Edit Egypt - Tollcross
In fact, you could find it at Dalness Street between Shettleston and Tollcross Roads.
Egypt Farm was built in 1810 and was a dairy farm that also kept sheep.
It was given the name by owner, a Mr J Hamilton, who had returned from Egypt after serving there in the British Army.
Pictured here in 1949 is Mrs Hamilton feeding the hungry chickens with the help of grandson Jim.
At that time, the farm was seen as a pocket of resistance to the advance of city housing.
I believe the gates are still there and I remember being told he brought sand back with him - adding to the Egyptian name.
Egypt Farm was owned by the Gordon family in the early 1900's. Indeed, the owner was my great-great grandfather. The farmhouse itself is still there
Interesting to see the photo of Mrs. Hamilton and wee Jim - actually wee Jim was big Jim when I knew him at Eastbank Academy in the late fifties and early sixties.
He won the one and only ticket in the school draw for the European Cup Final of 1960 at Hampden between Real and Eintracht - a 4/6 enclosure ticket - which he promptly sold to me for ? - 4/6 - a fair man indeed - wouldn't happen today.
Thanks Jim.
I also delivered the papers in Tollcross Road, Wellshot Road, Altyre Street, Dalness Street, including Hamilton's, from Bob Smith's shop at the corner of Braidfauld and Tollcross Road.
Last I heard Jim was an engineer in some exotic location.
Tollcross was a brilliant place to grow up, I left for pastures new nearly 40 years ago, and sadly I hear it's not so brilliant these days. Shame.
I've attached a photo of the Downfield Street kids in Maggie Russell's back green around 1949 - we had all just been moved in to the new 'scheme'
Downfield Street kids 1949