Calton began as a weaving village in the early 18th C. It became a burgh in 1817 and wasn't absorbed into Glasgow until 1846.

The Weaver's Strike of 1787 was one of the first major industrial disputes in Scottish history. Soldiers were called in to control a demo and six weavers were killed. The only name to survive is that of John Page. There is a commemorative plaque.

Folk singer Matt McGinn ('McGinn of the Calton') was born there in Ross Street in 1928.

John Ord, the great collector of bothy ballads, wrote a history of the Calton (as it's always called).

Not many Calton folk was like to hear the song misnamed Carlton Weaver, I can assure you!