Oatlands, Glasgow
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Oatlands | |
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Location within Glasgow | |
Population | 1,827 (2018)[1] |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G5 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Oatlands is an area in the city of
Oatlands is connected to the Green via Polmadie Bridge which was dismantled in 2015 due to structural safety concerns and replaced in 2018.
History
Until the 1990s, the area was characterised by four-storey red
Notable features included a small cinema[12] and a place of worship designed by John Honeyman, known as the Buchanan Memorial Church and later St Bonaventure's RC Church (after being used as a factory);[13][14] its associated schools were sited just off the main road at the western end of the neighbourhood[15] (the secondary school was extended and renamed as John Bosco Secondary School in the 1970s) with the nondenominational Woseley Street Primary School[16] and the local 'steamie' (washhouse)[17] also nearby. By the mid-1990s, almost all of these amenities had either been knocked down or were scheduled for demolition along with the housing,[3] the main exception being St Margaret's Church which was earmarked as the site of a new community centre, but its conversion was delayed by various factors including the poor condition of the building.[18][19][20]
Richmond Park School, a specially-designed facility for children with physical disabilities, was built on the site of Woseley Street School, but its roll merged with Kelbourne School in the west end of the city in 2009, in spite of protests by parents and staff.[21][22][23] The intention was to move pupils from another ASN school, Hampden School in Toryglen, into the Richmond Park site, and this process was accelerated when the existing Hampden buildings were subject to an arson attack in 2010.[24] The Oatlands facility was subsequently renamed Hampden School[25][26] and is the only educational provision in the area.
After a long process of demolitions –beginning with the red sandstone tenements which had been redeveloped just a few years earlier, leading to more problems being created than solved
Progress was severely impacted by the
Over 500 houses had been completed by 2014, with detailed planning permission given that year for another 378 private houses.[27][39] The new tenements around Oatlands Square (a name previously in use in the district's 19th century street plan, although not in the same location) involved the installation of public artwork.[40] A steel sculpture on a prominent junction, named 'Oatlands Girl' and featuring references to the district's past, was unveiled by Nicola Sturgeon in 2016.[41] Two allotment sites were laid out, and the Oatlands Development Trust created a new play area[27] as the first phase of the £2 million extension and upgrading of Richmond Park.[42][43][44][a]
The diversion of Rutherglen Road to the southern edge of the site was designed to allow integration of nearly all the housing with Richmond Park. Future plans include a community centre, shop units, and school improvements. The project is almost entirely funded by Avant Homes in lieu of payment to Glasgow City Council for the land.[28][46]
The regeneration project was not without controversy. For many years, redevelopment was prevented because of the risk of fire or explosion from propane stored nearby; 756 flats in red sandstone tenements were demolished after the failure of a £7 million refurbishment scheme. Attempts to regenerate the area were initially stymied by proposals for a business park and resistance from Housing Department officials. Later, although the area's character reflects the outcome of an intensive process of community engagement, the area's design is occasionally the subject of criticism by modernist architects, but signs indicate that the new Oatlands will, if completed in accordance with current plans, become one of Glasgow's more popular residential neighbourhoods.[27]
Notes
- ^ There is also another 'Richmond Park' a few miles to the east, bordering the Rutherglen neighbourhood of Eastfield; this name was familiar to Glasgow bus users as the terminus for the First Glasgow No 12 service and was the site of a large laundry throughout the 20th century[45] (to add to the confusion, several other bus services towards Rutherglen run via Oatlands, including the 267 which passes both Richmond Parks).
Notable people
- Jimmy Boyle, artist, reformed criminal
- James Dornan, politician[29]
- David Holt, footballer with Queen's Park, Hearts
- Eddie Large, comedian (Little and Large), born Edward McGinnis
- Frank McLintock (b. 1939), football player and pundit (Arsenal)
- Alex Wright, footballer with Partick Thistle, East Fife; manager of St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic, Dumbarton
References
- ^ 2011 Data Zone: Toryglen and Oatlands - 07, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Neighbourhoods: The Gorbals". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d A few home truths, The Herald, 9 September 1997
- ^ "Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation)". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Glasgow, general view, showing Alley and MacLellan Ltd. Sentinel Works, Jessie Street and Polmadie Road. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north, Canmore (1949, showing Oatlands skyline-1)
- ^ Glasgow, general view, showing Alley and MacLellan Ltd. Sentinel Works, Jessie Street and Glasgow Green. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north, Canmore (1949, showing Oatlands skyline-2)
- ^ Glasgow, Polmadie, General, Canmore (aerial images, 1991)
- ^ "Sir David Richmond". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Richmond Park, Oatlands, Glasgow. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west, Canmore (labelled 1936, but Polmadie Bridge is present)
- ^ Vertical aerial view centred on Polmadie Motive Power Depot (new), Canmore (1980)
- ^ Richmond Park, Glasgow City Council
- ^ Ritz Cinema, Oatlands, The Glasgow Story
- ^ Glasgow, 392 Caledonia Road, Buchanan Memorial Free Church, Canmore
- ^ Gorbals, Glasgow: Hutchesowntown, Scotcities (Gerald Blaikie)
- ^ Glasgow in the 1960s, 70s & 80s - Around The City Vol 1, Urban Glasgow, 26 October 2009
- ^ Wolseley St, Virtual Mitchell (Mitchell Library)
- ^ Memories: the Oatlands Wash House in 1950, Evening Times, 5 May 2015
- ^ St Margaret's Polmadie Church, Halls and Manse (Former), 110, Polmadie Road, Polmadie, Buildings at Risk (Historic Environment Scotland), 17 June 2014
- ^ St Margaret's, Oatlands, Simpson & Brown Architects
- Evening Times, 7 November 2016
- ^ Parents oppose merger of special schools, The Herald, 11 September 2009
- ^ My old school has put me at top of world, Evening Times, 22 September 2009
- ^ School's history lesson plea, Evening Times, 10 October 2014
- ^ Glasgow school fire was started deliberately, STV News, 30 April 2010
- ^ Rising from the ashes; Terms of endearment, Evening Times, 20 December 2011
- ^ Welcome to our school, Hampden School
- ^ a b c d Smith, Ronald P A, 'The Gorbals & Oatlands - A New History, Volume 4: Oatlands and General Conclusions', Stenlake Publishing, 2014
- ^ a b "Oatlands Regeneration". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Oatlands £1 property deal has turned into 'nightmare'". Evening Times. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "M74 will benefit Scottish Economy". Transport Scotland. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Oblique aerial view centred on the motive traction depot, taken from the SE, Canmore (2010, showing cleared land and road construction)
- ^ Oblique aerial view centred on the Motive Power depot, taken from the SW Canmore (2010, showing cleared land and road construction)
- ^ "New £25m Clyde Gateway road opens in Glasgow". BBC News. BBC. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Euro ruling doubt over M74 plans". BBC News. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ £2million plan to clean up Shawfield, Daily Record, 8 February 2019
- ^ "Harmful chemicals in green Glasgow burn to be flushed". BBC News. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Polmadie Burn: 'Erin Brockovich' River Clyde toxic disaster 'poses no risk to public'". Evening Times. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Suter, Ruth (26 April 2021). "SEPA called to investigate 'toxic' Glasgow burn". The Glasgow Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Oatlands regeneration moves ahead with planning approval, Urban Realm, 17 June 2014
- ^ "New homes in Glasgow's Oatlands open the Gate to a thriving new community". Daily Record. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ First Minister unveils new artwork in Glasgow's south side, Glasgow Live, 9 September 2016
- ^ "Richmond Park Design Brief to Avant Homes". Glasgow City Council. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Richmond Park". Clyde Waterfront. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Final phase of Oatlands regeneration proceeds, Urban Realm, 27 February 2017
- ^ "Richmond Park Laundry". Canmore. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ What’s on offer in Oatlands, Avant Homes
External links
- Where did everybody go?: article and photography at Disappearing Glasgow
- Oatlands Memories, images and recollections of the community and landscape before regeneration
- Greater Gorbals, socio-economic profile at Understanding Glasgow (2012)