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Saltmarket, GLASGOW, G1 5LE

Looking towards Glasgow Cross from the High Court.

"The social implications [of [industrialisation] were profound. It was the age of the urban peasantry: tens of thousands flocked to west-central Scotland from the Highlands and from Ireland. A grim existence awaited them. Cramped, insanitary and hurriedly erected housing: a working day of 14 hours (longer after the advent of gas lighting) for men, women and children alike; dirty and dangerous working conditions, subsistence pay and inadequate diet: in all these lay the paradox, intuitively familiar to the modern Scot, of a nation's wealth being built on the poverty of its people. Diseases—smallpox, cholera, rickets, tuberculosis—shrivelled the physical stature of the Scots-Irish people and killed them in numbers which only continuing waves of immigration could keep economically viable. Average life-expectancy in Glasgow in the late 19th century was 30; 16 years below the national figure. As late as the eve of the World War I, nearly two-thirds of the city's population lived in homes with two or fewer rooms; and nearly 15 per cent of children died before the age of one." -- Keith Aitken, The Economy, Anatomy Of Scotland, 1992

City Improvement Trust tenements on the west side of Saltmarket. The High Court building can be seen in the distance.

On a gable end on Saltmarket, viewed across the railway line from Osborne Street. See also Image

Lots of renovation is under way on the buildings.

Renovation is under way on these buildings on the west side of the street.

A fine row of shops with accommodation above in Saltmarket, part of the early 20th century renewal of the area.

A freight only line runs through the east end of the city centre. Not the Glasgow Coat of Arms on the gable end of the building in the background. See it in more detail here Image

Carries the non-passenger City Union Railway line over Saltmarket. The bridge has lost its Clydesdale Bank sign in recent months Image

Looking down St Andrews Street from St Andrews in the Square towards the Saltmarket. An Apprentice Boys of Derry march is passing by under the railway bridge.