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Dalmarnock (Dail Mheàrnaig in Gaelic) is a district in Glasgow. It is situated north of the Clyde.
It is bounded by the Clyde to the south and east, Parkhead to the north, and Bridgeton at Dunn Street to the north west. The area covers part of a loop in the River Clyde called the Cuningar Loop (known locally as 'The Vallies').
There is a bridge on Dalmarnock Road called Dalmarnock Bridge. The area was once heavily industrialised. Sir William Arrol had a factory in Baltic Street.
The east side of Summerfield Street was bombed during the Second World War.
In the 1960s, a new housing scheme was built, comprising of four twenty-two storey tower blocks and 'H-block' maisionettes. Two of the towers; 40 & 50 Millerfield Road were demolished in 2002. One other tower was demolished on July 1, 2007 and the final one on September 9 2007.
Dalmarnock railway station is on the Argyle Line.
The area used to have te 4 schools: Springfield Road Primary, Springfield Primary, Riverside Secondary and Our Lady of Fatima Primary School (previously Springfield Primary until becoming the "new" Catholic School around 1969 taking pupils from St Michael's Parkhead and the Sacred Heart primary in Bridgeton)on Lily Street/Connel Street all of which have now closed.
Most of the old tenements on Dalmarnock Road and Springfield Road were demolished in the 60's and early 70's. There used to be a coal depot on Dalmarnock Road on the site of what became the Tartan Arrow haulage depot. The row of shops opposite from the corner of Springfield Road included the Pawn shop on the corner; a butchers; Matty's fish shop, Brogan's fruit shop; Mr Connells newsagent; an Opticians; Archies grocers shop; Crollas cafe; a general store that sold soap powder, bags of coal, lightbulbs and so on; a Jewellers; The Albany bar; a tv repair Shop; a shoe shop; a pet shop and the Esso garage at the end next to the East-end Sawmill which is still there.
Dalmarnock is the proposed location for the athlete's village when Glasgow hosts the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Kenny Dalglish who played for Celtic and Liverpool and George Chisholm, trombonist, were born in Dalmarnock.
I was born in Baltic street, still live in Dalmarnock in Troon street. We used to have butchers, bakers, fishmongers, fruit shops to name a few now we have even lost the post office. An athletes village will not compensate for the loss of our schools and sporting outlets. We had a public park with bowls, tennis courts and football parks these are now all gone and hundreds of houses lying empty. Oh for the good old days.