Hi Kev
Yes i have seen this but not the arial photo from 1946.
There is a arial photo of a snow covered land scape but this is newer
as South Nitshill is outlined.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: memories
Hi All,had a couple of days off and it.s amazing what comes flooding back.Jock do you remember at the side of the byre at Parkhouse there was a pit where the winter feed for the cows was stored.I cant recall what we called it but it was the residual slurry from breweries. the smell was lovely,but not when some bugger tipped you into it !!! _________________ hairyfeet
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: cinemas
johnmcn, Can't remember the cinema shown,but do remember two cinemas,the Pavilion and the Centre.The Pavilion I remember as a bit of a flea pit and the other as the posh cinema.On Saturday mornings they had the thrupny rush,when all the kids got in for three pence,old money,and were able to watch a couple of cartoons,a serial,and a movie.You could always tell whether it had been a cowboy,a war film or a pirate film by the way the kids shot or killed each other when they came out.Great days!
I used to love when ,as a special treat,I was taken to the evening show and had a fish tea with Vimto in the Centre Cafe which was just down from the cinema.Is the Cafe still there ? _________________ hairyfeet
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: memories
mr.underwood wrote:
Hi All,had a couple of days off and it.s amazing what comes flooding back.Jock do you remember at the side of the byre at Parkhouse there was a pit where the winter feed for the cows was stored.I cant recall what we called it but it was the residual slurry from breweries. the smell was lovely,but not when some bugger tipped you into it !!!
Hi Mr U
Yes, we just called the mush (mash) I remember in cold winter days you could shove your hands into it and get a heat. I think it was still fermenting.
Just to the left again there was wee sheds & a midden with a similar type of design to the fancy wall but no turrets. Great big fat worms for fishing bait.
Jock58
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: cinemas
mr.underwood wrote:
johnmcn, Can't remember the cinema shown,but do remember two cinemas,the Pavilion and the Centre.The Pavilion I remember as a bit of a flea pit and the other as the posh cinema.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: cinemas
Hi Jock,I remember the name mash now ,and you are right it was a great way to warm your hands.That is a brilliant link to cinemas throughout Scotland.How the devil do you find these sites? _________________ hairyfeet
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: nitshill
It's me again,jock58,in your wanderings did you ever go into Coats's Woods?We used to jump over the wall into Clark's Park,turn right and head for the woods.There was a wee stream running down from the end of the wall at the back of Darvel St. where we made wee boats and sailed them .When you entered the woods it was a different world,we made Tarzan swings which scared the sh** out of you when you went out over the Levern.There was a big private house owned I believe by one of the Coats family who owned the thread mills in Paisley.Their housekeeper had a lovely wee cottage at the gate. _________________ hairyfeet
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: nitshill
mr.underwood wrote:
It's me again,jock58,in your wanderings did you ever go into Coats's Woods?We used to jump over the wall into Clark's Park,turn right and head for the woods.There was a wee stream running down from the end of the wall at the back of Darvel St. where we made wee boats and sailed them .When you entered the woods it was a different world,we made Tarzan swings which scared the sh** out of you when you went out over the Levern.There was a big private house owned I believe by one of the Coats family who owned the thread mills in Paisley.Their housekeeper had a lovely wee cottage at the gate.
Hi Mr U
If you mean the area between the Hurlet & nitshill
I never got over there much (might have met those bad Nitshill boys) but I remember off Salterland you could follow the levern past the back of the Church And then there was a big building after you came out the woods.I don't know what that was or the names of that area.
Hi All
That last post reminded me of a wee story i told on another forum
Seems funny now but it was run for your life time then
Copy/paste time
I remember one school day the buses were off so me & my mate decided to walk home from Craigie to Southie.
Rather than take the usual route up Peat rd we thought we would try cutting through to the tunnel on Kennishead road.
Well as we passed the Bundy a group of friendly youth came out to meet us screaming welcome and waving a variety of sticks and bars.
Not feeling like a meeting of cultures we legged it and were chase all the way to the Priesty boarder. At a safe distance we turned and waved our thanks to the Bundy boys for providing us with some much needed exercise.
My mate and I carried on laughing off this near miss until we were around the Priesthill terminus area when another group of young locals the priesty young team came up the road to greet us. Not knowing that we had already exercised that day they gave chase all the way to the kennishead road.
Thank God, that Darnely was not built then as we could not have gone through that a third time in one day.
I suppose we should be grateful that unlike me & my mate these local boys knew how to respect borders.
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