Hi Maisie and List, Royal Bank wasn't in the building now housing GPMA in the middle of Royal Exchange Sq. Since at least the 1950s (perhaps earleir) to the 1980s that building was occupied by the Stirling Library at ground level and the Commercial Library in the basement. During that period the library was run by the City Council's Libraries. In the 1980's the basement was occupied by Arts organisations like Mayfest and the Jazz Festival. The Royal Bank fronted on to Buchanan Street with a rear entrance in the colonnaded facade looking on to Royal Exchange Square. In the 1960s (possibly earlier too) the rear entrance was the security entrance for the bank's large-scale cash movements in and out of the building, so public access was from Buchanan Street. Somewhere online there will be a history of these buildings. I'm nearly sure the GOMA building started life as a merchant's very grand house, but it's late here now, so that research will have to wait for another day. Ken On 23/12/2015 23:30, Maisie Egger via wrote: > Oops! Apologies to the list for failing to delete the Lanark address with > some personal comments when replying to Ella . It could have been worse > than to call someone an idiot because of his political point of view > (counter to mine, of course!). > > As an office girl in Glasgow in the 1940-50s, I knew Glasgow inside and out > as I had to deliver legal correspondence to many businesses in the city > including what was then the Royal Bank of Scotland but now the GoMa - > Glasgow Modern Art Museum in Royal Exchange Square. > > Many changes in Glasgow, and as the saying goes, you can't go back. > > Maisie > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4489/11240 - Release Date: 12/23/15 > >