'First World War' graffiti spotted on Edgefauld Road by former MP

In an incredible find, former MP for the area Paul Sweeney stumbled upon the engravings while out delivering food to residents with Springburn Parish Church Foodbank.

Carved into a brick wall on Edgefauld Road, by Young Terrace, there are a number of pieces of historical tags.

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One in the shape of a heart reads is dated to May 27 and features an overlapping M and T.

I was out doing deliveries for the @SPCSpringburn foodbank earlier today and discovered these remarkable early 20th century graffiti carvings on a wall on Edgefauld Road, by Young Terrace. Most are from the First World War. Perhaps one from a sweetheart going off to war in 1917? pic.twitter.com/z98EeO4WHp

— Paul Sweeney (@PaulJSweeney) June 24, 2020

Another reads: "J. Buchanan 1915". 

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One dated to June 5, 1915 features the names T. Morrison and H. Copland.

The former Labour MP for Glasgow North East and history buff wrote: "I was out doing deliveries for the Sprinburch Parish Church foodbank earlier today and discovered these remarkable early 20th-century graffiti carvings on a wall on Edgefauld Road, by Young Terrace.

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"Most are from the First World War. Perhaps one from a sweetheart going off to war in 1917?"

One seems to predate the Great War, dated to 1904, it reads: "J. Brownlie". 

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