Old Travel Blog Photograph Whitehill Street Dennistoun Glasgow Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of shops, buildings and people on Whitehill Street in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland. Dennistoun It is situated north of the River Clyde and one mile east of Glasgow's principal square, George Square, and is in the city's east end. Dennistoun is made up of a number of smaller neighbourhoods, Mlnbank to the north, The Drives in the centre of the area and Bellgrove south of Duke Street. Unable to attract the middle-class residents intended by its original developers, it established itself as a respectable working class area for families. After the Second World War, the area's Victorian tenements were refurbished and extended rather than replaced with high-rise modernist blocks as in other working-class districts such as neighbouring Calton and Parkhead, and this, coupled with proximity to the city centre and Caledonian and Strathclyde universities, has contributed to its gentrification in recent years; many of its residents are now students and young professionals. William Miller was born on August 1810 and lived in Dennistoun. He was a Scottish poet best known for the nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie. Miller, known as " The Laureate of the Nursery " suffered from ill health and was unable to become a surgeon and instead took up woodturning and cabinet making. At the same time he began writing poetry and children's rhymes, mainly in the Scots language. His poetry was published in various works including the Whistle binkie books. In 1842, Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside was published and contained the rhyme Wee Willie Winkie. The poem would go on to become known in other countries, in translation, and made Miller famous at the time. In 1871, Miller's leg became ulcerated and he had to retire from cabinet making. The leg became infected and led to his death in 1872 aged 62. By then Miller was destitute and was buried at Tollcross. Later a memorial to Miller was erected on the Glasgow Necropolis.





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