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href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Glasgow" title="List of places in Glasgow">Glasgow</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Possilpark&params=55.885397_N_4.25264_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°53′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">4°15′10″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.885397°N 4.252640°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.885397; -4.252640</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Possilpark</b>, colloquially known as <b>Possil</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Glasgow’s_tiny,_muckraking_crime_mag_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glasgow’s_tiny,_muckraking_crime_mag-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a district in the Scottish city of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, situated north of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">River Clyde</a> and centred around Saracen Street. The area developed around <a href="/wiki/Saracen_Foundry" title="Saracen Foundry">Saracen Foundry</a> of <a href="/wiki/Walter_MacFarlane_%26_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter MacFarlane & Co.">Walter MacFarlane & Co.</a>, which was the main employer. In the wake of the Saracen Foundry's closure in 1967, this part of Glasgow became one of the poorest in the United Kingdom, and decades later deprivation and crime rates remain high. </p><p>A variety of diverse community organisations operate in the area, providing arts, sports, health and gardening provision and community regeneration, including Young People's Futures, The Concrete Garden, Possobilities and Friends of Possilpark Greenspace. The district is served by both <a href="/wiki/Possilpark_%26_Parkhouse_railway_station" title="Possilpark & Parkhouse railway station">Possilpark & Parkhouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashfield_railway_station_(Scotland)" title="Ashfield railway station (Scotland)">Ashfield</a> railway stations on the <a href="/wiki/Maryhill_Line" title="Maryhill Line">Maryhill Line</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upper_and_Lower_Possil_estate">Upper and Lower Possil estate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Upper and Lower Possil estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Possil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Possil.jpg/220px-Possil.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Possil.jpg/330px-Possil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Possil.jpg/440px-Possil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>The house on the Possil Estate</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1242, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Scotland" title="Alexander II of Scotland">Alexander II of Scotland</a> granted certain lands to the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Glasgow" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Glasgow">Bishop of Glasgow</a>. These included the lands in the north referred to as <b>Possele</b>, divided in the sixteenth century into Over or Upper Possil, and Nether or Lower Possil.<sup id="cite_ref-USC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region known as Nether Possil was acquired in 1595 by Robert Crawford, who was the son of Hew Crawford of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cloberhill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cloberhill (page does not exist)">Cloberhill</a>. In 1644 James Gilhagie of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenniehill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenniehill (page does not exist)">Kenniehill</a> bought the estate, part of an old and rich Glasgow family with interests in coal, the Caribbean, <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>. However, by 1698 Gilhagie had fallen on hard times, and after burning his properties in 1677 in Saltmarket and adjoining streets, applied to the Scots Parliament for assistance. After passing through various creditors hands, the lands were acquired in 1697 by Edinburgh writer John Forbes, who built a house. After being owned by his son, the estate was sold to in 1744 to merchant William Crawfurd of Birkhead, who in 1749 acquired Easter Nether Possil, he thus reunited the lands which had been subdivided in 1588.<sup id="cite_ref-USC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1808, the estate was acquired by Colonel <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_of_Possil" title="Alexander Campbell of Possil">Alexander Campbell</a>, son of Glasgow merchant John Campbell senior, founder of the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indian</a> trading house of John Campbell sen. & Co. Colonel Campbell had served during the battles in South Africa, being present at the capture of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a> in 1806, and at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Corunna" title="Battle of Corunna">Battle of Corunna</a> where he commanded the 20th Regiment. Having bought the adjoining estate of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keppoch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keppoch (page does not exist)">Keppoch</a> in 1838, the family seat had transferred there. Campbell rented Possil house and a park to <a href="/wiki/Sir_Archibald_Alison,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet">Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet</a>, who as the lawyer son of Scottish writer <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Alison_(author)" title="Archibald Alison (author)">Archibald Alison</a>, had in 1834 become Sheriff of <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>. The house and park lands as laid out then, were described then as:<sup id="cite_ref-USC_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It (Possil house) was then far away from the noise and smoke of the city, and stood among fine old trees. With its beautiful gardens, its grassy slopes, and its clear lake, Possil formed as delightful and retired a country residence as any in the county.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saracen_Foundry">Saracen Foundry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Saracen Foundry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Saracen_Foundry" title="Saracen Foundry">Saracen Foundry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HamiltonHill1923.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/HamiltonHill1923.jpg/220px-HamiltonHill1923.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/HamiltonHill1923.jpg/330px-HamiltonHill1923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/HamiltonHill1923.jpg/440px-HamiltonHill1923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1564" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>Map showing Possilpark in the early 1900s.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the death of Colonel Campbell in 1849, the estate passed to his son. When Walter MacFarlane wished to vastly expand his <a href="/wiki/Saracen_Foundry" title="Saracen Foundry">Saracen Foundry</a> company, Campbell agreed to sell MacFarlane 100 acres (0.40 km<sup>2</sup>) of the estate including the house, on which to build a vast new works. </p><p>MacFarlane renamed the estate <b>Possilpark</b>, which grew from a population of 10 people in 1872 to 10,000 by 1891, at which time the area was incorporated into the city officially.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacFarlane oversaw the removal of all the woodlands and after creating railway access to his foundry, laid out the rest of the park land as a grid plan of streets and tenements, including naming the main street running through the new suburb "Saracen Street".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Alison's death in 1867, the main house was also demolished as the foundry works expanded. </p><p>The grid layout of Possilpark was described by the then Glasgow Town Council as: <i>"... [o]ne of the finest and best conducted in Glasgow, and the new suburb of Possil Park, laid out by them with skill and intelligence, is rapidly becoming an important addition to the great city."</i><sup id="cite_ref-USC_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Saracen foundry made a series of decorative iron works, from railings and water fountains to park bandstands. These were exported all over the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and can still be found in many parts of Britain, including a reproduction placed at Saracen Cross in Possilpark itself in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After World War II, the combination of the collapse of the British Empire, the move away from steam power and the adaptation of new designs and materials meant a vast decline in orders for Saracen's standard cast iron designs. The MacFarlane company moved into standard foundry work, including being one of five foundries casting Sir <a href="/wiki/Giles_Gilbert_Scott" title="Giles Gilbert Scott">Giles Gilbert Scott</a>'s classic <a href="/wiki/K6_telephone_box" class="mw-redirect" title="K6 telephone box">K6 telephone box</a> for the <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a>. After a take over of the company in 1965, the works closed and the infrastructure was demolished in 1967.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The foundry site is now occupied by a number of commercial firms, including Allied Motors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_day">Present day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg/220px-Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg/330px-Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg/440px-Westercommon_Road_flats_and_new_housing_estate_in_Possil_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1127877.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Westercommon Road high flats and modern houses</figcaption></figure> <p>Within fifteen years of the closing of the Saracen foundry, Possil had become the hub of the Glasgow <a href="/wiki/Heroin" title="Heroin">heroin</a> trade, and was to remain so during the 1980s. Large portions of the Possil have been destroyed, many of the old tenements being flattened and the residents forced to move to other areas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Saracen Street remains the main shopping area, but the whole area has been undergoing mass redevelopment since the late 1990s, which has seen many new houses being built. More and more small local businesses are appearing in Saracen Street as well. A sports centre (Millennium Centre) was constructed to highlight the rebirth of Possil, but has since closed down and been demolished. </p><p>Following the lead of his friend <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hunter" title="Tom Hunter">Sir Tom Hunter</a>, in April 2008, English real estate tycoon <a href="/wiki/Nick_Leslau" title="Nick Leslau">Nick Leslau</a> spent 10 days in Possilpark filming <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Millionaire" title="The Secret Millionaire">The Secret Millionaire</a></i>, eventually giving away £225,000 to projects including Possobilities, formerly known as The Disability Community.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the 'Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation' analysis by the Scottish Government identified Possilpark and Keppochhill as the 2nd and 3rd most deprived areas in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Possilpark" title="Category:People from Possilpark">Category:People from Possilpark</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Balmain_PhD_FRS_FRSE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allan Balmain PhD FRS FRSE (page does not exist)">Allan Balmain PhD FRS FRSE</a>, scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Capaldi" title="Peter Capaldi">Peter Capaldi</a>, actor<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harper" title="Kevin Harper">Kevin Harper</a>, footballer<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kelly_(footballer)" title="Eddie Kelly (footballer)">Eddie Kelly</a>, footballer<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_Mabon" title="Dickson Mabon">Dickson Mabon</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willy_Maley" title="Willy Maley">Willy Maley</a>, literary critic<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Martell" title="Lena Martell">Lena Martell</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Massie_(footballer)" title="Alex Massie (footballer)">Alex Massie</a>, footballer<sup id="cite_ref-joyce_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joyce-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Paterson" title="Gil Paterson">Gil Paterson</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Carr" title="Willie Carr">Willie Carr</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Gray_(soccer)" title="Gerry Gray (soccer)">Gerry Gray</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Watt_(boxer)" title="Jim Watt (boxer)">Jim Watt</a>, world champion boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Kenny Dalglish</a>, international footballer attended Possil Senior Secondary and played for Possilpark YMCA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_McDade" title="Alex McDade">Alex McDade</a>, writer of the original version of the Jarama Valley song during the Spanish Civil War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Black_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jake Black (musician)">Jake Black</a>, singer of Alabama 3, songwriter of the famous Sopranos theme tune 'Woke Up This Morning'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_McGuire_(composer)" title="Edward McGuire (composer)">Edward McGuire</a>, composer<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_Healy_(musician)" title="Fran Healy (musician)">Fran Healy</a> (musician), singer of Scottish band <a href="/wiki/Travis_(band)" title="Travis (band)">Travis</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_Glasgow#Glasgow_tower_blocks" title="Housing in Glasgow">Glasgow tower blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Possilpark_and_Parkhouse_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station">Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vogue_Cinema_Possilpark" title="Vogue Cinema Possilpark">Vogue Cinema Possilpark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Possil_railway_station" title="Possil railway station">Possil railway station</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possilpark&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Daily+Record&rft.atitle=Exclusive%3A+The+property+tycoon+who+gave+away+%C2%A3225K+to+Possil%27s+poorest+after+undercover+mission&rft.date=2008-08-14&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.DailyRecord.co.uk%2Fnews%2Freal-life%2Fexclusive-the-property-tycoon-who-gave-987006&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://simd.scotland.gov.uk/publication-2012/simd-2012-results/overall-simd-results/key-findings/">"Key findings - SIMD"</a>. <i>scotland.gov.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=scotland.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Key+findings+-+SIMD&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsimd.scotland.gov.uk%2Fpublication-2012%2Fsimd-2012-results%2Foverall-simd-results%2Fkey-findings%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRachael_Fulton" class="citation web cs1">Rachael Fulton. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/262120-campaign-to-bring-peter-capaldi-back-to-a-phone-box-in-possil/">"Campaign to bring Peter Capaldi back to a phone box in Possil - STV Glasgow - Glasgow"</a>. <i>STV Glasgow</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=STV+Glasgow&rft.atitle=Campaign+to+bring+Peter+Capaldi+back+to+a+phone+box+in+Possil+-+STV+Glasgow+-+Glasgow&rft.au=Rachael+Fulton&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fglasgow.stv.tv%2Farticles%2F262120-campaign-to-bring-peter-capaldi-back-to-a-phone-box-in-possil%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/peter-capaldi-profile-an-alter-ego-to-swear-by-1-1351945">"Peter Capaldi profile: An alter ego to swear by"</a>. <i>The Scotsman</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Scotsman&rft.atitle=Peter+Capaldi+profile%3A+An+alter+ego+to+swear+by&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotsman.com%2Fnews%2Fpeter-capaldi-profile-an-alter-ego-to-swear-by-1-1351945&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/kevin-harper-on-his-past-and-building-a-football-academy-1-3158730">"Kevin Harper on his past and building a football academy"</a>. <i>The Scotsman</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Scotsman&rft.atitle=Kevin+Harper+on+his+past+and+building+a+football+academy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotsman.com%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fspfl%2Fkevin-harper-on-his-past-and-building-a-football-academy-1-3158730&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/ideally-suited-to-face-up-to-racism-why-the-boy-from-possil-is-mystified-over-scots-game-1.3973">"Ideally suited to face up to racism Why the boy from Possil is mystified over Scots game"</a>. <i>The Herald</i>. Glasgow. 25 November 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Herald&rft.atitle=Ideally+suited+to+face+up+to+racism+Why+the+boy+from+Possil+is+mystified+over+Scots+game&rft.date=2006-11-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldscotland.com%2Fsport%2Fspl%2Faberdeen%2Fideally-suited-to-face-up-to-racism-why-the-boy-from-possil-is-mystified-over-scots-game-1.3973&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131022132347/http://www.7amkickoff.com/2013/rogues-gallery-eddie-kelly/">"Rogues Gallery: Eddie Kelly"</a>. <i>7amkickoff.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.7amkickoff.com/2013/rogues-gallery-eddie-kelly/">the original</a> on 22 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=7amkickoff.com&rft.atitle=Rogues+Gallery%3A+Eddie+Kelly&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.7amkickoff.com%2F2013%2Frogues-gallery-eddie-kelly%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.willymaley.com/biog.html">Willy Maley biography</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090107053357/http://www.willymaley.com/biog.html">Archived</a> 7 January 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-joyce-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-joyce_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoyce2004" class="citation book cs1">Joyce, Michael (2004). <i>Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939</i>. Soccerdata. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-899468-67-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-899468-67-6"><bdi>1-899468-67-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Football+League+Players%27+Records+1888+to+1939&rft.pub=Soccerdata&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-899468-67-6&rft.aulast=Joyce&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossilpark" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.EdwardMcGuire.com/biography">"Edward McGuire - biography"</a>. <i>EdwardMcGuire.com</i>.</cite><span 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