Create New Account. I was shown the door and advised to join the cubs, which I did, but I would have enjoyed being the 1st Lifebhoy. Therefore, the purpose of this Reflection is to make a contribution to the discussions on community planning and have the thoughts of people who have lived through other [10][11], The area was associated with Junior football team St Anthony's who had two grounds in the area. We lived in Linthouse at that time, and then we moved to Shaw Street in Govan. This was around 1954ish. I remember the Neptune Street bakery was always flooded and full of cats but people would still queue up outside it. In his 2008 memoir Chasing Killers he reflected on his time on the Southside. I learned to play tennis in the Elder Park which stood by me for I played the game for the next 60 years wherever I landed. Pagini similare. Henry (Harry) Knop was born in Govan in 1902, he married Susan Bowie in 1924, they had at least 5 children; Harriet, Frederick, Arthur, Helen and Henry, Harry Knop died in 1976. Nothing but grateful for my early Govan years. The origins of the Doomster Hill are a mystery. We went back to Govan until we could get passage, and I attended Bellahouston Academy. History [ edit] My mam would love to know. Community service. Both my parents went to Greenfield School then Govan High. I was born in Southern General 1971, lived in 1 Elder Street with my mum Ina Quinn and dad Peter Quinn, brothers and sister. The first, Moorepark Grounds, was situated to the north of the mansion from the early 1900s and made way for the housing development;[12] the second (New Moore Park, opened in 1929) was to the south-west of the neighbourhood off Edmiston Drive[12] and had fallen into some disrepair before being replaced by a business park at the turn of the 21st century, with the club moving to new facilities at Shieldhall after some years of uncertainty.[13][14]. For Margaret Gibson - I saw that you lived in Kintra Street until 1960 and wondered if you knew my grandmother Mary McGill/Johnston who lived at 110 Kintra Street in 1956. As a university sociologist, Only neighbours I remember were children Mary and her younger brother James Haggerty who lived in same close which I think was 95 Golspie Street. 3.75/4 3.75 / 4 (0 reviews) Staff Knowledge & Friendliness 4/4. He thought that important questions are never asked because mistakes in the finish of the whole are not seen until it is too late. I went to St.Constantines Primary School. Govan was a wonderful place to start on life's trails. Now offering wine & beer by the glass! I remember two days before we left in 1963, I took her to the Govan Fair, and that was the last one I ever saw. This latter kingdom, established in the aftermath of the Viking siege and capture of Alt Clut by Vikings from Dublin in AD 870, created the sandstone sculptures known today as the Govan Stones. Home - Wineally My Mother took me to the Southern and a giant black man came in. In Canada, I joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and served 37 years before retiring. 9/1 However, people striving to improve their existing environment have limited freedom to act independently. Ther were many menswear shops such as Jackson the Tailor and John Collier. Moorepark was demolished and converted into an industrial estate in the 1990s, along with a nearby contemporary development at Teucharhill which had a similar tough reputation. Darners second criticism was that the Tenants Association in the scheme had no local leadership or community say over who came into the scheme. Ai uitat contul? I remember living in a single end tenement (1950's) at 77 Nethan Street and the excitement on a Saturday morning when the man delivered the coal in our bunker which was right next to our bed. In its turn, this attitude helped create the malignant tales about people who lived there as being nothing but thieves, layabouts and drunks. 102m The Govan Shed . In fact, the idea was publicly abused in the first of the two SEU documents above. Anyone remember Quinn's pet shop in Harmony Row? Great memories. Mark Taplin forges ahead with Victor Harbor marina plan | The Mercury Get directions. The wine in the Wine Alley nickname was not expensive red and whites like Beaujolais and merlot. Moorepark, Glasgow - Wikipedia Our father would be home right before we had to leave for school, so he would take us as it was not safe to cross Langlands Rd., Unfortunately, the week before Christmas in 1943, our grandfather was killed by a bus right at the Vogue cinema. We moved to Cardonald when I was very small but used to go back to Govan all the time and stay with my grannie at 711 Govan Road, above McLarens Newsagents. Mind you, the mice we lifted them out of a glass tank by the tail then put them in thick brown bags of thinnish white boxes for their journey home and I'm convinced most would have chewed through and escaped within minutes of leaving the shop. We loved it there and had best times growing up in Govan, a great wee community and a great bunch of people, neighbours were great and we had lots of great friends to play with. [20], Traditionally viewed as a lower working-class area, Govan has typically supported the Labour Party, but the Scottish National Party (SNP) has also been strong there. He also sold single woodbine cigarettes out the packet. We went this year to the Fairfield shipyard museum which was very interesting. Darners later thoughts on a solution to the schemes problems were that it could be found in Community Planning for, as he says, members of the underclass are not helpless and passive victims of structural circumstances. Every month her and neighbours would make tablet, cakes, scones and stuff. In 1973 SNP won a by-election with Margo MacDonald as their candidate. Within 10 years, Glasgow Corporations repair and maintenance service to the area had declined noticeably because the Corporation was simply not interested. I was attending what was then known as Duns Academy when my father decided to emigrate to Canada. Brian McQuade, Reflection on Housing On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Hi Catherine, I also lived at 100 Harmony Row and also live in Canada. Beforesentencing, judge Lord Caplan told Burnside: ''You have been a significant dealer in a dreadful trade and the courts have seen the havoc it causes among young persons. I was a deckhand on the TSS Shleldhall sewage ship that sailed down the Clyde every day Monday to Friday to the tail of the bank, there we discharged the load then made a circle before heading back up home. Even having a "piece" thrown from the window was an adventure would it be "butter"and sugar or Jam what a treat! One was that there was no real attempt at involving the tenants in these changes, nor was there any attempt at involving the community in the future management of their own locale. I loved Govan how all the woman watched as we played there was always an adult around and if they were not outside you knew exactly where to find them sitting in a house having a cup of tea great great days I wish we had lived in Govan longer than my 5 years but we always had many visits back to see relies and old neighbours. Sometimes it was hillarious, waiting in the queue to get onto that seat, and having to use The News of The World as toilet paper.wow! Zobrazi viac od Sunny Govan Memories na Facebooku. Forgotten account? Wall furniture and coverings, clothing, beds and bedding, carpets and furniture were badly affected by fungi while many of the inhabitants suffered physical illnesses related to the damp atmosphere, financial anguish at the cost of replacement and (in some cases), mental problems brought on by the worry caused by the above problems in the first place! [29], Kvrner of Norway, as part of a planned development of a large international shipbuilding group, took over Govan. I was born in Govan in 1948 and lived with my grannie in Vicarfield Street, opposite the school. My Granny lived at 60 Greenfield Street next to Mrs Knox's wee shop. Many memories but top must be winning Whitefield Cup with Under 13s against Lourdes in 1962 by 7-6. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Introduction Tel: 0141 440 1999, Fax: 0141 440 1367 , Gallery. Curtis Govan, 23, was convicted in July of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, terroristic threats, unlawful restraint, simple assault, resisting arrest,. 25 bus to the Gladstone Gospel Hall at the corner of Golspie St and Logie St. I remember on Sunday mornings being taken with my sister, Elizabeth, on a No. Any profits went into the family home and we knew that we would get in return our Saturday matinee money and a sweety. A great place to live. Datum OSGB36 - NGR. 14 Riverside Changes, 2005, p. 1 Providing a family base with a family room in Govan, with weekly meetings in Govan and Easterhouse Providing consistent, non-judgmental support to families and individuals, and home visits to families in crisis Maureen Doyle was my name then. We were also in the Choir at Govan Parish church and in the B.B. She had two brothers James (b.1924), Michael (b.1928) Agnes (b.1930) and Kathleen (b.1932). It was great reading all the stories. Directions to Wine Alley Govan (Glasgow) with public transport The following transport lines have routes that pass near Wine Alley Govan Bus : 121 23 26 X19 Train : SCOTRAIL Light rail : SUB How to get to Wine Alley Govan by Bus? Naw, he was told, but we have a wee boy in the back. 5 Like Pauline I also went to St. Margaret's and I also recall Susan's Shop. Here in the alley, you will find tasting rooms such as Truth Teller Winery, Baer Winery, Ancestry Cellars, Adam's Bench and the office of Woodinville Wine Country. However, given the area's reputation there was also a large numbers of empty houses. Strange thing is that we carried passengers on some days, these passengers had a dinner on board while we discharged the cargo with most never knowing what was happening. Three times during my young life I was sent away to residential schools for being undernourished while just before my 14th birthday I was put away in an approved school (in 1963) for a large number of burglaries. They were followed there and back by a second surveillance team and the vehicle stopped near Ibrox. Pieces 'n Jam and a Bottle of Water climb on top of a Air Raid Shelter and have a picnic, Aye happy days and not a Tablet or Mobile phone in site. 109m Bells Bar . Pipe Band. C/o Jones Lang LaSalle 150 St Vincent Street Glasgow G22 5ND AGENT Jones Lang LaSalle 150 St Vincent Street Glasgow G22 5ND WARD NO (S) 52, Govan COMMUNITY COUNCIL 02_073, Govan CONSERVATION AREA LISTED ADVERTTYPE Bad Neighbour Development PUBLISHED 24 October 2003 SITE AND DESCRIPTION Komunitn organizcia. 'The. Govan is home to the Scottish Junior football team Benburb F.C. www.abet.com I went undercover on the 'Wine Alley' to tackle drug problem Ex-undercover police officer Simon McLean has written about his experience tackling Glasgow's drug problem during the 80s. It was fantastic we even had a large grass area to play such a great childhood. George and Mary Breslin's, 2 boys (Raymond and Michael), William & Margaret Gallagher's boy and girl (Charles and Maureen) and John & Annie Mc Culloch's 2 girls and 1 boy ( Elizabeth, Mary and John) which was us. I was searching for Harry Lauder pictures and came across this interesting site. A list of almost 3000 ships built at Govan has been collected in the "Clydebuilt Database". He wanted to discover how and why such places came into being and to see if remedies could be found. At the time this article was written in the local Southside paper, prices for the projected apartments were going up dramatically among the speculators.14 A few hundred yards east of this development, one-bedroom apartments at the newly built QE3 (Clydeside Festival Park) in Govan were selling for 129,995 while two-bedrooms at the same place will cost you 199,995. Reply. Her daughter had a hairdressers just up from St Constantine's, I think, and my Gran got me to go along and help her wash the towels on Saturday night. I was born Jan 6th 1951 and brought up in flat above Co-op in Helen Street at Govan Cross, I Went to Harmony Row and Hills Trust Primary schools before moving to Pollok when I was 10 .I have 4 brothers Dave, Bobby, Shuggie, all born in Govan ..and Alastair born in Pollok. Best people you could meet. I lived in Kintra Street from 1946 until 1960 and went to Broomloan Road school then Govan High. Everyone used our street for roller skating, we called it thd smoothie! If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to She had 3 boys Alex, Willie and Robert. I spent 18 months there before being released on a three-year parole where I took a job in the local Cleansing Department as a midgy-man. Without a home, mankind has no place. I went to Hills Trust primary and can remember having to sit my 11 plus exam and passed by the skin of my teeth (lots of mental arithmetic). A big gang of kids would all go to the pictures on Saturday afternoon and one kid would pay to get in and then would go round to the fire escape door and open it and let the rest of the kids in for free. I am researching my family tree and as both my grandparents died in 1990 and 1993 respectively I can't ask them. At the time, it was the fifth largest burgh in Scotland and contained within its boundaries, the areas of Plantation, Cessnock, Ibrox, Craigton and Drumoyne. It is now an industrial estate. Knowing a house which was empty he pre-emptively sought approval from the council to use it as part of the operation. [12], There is an oddity whereby part of eighteenth-century parish of Govan (which was in Lanarkshire) is counted as being within Renfrewshire. 4 Markus, 1993, p. 161 Otherwise, unless there is agreement between authority and community, issues like social segregation will never go away unless something is done is because the housing system (and the way it operates) encourages the separation of the rich and the poor. Anyone know the Maguire family from Logie Street and 147 Langlands Road? Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Verejnoprospen prce. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. I was born at 17 Holmfaulhead Drive, Linthouse in 1947 and went to Elderpark School. I would so love to hear from you if you do. I remember one time, my big brother hiding in the midden under all the ashes, when I went down three stories to empty the fire ashes. Listing details information provided by Stephen Redding. Dry Docks Cafe. He also complained about the abusive term Wine Alley, which was always quoted by officialdom whenever Moorepark scheme came under discussion Was never out your streets up the fighting lol Peg & the Fleet pussies,Possil Border kicked your assesmany times.
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