KING VISITS SLUMS
ROUGHEST PARTS OF GLASGOW. OBVIOUSLY DISTRESSED AT MISERY. HIS MAJESTY SEES HOW THE < POOR LIVE. OFFICIALS URGED TO REDOUBLE HOUSING EFFORTS. (U.T’.A. by Elec- Tel. Copyright). (Received March 6, 9.15 p.in.) LONDON, March 0. After inspecting the liner Queen Mary King Edward VI.II visited the Corporation housing schemes in Glasgow and also visited an overcrowded area from which the inhabitants are to be transferred to council houses. He entered six tenements, chatting for some time in each case with the occupants'. Men, women and children surged round him in the roadway and' cheered ]£im. with the greatest enthusiasm. (TT.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Cooy-ight). (Received March G, 9.15 p.m.) " LONDON, March G. His Majesty’s visit to the tenements unforgettably fulfilled his broadcast, declaration that lie was “still the same man as the Prince of Wales.’’ The King strode’over muddy cobbles and along dark alleyways in a district- generally regarded as one of the roughest in Glasgow. His Majesty stood in lighted rooms and listened, with obvious' distress, to the miseries of families, seven or eight living in two rooms. His Majesty visited a family of four where' a fortnight-old baby was in bed, with the washing drying in the corner’. The father, who had been blinded in a stool works accident in 1901, asked “Who’s there?’’ King Edward replied, “The King,” and warmly shook hands with him. His Majesty listened to the wife's complaints that rats were everywhere, and tho rooms were so dark that artificial light was necessary almost all day. ■ The King was relieved when lie was told they would he re-housed soon. His Majesty met a five-year-old hoy, who asked “Are you the new King?” King Edward; patting the■ hoy’s head, replied “Yes, sonny.” His Majesty told the officials , that the conditions wore appalling, but lie had seen worse in Durham. Ho added that Glasgow must redouble its’ rehousing efforts. 1 .■■■■•• "GOOD OLD TEDDY)” The King; ! on ’ leaving the Queen Maty, was surrounded by cheering workmen, who demanded a speech and shouted “Grtod Old Teddy,” which is reminiscent' of. his grandfather’s'nickname. ••" m '."tv '-V
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12804, 7 March 1936, Page 5
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