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| Stuball |
Tradeston to Govan - Discussion Threadhttp://urbanglasgow.co.uk/about1597.htmlPlease keep all comments about Tradeston to Govan images in here. 
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| Alex Glass |
Yet more great photos from our man Streapedair.
The depth of this collection is phenomenal and we are so luck to be able to see them her first and fro every. Great work and thanks for allowing us to share in your wonderful collection. |
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| cybers |
any chance we can have a link back to the photo's in the first post of the discussion thread. 
Sometimes i leave my pooter on the forum and some bugger in this hoose comes along and closes the window and i lose all new posts. Off to locate them noo 
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| james73 |
Aye, that's a good idea. 
Great pics once again Streapedair.
James H |
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| cybers |
Thanks James
Well after having a mosey on thru them i am once again struck by the wonderous views recorded. Well done that man for giving us an insight to parts of the city we were too wee to travel to ourselves. I don't know if it was all down to bad timing or what but it gives a sombre reflection on the city at a time when it was obviously changing. Most of the glasswork is smashed tenements empty though one photo in particular caught my attention. All around them it looks like the day after the apocalypse but there is 2 weans ice lollies and a fackin POODLE  ...
as they say "wha's Like Us" |
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| Scary |
Once again, thanks for the trip down memory lane Streap
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| Scary |
Parlane`s at the corner used to do a pick-up for washing overalls for the surrounding industries ie: british steel etc, next door at butchers was where we got our rolls, next bar one is where yours truly got his haircut as a laddie and as an incentive you got a lollipop if you were good further up was a newsagents and the two-tone shop on the corner was a bookies T.V. Shields i think it was called, in the middle of that second block was the Co-op (remember ma stamps my mum would say) and the end of the second block was a pub (The Killearn) I think.
The other side of the road was mostly demolished at that time as you can see by the shadows, the half shadow was a bookies, then a gap then tenements then a pub on its own then a large expanse of spare ground all the way to Houston St. It seems like yesterday I done all that, so thanks for the memories Streapadair
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| norrie |
Hi streapadair, another great collection of buildings that are all gone
Thanks for sharing them with us I hope you still have more to surprise us with Bye for now, norrie |
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| streapadair |
Thanks for the feedback, guys, I'm having to squeeze my head through the door sideyways now.
Great detail, Scary, love reading that sort of thing. Cybers, aye, that wee poodle was priceless, more Grosvenor Square than Govan. |
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| wee minx |
I lived in Carmichael Street from 1964 till 1974/5, and I have been waiting to see photos of it and surrounding streets for a long time. The pic above as I remember, the tenements were knocked down after the bad storms and instead of cutting through the closes to get to school, we could just walk across the spare ground :)
Fantastic, that pub was just across the road from us, my dad drank there as his local and my mum used to go into the lounge bit, I used to stand out there waiting for pocket money from him lol
That was one amazing building, I never remember it being occupied all the time I was there. The number 4 bus stop was right there , the bus I got to secondary school in Drumoyne, Govan High, and many a time in the rain, the massive slugs that used to slither out that place was bloody scary. There was a paper shop next to it where I would get sweets, but don't remember the name.
Along there beside Stag Stret was a book shop where you could take your old comics in and get a bunch of newer ones..a kind of swap, I don't remember if I had to pay, but if i did it must have been peanuts.
Ahh..Stag Street, every Saturday without fail off down there , on the ferry for free and over to the Art Galleries, that could well be me, my sister and young brother there , what fantastic memories.. thank you so much Streapadair |
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| cybers |
I think it's the memories that make this thread almost every bit as interesting as the original photo thread.
The Comic Swap shops is something for the things you don't see in Glasgow anymore thread. I remember every thursday going to the one that used to be beside the Belgrove Hotel and swap The Victor, Action, Commando, etc give it back pay 2p and get a nice fresh read. |
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| Fjord |
Very true. Wee Minx's post was like a very young Molly Weir narrative 
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| cybers |
Well remember it was you that said that.... I make no reference to Hazel McWitch whatsoever... In fact it never crossed my mind. |
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| streapadair |
You're very welcome, Minxy. Great stuff. I'd gathered that you hailed from this part of the world, and had hoped it would stir some memories for you. | ||||||||||
| Scary |
Thomson`s Televison and Piano dealer, thats where we got our first telly, it was massive in a big cabinet with doors, I remember going there weekly with my mum to make payments for the telly and a repair/maintenance scheme. The pub at the corner of Toll Lane was called The Jeannie or Jeannie Deans and you can just see a part of the old Tolbooth on extreme left of the pic. I have a memory of bus drivers and conductors waiting in there to change over shifts, pity there`s not more of it to see. Directly across from Thomson`s were public toilets. |
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| Stuball |
There is a plaque embedded in the pavement at the traffic lights outside the grand old opry that mention the tool booth... I'll nip along and get a picture this week | ||||||||||
| Scary |
Good man Stu, now I think of it i`m sure it was Green and Cream in colour. | ||||||||||
| streapadair |
Shot of the booth on VM
http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/vi...p?i=16058&r=2&t=4&x=1 I've a vague memory of it myself. The no.12 tram terminated at Admiral St (we used to use it when going to see my granny in Craigton) and the crew would often amble across to the booth for a break, or to change shifts. |
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| Stuball |
OK, so the plaque is just about a pole and not the actual toll booth building, but here they are
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| cybers |
So does it actually still exist then as the plaque leaves me a little confused 
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| Scary |
Cheers for that Stu I`ve seen that post, but never noticed the plaque.
Cybers, the post was relocated to across the road according to the plaque. |
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| Doog Doog |
Correct me if I'm wrong,but where the resturant is,I remember there being a shop called Crazy Cuts. 
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| wee minx |
I remember it being this Doog Doog... 
Image from http://govan.eveningtimes.co.uk/area/paisley-road-toll-1960s.html |
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| Doog Doog |
Aye, I remember it being Burton's too,but thought that was more the mid 70's.
I remember going to crazy cuts with ma maw,needed something for school and had trouble getting my size.The shop front was yellow with black lettering and it was at the end of a block. |
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