TheGlasgowStory 

Skip Navigation / Jump to Content

Featured Images

Doon the Watter
Doon the Watter

Drinking Ginger in the Park
Drinking Ginger in the Park

Albert Drive, 1917

Glasgow City Archives, Deposited Collections

*Open in New Window
Albert Drive, 1917

The view looking east along Albert Drive in Pollokshields, as depicted on a postcard that was sent on 7 June 1917. The street was originally called Albert Road but was renamed many years after Glasgow annexed the Burgh of East Pollokshields in 1891.

Albert Road Academy can be seen on the right, on the corner of Herriet Street. It was designed by H & D Barclay and called Albert Road Public School when it was built built in 1882, becoming Albert Road Academy in 1901. In 2004 it is Pollokshields Primary.

The prominent tower in the distance belongs to Albert Road United Presbyterian Church, designed by J B Wilson and built in 1886-1887. It was acquired by the Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1965 for a new Roman Catholic parish and it opened two years later as St Albert the Great.

Reference: TD 1586/1

Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning

Keywords:
Albert Road Academy, Albert Road Public School, Albert Road United Presbyterian Church, H & D Barclay, Pollokshields Primary School, postcards, primary schools, Roman Catholic churches, secondary schools, shops, St Albert the Great Church, streetscenes, tenements



Quick Search


Photo Album

You have 0 images in your photo album.

View Photo Album

Log-In (Optional)

username:
password:
Not a user? Register now for FREE!

Other Options