Glasgow Braendam Link, Pearce Institute, 840 Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow, G51 3UU This is a small family owned and operated place. I remember our next door neigbours on the ground floor the Meechans and particularly John,who was around the same age as myself. I went to St Anthony's then St Gerard's and was there at the same time as Billy Connolly though he is a year older than me.
Mark Taplin forges ahead with Victor Harbor marina plan | The Mercury Smith did know Glasgow well, but Edinburgh (where he later worked as Secretary to the University) was gloriously exotic. I too, have fond memories of playing and performing small shows, and we all thought we could act. The latest victory for the SNP was in the 2007 Scottish parliamentary elections, when Nicola Sturgeon became the MSP for the constituency. Its cells were just as grim but did not seem to deter the many local villains who frequented them on a regular basis. Thus, the major failing of any community planning is its inability to understand this relationship between the community and authority in detail and in an objective manner. I was born in Govan in 1942 and lived in Elder Stree before moving to 15 Water Row above the bakers James Jack & Sons, my father worked there for 56 years. The idea behind the hotel was to employ local people and to draw in money to the area. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please I remember the Neptune Street bakery was always flooded and full of cats but people would still queue up outside it. She got married in 1956 to my grandfather Robert. Reply. Encouraging families to participate in the community and to use local facilities and services Ensuring that the voice of those living in poverty is heard Recent studies of the archaeology of Govan Old have revealed the presence of an ancient Christian church. Skater Girl. Anyone remember Quinn's pet shop in Harmony Row? Lots of memories of that area. We were also in the Choir at Govan Parish church and in the B.B. Replies. Of My name is James Murray, my dad Edward Murray grew up in Govan. The first was an experimental improvement programme, which had the initiatives: the partial modernisation of the houses, the re-planning of the external environment, and the construction of a Tenants Hall. who originated from the Helen Street area of Govan, but are now based further west at Shieldhall.
Glasgow Tower - Glasgow - WorldPlaces We went this year to the Fairfield shipyard museum which was very interesting. 178 9 shares Like Most relevant Denise Mcdonald Many happy memories there in the late 80s and early 90s . I was born In Cowie Street, Kinning Park and as Pauline noted earlier there was indeed a pub on it's corner called Grants Bar. I was born in the Southern General Hospital in 1958 and lived at 23 McGregor Street, Chookiehill [Teucharhill] as it was fondly called then. "And so for the time being I have finished this series (4th book comming this year) what an amazing book I especially loved the mention of the wine alley in govan as that's where my mama is from! Run by a tall slim guy whose son was a racing cyclist ? I'll do a bit of investigating. The second outcome was a general agreement among officials to stop using the abusive term of Wine Alley as this served only to reproduce the stigma of the scheme. A later rebuilding was begun in 1884 and was opened 19 May 1888.[11][45]. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. So, has Glasgow and other cities always been in the hands of comprehensive planners who take an overview of all the parties involved? Many members of the family were married at St Anthonys Chapel. It is now an industrial estate. I now live in Scotstoun but attend same dentist at Water Row Govan! Many of the latter were too poor, ignorant and disorganised to remedy the situation themselves, and so the earliest community planners or social agencies necessarily undertook the first initiatives for planning and providing for people. Canmore ID 315779. Although Govan was the stated setting for the show, episodes were seldom filmed there. Driscoll, Stephen, "Govan, an early medieval royal centre", p. 79. It was a two bedroom, living room with a kitchenette and full bathroom.
Acumfaegovan - Posted on Behalf of Mags Monaghan The "Wine | In 1855, an elaborately carved sandstone sarcophagus was found during digging in the churchyard. In Canada, I joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and served 37 years before retiring. Next thing, I found myself lying on the ground. I'm sure many of these places will have been demolished or renamed but it would be great to hear from anyone who knows of the family or can provide any more details. Yes Danny, Hamilton Street was renamed to Nethan Street between 1931 and 1932. See more of Sunny Govan Memories on Facebook. The layout suited their operations as there were only two ways in and out - making it easy to spot the police. I cleaned it up and he must have been watching, as he came back out to see if I had done well. In fact, the idea was publicly abused in the first of the two SEU documents above. It was my first Saturday job and I worked there for about a year until the very day when it closed, which I think was in June 1972. Darner had two criticisms of the improvement programme. 8/1. As the rate of urbanisation has increased in the last 30 years, the government capacity to support the disadvantaged within this sphere has in many cases failed. Much later, after years of drink and drugs abuse, I thought about all the time I had wasted and I realised that if I was going to seriously change my life than I had to reeducate myself into a new way of thinking Govan railway station opened on 2 December 1868. the 550 tenancies available, only 33 (16%) were identifiably from Govan itself. Svisiace strnky. pigella miraculous ladybug power. Curtis Govan, 23, was convicted in July of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, terroristic threats, unlawful restraint, simple assault, resisting arrest,. We offer great benefits for wine merchants, hotels and restaurants offering your wines. Mother has an excellent memory and I am attempting to write down stories about; the old shops; events streets and everything. He also sold single woodbine cigarettes out the packet. I have many happy memories of Govan. Log In. The barbers shop was called "Knop & Joyce" and was at 26 Langlands Road, it opened in 1929 and Harry Knop lived in the next close at 34 Langlands Road. Clyde News. Community planning began in the rapidly industrialising 19th century cities of Great Britain and America where reformers and well-wishers wanted to ameliorate the appalling living conditions of the working classes. Memory says it was painted red but I might be wrong. He said: "So I had a house and I had a supply, because I knew someone who could get me smack. Call now (425) 271-4501; Address. Delete. The yard eventually closed in the wake of the collapse of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders consortium in 1971.[35]. We moved to a new house in Mallaig Road which was built on what used to be Millers Farm where I stayed until I got married. Zobrazi viac od Sunny Govan Memories na Facebooku. I loved going to the Steamie with my Mum and her friends. Police enter in twos with another car on standby. and education and learning came into my thoughts. Then the area - close to Rangers home at Ibrox - had a reputation for deprivation and poverty having been built in the 1930s to relieve overcrowding in the Gorbals. By the early 80s, much of the place had acquired an air of dilapidation and neglect. [25], Govan was at one point the centre of the world-renowned Clydeside shipbuilding industry. In his 2008 memoir Chasing Killers he reflected on his time on the Southside. As for Billie Cameron, she now lives in Montreal, her sister Isa was a war bride and came to Canada in 1948 to be with her Canadian husband and lives north of Toronto in Collingwood. With its bad name, many people from Moorepark could not get jobs while those that could often disguised their addresses and, if they a they moved away because of its bad reputation Gradually, the decrease in services, coupled with, a by now high turnover of tenancie let house, led to the accretion of demoralised families coming into the scheme and all the stories about Moorparks good-for-nothing population seemed to be justified. During my first year studying sociology I came across Damer again in the form of a book that he had written about poverty and deprivation in the Wine Alley but put it to the back of my mind. 125m Harley's ice cream parlour .
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So, at the age of 46 I started three years of studies with projects that involved Govan Initiative and Glasgow University until I was finally accepted as a full-time student at Glasgow. Every month her and neighbours would make tablet, cakes, scones and stuff. I went to Greenfield then Govan High left school in 1975 and worked in Govan shipyard canteen my mates wee Calum McLean, Brian Lavoury, Billy Cameron, Tam Reid, Jim Reynolds and Stephen Gourley now living in England. If I could I would have bought many! An isolated island of cheap building land, Glasgow Corporation bought the Moorepark land and in 1934 built the Moorepark Housing Estate, a typical Glasgow rehousing scheme of three-storey grey concrete-block tenements. Jimmy's was our local shop and Ruby's was out local bakery which fed the Fairfield's workers. I can remember having to use the toilet on the landing using a massive key to open the door. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Datum OSGB36 - NGR. [3][4], A majority of the new residents were from the Gorbals, instead of the Govan area, which had pressing issues with overcrowding and poor quality tenements. I personally don't have any memories of Govan although I'm sure I visited family who were living there many years ago in the late sixties. [34], Alexander Stephen and Sons also established a shipyard in nearby Linthouse in 1870. I met him at our place of employment. Govan is home to the Scottish Junior football team Benburb F.C. The estate was acquired in the 1870s by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company and the mansion house was demolished. Does anyone remember Reid the baker who was in Neptune Street around about the 1950s? Govan was the site of a ford and later a ferry which linked the area with Partick for seasonal cattle drovers. I was born in Govan in 1950 at 10 Pearce Street across from the P.I., there was only one close in Pearce Street. I worked in Fairfields in the seventies, does anyone remember the name of the bike shop at the Linthouse end beside the roundabout. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. My husband also comes from Govan. Housing Estate (Modern) Site Name Glasgow, Govan, Moorepark Housing Estate. My Gran Haggerty lived in 3 Helen Street Govan (above the CO OP). Govan (#646) This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parishes of Lanarkshire. I was born and lived in Harmony Row, 1960, before moving to Drumchapel in 1961. I always thought it was a listed building. 3.75/4 3.75 / 4 (0 reviews) Staff Knowledge & Friendliness 4/4. Any way they started to ask us our schools and of course my mates answered Broomloan Rd, Bellahouston and Lorne St, but when it came my turn my truthful answer was Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary just up the road from here. He also had a shop in Govan Road and he lived at 31 (I think) Copland Road, his name was Robert Reid and he had 2 daughters, Jane my mother and her sister Molly who lived for years in Merryland Street before it was pulled down. HP10 9TY. 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. Would love to hear from you. I was born at 17 Holmfaulhead Drive, Linthouse in 1947 and went to Elderpark School. When I was a wee lassie of four living on Neptune Street in the early 50's I walked away down the street from our close and got lost. I remember your family at 100 Harmony Row, my cousin Maisie McAlinden was friendly with the family also my Granny, or as she was better known, MAW Austin, hence I was bettter known a Joe Austin. It arrived at a house in Liverpool and then left a short time later to head back to Glasgow, arriving about midnight. I went to St.Constantines Primary School. When I got married I moved to Arden, I now live in Clarkston in the South of Glasgow. Instead, it referred to the popularity of cheap and powerful tonic wines particularly with young people - the vast consumption of which would often lead to violence and disorder. One flat was chosen in Wine Alley and a second across the road in a collection of tower blocks called Iona Court. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . Then there was the shake the blanket with my older sisters and friends my turn wasn't coming fast enough so as usual I was whining so they gave me my turn and shake the blanket shake the blanket 1-2-3 they lifted me in the air and let the blanket go results bleeding nose and they all got a right telling off. I am researching my family tree and as both my grandparents died in 1990 and 1993 respectively I can't ask them. 102m Harley's ice cream parlour . Robert sadly passed away when he was 2 and then my dad James was born in 1960.
THURSO BERWICK (1919-1981) Hullo! It is now an industrial estate . My parents lived at 49 Nethan Street and I was born at the Southern General in 1939. In Cowie Street, Kinning Park there was a pub at the corner but can't remember what it was called? 9/1 Vezi mai multe de la Sunny Govan Memories pe Facebook. In sum, effective participatory urban management calls for a fundamental rethink from all the players involved, from the local authorities and development agencies, through local (and sometimes international) non-governmental organisations, to the community-based organisations themselve; in redefining their roles and relationships, if something is to be done for the benefit of all. My grandparents on my mother's side were McElhinneys and attended Plantation Church while my dad's side and myself attending our Lady and St Margaret's Chapel. Govan feels vibrant again. 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 1 Damer, 1989, (passim), Life in theWine Alley Clyde News. Playing out in the street with our whip and peeries my sisters and friends would have contests to see who could chalk their peerie with the best colour design. The Govan of my parents had gone, the works and the jobs and the people they spoke about had all gone. 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. When the car stopped at lights in Helen Street it was surrounded by the surveillance team who arrested the driver and seized the heroin which had a street value of 50,000 - worth 125,000 today. Anyone know the Maguire family from Logie Street and 147 Langlands Road? I'm thinking I never whined at them again. (they lived up the pen at No. My dad was Boaby Rodgers he got knocked down and killed when I was 3 in 1964 and my mum was left a widow with 4 wee girls. I remember that when he told me that he had studied at university and that what he was now doing was his job I laughed at his education and his job. [28], In 1977, the Labour government of James Callaghan passed the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act which nationalised Govan and grouped it with other major British shipyards as British Shipbuilders. And I went to see Grease at The Liceum on Govan Road. I was born 1944, lived 3 up in 52 Wanlock Street, right across from the little swing park and Fairfields Shipbuilders and right next to the Govan Ferry. Charlotte was a sweet pup who eagerly posed for a pic. Thanks in advance :). It may have been used to contain the body or relics of St. Constantine, a Pictish king killed seemingly killed by Vikings in 876/7 - the style of carving indicates an origin in the late 9th or early 10th century. When all my pals joined the Lifeboys I went along too for 2 weeks, I think the hall was on Portman or Middlesex Street. 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He said: "I found myself in charge of one of the hardest areas within Strathclyde, if not Scotland. Situated south of the River Clyde and part of the former Burgh of Govan, it was colloquially referred to as 'Wine Alley' during the mid-to-late 20th century when a housing scheme with a rough reputation was sited there. The authors would like to thank Glasgow Braendam Link, The Faith in Community (Scotland) Transformation Team, Oxfams UK Poverty Programme, and the Poverty Alliance for suggesting the idea of this project for the worlds Poverty Day on October 17th 2005. I was born and raised at 976 Govan road and remember concerts we used to have round the back for the neighbours and we would make costumes out of crepe paper and sing songs like" oh you beautiful doll you great big beautiful doll". Other Sundays maybe Helen and I would visit the graves of our mothers at Cardonald Cemetery (her mother died when she was 5). Glasgow Braendam Link, aims to support, empower and enable all those involved in the partnership to gain more control of their lives by encouraging self-belief, growth and development. Hi Catherine, I also lived at 100 Harmony Row and also live in Canada. Below are memories and stories about Govan posted by visitors to the site. Introduction In 1975 the sociologist Sean Damer went to live for six months in Britain's most notorious housing scheme, Moorepark, or as it was known to all The Wine Alley' of Govan in Glasgow. Based on this, Govan's Cumbric language name has been reconstructed as *(G)uovan. 124m Freshair Salon . Napier's Shipyard in Govan was later acquired by William Beardmore and Company in 1876 and incorporated into William Beardmore and Company in around 1900. Nestled among the quaint streets Went to Drumoyne primary then Govan High. Gran was Annie Murphy but her dad died when she was 4 and her mother remarried John Johnston and went on to have a huge number of children - and as we research the family, we keep finding more. A friend called called Alison Galbraith. Sometimes on a Sunday we would go over to Kelvingrove and (if memory serves me) run around the suits of armour until we were thrown out of the Art Galleries.
www.abet.com My earliest memory is when I was about 4 playing outside our close 39 Nethan St, my mum had got me all dressed up as the photographer was coming to take our photo , me and my 2 sisters sitting on the sideboard I wandered out the house with my new truck with wee soldiers in the back and was playing in a puddle when the photographer arrived and had to get all cleaned up again before the photo was taken, I have FTD (dementia) this affects my short term memory but fortunately not my long term memories, I have cousins who still stay around the wine alley. Vytvori nov et. I grew up in Govan from 1946 to 1957 in Wick St. My family moved from North Uist to Govan to find work as did many others. When they married on the 29/4/1939 they moved to Hillington. 4, Soon, the housing scheme had a bad name. The jumps I remember were at the swing park at Harhill across from the steamie and at Greenfield where we jumped the middens and shelter and going along the wall (single brick width). We love it here, but still go back to Scotland every other year. She had two brothers James (b.1924), Michael (b.1928) Agnes (b.1930) and Kathleen (b.1932). The two men, working for up to 18 hours at a time, had to be smuggled out before dawn each day. My Aunt Marg & Uncle Jack Johnstone had the paper shop on Govan Road. Teraz nie. See more of Sunny Govan Memories on Facebook. MATT McGINN (1928-1977) A for a Pub Hoose Licence. We lived in a low-down coal-fire heated home at 9 Lettoch Street and we only ever moved once and that was to the house directly above us.
Quickshift Tyre Services - - WorldPlaces 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. who until March 2014 played at Tinto Park (Drumoyne) then moved to the adjacent New Tinto Park. Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company was renamed Govan Shipbuilders in 1973. Komunitn organizcia. I used to walk up Neptune Street between the two grandparents homes, but even that seems to have been cut off. I had never seen one before. My cousin Pat and I were just reminiscing about memories of the Steamie - which I think I was dragged along to, to help Mrs. Mary Devlin, in about 1965? 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. Govan young team. With five suspected drug dealers in the cells and 200,000 worth of heroin seized, it had been a very productive day for the police. The faults were caused mainly by a lack of insulation and waterproofing at the joints in the concrete panels, which made up the structure. Contact Us. I noticed a post by Murray G. Wondering if we might be related at all? Read More. My sisters were Elaine & Brenda and my brother was George.
Govan - Wikipedia It was absolutely awesome growing up in Govan, lots of shops, such as; Galbraiths, Dands Bobby's, David's butchers, BrotherSoft paper shop, modern book shop, and Woolworths, we had a great wee doctors surgery on Langlands Road, Peacocks bakery, Nicholls store and Amey's cafe. For instance, leaky, crumbling roofs were never repaired during the improvements nor were rotten, draught-causing window frames replaced while the backcourt midden arrangements remained as inadequate as ever. Before leaving the area in 1975, Damer sent in his report on Moorepark to the Housing Manager of the Corporation of Glasgow where he attacked the Corporation for failing to do its job in managing and maintaining both the houses and the environment in Moorepark. 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 In early 1989 police discovered a team of young drug dealers were operating in Wine Alley, led by older man Eddie Burnside. I attended Notre Dame School and Jackie told customers this to reassure them of the standard of my handwriting! contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. I was born at 61 Greenfield street in 1957 we lived above the dairy and I remember the betting shop. My mum's brother Spinx (George Hewitt) stayed in Teucharhill and my dad's brother Alex Rodgers drove a milk float. There existed a hospital in the area, and as quasi-religious foundations were not taxed, it had never been assigned to a sheriffdom. 123m New Cafe India Govan . 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. This article is about the district in Glasgow. Around this time a second surveillance was being carried out on Burnside and three members of his team who had travelled to Liverpool in another car. Everyone used our street for roller skating, we called it thd smoothie! 5 Smith, 1992, p. 4 5 Wine Alley feels very European and I love it! [30] British Shipbuilders' sale of Govan to the Norwegian firm was completed in 1988, and the yard was renamed Kvaerner Govan. During the Viking Age, following the sack of Dumbarton Rock in 870, Govan is believed to have been one of the major centres of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. I lived at 2 Luath Street in Govan with my Mum and Dad - Cathie and Ronnie Johnston. Looking at Govan when it was a village, and film of how it grew into a town, we felt very proud of being born and raised in dear auld Govan. We loved the years living there and in 1949, our little sister was born at 22 Shaw St., That same year we moved to Penilee, but when my sister and I were seventeen, our parents moved back to Govan because the house in Penilee was very damp, so our parents got an exchange to a house on Govan Rd., the cooperative building next to Fairfield's shipyard. Jackson had only just taken charge of the CID at Govan, having left his post as head of Strathclyde Polices serious crime squad. My husband and I ended up going into the USA. The Old Govan Fair. My father was a chemist who worked for the SCWS. Sources For other uses, see. The main point of the Presentation was that, in an area which had lost 80% of its population (between 1951 and 2001), the re-zoning of demolished housing areas for warehousing and offices meant that there was less chance of people coming back into the area to live, as houses were needed in these areas and not anonymous commercial barns and offices. You have to take the responsibility for some of that.''. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services.
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