Get your dancing shoes on, it's Friday! Here's the Cameo Ballroom, Kilmarnock Rd. Note the 'Ballroom Closed' sign. This photo was taken September 1939 when, in anticipation of heavy enemy bombing, places of entertainment were closed. Restrictions were lifted shortly afterwards.

Gorbals, 1964
Another great image of Gorbals in transition from old to new. The Department of Architecture and Planning have not identified the street in the albums. Perhaps a keen eyed former resident will be able to help?

100 Argyle St and Argyll Arcade, 1930.
This is one of Europe’s oldest covered shopping arcades & Scotland’s first ever indoor shopping mall. The It was built in 1827 in Parisian style. It was cut through old tenements providing link between Argyle and Buchanan St.
Ref: D-CA8/175

25-34 Bridge St, Kingston, 1931
Walter Mason, Caley Piano Stores Archive Ref: D-CA 8/40

St Andrew's Ambulance Association horse-drawn ambulance attending industrial accident, c.1880s. Formed in 1882 to tackle growing injured in road accidents or at work, and not able to obtain first aid. Sick or injured were often unable to get to hospital Archive ref: P1960

unction of Main St and Govan Rd with Govan shipyard (Mackie & Thomson) in the background, N.d. Archive Ref: P4842

London Rd Rd, 1914
Belvidere Hospital wash house, women labelling articles of clothing for subsequent identification. Archive Ref: P193

#Glasgowmunicipalhousing Over the next weeks we will be taking another look at the story of housing in Glasgow.
There were a few old timber houses, but most of the houses in the 19th century were stone-built tenements built in the previous 150 years.

St Enoch's Sq, c.1900 named after St Thenew (known as St Enoch), mother of St Mungo. A chapel was dedicated to her from earliest time, with a holy well close by. This marked what was reputed to be her final resting place.
Archive Ref: P1979

Tolbooth steeple from the east prior to changes carried out by the Corporation, c1938
Archive Ref: P1468

Hot coke (gas)
Workman wheeling hot coke (gas) from Glasgow Corporation Gas Dept.n.d. ?c.1910
Archive Ref: P172

Bath St east of the Pitt St intersection, n.d. c.1964
Archive Ref: D-PL 2/1/0088

Anniesland Rd, 1925
Archive Ref: D-OPW 76/17/4

Canal bridge at Riddrie, 1925
Archive ref; D-OPW 76/09/01

College Home at High St, N.d. c.1902
Archive Ref: D-HE 8/2, p.24B

North Frederick St, slum housing, showing two workmen, c.1918
Archive Ref: D-HE 8/3, p.04

Finnieston, aerial view of Seamen's Restaurant taken from the top of the crane. N.d.
Archives Ref: T-CN19/497

Sauchiehall St, From Renfield St looking west, c.1980

New Graftons shop front , 47 Argyle St, 1936 Archive Ref: D-CA 8/119

Children's playground in Partick, 1969. Can anyone identify it?
Archive Ref: D-TC8/20/N17/1/045