Municipal and Civic Enterprises
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TitleMunicipal and Civic Enterprises
ReferenceBK/19
Date1873-
Archival historyIn the first quarter of the 20th Century, Kirkintilloch vigorously espoused municipal socialism. The longest surviving municipal venture is the Kirkintilloch Municipal Bank, which still exists. As well as the Municipal Pictures, Restaurant and Slaughterhouse, there were a variety of experimental schemes.
A municipal piggery was formed as a more effective way of disposing of food refuse; householders were encouraged to separate it from the rest of their rubbish, and it was fed to the pigs. The piggery lasted 1-2 years, before several of the pigs died due to improper feeding.
A municipal goatherd produced milk for tubercular children. However, several complaints about the 'insanitary condition' of the milk were raised as the herd was situated next to Dryfield Sewage farm and close to a refuse coup, and were able to roam at will over both of these.
A Municipal Kitchen ran for 4 years and made a net profit of £41. It produced a number of foodstuffs, including municipal jam; when they ran out of jam pots, appeals were made to local schools promising any boy or girl who offered a pot or pots to the kitchen by 5pm the following day would receive a halfpenny per pot.
The Municipal Shower Baths opened at Broadcroft on 17 April 1920, and had 9500 bathers during the summer months of 1920.
A municipal piggery was formed as a more effective way of disposing of food refuse; householders were encouraged to separate it from the rest of their rubbish, and it was fed to the pigs. The piggery lasted 1-2 years, before several of the pigs died due to improper feeding.
A municipal goatherd produced milk for tubercular children. However, several complaints about the 'insanitary condition' of the milk were raised as the herd was situated next to Dryfield Sewage farm and close to a refuse coup, and were able to roam at will over both of these.
A Municipal Kitchen ran for 4 years and made a net profit of £41. It produced a number of foodstuffs, including municipal jam; when they ran out of jam pots, appeals were made to local schools promising any boy or girl who offered a pot or pots to the kitchen by 5pm the following day would receive a halfpenny per pot.
The Municipal Shower Baths opened at Broadcroft on 17 April 1920, and had 9500 bathers during the summer months of 1920.
Level of descriptionsub-fonds
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch