THIS was the view from the home of Miss F MacBride, whose city centre flat
looked out on Glasgow – old and new.
In the foreground, Miss MacBride could see the oldest park in the city – the Green – and in the distance there was the flagpole at Queen’s Park at Cathkin Braes.
In between the “new Gorbals” of 1965 offered a view of the future, as high-rise living was hoped to be the cure to many of the ills of the old tenements that they were built to replace.
They were – but it was later discovered that they brought some of their own.
The view of the area around 3 Greendyke Street has changed in the intervening half century, not least the style of the car and pedestrians’ fashion on display.
The Green too, has seen a lot change but what hasn’t altered is its importance to city life.
Now the focus for concerts and world-class sporting extravaganzas, it is still at the heart of special events –and Miss MacBride would have had a grandstand view.
Everyone of a certain age, and everyone who had youngsters who are a certain age, will recall the fun that was The Singing Kettle stage show. Now, how did that rhyme go...?
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