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johnmcn · Roll and fritter Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 22

Can you remember the old tunnel behind the Plots?
Pretty sure there used to be two,one got filled in leaving the one that had Scojo,Cas +Belldo's graffiti on it (that must have been there near 20 years)

Did the travellers park on the old spare ground behind the 'kingy' ?

neilmc · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject:

Don't remember any tunnels, johnmcn - did they go under the railway where the station is now? They must have been a well-kept secret in my time as a kid in Priesthill (1964-68). Only started hanging out there again briefly as a teenager in the early '70s.

You've got me stumped with the 'kingy' too; was that anything to do with the old bridge with no sides which crossed the Brock Burn a wee bit further up the road? Is it still there?

johnmcn · Roll and fritter Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 22

Yeah pretty sure i remember a tunnel just down a bit from where the station is now.I remember you could see the outline of it from Kennesihead rd,just the outer stonework because it had been filled in with red ash so stood out.If you rummaged about through the bushes you could probably find it..

The Kingy was the king swing just along from the old bridge,a big tree long gong.Think you can just make out the clearing if you stand at the 'new' park...
Ahh the memories,jumping on and swinging maybe 30' high crapping yourself,then as you return someone shouts "boardie" and 6 or 7 people jump on crushing your nads ;D good fun,shame something like that would be fenced off and signposts put up nowadays

neilmc · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject:

Alex Glass · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

Fantastic stories Neil and John.

Neil

Did the band play anywhere else or was it just locally?

John

There was some discussion about other tunnels up at the Levern Bridge.

Did they look like this

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johnmcn · Roll and fritter Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 22

No pretty sure it was very similar to the present one further down but smaller due to the line of the hill,well i assume it was similar going by the stone work cause it was filled in...
You've got me thinking i'm going senile now

Behind the plots is where the best brambles grew and when the rhubarb was out of season (

) we picked those along the line so pretty sure about it (or was anyway

) and yeah we got lifted by the police for doing that and got dragged up to a hearing in the central station

It's roughly around where i put the red circle,and i've just noticed the line of trees i disrupted there,maybe by the filling in..Might be a better chance of seeing part of it in the priesty end...

now i'll need to ask my dad when i see him next week to make sure i'm not going mad

neilmc · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:47 am Post subject:

Alex Glass · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject:

John

Where your circle is located I think is where the new houses are.

It may be difficult getting to see any evidence of the tunnel. It may be better looking from the Kennishead Road to see if it is still visible.

Thanks Neil in the early eighties we transported a band to a couple of gigs in the Partick area. They lived in the area. So I was wondering if any of them could have been members of that band. I can't remember their names but will ask my brother the next time I see him to see if he remembers.
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johnmcn · Roll and fritter Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 22

I just remembered the old photo someone posted in HG and had a look back.

You can see the old tunnel and the path running to it...see not mad after all

neilmc · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: