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Maxwell Park
Station
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13
Tramway
Pollokshields was recognised as
‘a unified suburb’ but designated
as two Conservation Areas in
1972. The value of its
environment owes much to its
gardens and greenspaces.
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Social and economic changes and the demolition
of villas resulted in its decline until the city
recognised that “a great many Victorian houses
in their old settings are built with more
craftsmanship than we can hope to emulate,
or than the world is likely ever to see again.
No middle to late Victorian Garden Suburb
as extensive as this has been designated
elsewhere”. (‘Conservation in Glasgow:
a preliminary report’ 1971)
Created in the last half of the 19th century by the Maxwell
lairds, development began with the railway bridge at Shields
Road and the tenements in St Andrew’s Road and the villas
in St Andrew’s Drive. The last tenements were built in
Fotheringay Road in 1907 and the last of the villas to
the west of Sherbrooke Avenue around 1913.
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Community
Centre
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Celebrating
Pollokshields
The Green Faerie
Window box
planting
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
(3)
Gardening clinic
Leslie Street /
Herriet Street Greenspace
Hanging basket
workshop
East Pollokshields Quad
(5)
(10)
Maxwell Park Pond
(1)
Tearooms
Burgh Hall at Maxwell Park
Nan McKay Hall
(1)
(2)
Sale of craftwork
Nan McKay Hall
(2)
Street theatre
St Albert’s Church corner
East Pollokshields Quad
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
(11)
(10)
(3)
Facepainting
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
Leslie Street /
Forth Street Greenspace
(3)
Guided Walks
Neighbourhood heritage walks
- depart from the Library
at 2 p.m. and 2.45 p.m.
Health walks to Maxwell Park
& The Hidden Gardens
- depart from the Health Shop
at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
(1)
(13)
(4)
Proud of Pollokshields:
Leslie Street Greenspaces
East Pollokshields Quad Group
St Andrew’s Drive Corridor Flats
Pollokshields Heritage
New Victoria Gardens
The Hidden Gardens
Nan McKay Hall
Friends of Maxwell Park
Pollokshields Liaison Group
garden
festival
2008
Clean Glasgow Campaign
GCC Land & Environmental Services
(3)
(4)
(5)
eady
teady
row!
(6)
(7)
(8)
(11)
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St Albert’s Church
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and supported by
Pollokshields
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12 noon – 4 p.m.
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Ceilidh
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
- St Andrew’s Drive Corridor Flats
- Community Health &
Care Partnership
Leslie Street / Herriet Street
- Glasgow Treelovers’ Society
Leslie Street /
Keir Street Greenspace
- Leslie Street Greenspaces Group
- be + environmental project
Leslie Street / Forth Street
- Pollokshields Community Council
- Community Planning
Maxwell Square
- Clean Glasgow Campaign
- Land & Environmental Services
- Recycling, reducing,
re-using Refuse
(7)
Pollokshields Community Council
Glasgow Community Planning
Scottish Government Wider Action Fund
Southside Housing Association
GCC Community Council Resource Centre
Glasgow SE Community Health & Care Partnership
Pollokshields Heritage
be +
East Pollokshields Local Housing Association.
Glasgow Treelovers’ Society
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Pollokshields
East Station
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(5)
(1)
Information &
consultation
- the original, the biggest and the best planned
garden suburb in the UK.
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is sponsored by
Leslie Street /
Herriet St Greenspace
Pollokshields Burgh Hall
Wildlife
conservation
Pollokshields
Burgh Hall
Plant Sales
Our garden festival
celebrates this heritage
through the ‘Proud of
Pollokshields’ groups
involved in
increasing
community
participation
in caring for
our precious few
greenspaces - and
keeping the tradition
of the Garden Suburb
alive and flourishing!
Pollokshields
West
Station
Ready Steady Grow!
What’s Where
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Maxwell Park
Station
Pollokshields
Burgh Hall
Pollokshields
West
Station
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Tramway
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Pollokshields
East Station
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Community
Centre
The Green Faerie
Ready Steady Grow!
What’s Where
(5)
Leslie Street /
Herriet Street Greenspace
Gardening clinic
(3)
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
Window box
planting
(5)
(1)
Leslie Street /
Herriet St Greenspace
Pollokshields Burgh Hall
Pollokshields
Pollokshields Community Council
Glasgow Community Planning
Scottish Government Wider Action Fund
Southside Housing Association
GCC Community Council Resource Centre
Glasgow SE Community Health & Care Partnership
Pollokshields Heritage
be +
East Pollokshields Local Housing Association.
Glasgow Treelovers’ Society
(10)
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
- St Andrew’s Drive Corridor Flats
- Community Health &
Care Partnership
Leslie Street / Herriet Street
- Glasgow Treelovers’ Society
Leslie Street /
Keir Street Greenspace
- Leslie Street Greenspaces Group
- be + environmental project
Leslie Street / Forth Street
- Pollokshields Community Council
- Community Planning
Maxwell Square
- Clean Glasgow Campaign
- Land & Environmental Services
- Recycling, reducing,
re-using Refuse
Information &
consultation
Neighbourhood heritage walks
- depart from the Library
at 2 p.m. and 2.45 p.m.
Health walks to Maxwell Park
& The Hidden Gardens
- depart from the Health Shop
at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Guided Walks
(3)
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
Leslie Street /
Forth Street Greenspace
Facepainting
(11)
(10)
(3)
St Albert’s Church corner
East Pollokshields Quad
Shields Road / St Andrew’s Drive
Street theatre
(2)
Nan McKay Hall
Sale of craftwork
(1)
(2)
Burgh Hall at Maxwell Park
Nan McKay Hall
Tearooms
(1)
Maxwell Park Pond
garden
festival
and supported by
2008
Proud of Pollokshields:
Leslie Street Greenspaces
East Pollokshields Quad Group
St Andrew’s Drive Corridor Flats
Pollokshields Heritage
New Victoria Gardens
The Hidden Gardens
Nan McKay Hall
Friends of Maxwell Park
Pollokshields Liaison Group
(7)
(9)
(1)
(13)
(4)
Clean Glasgow Campaign
GCC Land & Environmental Services
(3)
(4)
(5)
eady
teady
row!
(6)
(7)
(8)
(11)
Sunday 27 July 2008
12 noon – 4 p.m.
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Plant Sales
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East Pollokshields Quad
Hanging basket
workshop
St Albert’s Church
Ceilidh
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Wildlife
conservation
Our garden festival
celebrates this heritage
through the ‘Proud of
Pollokshields’ groups
involved in
increasing
community
participation
in caring for
our precious few
greenspaces - and
keeping the tradition
of the Garden Suburb
alive and flourishing!
Pollokshields was recognised as
‘a unified suburb’ but designated
as two Conservation Areas in
1972. The value of its
environment owes much to its
gardens and greenspaces.
Social and economic changes and the demolition
of villas resulted in its decline until the city
recognised that “a great many Victorian houses
in their old settings are built with more
craftsmanship than we can hope to emulate,
or than the world is likely ever to see again.
No middle to late Victorian Garden Suburb
as extensive as this has been designated
elsewhere”. (‘Conservation in Glasgow:
a preliminary report’ 1971)
Created in the last half of the 19th century by the Maxwell
lairds, development began with the railway bridge at Shields
Road and the tenements in St Andrew’s Road and the villas
in St Andrew’s Drive. The last tenements were built in
Fotheringay Road in 1907 and the last of the villas to
the west of Sherbrooke Avenue around 1913.
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- the original, the biggest and the best planned
garden suburb in the UK.
Celebrating
Pollokshields
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READY STEADY GROW! SUNDAY 27 JULY 2008 12 NOON – 4 P.M.
7.
1.
Maxwell Park
- plant sale
- tea room
- wildlife info
The Friends of Maxwell
Park invite you to join
them in the Stirling Room
of Pollokshields Burgh
Hall to enjoy coffee/tea
and home baking. (£1.50
per person). There will
also be a locallycontributed plant stall.
The Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre will be by the pond to support the group’s interest
in raising awareness of the birds and animals in the Park, answer queries and give advice.
www.friendsofmaxwellpark.org.uk
2.
Leslie St / Forth St Greenspace
- Community Council stall
- Facepainting
- Glasgow Community Planning
Partnership Stall
GCPP is about improving public services and
involving community representatives in decisionmaking about the amenity and environment of the
area. Find out how to participate.
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- Land & Environmental Services
- Clean Glasgow Campaign
Advice on making better use of waste - reducing, reusing, and recycling rubbish to improve the
environment - from the City Council’s professionals.
Nan McKay Hall
- tearoom
- sale of craftwork
9.
The Nan McKay Hall has a tea room and sale of
home baking, with displays of work, and cards
and other items for sale by several of the current
decoupage, art and craft classes. This community
hall has served Pollokshields for the past 25
years, run by volunteers. It offers a
comprehensive range of activities, mostly for the
resident elderly of the area, but also a toddler
group, computer and digital photography classes.
Tel. no. 0141 429 5370
3.
window box planting
breakdancing
facepainting
residents’ association stall
- Hanging baskets workshop
- Street performers
Clean Glasgow Award Winner 2008! –
the EP Quad Group was set up to reclaim
for community use the large area of
completely overgrown and neglected
land enclosed behind the tenements of
Nithsdale Road, Kenmure Street, Leven
Street and Darnley Street.
CHCP Health Shop
- free fruit
- health & services info
- guided walks with Shamaaila Noorane
and Sajida Ahmad:
depart 2 p.m. for Maxwell Park and
depart 3 p.m. for The Hidden Gardens
The Community Health & Care Partnership manages
a wide range of local health services and is also
responsible for delivering local social work services.
This is an opportunity to have your say!
The Green Faerie
Filmmaker Artists Kate E. Deeming and Basharat
Khan initiate their next film venture “The Return
of the Green Faerie”, filming theatrical ‘happenings’
that engage with the day’s planned events and
activities. The locally-based and internationally
recognised duo will be staging various events over
the next two years to culminate in a feature film.
www.deeming.org; www.bashartcreative.com
5.
11. St Albert’s Church
- sale of plants from
NEW VICTORIA
GARDENS (12) and
THE HIDDEN
GARDENS (13)
- Gardening Clinic
with expertise from
Glasgow City
Council Land &
Environmental
Services
- Glasgow Treelovers’
Society stall
Based at St Albert’s church in the vibrant centre of
Pollokshields, Theatre Found is a community arts company
dedicated to producing theatre in ‘found’ and site-specific
spaces - often where least expected! Participants in this
year’s Summer School will perform a specially devised
piece on the themes of nature and growth with a myriad
of colourful and imaginative costumes and sets to entertain
and amaze! www.theatrefound.com
Leslie St / Keir St Greenspace
The Leslie Street Greenspaces group
campaigns for the environmental
improvement of the three gable-end sites,
for their better maintenance and retention as
community ‘mini parks’. Meet the group and
share your ideas for tackling litter, what to
grow there and how to improve them – and
even join the campaign!
www.saveourparks.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
be+ is an experimental architecture group developing ideas and proposals for the
improvement of locally shared spaces through on-site street workshops and temporary
installations made from recycled materials.
For their Pollokshields Bench Network proposal be+ won the Community Green
Competition, organised by Radius Glasgow and New Media Scotland, in 2006.
Tel. no. 0141 552 3001
PCC Proud of
Pollokshields Award
It was also the victim of flytipping and other
antisocial problems. Over the last two years with
the support of Kelvin Greenspace the group has
worked to improve the area generally, clearing and
cleaning as well as introducing new planting. Come
and enjoy the action and see the results so far!
Email: [email protected]
Leslie St /
Herriet St
Greenspace
- LSGG stall
- be+ landscape proposals
and consultation
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The garden suburb of POLLOKSHIELDS was created and
developed by the visionary Maxwell family. Find out about
its history, its architecture, its green places and spaces, the people who lived there, how
wars and social changes affected the neighbourhood and why it has endured - stroll through
some of the heritage of the Pollokshields East Conservation Area and its legacy of listed
buildings with local residents, GILL STEWART of the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
and NIALL MURPHY, Chairman of Pollokshields Heritage. www.pollokshields.demon.co.uk
10. East Pollokshields Quad
Residents of the deck access flats and mini multis are giving
away window boxes with compost, plants and herbs for local
people to grow in them - all free of charge - with the assistance
of Land and Environmental Services. Kids and adventurous oldies can also participate in
breakdancing and other activities - celebrating this corner of beautiful Pollokshields!
Email: [email protected]
6.
Pollokshields Library
- meet at 2 p.m. and / or 2.30 p.m.
for Guided Heritage Walks
- First Aid
St Andrew’s Drive Corridor Flats
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Maxwell Square
- Theatre Found street performance
- Ceilidh
The ceilidh celebration starts at 7.30 p.m. with the
Northern Lights Ceilidh band.
Tickets are £7.50 and £5 for children, including food.
Available at the door.
12. New Victoria Gardens
Buy plants, fresh produce and cut flowers from the people who
grow them at the New Victoria Gardens’ joint stall with the
Hidden Gardens in Leslie Street. And don’t miss the rare chance
to tour round the 64 plots of Glasgow’s historic (1871) allotments association at their
Annual Flower Show & Open Day on Saturday, 23 August – from 2pm in Glenapp Street,
just off Albert Drive. Email: [email protected]
13. The Hidden Gardens
A tranquil greenspace in the heart of
Pollokshields, the award-winning gardens
are open free to the public 6 days a week.
The Hidden Gardens provide common
ground for all of Glasgow’s diverse
communities and run a range of
environmental, cookery, and arts and crafts
programmes at their community centre. Find
out more about their activities and
volunteering opportunities at their joint plant
sale with the New Victoria Gardens.
www.thehiddengardens.org
In the spirit of the festival the Pollokshields Community Council through the ‘Ready Steady Grow’ steering group will be presenting awards
of commendation to local residents whose window sills, front gardens and verandahs uphold the Garden Suburb tradition and what it is
to be Proud of Pollokshields! Nominations are invited – Email: [email protected]