Glasgow Road businesses came and went and slowly but surely the buildings got older, some not maintained too well. By the 1960s’, well before the redevelopment of Glasgow Road got underway, there were 36 shops on Glasgow Road and 13 pubs, a large number you may think, but not as great as it had been […]
By the 1910’s and early 1920’s Shuttle Row, the birthplace of David Livingstone was starting to fall into serious decline. The homes there were in deplorable condition and like other buildings in the Village works, had been condemned. This picture allegedly of 1916, shows just how squalid the exterior of the houses had become. Brickwork […]