AGNES Fraser was one of the first people to move to Drumchapel in the 50s, when it was a gleaming new scheme on the north western edge of the city.

“I moved with my family from Govan to 18 Invercanny Drive in 1953 and it was great moving into a new house with a bathroom,” Agnes explains.

“There was plenty of freedom for us kids. The only drawback back was there were no schools or shops. Clydebank was the nearest shopping centre.”

Drumchapel was created by Glasgow Corporation to help house 34,000 people - part of the city’s ‘overspill’ population – on undeveloped land to the north west of the city.

Drumchapel's new houses in the 50sDrumchapel's new houses in the 50s (Image: Courtesy of Eric Flack)

Along with Castlemilk, Easterhouse and Pollok, “the Drum” was to become a self-contained satellite township with its own shops, schools, churches, open spaces and facilities.

Those facilities were slow to materialise, however, and when recession hit in the 70s, with widespread factory closures nearby (including Beattie’s Biscuits and Goodyear) Drumchapel was badly affected by high unemployment.

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Ann adds: “Us kids were bussed to Patrick for school. Later, around 1957, schools and a shopping centre were built. In 1964, I moved with my family to Mosspark.”

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