Shettleston

Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge.Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a half miles from the city centre. It incorporates the sub-districts of Greenfield and Sandyhills. The area is well served by public transport, lying on the key A89 road, and has a railway station on the North Clyde Line of the First ScotRail local railway network, with a direct link to Queen Street station in Central Glasgow. It once was linked to Hamilton by the North British Railway, but this line has long since been closed.Famous people from the area include: Alistair Mcllean the famous novelist, Cliff Hanley, the lyricist of Scotland's anthem Scotland the Brave, and Charles Wilson, former editor of The Times, Junior Campbell, (musician) with 1960s band The Marmalade, (and composer of the music for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends), all of whom attended the local school Eastbank Academy. Comedian Janey Godley wrote about her upbringing in 1960s/70s Shettleston in her autobiography Handstands in the Dark, published in 2005. Sports journalist/football commentator Archie Macpherson was brought up in Shettleston. Harvard Financial historian Prof. Niall Ferguson has a family connection to Shettleston in that his grandparents lived there.