"Bedroom of 2 apartment house at Standburn"
Maker
Stirling County Council
Production date
1930s
Description
The iron bed, occupied, is next to a coal fireplace. Crockery, a water jug and a photograph sit on the mantelpiece. On the table is a pitcher and ewer for washing, a bicycle tyre and inner tube. There is a walking stick in the corner. The wardrobe with the long oval mirror is Edwardian in style. Taken as part of record of replacement of slum housing by Westquarter Model Village, built by Stirling County Council.
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Object detail
The houses were built by the owners of the coal mine, James Nimmo and Co. They had no running water or inside toilets. When the pit closed the residents were moved to Westquarter Model Village and the houses were demolished shortly after the photograph was taken.
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