School buildings.

[tobester]

I have a list of schools that are due for closure and it is better to get into the school before it closes.

I have also requested that we get access to these schools to digitally document them. May be we could start a project going. Fos and I have discussed this a few times and I would be happy to help out.

Are we any further forward with this idea yet, i think itd be good to do

[John]

Here are some photos of my first primary school. I am amazed to report that I was able to take these pictures without any concerned citizens phoning the powers that be and I also managed to evade arrest by the boys in blue. I now live a life of fear and desparation on the run and will forever fear the midnight knock on the door.

[Fossil]

^^^ pervert

[John]

^^^ pervert ::):

Yes but you knew that anyway.

[scaryman2u]

It`s simple, go at the week-end when the school is closed I have videos of some games my under 10/s11/s12s/13s teams played in . The question is... do I destroy them or do we watch it and have a laugh

[balaclava]

Here are some pictures of Tureen St school. First bit from 1875. There are three seperate school buildings and a janitor's house.

Found it by accident as Tureen St doesn't exist any more. It is now Milroad Drive. Aparently called Tureen St because there was a pottery there.

Most of it is derelict but the newest building is a nursery. http://www.eastend.org.uk/projects/calt ... street.htm

The janitor's house has a 1984 datestone and the whole place has been stonecleaned but there is Heras fencing and missing windows. Anybody know what's going on with the place?

Strangely the Glasgow story says it has been demolished! http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA02494


General view


School name


Janitor's house


Date on chimney


View of back with Rathbone CI name board but they must be long gone


Second school building


Missing window


Third building - nursery

[Sydney Rosewater]

Rathbone's long gone aye. The ground floor of the central building is some sort of comunity hall or something.

[Ally Doll]

The jannie's house at Tureen St is currently used by a housing association and pensioner's groups. The nursery building is being used as a nursery. The middle block is in quite poor repair, but there's a hall and kitchen which is used by a few community organisations.

[glasgowken]

The wee school in Garscadden Road, once a school for handicapped kids, and now housing.

[balaclava]

Thanks for the feedback on Tureen Street. There seem to be a few part used schools around.

I started getting interested in old Glasgow Schools because of Hayfield Deaf Centre. It uses part of the Hayfield School in Old Rutherglen Road/Moffat St in the Gorbals and was under threat of closure earlier in the year. It now has a new ten year lease and should be safe.

The building looks odd but makes more sense when you see pictures of the main school that used to be there.

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/imagevie ... =TGSA02455

Bits of the gateposts have been saved for a seat in the car park of the new flats built on the site.



Designed in 1903 by John Hamilton there are bits of Glasgow style mixed in but the building isn't listed.







The interior was converted in the 80s and 90s and nothing much of the original survives. The main school was demolished around 1984.

Got some information on this from this database - although it seems to be off line today. http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/building_ ... id=M005657

[balaclava]

Also by John Hamilton - built in 1907 and due to close soon. Pollokshaws thread has info on how this fits into the Shawbridge plans.







This one isn't listed either.

[MotoMad]

Cant find pictures of any of mine!
Pikeman Nursery - Knightswood
Corpus Christi Primary - "
St Thomas Aquinas - Jordanhill

[balaclava]

First of the John Hamilton schools although I think this must have been extended at a later date. Quite a few schools had extra floors added in the 20s.It was started in 1893 and added to twice by the same architect before 1905.



From the side it does have a hall which has some of the Glasgow style bits and there are some nice gateposts in the alley down the side of the school

[Alex Glass]

Great photos balaclava

I had a couple of the John Maxwell but they didn't look as good as your photos. Shawlands is also a great building.

There are also some interesting school buildings in Govanhill.

Keep up the good work

[Alex Glass]

The old beside the new.

Work has started to demolish the old building.