Balornock
Balornock
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 The Red Road flats | |
  Balornock Location within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | NS620687 |
| Cooncil area | |
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| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | GLESGA |
| Postcode destrict | G21 |
| Diallin code | 0141 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aatho setten in Govan, the hoose that wis uised for Rab C Nesbitt's hoose is in Balornock.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 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.