Ladywell Street is one of Glasgow’s oldest.
It took its name from the Lady Well which by 1832 was the only public draw well left in the city, the others having been replaced by pump wells.
The well was closed up the following year when the Necropolis opened – the well gathered water from the slopes of the Fir Park on which the new graveyard was created.
The street was also known as the Hangman’s Brae as, in the 18th century, the city’s gallows were at the top of the hill, at Howgatehead, then at the ruins of the Bishop’s Castle.
But the building labelled as a garage at the time of this image had a less dark history – it was the “ragged” school, so called because as a school for destitute children, its pupils would likely be dressed in rags.
The main books used to enlighten its scholars were said to have been the Bible and Johnson’s dictionary.
And in winter, each of its pupils was asked to bring a lump of coal to help heat it.
Most ragged schools were part of a national organisation the Ragged School Union, run by volunteers, who paid teachers or taught the pupils themselves.
This group of revellers look ready for a party as they leave Agnews in the 1970s. Let’s hope, for the sake of their health, that they had invited lots of friends to help them consume the carry-oot!
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