Fusilier Gordon Gentle (born & originally known as Gordon MacCrae) was a 19 year old soldier from Pollok, Glasgow, who died in Iraq on 28 June 2004, after completing his 26-week basic training course at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick.
Stephen James McKeown (born 17 July 1981 in Rutherglen) is a Scottish footballer currently playing with Pollok.
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Pollok House, the seat of the Maxwell Baronets of Pollok, is now of international importance, as it houses the world-famous Burrell Collection in its grounds.
Later in the 1960s shops were built to address the shortage in the area, with the nearest then being in Cardonald, and Pollok.
56a/57a Auchinairn, Woodhill - City Centre - Ibrox - Silverburn - Pollok - Darnley - Deaconsbank - Jenny Lind - Thornliebank - Shawlands - City Centre - Charing Cross (57a Clockwise, 56a Anticlockwise)
It then passed to the Maxwells of Nether Pollok in 1648 and then the Stewarts of Blackhall in 1660.
After a stillborn attempt in 1995 to purchase KCB, Stagecoach settled for a 20% stake in competitor Strathclyde Buses who purchased KCB), the present Stagecoach Glasgow operations were launched in 1997, after Strathclyde Buses sold to First Group, and offered fast, direct and frequent services from Glasgow City Centre to Easterhouse, Castlemilk, Pollok, Darnley, East Kilbride and Cumbernauld.