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13-03-2025
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Would you live on Vaccine Avenue or Virology Grove?
They are names that bring illness and disease to mind - but a new Glasgow housing estate is to have its streets named after vaccines, radiography and viruses. Ashlar Village is on the site of the former Ruchill Hospital, which closed in 1998. Now the development of over 400 homes will feature Vaccine Drive, Virology Grove, Radiography Road and Laboratory Place. The Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney backed the names and told the BBC it was in tribute to the work at the hospital in the past. Speaking to the Jeremy Vine Show, he explained his original suggestion was to acknowledge "key pioneers" at the hospital, which was originally built to deal with infectious disease. He explained: "The council said that since Black Lives Matter and controversies over naming streets after people, we have decided no longer to name streets after persons alive or dead - so it would need to be something more abstract. "I head-scratched and thought 'let's make it more particular to the function of the hospital' - obviously it's tricky to name something Tuberculosis Terrace so I tried to keep them appropriately named." Social media reaction has been mixed, with some comments calling them "crazy" and others cracking jokes. However Sweeney believes the choices serve as an acknowledgment of the history in the area, even if he admits some of that past was "unpleasant", including the hospital dealing with the Aids pandemic in the 1980s. He said: "It's a very important social history and it's trying to credit some of the work done there, but perhaps in a more oblique way than first intended." Not all of his ideas made the cut though - X-Ray Drive was rejected due to a hyphen being in it, which forced the change to Radiography Road. Some neighbouring streets are, however, named in honour of the architect who designed the old hospital - Alexander McDonald. The new development will feature one, two three and four bedroom homes with a garage or parking space, which Sweeney says will help an area that has consistently suffered from "a chronic lack of homes". A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said that naming conventions for Glasgow streets have been in place since the late 1980s, basing them around "the history of the site in question." She added "After a series of discussions on an initial list of proposed names, and in keeping with the street naming convention - whereby street names are given using the history of the site in question - the local elected members felt that these names fitted given the former hospital on site was famous for its remarkable work with infectious diseases."
BBC News
13-03-2025
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- BBC News
Housing estate streets named in honour of Ruchill Hospital
They are names that bring illness and disease to mind - but a new Glasgow housing estate is to have its streets named after vaccines, radiology and Village is on the site of the former Ruchill Hospital, which closed in the development of over 400 homes will feature Vaccine Drive, Virology Grove, Radiography Road and Laboratory Place. The Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney backed the names and told the BBC it was in tribute to the work at the hospital in the past. Speaking to the Jeremy Vine Show, he explained his original suggestion was to acknowledge "key pioneers" at the hospital, which was originally built to deal with infectious explained: "The council said that since Black Lives Matter and controversies over naming streets after people, we have decided no longer to name streets after persons alive or dead - so it would need to be something more abstract."I head-scratched and thought 'let's make it more particular to the function of the hospital' - obviously it's tricky to name something Tuberculosis Terrace so I tried to keep them appropriately named."Social media reaction has been mixed, with some comments calling them "crazy" and others cracking jokes. However Sweeney believes the choices serve as an acknowledgment of the history in the area, even if he admits some of that past was "unpleasant", including the hospital dealing with the Aids pandemic in the said: "It's a very important social history and it's trying to credit some of the work done there, but perhaps in a more oblique way than first intended." Not all of his ideas made the cut though - X-Ray Drive was rejected due to a hyphen being in it, which forced the change to Radiography neighbouring streets are, however, named in honour of the architect who designed the old hospital - Alexander new development will feature one, two three and four bedroom homes with a garage or parking space, which Sweeney says will help an area that has consistently suffered from "a chronic lack of homes".A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said that naming conventions for Glasgow streets have been in place since the late 1980s, basing them around "the history of the site in question."She added "After a series of discussions on an initial list of proposed names, and in keeping with the street naming convention - whereby street names are given using the history of the site in question - the local elected members felt that these names fitted given the former hospital on site was famous for its remarkable work with infectious diseases."
Yahoo
12-03-2025
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Vaccine Drive and Laboratory Place: SNP council's ‘ridiculous' names for housing estate
An SNP-led council has come under fire for a 'ridiculous' decision to name roads on a new housing estate Vaccine Drive and Laboratory Place. Streets in Ashlar Village in Ruchill, Glasgow, have also been named Radiography Road and Virology Grove. Bellway, the housebuilder constructing the estate, said it was not involved in naming the roads and pointed the finger at Glasgow city council. A spokesman told The Telegraph the streets were named in tribute to Ruchill Hospital, one of the earliest purpose-built infectious disease hospitals in Scotland The hospital opened in 1900 and treated patients with infectious diseases such as scarlet fever, tuberculosis and smallpox. It closed in 1998 and was sold a year later, but lay unused for more than two decades before work began on low-density housing. Ann McGinley, the chairman of Ruchill community council, said she was unimpressed by the medical-based street names, adding: 'Some of them are absolutely ridiculous, I think it's stupid. 'I don't know where the idea came from. Everyone in Ruchill knows the site used to be a hospital.' On social media, one local wrote: 'Ruchill Hospital was an infectious diseases hospital back in the day so be thankful there isn't a Dysentery Drive or Tuberculosis Lane. 'I'm all for acknowledging the history of a site. But they could have been a bit more creative with the names.' Another joked: 'There are many benefits to living on Vaccine Drive. Not least jab-seekers allowance.' Kas, a local business owner, said: 'I think it's quite quirky, it's good they have now utilised that site.' Ashlar Village features apartments with one or two bedrooms, alongside three and four-bedroom houses. According to the website, prices for most properties have yet to be confirmed but a two-bedroom apartment starts at £182,995. A spokesman for Bellway said: 'We are looking forward to delivering 403 new homes within our Ashlar Village development, which will provide a range of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes. 'The development is on the site of the former Ruchill Hospital, which was derelict for many years, and is providing much needed homes and regeneration for the area. 'The street names were set by Glasgow city council to reflect the history of the site, and Bellway was not involved in the naming of the roads.' A spokesman for the council said a convention in place since the late 1980s is used in the street naming process in Glasgow, where street names are proposed based on the history of the site in question. 'We issue the proposed street names to all local elected members and any active community councils and give them a 28-day objection period,' the spokesman said. 'After a series of discussions on an initial list of proposed names, and In keeping with the street naming convention – whereby street names are given using the history of the site in question – the local elected members felt that these names fitted given the hospital was famous for its remarkable work with infectious diseases, and these names were approved.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
