Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Bellahouston Academy Glasgow Scotland
Old photograph of Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish school first opened in 1876 as a private school, run by Alexander Sim. It was taken over by the Govan School Board in 1885, and has been a state school ever since. The site of the Academy was donated by the Misses Steven of Bellahouston whose generosity also provided the clocktower, and the building was designed by a Bath Street architect, Robert Balde. The school was built to provide education for the children of the local area who would otherwise have had to travel to central Glasgow to the fashionable schools; not an easy journey as there was little public transport until the introduction of the tram in 1879.
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