Kinning Park question

[Currie]

Hello Kenneth,

I didn’t realise house numbering could be such an interesting subject. Here’s something from a Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering

“This approach – numbering all plots on one side of a street consecutively, continuing clockwise back down on the opposite side of the street – still exists, for example in Pall Mall, culs-de-sac, streets with buildings only on one side, some new towns, and in many Welsh villages. For instance, 10 Downing Street, the official home of the First Lord of the Treasury (usually the Prime Minister), is next door to 11 Downing Street, the home of the Second Lord of the Treasury (usually the Chancellor of the Exchequer). Houses which surround squares are usually numbered consecutively clockwise. Consecutive numbering is also used in some cases where only one side of the road is built up, as in Crayfield Road, Levenshulme, whose southern side is a former railway (now a cycle track).”

Alan

[kennethm]

Hi Carol,

Just to say that I've posted a better photo of the cottage at 14 Polnoon Street on Geograph at:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1871177

It'll appear as soon as the picture has been modified. The cottage is beside Coo Lane.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484274

Hope you enjoy the picture.

Ken

Kenneth,

A million thanks!!! Your pictures are terrific! That one is so clear that it feels like I'm right there. I bet that sidewalk is a challenge in the winter though!

Carol

[speleobat2]

Thanks Ken! Another terrific picture!

It looks like a very nice house. It's hard for me to imagine living there right on the street because I've always lived out in the country. Right now my husband is having second thoughts about that. He had to cut up a very large pine that the windstorms last week blew over so that it was hanging over our driveway.

Thanks again!

Carol

[ladyK]

Bear with me I'm new at this! Looking for information on my Grandmother's family surname Smith. Her name was Kate Ainslie Smith and I believe she lived at 89 Plantation Street in Glasgow. married George Neysmith Ferguson Dec 21/20 at Hutchesontown, Glasgow and probably not long after moved to 109 Paisley Road West. One daughter born at Plantation St (my Mother - Kate Ainslie Ferguson - Nov 15/21) and one son (Hamish Ferguson 5 years later born at Paisley Road. I understand she died in 1937 (?) My mother never talked much about her family but I know there was her Aunt "Min" (may Marion or Mirium) Uncle Willie who was a seaman, Aunt Mary (who married a George Bannister and lived in New York) and possibly an Aunt Jean. Maybe more but so far those are the names I have of my grandmother's family. It appears that Kate A. Smith's parents owned a restaurant somewhere in Glasgow I believe. My mother went to Bellahouston Academy and I am guessing mid-late 30's , joined the war in early years, met and married my father (John A. L.Langston) in 1940 and left Glasgow in March 1945 to come to Winnipeg Manitoba (Candada) where my father was from. I have a brother (George Ferguson who was born in March 43 at Paisley Rd and a brother (John Langston ) born in May 44 also at Paisley Road. I have some information on the Ferguson side but really very little on the Smith side. My mother is unable to tell me anything now as she has had Altzheimers for the last 3 years. This is the proverbial "needle in a haystack" especially with a surname like Smith. But if anyone out there can steer me in the right direction I would be very grateful. Thanks.

[nelmit]

Hello and welcome to Talking Scot,

I wonder if this is Kate in 1901 at 42 Plantation Street.

Jeanie Smith 25 born Glasgow
Kate Smith 1
James Smith 2 MO
John C Mcgrouther 24

If you look at the marriage of Kate and George at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk this will show her age and parents names which should help to confirm (or not).

Regards,
Annette

[Currie]

Hello LadyK,

I don’t know how many Smiths there would have been in Plantation Street, but here’s one, a tram car driver from No. 43, William Smith, age 30, involved in an accident in 1954.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2R ... reet&hl=en

If you know the dates of any events that may have appeared in the Glasgow Herald you can browse the pages if a search yields nothing. Not all issues have been digitised.

All the best,
Alan