95 Morrison Street

29/09/2022

Another pic of our building in the 60s.

Reaching out, touching me, touching you...

Taken in 1969, the spans of the Kingston Bridge inch ever closer.

Great view, too, of the old Kingston Dock being filled in, bottom, the iron ore handling plant at General Terminus Quay, and, top, Prince's Dock, and Queen's Dock.

The snapper was on a wing and a prayer, in the old AA road watch plane.

Pic: Newsquest

13/01/2022

Every home in Scotland must have interlinked fire alarms by February 2022.

Being interlinked means if one alarm goes off, they all go off. You may not always hear the alarm closest to the fire, especially if you’re somewhere else in the house. An interlinked system will alert you immediately.

More information here.

Information on carrying out fire safety inspections and repairs on your home.

21/05/2021

COVID-19 Vaccine available to all aged over 18 in the G5 postcode area, including all residents of 95 Morrison Street.

Information and FAQs COVID vaccinations and how to get yours.

29/03/2021

You may be aware that Persimmon have set aside £75M to deal with legacy cladding issues on buildings.
We encourage all owners to register an interest with Persimmon via this link. The more owners we can get to register and put some pressure on Persimmon the more likely we are to attract some of this funding.

https://m.persimmonhomes.com/claddingenquiries

Thanks

Contact Persimmon Homes about any property cladding concerns you may have with your Persimmon property. We have a dedicated team dealing with cladding enquiries.

30/03/2020

There are a few local businesses that need our support at this time. They will deliver to our building. Have a look at:
Zilch plant based deli and bakery are getting ready to deliver in the next few days.
The Fish People Cafe will deliver fish the next day.
Let us know if you know of any others and we will support through our pages.

21/05/2019

Scottish Water update: We're aware that some customers in and around Morrison Street, G5 area are currently experiencing issues with normal water supply. Operatives are currently on-site investigating the cause. They will work through the evening to complete the repair. We thank you for your patience.

20/12/2018

Season's greetings from 95 Morrison Street

26/08/2018

95 Morrison Street celebrated its 120th year during 2017. To mark that milestone and the completion of our extensive internal and external refurbishment, the Owners’ Association has prepared a short history of the building, which can be downloaded as a PDF from the history PDF of our website. Here’s to another 120 years! http://www.95morrisonstreet.co.uk/history

Our website has also been completely refreshed this year and contains lots of useful information for owners, residents and those with a general interest in this magnificent building.

30/05/2018

Here's a photo from The Glasgow Motorway Archive showing the Kingston Bridge under construction. They have quite a few photos of 95 Morrison Street over the years, with this one having been taken right outside our front door. The street lamps shown belong to the building and still work today, although with a slightly nicer paint job!

11/03/2018

04/03/2018

Here's an interesting post from Lost Glasgow about the 1914 fire at the Kingston Dock just across the road. One of the pictures shows the original statue of Light and Life above 95 Morrison Street's tower, not long after it was restored having been nearly destroyed in another fire in 1911. That fire was fought using water pumped from these docks as at that time 95 Morrison Street was essentially right behind the quayside of the Clyde. You can also see the old SCWS "gusset" building with it's rooftop clock just along Morrison Street (destroyed in a more recent fire). This was one of the Co-op's first major buildings in the Kingston area, before they took up most of the surrounding land, built around 20 years before 95 Morrison Street.

02/01/2018

Happy new year and happy birthday to 95 Morrison Street – 121 years old today! Following our major renovations last year we’ve been working on a short history of the building which will be made available in 2018. Here’s an extract covering the grand opening ceremony...

The building was officially opened on Saturday 2 January 1897. A grand procession had been announced in various newspapers in the days leading up to the opening ceremony, with the public invited to spectate, such as in this clipping from the Dundee Advertiser on Boxing Day, 1896.

A procession of over 200 mostly SCWS vehicles started from Glasgow Green at 11:30am with one group containing the directors of the SCWS starting from Royal Exchange Square. Most of these were of course horse drawn lorries, many decorated and intended to showcase the huge range of the SCWS’s businesses. The procession was routed along London Road, Trongate, Queen St, St Vincent St, Renfield St, Union St, Jamaica St, Glasgow Bridge, Bridge St, King St and along Paisley Road to Morrison St, attracting large crowds along the way.

The Herald was impressed by the number of vehicles and the “generally fine quality of the horses”. Many of the wagons were filled with products from across the society’s many trades, such as wares from the drapery department, sacks of flour from the bakeries. Others were set up to showcase some of the core values and progressiveness of the society, such as by contrasting “a representation of a hovel in which an aged dame sat in squalid surroundings making shirts” against an adjoining lorry which had “a number of gaily dressed young ladies making shorts with the appliances used in modern factories”.

When the procession reached the buildings, in front of an “enormous crowd”, Mr William Maxwell, the President of the SCWS was handed a gold key by Mr Bruce, of Bruce & Hay, which he stated was to symbolise the golden rule “that they would do unto others as they would like others to do unto them”. The Herald summarised Mr Maxwell’s remarks: "He trusted that these buildings would be a tower of strength to the co-operative movement in Scotland and that its best interest would be jealously guarded for generations to come. He trusted they would be a light that would radiate and illuminate the socially dark corners of our country. These buildings were symbolical of the growing wealth and the still quieter growing refinement and taste, of their working-men proprietors and afforded another proof of the efficiency of co-operation in ameliorating the condition of the people. He hoped the buildings would stand for generations, a monument of the thrift, the industry and the organisation of the working men of Scotland, in whose name he now opened them for co-operative purposes."

There were cheers as the main entrance was opened and invited delegates made an inspection of the buildings, where various exhibits of the society’s production had been set up. When the tour was complete, the several hundred invited guests made their way to the SCWS premises on St James Street (now Seaward Street) for a formal dinner. It was noted that the society’s sales had grown from £81,000 to over £4m in their first 30 years or so leading up to the opening of the new buildings. There were toasts to the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, the Corporation of Glasgow” and the architects.

With our new roof, refurbished lamp posts and golden statue of Light and Life, here’s to the next 121 years…