Gorbals glasgow

Sobering images reveal daily life in Glasgow's densely populated Gorbals district, where 40,000 Scots existed in some of the worst conditions of post-war Europe.

Its name was once a by-word across the UK for ubran deprivation and large-scale redevelopment.

Frazer Street, Barrowfield, Glasgow. (2007) Pic: boneytongue.

Former James Bond actor Steven Berkoff took the pictures in the autumn of 1966.

The Gorbals, Glasgow The growth, demolition and rebuilding of the Gorbals in Glasgow is a troubled part of the city's history. During the 20th century the Gorbals was the beating heart of Glasgow. An area on the south bank of the River Clyde, near Glasgow city centre, the Gorbals became synonymous with poverty, overcrowding and the random violence of razor gangs made famous in the 1935 novel No Mean City. The Gorbals started as a single street village to the south of a new bridge built in…

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Gorbals, Glasgow