Queen Margaret Union (student union: 1890-: Glasgow, Scotland)

A society of students of Queen Margaret College , a women's college of higher education incorporated in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1883 and amalgamated with the University of Glasgow in 1892 , was founded in 1890 and had the use of a basement room within the College in Hamilton, Glasgow. It provided various amenities for organised recreation and meetings but soon outgrew its accommodation. Premises were rented in a flat at 31 Buckingham Terrace, Glasgow, in 1908, offering a meeting place and light refreshments, and in a house at 67 Ann Street (later Southpark Avenue) in 1912. In 1922 a larger house in University Gardens was purchased with help from the Carnegie Trust.

In 1930, the male-only Glasgow University Union moved from its premises (now the John MacIntyre Building) on University Avenue into new premises at the bottom of University Avenue and the women were given their old building. When Queen Margaret Union moved into the refurbished premises in 1932, they were regarded as 'the finest women students' club in the kingdom'. The continuing growth in the number of women students put great pressures on the building and in the mid 1960s new premises were built in University Gardens with University Grants Committee funds following a request by the University Court. Queen Margaret Union was given the tenancy of the building, which opened in 1968.

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