In some blocks like the Gorbals, 50 neighbours would be sharing the one outdoor toilet and back court tap. Tenements brought together incredibly tight-knit communities to the city, now the amount of people that used to live on your street all live in the one big sandstone building, and the streets in the city are lined with them.In some blocks like the Gorbals, 50 neighbours would be sharing the one outdoor toilet and back court tap. Tenements brought together incredibly tight-knit communities to the city, now the amount of people that used to live on your street all live in the one big sandstone building, and the streets in the city are lined with them.
In some blocks like the Gorbals, 50 neighbours would be sharing the one outdoor toilet and back court tap. Tenements brought together incredibly tight-knit communities to the city, now the amount of people that used to live on your street all live in the one big sandstone building, and the streets in the city are lined with them. | Contributed

Tenement City: The hidden history of Glasgow's tenements in 10 pictures

Here is the hidden history of tenements in Glasgow

Tenements are everywhere in Glasgow - growing up in a tenement was universal experience for nearly every Glaswegian - but not everyone knows the origins and hidden history of the buildings that have housed generations on generations of Glaswegians, over the last 200 years.

Tenements were brought in as a quick and inexpensive housing solution to accommodate the booming population of Glasgow during the industrial revolution and highland clearances.

Tenements brought together incredibly tight-knit communities to the city, now the amount of people that used to live on your street all live in the one big sandstone building, and the streets in the city are lined with them.

Take a look below as we explore the hidden history of Glaswegian tenements.

Tenements brought together incredibly tight-knit communities to the city, now the amount of people that used to live on your street all live in the one big sandstone building, and the streets in the city are lined with them.

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