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Lucky Poet wrote:Evocative photos those.
Just a wee thought - the railings were almost certainly removed during WWII and replaced afterwards, at what would have been no little expense. The place must have been thought to have had a future, at some point.
Bella Houston wrote:
HollowHorn wrote:
Lucky Poet wrote:Just about any railings that didn't guard a sheer drop were taken away though.
If this is a reliable picture, note yer doubled uprights running to 1/3 of the way up (common in older railings), with a horizontal strip holding them. All the uprights are fixed into the coping stones, by the looks of it:
In the later photo there are no doubled uprights, and there's a horizontal strip just above the coping. The railings are fixed into the coping stones only every 15 uprights or so, and there are diagonal bracings now. The coping stones look damaged too:
I need to get out more; this is nearly up there with chimney evidence.
Bella Houston wrote:
Great thread. I have an old postcard of Pollok St .
Mori wrote:I remember the railings being there from 1965 onwards, my dads shop was on the corner of Ardgowan and Pollok st untill 68 before served with a compulsary purchase order by the council to make way for the M8.
My dad moved to another empty shop unit on the corner of watt st for another few years untill that was served with the order for demolition too for the M8.
The gap sites like the one in the 2nd pic started to appear around that area during the late 60s onwards to make way for the M8, i'm not sure if that gap is a post ww2 gap site.
I think There used to be a pub called the Red Hackle around there somewhere, Pollok Snacks chip shop also on Paisley rd in front of the kingston halls.
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