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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:45 pm
by glasgowken
:) That's the stuff, well done you two.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:55 am
by onyirtodd
Lane next to what was Ca Va Studios.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:11 pm
by My Word
McShad wrote:Top end of Hopehill Road, from Garscube Road, is still cobbled


When I worked in Grovepark Street [nxt door to the plastics factory that blew up] many years ago I remember the double lines of long flagstones [say about 3ft. each long and a couple of cobbles wide] on the brae in Hopehill Road and on asking a local auld yin why they were there he answered that they were for the wheels of the carts to ease their journey uphill - in this case - as McShad says - from Maryhill Rd. to Gaspipe Rd.

A wee but interesting detail.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:29 pm
by Graham
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Abandoned Scapyard, Barrack St

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Barrack St

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End of Monteith Row at Greendyke St

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:03 pm
by glasgowken
Good stuff :)
Btw, did you notice anything interesting left in the old scrapyard ?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:42 pm
by Graham
glasgowken wrote:Good stuff :)
Btw, did you notice anything interesting left in the old scrapyard ?


Just the old crane truck at the back, couldn't see what make it was, looked like a Foden or similar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:10 pm
by viceroy
Didn't realise I had these until this thread jogged my memory. Two pics taken on a dreich afternoon early last year showing a forgotten fragment of Shields Road in its original state.

Looking towards Paisley Road West:

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Looking towards Scotland St:

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Some landscaping has taken place here recently so the scene has changed slightly since these pictures were taken.

Incidentally, is there a difference between cobbles and setts? Cobbles I have always assumed are rounded so that most of what we have actually seen so far are [granite] setts. In any case I think 'setts' is the word most commonly used in Scotland. Can anybody elaborate on this?

Very many Glasgow streets of course have their original setts still in situ beneath the tarmac, as can often be seen when the tarmac deteriorates [particularly near the kerb] or when surface repairs are being attended to.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:42 pm
by Smartalex
Gordon Lane off Mitchell Lane:-
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:59 pm
by Graham
Not Glasgow, but plenty of cobbles......


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:18 pm
by Hoey St
Setts are the correct term for what we generally call cobbles. Cobbles are rounded and were popular before the Setts took over as stone cutting technology advanced during the 19th century. In Scandinavia you stille see much of styles as the can better withstand the freezing winters, unlike tarmacadam which is easily "burst" if water gets under it and freezes.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:24 pm
by Peekay
http://www.steptoesyard.co.uk/stone_brick_cobbles.asp

Here says it's more of a locality/perception thing. Interesting to see the three most common designs too! Examples of which are above.

PK

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:00 pm
by james73
viceroy wrote:Didn't realise I had these until this thread jogged my memory. Two pics taken on a dreich afternoon early last year showing a forgotten fragment of Shields Road in its original state.

Looking towards Paisley Road West:

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Looking towards Scotland St:

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Some landscaping has taken place here recently so the scene has changed slightly since these pictures were taken.

Incidentally, is there a difference between cobbles and setts? Cobbles I have always assumed are rounded so that most of what we have actually seen so far are [granite] setts. In any case I think 'setts' is the word most commonly used in Scotland. Can anybody elaborate on this?

Very many Glasgow streets of course have their original setts still in situ beneath the tarmac, as can often be seen when the tarmac deteriorates [particularly near the kerb] or when surface repairs are being attended to.

I used to walk down there every day for two years. It's been tidied up quite a
lot since then. 8O



James H

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:32 pm
by tobester
Buccleuch Lane

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:27 pm
by glasgowken
That's an odd one, more like crazy paving :)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:33 pm
by Josef
glasgowken wrote:That's an odd one, more like crazy paving :)
It's the random style, according to PeeKay's link.

Most of the lanes in Garnethill are still cobbled, but in fairly dreadful nick.