Nae Streets in Drumchapel - Glasgow Life

from an old Drumchapel boy
We found a great place up a steep hill called The Whangie.
There were great big boulders and rocks to climb here. We reached
as high as possible and could see everything for miles. It was the best
view ever.
But we could not see Drumchapel.
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One big hill in Drumchapel is across from the junction at
Summerhill Drive and Kinfauns Drive. Behind here the hill leads up
to Jedburgh Avenue and Rozell Avenue. In the old days there were
no avenues there, no roads and no drives. Only there was this hill. It
was the biggest of all. We called it the ‘big hill’.
Going up the ‘big hill’ from behind Kinfauns Drive was the
other Squatters Camp in Drumchapel. Men, women, children and
elderly people lived here in huts and old caravans. They were very
poor and no houses to go to. People called them ‘squatters’. It was
not a nice name. Other names for them were ‘tinkers’. People
thought that was not a nice name either.
A better name for them was ‘travellers’. Some liked travelling
about Scotland and did not want permanent homes. They travelled
from place to place. They bought things and sold them. They mended
pots and pans. They sharpened people’s knives and tools. When
farms were there in the old days they did work for the farmers. They
picked raspberries and strawberries for making jams and cakes. They
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