BHS Building - Sauchiehall / Renfield Street

[sluddy]

Hi all,

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere (I've tried in vain to use the search with no luck),

I saw this awesome picture on Lost Glasgow:

The thing that struck me the most was the building with the ornate spires, around 3 buildings down from the Pavilion. I believe it's now this fetching BHS store



Anybody have more info on what stood there before?

Thanks,

S

[hound dog]

Nearly certain it was a church, but can't remember the name - sure someone else will know.

eta - it was the Renfield St church

[sluddy]

Hold the phone, I may have found it: http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSD00526





More details and pics here:
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/14 ... an+church/

[octavia]

r.e, the BHS store on Bath st, that site as I believe was previosly a block of similar to what is still there in Bath st, offices ,with some flats above. My grandda was a caretaker in that building ,and lived with his family there long before BHS were there ,talking about ,1930s,hope this helps?

[SomeRandomBint]

Octavia, if you follow the link to Canmore, you'll see that Renfield Street church was demolished in 1965. So I think the location of the building your grandfather worked in may be elsewhere.

[robertpool]

BHS address is 67-81 Sauchiehall Street and back in the late 1930s these addresses were occupied by:

69 Simpson, Frank, musicseller
71 Cruickshank & White
75 Stewart, R.
77 Bayne & Duckett
79 Hempkin, J., church officer
81 Bayne & Duckett

[Fat Cat]

BHS address is 67-81 Sauchiehall Street and back in the late 1930s these addresses were occupied by:

69 Simpson, Frank, musicseller
71 Cruickshank & White
75 Stewart, R.
77 Bayne & Duckett
79 Hempkin, J., church officer
81 Bayne & Duckett

Used to get our school shoes at Bayne and Duckett.

[hambone]

bayne and duckett,,,,rhyming slang anyone ??? no aw f*****it then,,

[Godsgift]

bayne and duckett,,,,rhyming slang anyone ??? no aw f*****it then,, ::): ::):

erm.... Pain and bucket!