{"id":4625,"date":"2024-04-09T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loveloan.co.uk\/history\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T18:58:36","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loveloan.co.uk\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e4625-e1 m3kh-0 m3kh-1 m3kh-2\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/www.loveloan.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/quarry-temp.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center bottom; background-size: cover;\"><\/div><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-color\" style=\" background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e4625-e2 m3kh-7 m3kh-8 m3kh-e\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e4625-e3 m3kh-j m3kh-k\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e4625-e4 m3kh-l m3kh-m m3kh-6 x-effect-exit\" data-x-effect=\"{&quot;scroll&quot;:true,&quot;offsetTop&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;offsetBottom&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;behaviorScroll&quot;:&quot;fire-once&quot;}\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><p class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">History<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-div e4625-e5 m3kh-q\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e4625-e6 m3kh-r m3kh-s m3kh-t\"><p>Bell's Park and Quarry by William Simpson (1823-1899) Love Loan ran along the southern edge. <br \/>\n\u00a9 Glasgow Museums<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e4625-e7 m3kh-0 m3kh-3 m3kh-4\" id=\"lead\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e4625-e8 m3kh-7 m3kh-9 m3kh-a m3kh-f m3kh-g\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e4625-e9 m3kh-k\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e4625-e10 m3kh-s m3kh-t m3kh-u m3kh-v\">So why the name Love Loan?<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e4625-e11 m3kh-7 m3kh-b m3kh-c m3kh-h\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e4625-e12 m3kh-k\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-color\" style=\" background-color: transparent;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e4625-e13 m3kh-l m3kh-n m3kh-o\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><p class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">LOVE LOST<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e4625-e14 m3kh-s m3kh-v m3kh-w m3kh-x\"><p>A tucked-away lane near John Street and Martha Street, Love Loan was home to a wonderfully diverse collection of residents from its first appearance in records in the early 1800s \u2013 cane and fancy chairmakers, Singer sewing machines, glass, paper and glue merchants, shopkeepers, coal dealers and cotton manufacturers \u2013 before the University of Strathclyde took up residency at number three from the 1930s right up until the late 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Come 1966 however, the College of Science and Technology vacated Love Loan and the street disappeared from record.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e4625-e15 m3kh-k\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-color\" style=\" background-color: transparent;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e4625-e16 m3kh-l m3kh-n m3kh-p\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><p class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">LOVE FOUND<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e4625-e17 m3kh-s m3kh-v m3kh-w m3kh-y\"><p>Having uncovered the story of Love Loan and its disappearance from Glasgow\u2019s city centre, our ambition is now to bring it back into public consciousness, to rediscover and recreate the dynamic vibrancy of the original Love Loan.<\/p>\n<p>A stone\u2019s throw from George Square, Queen Street Station, the University of Strathclyde and the Merchant City, Glasgow\u2019s newest neighbourhood will be an exciting new location to eat, drink, meet, work and relax. As was the case for the 200 years of the original Love Loan, the lane will once again be home to a diverse collection of occupiers, each with their own personality. With hotel accommodation, food and drink, office space and residential accommodation, the vibrancy of Love Loan will soon return, with community and sustainability at its heart.<a href=\"\/be-a-part-of-love-loan\/\"><\/a><\/p><\/div><a class=\"x-anchor x-anchor-button e4625-e18 m3kh-z\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"\/be-a-part-of-love-loan\/\"><div class=\"x-anchor-content\"><div class=\"x-anchor-text\"><span class=\"x-anchor-text-primary\">Be a part of Love Loan<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e4625-e19 m3kh-0 m3kh-2 m3kh-4 m3kh-5\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/www.loveloan.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/love_found_1.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center bottom; background-size: cover;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e4625-e20 m3kh-7 m3kh-a m3kh-b m3kh-d m3kh-f m3kh-i\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e4625-e21 m3kh-j m3kh-k\"><hr class=\"x-line e4625-e22 m3kh-10\"><\/hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HistoryBell&#8217;s Park and Quarry by William Simpson (1823-1899) Love Loan ran along the southern edge. \u00a9 Glasgow MuseumsSo why the name Love Loan?LOVE LOSTA tucked-away lane near John Street and Martha Street, Love Loan was home to a wonderfully diverse collection of residents from its first appearance in records in the early 1800s \u2013 cane and fancy chairmakers, Singer sewing &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loveloan.co.uk\/history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4933,"parent":0,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-4.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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