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Sharon wrote: maybe reporting incidents to the police is the thing to do?

Real men don't call the cops.

Master Sinclair was simply outnumbered, and doubtless sought refuge in McChuill's with the intention of rustling up a posse.

Dexter St. Clair wrote:Finally I met some aggressive beggars last Sunday.

Why didn't you Dexter them?

I am old enough to recall The Bungalow as a venue. When I was at Sounds.... My mate, who went by the nom de plume Harry Longabaugh, was the local correspondent for Sounds during that era. I accompanied him to gigs and interviews to take photos, and the following shots of Paisley band Defiant Pose w...

From a small section of a family photo taken from our back door in Lunderston Drive, this is how the Househillwood Road shops looked in 1962 (click for larger image):- https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3861/14179066319_f2621650eb_n.jpg Untitled by neilmc_photos , on Flickr From left to right, the shops...

think it may be 160 Bothwell st ,it houses flats and then up Blythswood st to St Vincent st it houses Strathclyde Police offices ,think it was called Heron House many moons ago ,,maybe some HG whiz kid could post a photo :roll: Heron House, now The Pinnacle; both taken by myself 36 years apart:- ht...

Imagine going out to the van in the '70s and asking for a packet of Squirrel Nut Zippers and a Chelsea Whopper.

Mori wrote:WWZ

George Street, Glasgow by neilmc_photos, on Flickr

Check out the resemblance:-
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/10517675.jpg

Edit: it is Andy Stewart

Cheers Dexter.

i think your movie is 'You're Only Young Twice', though the IMDb reviewer refers to a the acting debut of Ronnie Corbett, with no mention of Andy Stewart:-
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030998/reviews

Sorry about that, HH; lazy use of the Search facility on my part.

Here's how it should look:-
search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=byers+road+-byars

He's not the only one:-

search.php?keywords=Byers+road

Hendrix/Floyd/Move etc. package tour, Green's Playhouse, 5th December 1967: it seems that Noel Redding was less than impressed with Glasgow:-

http://novdec1967.blogspot.co.uk/2010/0 ... house.html

Have you seen this thread:-

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3507&hilit=Hurlet

As far are I know they are still there.

Mori wrote:Did Tandy not used to be in Renfield st, Regent house where the old Regent cinema was ?

Yes, and ironically the shop that's there now also sells electronic gear, albeit second-hand stuff that folk have had to hock.

They also had a store at the corner of Ingram St. and Miller St. (now Cruise).

Bridie wrote:Our Price records
Don't know where it was in Glasgow.

The Sauchiehall Centre* - they also had a branch in Cumbernauld.

*edit: it was next door to Athena, another lost chain.