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My second post in my Historic Scotland series features The Tenement House. This National Trust for Scotland (NTS) time capsule of the turn of the 20th Century can be found on Buccleuch Street in Glasgow, just north of Sauchiehall Street.
Susan vividly remembers staying at her Uncle Billy & Aunt Teresa’s Tenement in Linthouse, Glasgow, as a child. Her grandpa also lived in a tenement Penilee, again in Glasgow.
The particular tenement we are visiting is of Miss Toward.
So, what is a tenement? A tenement is a type of dwelling where a building is separated into flats or apartments with shared access & stairway.
Below are the common stairs, known as “the close” in Scotland. The residents on the different floors took turns brushing & cleaning the close, a practice still carried out today.
The following carousels will take you room by room in Miss Toward’s tenement.
Lounge
In the first picture, you’ll see tucked in the corner a bed closet.
Bedroom
There is a single bed & Miss Toward’s work area; she worked as a seamstress.
Bathroom
Kitchen
There is a bed recess in the kitchen; only different from the bed closet because it has a curtain instead of a door across it. You’ll see some recipes still used today & even a mechanical floor sweeper (we have one of those still ?).
Below is a scrap of the original wallpaper. NTS recreated the pattern when setting the tenement up as a visitor site.
Join me next week when I share some pictures & coffee from our recent visit to the oldest shop in Dundee — J.A.Braithwaite LTD
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Hae a guid week ?
It#s not just a time capsule it’s also a geographical pinpoint. So very British!
You’re so right about the geographical pinpoint, but they’re particular to Scotland & aren’t found throughout the rest of the UK ?
I thought so but the only places I’ve been in the UK are Birmingham, Newcastle & Sunderland, and Edinburgh. So not enough to base a hard opinion on.
“And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
In tenement halls”
And whispered in the sounds of silence”
If your visit to this 20th century historic site was last week, that coincides with my visit to a similar time in North Dakota history. A couple of photos from that visit will be in my Lens-Artists response on Thursday.
The very song I thought of as well, John ? I’ll be looking out for your post on Thursday ?