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Tim.

Was there once.... food poisoning ensued. Never went back (unsurprisingly).


Tim.

The occasional smell of whiskey being produced as you travel along the M8/Expressway (although this may well be the aroma of incinerated hospital refuse -- bandages, amputated limbs, etc.). Also, the smell of cooking from the portable burgerbars outside Parkhead before kick-off.


Tim.

The Modern Fossil wrote:

This clock has always annoyed me -- I used to get the #44 bus home from school just about every day and I always assumed it was accurate. It took me 3 years to realise it wasn't working.

Tim.

Kinda similar to your version, Crazycullen. I remember being in p.5/p.6 primary school and being told that the killer clowns were holed up in the basement of one of the Kingsway flats (now home to countless 'fugees). In a slighly more bizarre twist, though, I remember a conversation with my school f...

What do you think of the new St. Tam's complex, Crazycullen?
Never seen that aerial photo before -- funny to see the Showgrounds being revamped at the same time.

GCC really should do something with Victoria Park's blaize pitch.

Cheers,


Tim.

Merkland Street Underground station in 1977 http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSE00038_m.jpg Source: The Glasgow Story In 1977 the Glasgow Underground system was closed so that it could be fully modernised. Merkland Street station was demolished and its replacement was renamed Partick station....

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSE00317_m.jpg Mrs Rachel Hamilton (nee Johnston), nicknamed "Big Rachel", was originally from Ireland but lived in Partick. She was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed around 17 stone. She worked as a labourer in Tod & MacGregor shipyards, as a forewoman nav...

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/imageuploads/mystery404.jpg So this Partick Central Station was actually called "Merkland Street" and was part of the underground , while Partickhill Station (which can be seen on the overground as you approach [modern day] Partick Station from Hyndland) is something...

Just reading this old thread...
Sharon, did you go on the illicit tour? If so, what did it turn up?

Cheers,


Tim.

The prospect of yet more tower blocks fills me with dread. Mind you, that part of the Finnieston area is a dump anyway.


Tim.

Queen Victoria Drive, Scotstounhill, 1902


Queen Victoria Drive, Scotstounhill, 2004



Tim.

The burd and I quite fancy going on the 21st August, but the Lighthouse site keeps crashing my computer for some unknown reason. Is it ok if we just turn up at the steps?

Cheers,

Tim.

Clarence Drive, 1926


Clarence Drive, 2004



Tim.

Clarence Drive, 1937


Clarence Drive, 2004



Tim.