Cumberland St. May 1974
40 Cumberland St.With steps leading up to a Doric portico, this house had some pretensions, and it is mentioned in Architecture of Glasgow. ‘49 District HQ’ is painted on the lintel, but HQ of what is not stated. On the gable wall can be discerned the words 'Thomson's Dance Academy'. There is some interesting information on this establishment in http://urbanglasgow.myfastforum.org/Dancing_School_handbill_1908_ish_Telephone_Gorbals_233_about3823.html May 1974
Cumberland St and Salisbury St. The railway stations, lines and companies serving the Gorbals are the source of much confusion. This, though in Cumberland St, was not Cumberland St Station (which was in Eglinton St). According to SCRAN this was Main St Station, though some way from Gorbals Main St (where there was another station). It seems to have opened in 1872 (or 1877) and closed in 1900, but after 109 years of disuse this structure still stands. The track-level buildings are said to have been removed in 1969, but there is clearly still some sort of superstructure here. April 1973
