Tongland (gang area)

This article is about an area within Calton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. For the village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, see Tongland. For the clan and village joint real property in Hong Kong, see Small House Policy § Tso/Tong land.
"The Tongs" redirects here. For the device, see tongs. For other, see tong (disambiguation).

Tongland graffiti in the Calton area of Glasgow, 2004

Tongland is a local nickname for the area of Calton, Glasgow controlled in the 1960s by a violent Scottish teenage gang called the Real Calton Tongs. The Tongs financed themselves using a protection racket, levying money on shops within their territory, and they marked that territory out in graffiti with their slogan "Tongs Ya Bass".[1]

  1. ^ Cassidy, Peter (12 November 2018). "The history of Glasgow's street gangs: Tongs ya bass". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 25 February 2021.