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The city appointed its first part-time paid superintendent in 1747. [4] The fire brigade was known as the Glasgow Fire Brigade until the National Fire Service was formed in 1941. Glasgow Fire Service was officially formed on 1 April 1948, by the Fire Services Act 1947. [5]
The City Halls are part of a market complex designed by John Carrick in 1882, but the grand hall itself was designed by George Murray and opened in 1841. It was the first hall suitable for large gatherings and concerts to be built in the City and played host to the likes of Benjamin Disraeli , Charles Dickens , Hungarian patriot Lajos Kossuth ...
Maryhill Burgh Halls is a local heritage site located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, a few miles North-West of Glasgow city centre. Maryhill Burgh Halls was initially opened in 1878 as a municipal building complex, which served as a police station and fire station until the 1970s.
Candleriggs is a street in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in the Merchant City area of the city centre. Candleriggs was historically the area of the old city of Glasgow where candlemakers plied their trade, at a safe distance from the crowded tenements clustered around the High Street . [ 1 ]
Glasgow Salvage Corps was a service in Glasgow, Scotland.It was founded after local fire insurance companies were concerned over losses in serious fires. They inspected buildings for fire safety, increasing premiums if any of their recommendations were not met, and attended fires alongside the Fire Brigade.
A gabled two-storey extension was erected to the west of the fire station in 1905: this accommodated the local masonic lodge, St John's, throughout much of the 20th century. [4] The burgh hall continued to be administered by Partick Burgh Council until the burgh of Partick was annexed by Glasgow Corporation in 1912.
This is a list of city chambers and town halls in Scotland. The list is sortable by building age and height, and provides a link to the listing description where relevant. . The list, which was compiled using the list of 1,000 Largest Cities and Towns in the UK by Population, published by The Geographist, to ensure completeness, [1] includes over 170 surviving buildi
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