Month: May 2020

  • The Pollockshaws murderer

    The Pollockshaws murderer

    This post continues Dr Halliday Sutherland’s reminiscences of his Glasgow childhood. His father, John Francis Sutherland, was medical officer to the Barlinnie Gaol, Glasgow. Outside the north wall of the prison, new houses had been built for the governor, the doctor, and the chaplain. I watched the building of the houses and, before the boards…