Barrowfield

Barrowfield
Barrowfield  Barrowfield shown within Glasgow
OS grid reference	NS616643
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G40
Dialling code	0141
Police	Strathclyde
Fire	Strathclyde
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Glasgow East
Scottish Parliament	Glasgow Shettleston
	Glasgow
List of places: UK • Scotland • Glasgow

Barrowfield is an area of east Glasgow in Camlachie, close to Celtic Park, home of Celtic Football Club.

It is an area of working class housing enclosed by main roads and railway lines, which consequently developed a distinctive character. The original 1930s council housing scheme (built to accommodate those cleared from Glasgow's 19th century slums) became increasingly hard to let and were demolished in the 1990s to make way for more appealing houses.

In the 1950s the area went from being a normal working class suburb like most other areas of the city to becoming a place renowned for its gangs, namely "The Torch" and "The Spur". Both these gangs terrorised each other's patch and the area was so violent it took up until the 1980s before the fighting stopped, this was due to the gang leaders realising dealing drugs was more profitable. Unfortunately for the community this meant the Scheme had hundreds of drug abusers from all areas of Glasgow coming to the area to buy their "gear". Because of this, the area has a high mortality rate amongst the youth, largely due to its drug abuse and suicide.

More recently, the area has since gone through a massive revamp however the drug problem still exists in plague proportions and crime is still high.