Margaret McIver
(1879-1958)

Died aged c. 79

Margaret "Maggie" McIver (9 May 1879 -1958) was the founder of the Glasgow Barras, a street market in the Calton area, in the east end of Glasgow. Initially an area of street markets, it became a permanent site when a roof was added to protect the stalls from bad weather and it now has over a thousand stalls within 10 markets. It is also the location of the Barrowland Ballroom, one of the city's main rock and pop venues.

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