of Pollok Estate. CELEBRATING THE BIGGEST AND BEST PRESERVED GARDEN SUBURB IN THE UK 8pm Thursday 20 April, at the interest has been expressed for and the City Council’s Senior Heritage will continue to engage Pollokshaws Burgh Hall in community use of the building in Conservation Officer, also with whatever relates to improving Pollokshaws Road. accordance with First ScotRail’s concerned about the ‘holding’ the conservation and amenity of ‘Adopt-a-Station’ Scheme, and aspect while supportive of the our neighbourhood, both locally Café open from 7pm. All subject to satisfactory upgrading. ultimate vision to ensure its and citywide. welcome. This will be no small task! productive use. An annual newsletter What are the big ideas? Funded by the GCC South Area Jack Kernahan, author of “The publication is envisaged – can we Committee and Pollokshields Cathcart Circle” and former local hope for a new managing editor, Heritage, a Condition Survey has resident is helping with our perchance? At this year’s Annual General Meeting – to be held on Monday 14 April at the been carried out by conservation researches. architect Fiona Sinclair, and Besides spending a great deal In the meantime Pollokshields Burgh Hall – find out about two major projects in the neighbourhood. President of the Glasgow Institute of time tending the platform plants a regular column A Guided Walk from Pollok of Architects: he “used to study for University appears on the House departing 1.30 p.m. to “This is a spectacular little exams in the Station Manager's monthly editions Holmwood House, Cathcart on building. Its current condition points room... lovely warmth from the of the new Sunday 14 May, led by natural up the importance of securing stove! We had a small railway community newspaper, G41 – historian Liz Parsons, along viable long-term uses for buildings museum in the SM’s room from available from local newsagents the 4 mile signposted route. if initial restoration funding is not 1966 to 1971... I'm really excited and 423 Shields Road –Ed. A free bus service returns to to be wasted. about a restoration of the interior... Pollok House. Phone Cart “The award-winning I spent the happiest days of my blanche 637 2129 to book. refurbishment in 2000, the careful life in that place!” Pollokshields work carried out to the exterior will Further investigations will be HERITAGE be to no avail if the interior is not required before we can proceed to OFFICE BEARERS 2005 - 2006 Loved & Lost... similarly restored and regularly a Feasibility Study. Watch this CHAIRMAN used. Ideally, the fireplaces should space! Pollokshields West DENISE GREAVES SECRETARY JANET LAMB Malcolm Fraser – lead designer of both the high profile extension to Tramway for Scottish Ballet and the distinctive large residential The Hidden Gardens P.O. BOX NO. 3754 GLASGOW G41 4YF development on the former NTL site on Maxwell Road – gives an Illustrated Talk: “MAKING CITIES CIVIL”. All welcome! PLANNING CONVENOR Reception: 7pm. AGM: 7.30pm. Illustrated Talk: 8pm. Work has been HELEN BARNARD progressing on TEL: 423 1060 Based in Edinburgh’s Old Town Malcolm Dancebase and the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Several committee places fall vacant this the new Fraser established his practice in 1993. They As well as several teaching posts, Malcolm year, including the Chair. Nomination forms community centre TREASURER & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY are recognised for making simple, modern Fraser writes extensively on architecture, has are available from the Secretary, Janet Lamb at The Hidden HILARY STANGER buildings that gain richness from a sense been appointed Deputy Chairman of Architecture on 424 0648. The meeting will also consider Gardens, NEWSLETTER EDITED BY of place and of belonging. Their projects and Design Scotland, and was voted Scottish some amendments to the constitution. providing a KARIN CURRIE include the Scottish Poetry Library, Architect of the year in 2002 and 2003. managerial office TEL: 427 0531 and workshop facilities to be DESIGN & LAYOUT Pollokshields Then – 1951. launched this DAVID KELLY DESIGN OFFICE Photo courtesy of the Scottish spring. Being Call 423 9126 or visit www.dkdo.co.uk Industrial Heritage Society. named The Boilerhouse, it’s built of Terregles Avenue, the recently PRINTED BY Strawberry Sunday within the original walls of the appointed Chair of The Hidden SALTIRE PRINT former Tram Depot’s boilerhouse. Gardens Trust and a trained BROOK STREET STUDIOS, GLASGOW Pollokshields Burgh Hall & Maxwell Park At the entrance, adjacent to the landscape architect, with Head TEL: 554 4496 / 556 3722 landmark chimney are Lesley Scott Gardener Allan Hannah. Sunday 4 June from 1pm www.pollokshields.demon.co.uk Attractions include: ‘Talking Heads’ puppet Shows ~ ‘Dr Bike’ clinic Horse and Dray rides ~ Cricket coaching ~ Junior football Charles Rennie Mackintosh Festival Our newsletter is distributed free to 6,000 addresses throughout Glasgow Wind Band ~ Snap Crackle & Pop rock’n’pop group ~ Art show An audience with James Watt RGI As part of Glasgow’s citywide glass, furniture and architecture of Pollokshields, Dumbreck & Strathbungo. Pollokshields for Posterity Baking ~ Books ~ Bric-a-brac ~ Plant sale ‘Mackintosh Festival 2006’, the the Mackintosh period and its legacy. We are very grateful for the advertising Glendale School pupils planted the final Strathclyde Group of the Architectural More information from Audrey support that makes the publication rowan tree in the new streetscape, and Heritage of Scotland Society is Gardner of the AHSS on 339 1205. possible but of course do not take any Strawberry Café and Tearoom by En Croute Catering responsibility for products or services beneath it a contemporary memento, with planning lectures in the Pollokshields Or visit the CRM Society’s website: advertised. P.7 pupil Taimur Atif reciting his prize-winning Co-ordinated by Pollokshields Liaison Group Burgh Hall on Sunday 3 September, http://www.crmsociety.com/mack poem “The Time Capsule” in its honour. Now – Need we say more... featuring experts on the stained intoshfestival.aspx.
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