SPW033610 SCOTLAND (1930). Glasgow, general view, showing Saracen Foundry, Possilpark and Springburn Park. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

Stobhill Hospital

Hawthorn Park, home ground of Petershill Fc from 1919 to 1934

this is where my house is now.

Said Pond.

Founded in Glasgow in 1849 by Walter Macfarlane (1817-1885), the firm was originally based in Saracen Lane, Gallowgate. They relocated briefly to Washington Street, 1862, and then moved to a purpose built foundry on Sir Archibald Alison's former Possil Estate in 1872, creating the suburb of Possilpark to house the firm's vast workforce. Increasing the area's population from 10, in 1872, to 10,000 by 1891, the foundry covered 14 acres with its main gates at 73 Hawthorn Street. The atmospheric pollution created by the foundry earned Macfarlane the nickname "the Laird of Fossiltown". In 1880, Macfarlane's nephew, also Walter (1853-1932), who joined the firm in 1871, became a partner and later succeeded to the firm on the death of his uncle in 1885. The foundry closed in 1965. (source: The Glasgow Story)

Springburn park pond .

Saracen foundry

Springburn Rd at Hawthorne St .

Springburn Rd at Huntershill St .

Now Gala Bingo Hall.

Ruchill Hospital Branch

Eastfield Engine Sheds, North British Railway Edinburgh to Glasgow (Queen Street) main line

Possil Junction signal box, Caledonian Railway Hamiltonhill Branch (note: it is a main line)

Possilpark tram depot.

this is where my primary school is.

This is where my house will be built in about twenty years time