Maggie McIver

Margaret McIver (9 ga Mayu 1879 - 1958), wanda aka fi sani da "Sarauniyar Barras", ita ce ta kafa Barras, kasuwar titi a yankin Glasgow" id="mwCA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Calton, Glasgow">Calton a gabashin Glasgow. Da farko yanki ne na kasuwannin titi, ya zama shafin dindindin lokacin da aka kara rufin don kare shaguna daga mummunan yanayi kuma yanzu yana da shaguna sama da dubu a cikin kasuwanni 10. Har ila yau, wurin Barrowland Ballroom ne, ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren dutse da wuraren pop na birnin.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Maggie McIver Margaret Russell a Galston, Ayrshire, a ranar 9 ga Mayu 1879. Mahaifinta, Thomas Russell, dan sanda ne kuma mahaifiyarta, Margaret Sclanders, 'yar Faransa ce. Kafin bude kantin sayar da 'ya'yan itace, Maggie ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gyaran Faransa kamar mahaifiyarta. Ta sadu da mijinta James McIver a kasuwar 'ya'yan itace kuma sun kafa nasu kasuwancin hayar dawakai da kekuna ga masu siyarwa da gida.

 Barras 
McIver ta hayar da barrows sama da 300 ga masu siyarwa na gida a cikin farfajiyarta a Marshall Lane. Wannan ya kasance ne don mayar da martani ga Kamfanin Gida da ke so su dakatar da 'yan kasuwa na titi da' yan kasuwa na titi daga hannun' yan sanda. A cikin 1926, Maggie McIver ta yanke shawarar rufe kasuwa galibi don kare masu sayar da tufafi daga lalacewar kayansu. An rufe kasuwar sosai bayan shekaru biyu.

 Yankin Barrowlands 
Al'ada ce ga McIver ya dauki bakuncin bikin Kirsimeti ga masu siyarwa da iyalansu a cikin zauren gida. Shekara guda, lokacin da McIver ba ta iya hayar zauren ba, sai ta yanke shawarar gina nata, sanannen Barrowland Ballrooms wanda ya buɗe Kirsimeti Kirsimeti maraice 1934.

 Bikin Tunawa 
An kara takarda a cikin Barrowlands Ballroom don tunawa da Maggie McIver a matsayin wani ɓangare na Scots goma sha biyu da ake girmamawa ta Tarihin Muhalli Scotland (HES).  Har ila yau, akwai dutse mai tunawa a ɗaya daga cikin ƙofar ƙofar Glasgow Green.

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