MISS Lucy McCulloch made an emotional return in April 1980 to the distinctive tenement building in Glasgow where she had lived for many years.

The 92-year-old, a retired teacher, made the return during the official opening of the modernised flats at Eglinton Toll, on the Southside, in a buidling which had been built in 1882.

She was photographed with eleven-month-old Christopher O’Connor, the youngest new resident of the tenement.

As Miss McCulloch looked over the £105,000 modernisation scheme she told a Herald reporter: “I’m delighted that this building has been saved for the future.

“It’s a historic landmark in Glasgow and it would have been a pity if this tenement had been allowed to fall prey to the demolishers.”

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Miss McCulloch, who now lived in the King’s Park area of the city, lived in the Eglinton Toll tenement at the turn of the 20th century - several years after it had been built for about £8,000 by publican Neil Downie to accommodate his public house, the Eglinton Bar, which by now was known as The Star Bar (as it still is today).

Mr Downie’s grandson, 65-year-old Alasdair Watson, was another of the guests at the opening.

Baby Christopher’s mother, Mrs Jean O’Connor, said she was ‘thrilled’ with her new four-bedroom flat in the building.

The project was carried out by the Scottish Special Housing Association (SSHA) on behalf of Glasgow District Council. Rents for the nine flats ranged from £35.36 to £47.56 a month.

In April this year it was reported that The Star Bar, said to offer some of the cheapest pub meals in Glasgow, was on sale for just £69,950.