Broomhouse, Glasgow
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Broomhouse is a residential area in Glasgow, Scotland. It is about six miles east of the city centre. Historically a small mining village and later the site of the Glasgow Zoo, in the early 21st centu
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Buildings from the mining village era on Hamilton Road, including the former post office (right) which has since been demolished
Remains of Broomhouse station, 1961
Realigned main road though Broomhouse, with new developments to the south (right) and older housing in Baillieston to the north (left)
Nicola Sturgeon
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Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon is a Scottish politician who was First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 to 2023. She served as a member of the Scottish Parliament from
Broomhouse, Glasgow
…is to the immediate west of Calderbraes Golf Club, which forms part of the decreasing green belt separating Glasgow from settlements in Lanarkshire. Nicola Sturgeon, former First Minister of Scotland, lived in the area. Donald McKinlay, who was captain of Liverpool F.C. in the 1920s, was born in the mining hamlet…
Sturgeon in 2021
Official parliamentary portrait, 1999
Sturgeon speaking to the Scottish Parliament, 2003
Sturgeon served as Deputy First Minister in Alex Salmond's governments.