It was also in Govan that a new approach was taken to improve housing conditions. Rather than mass destruction of Victorian tenements, with the consequent destruction of communities, architects turned to modernisation. In 1971, the first flat to be remodelled to incorporate an inside bathroom was the home of Mrs Annie Gibbons in Luath Street, which appeared in the local press and attracted more than 300 excited visitors to view the work, including
Pat Lally (1926 - 2018) who later became Lord Provost of
Glasgow.
(1996) Villages of Glasgow: Volume 2 (South of the Clyde).
(2013) Annie's Loo: The Govan Origins of Scotland's Community Based Housing Associations.
