CELEBRATING THE ORIGINAL, THE BIGGEST AND BEST-PRESERVED PLANNED GARDEN SUBURB IN THE UK SPRING 2011 HERITAGE ISSUE 60

POETRY in VISION ART IN THE SWIM! What are the iconic images that define ‘Fair Pollokshields’ today? A decade to the day after the Is it about the people? Is it a controversial closure of the Baths in particular place? What does Calder Street, the Friends of Pollokshields mean to you? Can Baths dived into the large pool – to you capture it on camera? hold an Art Auction...... “While all the beauties which surround this place Conducted by Gavin Strang of Auctioneers Are open to the sight, Lyon & Turnbull, with works donated by a host And in them many pleasures we may trace of established artists, the sale raised some To give our hearts delight.” £7K towards the regeneration of the building – wrote one Middlemass Brown, as the complex. final of his twelve stanzas on Phase One of the project – the refurbishment POLLOKSHIELDS, one of his odes, of the front suite of the Baths – will provide on the occasion of the 1901 International for its use by the Trust as well as by its Centre Exhibition at the time of our suburb’s 50th for Community Practice. anniversary. You can read the other (stylistically dated) verses on our website Funds raised to date total £200,000, with – www.pollokshieldsheritage.org the particular and continuing support and sponsorship of Professor Alan Pert & NORD Architecture at the forefront of the campaign.

The Trust’s Chairman Andrew Johnson, Auctioneer Gavin Strang, Curator Seth Orion- Schwaiger, Secretary Frances Diver and Treasurer Fatima Uygun huddle into one of the poolside cubicles. The main pool – flooded with discerning art lovers at the Auction on Saturday 19 March. In celebration of Pollokshields’ 160 years, we are mounting an exhibition of images past and present illustrating the history and This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on heritage of our garden suburb, its features, WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL at 7.30 p.m. with a reception from 7 p.m. at the changing lifestyles, and the people who've FOTHERINGAY CENTRE and at 8 p.m. a presentation by lived here, worked here, gone to school Professor ALAN DUNLOP FRIAS here. architect of the Hazelwood School for the sensory impaired in We welcome your contributions – please email your photos and comments to and previously, with responsibility for the reconstruction of Maxwell Park [email protected] by the Station. He is an established commentator on architecture, design and end of June. A selection of the images from social issues. Glasgow credits are the award-winning our photo exhibition will be reproduced as notelet / cards to be available later in the Sentinel building and the Radisson Hotel. year. ALL WELCOME Even if you don’t submit any photos to us, do please take a picture of your house, local greenspace and perhaps the street you live in, note the date and file it away with your Final Issue! see back page property documents and personal records! TERRA FIRMA GARDENS Susan Gallagher BA(Hons) Landscape Architecture 0141 429 6267/07985 070433 Visit our website at: www.terrafirmagardens.com Design Matters: has taken over ownership of some Pollokshields is host to Glasgow’s only additional 1033 properties from diplomatic presence – the GHA, 499 of them in the CONSULATE OF PAKISTAN – the Pollokshields. They include the ‘deck access’ flats along St other 24 being honorary consulates. Andrew’s Drive and Maxwell Drive. The stylish internal regeneration Within a five year time frame, six of the villa in Maxwell Drive of these blocks are to be includes floors of marble from demolished while others are being Pakistan and a variety of artifacts retained and refurbished and memorabilia, besides meantime, starting this year, with traditionally-restored reception a total budget of approximately rooms. £13m. The transfer also includes the post-WW2 blocks The State Emblem of Parkistan in Leslie Street and Kenmure shows the main crops – cotton, Street as well as the ‘mini multis’ tea, wheat and jute within a in St Andrew’s Drive, and the wreath of jasmine, the national A fine silk Pakistani wall hanging. properties in Maxwell Grove, flower. The Pakistan motto – Faith, A roundel with the Pakistan Gardens and Drive. The take-over Unity, Discipline – is at the bottom insignia hangs at the back of the trebles the SHA’s portfolio of and the National Flag at the top. hall. housing stock in the south of the city; and they will also take on the factoring arrangements for In the PRIVATE HOUSING sector, at the top 1% end, individual Clydesdale will also be the first most of it. investment reaches £5m, in both new-build and the substantial sporting venue in development of some of the largest villas. This is as high as capable of hosting both hockey anywhere in Scottish suburbs; but at the other end, comments and cricket matches at full property agents’ elder statesman, ROY SLATER, “With new- international level. starts in construction facing a new all-time low, we are building up a critical problem of ‘No New Homes’ in 2011-2015.” The public consultation about Housing development activity Cricket Club is upgrading its Park Management around Eglinton Toll now synthetic hockey pitch at its Plans and Park Development carried out at the end of 2010 Their new-build in St seems mothballed and there is ground to enthusiatically endorsed Andrew’s Road are now complete no significant investment in international standard this investigating the development of and all 30 units for rent have the public arena in summer, at a cost of more than a hydroelectric scheme using the been allocated. An additional 12 Pollokshields. The funding £250,000. The project is being redundant weir and lade of the units for shared equity sale are approved by the Scottish supported by a contribution of White Cart Water in Pollok Park. The restoration of the Old Stable also complete but these have sold government for the new Health £70,000 from sportscotland. quickly and only three currently Courtyard is also a potential Centre, together with the plans Included in the works will be remain unsold. aspiration. for a new school within the an irrigation system that The NAN McKAY HALL Pollokshields Community draws water from boreholes committee is now forging stronger Please note: Maxwell Park Campus, is inadequate to rather than the mains, to keep links with the SHA to create a deliver the integrated project. Station Booking Office is core partnership tackling issues the club’s carbon footprint as available as a small meeting of housing, isolation and low as possible. The first place or exhibition venue for deprivation – and the vital task of With the 2014 Commonwealth Scottish club to own its own community activities. Contact creating new premises. Games in its sights, Clydesdale water-based hockey pitch, [email protected]

Maxwell Square Enhancement Work is underway at the ‘square park’ to complete the final section of the upgrade designed and agreed several years ago. A central path is being introduced with an avenue of trees and a new centre feature. The £58,000 make-over also involves restructuring the entrances, additional seating, picnic benches to facilitate wheelchairs, new litter bins, a mature beech hedge and new planting. Meantime the LESLIE STREET GREENSPACES GROUP’s lighting design project has been stalled on account of maintenance issues and alternative proposals for new planting, resurfacing, boundary treatments and benches are being explored. And the EAST POLLOKSHIELDS QUAD GROUP has applied for permission to install specially-designed gates at either end of the adjacent lane between Kenmure Street and Street.

TWO FLOORS OF WE ARE FLOORING MOVING! INSPIRATION 15 ROAD ALL THE LEADING MUIREND MANUFACTURERS G44 3QR COME AND VISIT OUR SHOWROOM OR CALL 0141 637 5585 UNDER ONE ROOF Publications and Celebrations... “OLD POLLOKSHIELDS” We welcome this largely visual record of street scenes, lost buildings, THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS of and open spaces of Pollok our transport heritage, parks and public amenities, but alas the text Pollokshields defined our Country Park, and life and and captions are riddled with inaccuracies... So disappointing that the suburb and its amenity. The colour have reinvigorated the author made no effort to contact us in her researches, as the mistakes next fifty mostly held the line; shopping area with the could so easily have been avoided. We are happy to take responsibility the last sixty bear witness to establishment here of the for the errata published on our website www.pollokshieldsheritage.org considerable changes. largest Asian community in and would nonetheless encourage you to purchase ‘Old Pollokshields’ The era of the swimming baths Scotland; home deliveries are by Sandra Malcolm, pub. Stenlake @ £7.99 and enjoy a dip into and the Maxwell Park a returning feature, the scenes of bygone times. bandstand was already over overwhelming majority of our by the time the handsome public buildings are Jack Kernahan’s revised and ice rink was demolished to still extant; the Sherbooke expanded book on “THE make way for a supermarket Hotel, the Hall and our CIRCLE” is recently – resulting in the international arts centre at published – this time in stunning comprehensive variety of shops Tramway are all flourishing, hardback! The engrossing in Albert Drive, Maxwell Road property values are holding, tribulations of the men who and Nithsdale Road being with many of the post-war brought the railway to much diminished. Many of the conversions being reversed. Pollokshields and its subsequent conditions that uphold the We still have our railway lines development are engagingly told character and quality of our and our parks. Much of our in words, pictures and fascinating conservation areas have been valuable tree cover is being detail; a fabulous read for local flouted wittingly and unwittingly, retained or replaced, and residents and commuters as well in terms of both architectural thanks also to the original as historians, written by the ’60s materials and garden planning of our greenspaces teenager who spent much of his landscaping, from uPVC to and wide roads, our air is still time tending the former gardens monoblocking; the proliferation as fresh as in any urban and as an unofficial clerk, besides of street furniture in all its environment! Pollokshields is studying for his university degrees guises is commensurate with well placed to see out another by the fireside, at Maxwell Park the increase in motor transport. century and more – protection Pub. Lightmoor Press @ £22.50 Station! But we can still enjoy the of our environmental amenity Maxwell family’s legacy of may well depend on issues of “THE WITCHES OF POLLOK” – vivid historical fiction tranquility in the woodlands sustainability. with a gruesome insight into the religious bigotry, intolerance, torture and terror that persisted in the 17th century in our own neighbourhood. Haunting, In celebration we’re offering a GUIDED BUS TOUR harrowing – and cautionary... Its author is actress of our conservation areas, spotlighting features and playwright, Anne Downie, a regular visitor to of our built heritage on the following Sundays: , enthralled by the mystery surrounding Janet Douglas and Sir George Maxwell 5 June, 10 July, 14 August, 18 September. of Pollok. Pub. Capercaillie @ £8.99 departing Maxwell Park Station at 2.30 p.m.

POLLOKSHIELDS HERITAGE TRAILS Numbers are limited – places are free – donations invited! GCC’s Pollokshields Area Committee has now awarded funding towards the production of three pamphlets – two informing walks through the To book please contact neighbourhood and the third, uniquely, a craftsmen’s trail, with [email protected] information on the architects, builders and artisans responsible for the wealth of features of our conservation areas. The volume of archive material available resulted in the expansion of the substance of this project. Subject to the success of our main funding application to the National Lottery’s ‘Your Heritage’ Fund, we hope to publish this summer ARCHIVES and that the content will be available ultimately for inclusion on the City Council’s website. We are delighted to receive custody of the records of the Pollokshields Preservation and A further tribute to the heritage of Pollokshields is in the Development Association from pipeline. Funding is being sought to sponsor an local resident, Mrs Helen Millar. international cookbook celebrating the cultural mix that Her husband was one of the has contributed to life in Pollokshields from its earliest founders of this 1965 initiative to persuade our City Fathers to days, with the emphasis on healthy eating and locally- halt their plans to demolish Pollokshields in favour of denser housing. available produce, and engaging with local community Sufficient to say that within seven years Glasgow Corporation published groups. Anyone interested in supporting this project is its Preliminary Report on Conservation and the Conservation Areas of invited to contact [email protected] East and West Pollokshields were designated in 1973. An exhibition It is intended that the book will be delivered free to all charting the story of the PPDA will be on display at Maxwell Park Station households in the neighbourhood. later in the year.

Timber sash and casement specialists Based in Pollokshields www.gtwindows.com Pollokshields GROWING HERITAGE The Scottish Allotments and is in the process of being HOME HISTORY Gardens Society together with the reconstituted and all prospective Glasgow Allotments Forum have members are invited to a public STARTER KIT secured funding from the Heritage Lottery to research and record meeting on Monday 6 June at 7 pm If you are interested in the history of Glasgow’s 25 active in St Albert’s Primary School, Maxwell researching the house you live community garden sites. Both our in, our local historian, SHEILA New Victoria Gardens and the Drive. OGILVIE, recommends a visit South West Allotments in Pollok Community Councils have statutory representational rights with regard to the Glasgow Room in The Park are participating and would to development control, planning issues and licensing matters, making Mitchell Library. like to hear from anyone with oral known local views on local issues including traffic, bus services, litter, First access the annual GPO histories, photos or any documentary records that could anti-social behaviour and youth services, and they contribute to local Directories from 1876 – 1976 democracy. More information from the Community Councils’ Resource contribute to the project. More where all addresses are listed information at www.sags.org.uk Centre 0141 287 4723 and at www.communitycouncilsglasgow.org.uk in streets, householders are named and occupations are THE LAST WORD..... often traceable; work Meantime the Model Railway This issue concludes twenty Group will be opening up at backwards in ten year stages years of publishing this Maxwell Park Station with a and the first mention of your newsletter. Pollokshields Heritage has enjoyed the demonstration on Sunday 5 June address gives you an idea of the date of building. support of all the local from 1 till 4 p.m. community groups who have Valuation rolls are a worthwhile been active before and during TEA IN THE PARK route for information. These this period and we hope, well – our mini garden festival. records are from 1913 into the future. We particularly Sunday 5 June is the date for onwards. appreciate the loyalty of residents who have ensured this year’s event. Watch out locally Family details from old for details of activities and their the delivery of this Newsletter Censuses exist on microfiche throughout the neighbourhood locations – including the Leslie and the last Census of 1911 and throughout these decades, Street Greenspaces, East is now available online at and those who have advertised Pollokshields Quad, St Andrew’s www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk on its pages. But this is not Drive Corridor Flats and The goodbye – just farewell! New Hidden Gardens. Then enquire in the Archives life is being injected into our section, where you may be We will be piloting a PLANT website which will be the future There will also be teas and able to see the original plans resource for all information EXCHANGE SCHEME at the of your home. about Pollokshields Heritage. Booking Office at Maxwell Park homebaking in the Loggia at the back of the Burgh Hall – with Guidance on more advanced We look forward to your Station from 1 – 4 p.m. continuing support in the plants for sale : 1.30 – 5 p.m. researches is available on Guru Jack Kernahan will also be development of our website. all courtesy of THE FRIENDS OF our website. Please keep in touch! on hand, with copies of his book MAXWELL PARK. on “The Cathcart Circle” for sale and signing, and answering any queries about the railway line and Pollokshields The Friends are also organising a visit to HERITAGE Maxwell Park station in particular. THE SCOTTISH PLANT HUNTERS GARDEN in Pitlochry Charity registered in Scotland No. SC030101 MAXWELL PARK STATION – a mecca for plant enthusiasts, celebrating over OFFICE BEARERS 2009-2010 120 plant collectors of Scottish descent. CHAIRMAN NIALL MURPHY Their bus will depart Pollokshields Burgh Hall SECRETARY on Sunday 12 June JANET LAMB PO BOX 3754 GLASGOW G41 4YF at 9.30 a.m. returning around 5 p.m. [email protected] A limited number of places are available at £15 PLANNING CONVENOR HELEN BARNARD for the return travel. For more information and to TEL: 0141 423 1060 book please contact: TREASURER & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY HILARY STANGER [email protected] TEL: 0141 423 6595 [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITED BY KARIN CURRIE This session’s FOTHERINGAY LECTURES by Scottish Ballet’s Ashley TEL: 0141 427 0531 Page, on Glasgow’s Lost & Hidden Architecture by Carol Foreman, on [email protected] Digital Documentation by Doug Pritchard, on Charles Rennie Mackintosh DESIGN & LAYOUT SALTIRE GRAPHICS by Dr James Macaulay and on the regeneration plans for the Queen’s TEL: 0141 556 3722 / FAX: 0141 554 1621 Park bandstand by Dr Evelyn Silber have all been eye-openers. PRINTED BY SALTIRE PRINT Dr Silber together with Messrs Roger BROOK STREET STUDIOS, GLASGOW Millar, Iain Dyer, Niall Murphy, Roger TEL: 0141 554 4496 Guthrie & Jim Cuthbertson at our The Glasgow South Model Rail www.pollokshieldsheritage.org.uk March event. and Tram Group are now moving Our annual newsletter has been distributed in to the platform level premises Committee member Roger Millar free to 6,000 addresses throughout to establish their base there, is now arranging guest speakers Pollokshields, & . We are grateful for the advertising support that subject to electricity being installed for the forthcoming Oct – April makes our publication possible but do not and remedial work required as a series which will also be held at take any responsibility for the products or result of water penetration. The Fotheringay Centre. services advertised.

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