THE only constant in Glasgow is change.
The same was as true in 1934 as it is today, when there were fears for the future of the old Pollokshaws Townhouse.
Built in 1803, its distinctive Dutch-style clock tower was a local landmark; but for how much longer?
With the incorporation of the old Burgh into Glasgow, the city council had washed its hands of maintaining the building. And, as the area's old crow-step-gable weavers' cottages and its pends and wynds fell to the wrecking ball, new, high rise flats took their place.
Today, those flats have followed the way of the weavers' cottages, with new, low-rise housing planned for the 'Shaws'.
Meanwhile, the clock tower, minus its adjoining hall, still stands, counting out the minutes, hours and days of changing Glasgow.
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