Joyce spent many years living in the house attached to the former Hill’s Trust School - now home to Elderpark Housing.

Joyce contacted the housing association after Elderpark moved in asking to visit the former school where her father David served as its janitor from 1969.

Elderpark happily obliged and laid on a special tour of the now-transformed historic building in Golspie Street, Govan.

Joyce was able to pinpoint her bedroom in the tied house which now houses the ‘Barbour Suite’ – so named by Elderpark after the renowned local housing campaigner Mary Barbour.

For Joyce it was a trip down memory lane visiting former classrooms including the Elderpark boardroom which was one large classroom in its day.

Joyce said: “It was wonderful to be back not just to see the school transformed into lovely offices for the housing association but the home where we lived. It brought back so many memories of my dad David. It made my day seeing the building restored and re-purposed.

“The good thing about your father being the janitor and living next door was that you were never late for school!”

Hills Trust School - which dates from 1875 - was gifted to the Govan community by 19th century philanthropist Abraham Hills. David was the last ever janitor of the school before it closed to be replaced by a modern structure nearby which has since been demolished.

Like so many schools of the Victorian era, accommodation for the janitor and family were built onto the main building.

The former school has been sympathetically restored by Elderpark Housing, preserving an iconic local building which forms an important part of Govan’s built heritage.

Gary Dalziel, chief executive of Elderpark Housing, said: “We were delighted to welcome Joyce back to a place where she spent a very happy childhood. When we decided to restore Hills Trust we knew it was an important local landmark which held special memories for thousands of people.

“Many had attended the school and seeing how happy Joyce was reminiscing about her time in the janitor’s house with her family and attending the school was a lovely moment. The devoted service to generations of schoolchildren undertaken by her father David is something Joyce can rightly be proud of.”