Anderston then & now ..... a concise history of a Glasgow district
                     author John N Cooper

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Part 5
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Part 8
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Part Three

Pages 49 - 50


Brownfield Church, Brown Street, 1953
The building dates from 1835.
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St. Mark’s Parish Church, Cheapside Street, 1958
The property was originally opened in 1863.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1971
Sponsored by the Houldsworth family, the church was opened in 1850. The building stood on the corner of
Argyle Street and Houldsworth Street. The property was
demolished shortly after the photograph was taken.
Argyle Street, Anderston
A quiet Saturday afternoon in 1962, the photograph
features the ‘Anderston Savings Bank’. The tenement
property that housed the Salvation Army Citadel
can be seen situated next to the lamp-post.
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Around Anderston

Argyle Street, 1960
The low buildings were originally eighteenth century cottages. Beneath the advertising boards is the entrance
to the ‘Blind Mans’ Pend’. The tall building on the right is the Neptune Building (Pitt Street Model Lodging House).

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Argyle Street 1910
The canopy to the left is that of the Gaiety Cinema. North Street is on the right.
The tall spire is that of St. Mark’s U.F. Church (1850). The picture is one of a series of postcards.

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