Balornock

Balornock
Scots Gaelic: *Both Lobharnaig*
Balornock Scots Gaelic: Both Lobharnaig;
	; The Red Road flats
	Balornock Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NS620687
Cooncil area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glesga;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	GLESGA
Postcode destrict	G21
Diallin code	0141
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Glesga North East;
Scots Pairlament	Glesga Provan;
	Leet o places UK Scotland 55°53′30″N 4°12′30″W / 55.891596°N 4.208218°WCoordinates: 55°53′30″N 4°12′30″W / 55.891596°N 4.208218°W

Balornock is a destrict intae northren Glesga. Balornock is be-east Springburn. Thare is a industrial estate in the area. The Morven, Stobill Hospital an Balornock Primarie Schuil is amang the local amenities in the area.

History

Andrew Menzies wis aucht the Balornock estate in the 1800s. Menzies foondit a horse-drawn omnibus companie cryed Tartan Buses, an it did weel. The companie haed a fleet o 50 omnibuses an 500 horse. Forby, Menzies wis the first managin director o the Glesga Tramcaur an Omnibus Companie, a private companie that ran tramcaurs on tracks that wis aucht the Corporation. Mezies wis gien credit for haein "opent up Glesga" tae the fowk bidin dounby.^[1]^[2] A wheen 4-in-1 hooses wis biggit in Balornock in the inter-war and post-war years, and a puckle closes forby.^[1]^[2] Balornock haes twa primary schuils; Balornock Primary, an St Marthas. Balornock Primarie Schuil wis desined by Lennox & MacBeth in a style like Ablert Secondarie Schuil (nou caaed doun), an wis biggit wi reid brick an stane in 1929 an 1930.^[3] Maist o the Reid Road wis in Balornock (Birnie Coort bein in nearby Barmulloch).

The Barnhill Puirhoose wis opent in 1850. Puir fowk that coudna support thairsels wis sent here an thay wis made tae dui jobs the likes o rowein up kindlers, sinderin tar-raip fibres, an brakkin rocks. It's name wad be chynged tae Foresthauch Hospital (English: Foresthall Hospital) in 1945 an wis syne uised as a hospital and care hoose for auld fowk. It wis caaed doun in the 1980s. Private hooses wis biggit in room o it, an thay'r aye staundin the nou.^[4]

Popular Cultur

Aatho setten in Govan, the hoose that wis uised for Rab C Nesbitt's hoose is in Balornock.

References

↑ ^a ^b "Balornock House". Scran (in Inglis). Retrieved 31 December 2020.^{[deid airtin]}
↑ ^a ^b "Balornock House, c 1900". Springburn Virtual Museum (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2021.
↑ "TheGlasgowStory: Balornock Primary School". www.theglasgowstory.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 25 Mairch 2021.
↑ "Foresthall Hospital, formerly Barnhill Poorhouse, c 1970s". Springburn Virtual Museum (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2021.

[:0-1] "Balornock House". Scran (in Inglis). Retrieved 31 December 2020.^{[deid airtin]}

[:1-2] "Balornock House, c 1900". Springburn Virtual Museum (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2021.

[3] "TheGlasgowStory: Balornock Primary School". www.theglasgowstory.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 25 Mairch 2021.

[4] "Foresthall Hospital, formerly Barnhill Poorhouse, c 1970s". Springburn Virtual Museum (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2021.

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