Edit Govan - Then and Now
THEN
AT the very top of this picture you can make out the activity that was the lifeblood of Govan for so long: shipbuilding.
At its peak, some 18,000 people were employed in the yards of Harland and Wolff, Stephen's and Fairfield.
Their wages were spent locally and kept hundreds of local shops and businesses thriving.
When shipbuilding went into its long and irreversible decline, so, too, did the fortunes of Govan.
In the middle of the picture is the old Ibrox; to its left is the old St Anthony's FC ground.
The old White City dog-track is in the foreground, just in front of Bellahouston Park. The venue was for a time also the home of the Glasgow Tigers speedway team.
NOW
FORTY-five years or so later, it's not hard to see how Govan and Ibrox have changed.
Much of the old housing has been swept away, to be replaced in some places by high-rises.
Industrial estates and a modernised Ibrox Stadium also catch the eye.
The old White City dog-track was demolished and the land is now home to the £6.7m Govan police station, Scotland's highest security police station, which was opened in 1998.
Just out of frame, at the top left, is the Glasgow Science Centre and tower.
As an area, Govan has been fighting to regain its civic pride.
AT the very top of this picture you can make out the activity that was the lifeblood of Govan for so long: shipbuilding.
At its peak, some 18,000 people were employed in the yards of Harland and Wolff, Stephen's and Fairfield.
Their wages were spent locally and kept hundreds of local shops and businesses thriving.
When shipbuilding went into its long and irreversible decline, so, too, did the fortunes of Govan.
In the middle of the picture is the old Ibrox; to its left is the old St Anthony's FC ground.
The old White City dog-track is in the foreground, just in front of Bellahouston Park. The venue was for a time also the home of the Glasgow Tigers speedway team.
NOW
FORTY-five years or so later, it's not hard to see how Govan and Ibrox have changed.
Much of the old housing has been swept away, to be replaced in some places by high-rises.
Industrial estates and a modernised Ibrox Stadium also catch the eye.
The old White City dog-track was demolished and the land is now home to the £6.7m Govan police station, Scotland's highest security police station, which was opened in 1998.
Just out of frame, at the top left, is the Glasgow Science Centre and tower.
As an area, Govan has been fighting to regain its civic pride.
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