Looking Down Forge Street

At the foot of the hill, where Rona Street and Mull Street led onto the Royston Road, you can see between these two streets, on the left hand side of the street, a building which was a row of shops: a butcher's, the fruiter shop, the post-office/sweetie shop and the newsagents. Staying on the left hand side, beyond the shops, you can see the back-courts of the houses which faced Royston Road. This stretch of back-court ran between Mull Street and Darnick Street. You can see the middens.
In the picture you can't see the right hand side of Forge street, but the area between Darnick street and Mull street was largely 'spare' ground. On the corner of Forge street and Mull Street there was a 'dairy'. On the corner of Darnick and Forge Street stood a pub and next to it in Forge Street, a bookies. At the foot of the hill, a wall ran along Darnick Street which bordered an area known as the piggery. Beyond the Piggery can be seen Glenconner Park, the 'coup' and St Roch's Primary School. Further beyond can be seen Charles Street flats, Garngad and Roystonhill. The block of flats adjacent to the Steeple on Roystonhill no longer exists.