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Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:01 am
by well skelpt coupon
Howdy,

I'm looking for info about this area, but all I've discovered is: that it no longer exists, that Lime Street was renamed Oregon Street at some point, and that Oregon Street was demolished sometime in the 60s.

My grandfather was born in Lime Street and his birth was registered in Hutchesontown. So somewhere about there?

One other thing I've unearthed is that Oregon Street was slum housing. So the hidden fortune must be on my mother's side ::):

Regards

Jim

Re: Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:41 am
by red_kola
Lime Street/Oregon Street is now under the towerblocks in Hutchesontown, opposite the entrance to the Southern Necropolis:

1894
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Google Earth
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In this picture of Oatlands Square from 1959, a wee glimpse of Lime Street running off to the left of the photo:
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Re: Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:53 am
by My Kitten
Ah pipped at the post!

Map and Valuation Rolls for the Area

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/valmapview.php?id=18

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/valsearch.php?search=99&what=ward+18&where=

1892 map can be found from Alan Godfrey maps - Glasgow Green Edition

or online at NLS

Re: Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:39 pm
by well skelpt coupon
Howdy,

Thanks for that folks - service above and beyond the call of duty.

I'm actually surprised because I thought my father's side of the family were all Shaws born and bred. In fact, they used to look down at my mother's side because they came from... the Gorbals! What makes it even more ironic is that my maternal grandmother lived in Hutchesontown Court, right across from the high flats.

So thanks again, and now I'm off to play with the Valuation Roll.

Regards

Jim

Re: Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:24 pm
by My Kitten
well skelpt coupon wrote:Howdy,

Thanks for that folks - service above and beyond the call of duty.

I'm actually surprised because I thought my father's side of the family were all Shaws born and bred. In fact, they used to look down at my mother's side because they came from... the Gorbals! What makes it even more ironic is that my maternal grandmother lived in Hutchesontown Court, right across from the high flats.

So thanks again, and now I'm off to play with the Valuation Roll.

Regards

Jim


Shaws folk were better than Gorbals folk :wink: had their own burgh and only became part of Glasgow in 1912.

Re: Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:48 pm
by well skelpt coupon
And they had bathtubs :twisted:

Or so I'm led to believe.

Re: Lime Street / Oregon Street

PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:08 pm
by Josef
It gave them somewhere to keep the coal.