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the development of the housing scheme in
the 1950’s, life in Greater Easterhouse
was very different than it is there today.
The area had a cluster of small villages
populated by the people who worked in the
local industries of farming, mining, weaving
and the canals.
Easterhouse village, known to locals as
‘the Holy Land’, was a mining
village, with small cottages on either side
of the street. Easterhouse Road was the
heart of the village, with general stores
and a bar, and even a piggery where Rogerfield
now stands.
The village was a favourite place for children’s
outings. The Co-op ran an annual trip for
children from the South-side of Glasgow.
They came in horse-drawn carts as far as
Riddrie, and then a horse-drawn barge took
them up the canal to Easterhouse for a picnic.
Sunday School children from Coatbridge
arrived on hay wagons to play games and
races in the fields surrounding the village.
In winter, local people went curling and
skating on Bishop Loch. |
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Easterhouse Village
(click for larger image)
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Swinton Cross
(click for larger image)
(Photographs courtesy of Stenlake
Publishing)
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