Post by pwm437 on Jul 30, 2007 21:45:30 GMT 1
The Glasgow Foundry Boys' Religious Society was founded at a meeting in 1865 at the Olympic Music Hall in Cowcaddens, with 100 members in attendance. The Society was the work of four men :
Alexander MacKeith, William Martin, William Hunter and his brother James.
Foundry boys were in the first instance young men who were not on the payroll of the many iron foundries in the Cowcaddens district, but who worked for the foundry workers on an ad-hoc unofficial basis, being paid 'on the side'.
The concept was to provide a diversion for these young workers who roamed the streets of Cowcaddens at that time, frequently causing a nuisance, and also give them some spiritual guidance, as they had by now, outgrown Sunday School.
The uniforms etc., strongly resembled those we would associate with the Boy's Brigade.
The Foundry Boys were soon to be seen all over Glasgow, and not just boys working in the foundry industry.
By 1925 they met in the following venues in the east end alone ;
St. Andrew's Section
Central UF Church, Charlotte Street
Family Home, St. Andrews Street
11 Young Street
30 Kirk Street
Orphan Home, 23 James Morrison Street
Hall, 97 Green Street
Calton Section
Greenhead Public Hall, Landressy Street
41 Dalmarnock Road
143 Main Street, Bridgeton
24 West Street
Bridgeton Section
Victoria Hall, 146 Crownpoint Road
Victoria Hall, 41 Dalmarnock Road
36 Muslin Street
Fairbairn Hall, Baltic Street
Eastern Section
Mission Hall, Campbellfield Street
Church Hall, Chalmers Street
Camlachie Institute
Co-op Hall, Pettigrew Street
Fullarton Hall, Tollcross
Clearly the Foundry Boys became a meaningful part of the social fabric of Glasgow for young men in the early part of the twentieth century.
Does anybody have any memoribilia re this ??
Alexander MacKeith, William Martin, William Hunter and his brother James.
Foundry boys were in the first instance young men who were not on the payroll of the many iron foundries in the Cowcaddens district, but who worked for the foundry workers on an ad-hoc unofficial basis, being paid 'on the side'.
The concept was to provide a diversion for these young workers who roamed the streets of Cowcaddens at that time, frequently causing a nuisance, and also give them some spiritual guidance, as they had by now, outgrown Sunday School.
The uniforms etc., strongly resembled those we would associate with the Boy's Brigade.
The Foundry Boys were soon to be seen all over Glasgow, and not just boys working in the foundry industry.
By 1925 they met in the following venues in the east end alone ;
St. Andrew's Section
Central UF Church, Charlotte Street
Family Home, St. Andrews Street
11 Young Street
30 Kirk Street
Orphan Home, 23 James Morrison Street
Hall, 97 Green Street
Calton Section
Greenhead Public Hall, Landressy Street
41 Dalmarnock Road
143 Main Street, Bridgeton
24 West Street
Bridgeton Section
Victoria Hall, 146 Crownpoint Road
Victoria Hall, 41 Dalmarnock Road
36 Muslin Street
Fairbairn Hall, Baltic Street
Eastern Section
Mission Hall, Campbellfield Street
Church Hall, Chalmers Street
Camlachie Institute
Co-op Hall, Pettigrew Street
Fullarton Hall, Tollcross
Clearly the Foundry Boys became a meaningful part of the social fabric of Glasgow for young men in the early part of the twentieth century.
Does anybody have any memoribilia re this ??