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"Few places of Paisley’s size can claim such global impact – the town created a global fashion icon"
History through the colonial lens.
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34 minutes ago, antrin said:
Well, that picture depicts something rather better than the monstrous glass box stuck in front of the glorious frontage of steps and pillars that had been mooted in original plan.
Shame that I would have to register to read the blurb that accompanied it.
QuoteThe first images of a £42 million makeover to create a "contemporary face" for Paisley's Victorian-era museum have been revealed.
It is hoped that a four-year project, aimed at turning the building into a "world-class destination," will see visitor numbers quadruple to more than 125,000 per year.
It is hoped more than 125,000 visitors - four times more than before the revamp - will flock to the new-look museum.
The Paisley Museum revamp, which will celebrate the history of the "Paisley Pattern," will see the creation of a new red-glazed entrance hall and courtyard, a new west wing added onto the existing Victorian building, an outdoor garden and new gallery spaces by 2022.
The new-look museum will double the space available to showcase the Renfrewshire town's outstanding art, science and natural history collections, along with telling the story of the Paisley pattern, its famous weavers and being at the centre of the global thread-making industry.
The revamp, which will see space created for around 1200 different objects, is being funded by Renfrewshire Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government, and masterminded by London-based architects AL_A.
The transformation of the museum, which was closed to the public last September, is expected to worth an estimated £72 million to the local economy over 30 years.
More than 1200 objects will be on display in Paisley's museum when it reopens in 2022 - double the number previously showcased there.
Lisa-Marie Hughes, chair of Renfrewshire Leisure, which runs Paisley's cultural and sporting facilities on behalf of the council, said: "Few places of Paisley’s size can claim such global impact – the town created a global fashion icon, was once the centre of the world’s textile industry, and Paisley people have shaped the world for centuries with their creativity.
“The reopened museum will celebrate all of that and more, by using Paisley’s outstanding collections to retell the stories of those people, and give the world a reason to come back to Paisley.
“The museum is central to a wider investment in Paisley’s venues and outdoor spaces, embedding culture and events at the heart of how we are transforming our historic town centre and putting it back on the map as a destination.
“The beautiful images revealed today show how this wonderful historic building will at once be preserved and modernised, and ensure this proud symbol of Paisley’s past is at the heart of its future.”
The changes to Paisley Museum are predicted to create a "dynamic and living presence" on the town's High Street.
Amanda Levete, principal of AL_A, said: “The brief for Paisley Museum is one of the most radical I’ve encountered.
"Paisley has a proud industrial past and a history of innovation and radical thinking. We have embedded this into our design to create an extraordinary place for the community of Paisley.”
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21 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
I do not, don’t be so ridiculous. People like you are what’s wrong with our football club. Having such offensive views of others that don’t share your opinion. Shame on you.
I offend you.....but having two ends of our ground droning on about the UVF and IRA, and chanting "f**k the Pope and the Vatican" doesn't?
All for a few tiny pieces of silver. Shameful.
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2 minutes ago, pod said:
They're only afraid of being kicked out of Europe.
Indeed, but UEFA have succeeded in making the penny drop at last.
Scottish Football won't do anything not only because of the weasels running the SPFL, but because of our own club and the supporters that are happy to encourage the bigots.
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Good on the club and the team.
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People like Bazil and the decsion makers at our club actively encourage sectarianism in Scotland.
f**king hell, even Rangers themselves are now refusing tickets for European away games because their poison is unwelcome at UEFA.
Yet we sit and squabble about how much extra money we can make by encouraging them.
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13 minutes ago, Isle Of Bute Saint said:
You dont like the idea Kemp ?
Your suggestion of diverting SMISA funds to cover basic club expenses will be like a red rag to a bull
I would agree. Funding scouting operations needs to be paid for by the club. We need to run on a sustainable business model with all routine expenses paid for from our regular income.
Did Jim suggest the club isn't able to fund the scouting network he would like? (I wasn't there)
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Excellent trolling of LPM, excellent.
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1 hour ago, Magic Monkey said:
My mate finishes his job at the shirt printers this month, but he's going out with a bang. Apparently we've just ordered a load of:
GIJOPS
Bear in mind the last prediction matched Andreu almost perfectly - two weeks before he was announced.
Speculate away.
How many shirts do we print for each player?
I assumed they would just wash them.
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12 hours ago, kevo_smfc said:
SMiSA are in the process of taking over a football club in the next few years.
Well this the point, they aren't. It is still over half a decade away, and all SMISA need to be at present is collecting our 12 pounds per month and putting that towards the purchase of the club.
If there are other plans that this will help with, then tell us!
Otherwise use a cheaper option for admin.
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32 minutes ago, Lord Pityme said:
Dont be surprised when its announced, or leaked that "Hey Presto... guess what? We've realised The Club can utilise this system much more than we can, so were letting them use most of it for Nowt..!"
just as you smisa members suckers keep footing the bill, and allowing us committee bids to soend what we want!
I would be quite happy for the club to use this. If the club were using it to communicate will all supporters, organise local sports clubs, schools, organise ticket offers etc I could actually see the point in investing in the thing!
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22 minutes ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said:
We did well in preventing them from scoring in open play but I thought we defended too deep allowing them long periods of possession. In doing that it would be only a matter of time before they would score. When we went one behind we did open up and made the game much more competitive and we could have scored given the limited chances we had. I always feel the best method of defence is attack.
Not really how I saw it. I thought the first half performance was fairly good, but our response to going behind and much of the 2nd half was disappointing. I would have expected to see a lot more urgency when chasing the game.
In general though Goodwin is setting us up to try and play fast, counter attacking football and to move the ball quickly. I have no problem with us sitting deep as long as we are attacking with intent and purpose once we win it back.
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The bigots marching about the pitch in bright orange tops.
They don't care to change. Hopefully UEFA closes down their stadium soon enough though.
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2 minutes ago, St.Ricky said:
I might not have phrased it that way myself but hope that we match their desire to win without becoming hammer throwers in the process. (I was a hammer thrower.. Doesn't help your football one bit)
COYS
Enjoying a spot of Sunday morning fishing, Ricky?
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Get intae these Zombie bastards.
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10 hours ago, Wendy Saintss said:
Give it a couple of defeats and the [mention=2053]kemp[/mention] troll be back with his well worn pitchfork and abusing anyone who doesn’t agree with him
Psychological projection is a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.
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3 hours ago, St.Ricky said:
Ouch.
No need for agricultural language.
But understandable.
Here we go, he's starting up the Grandpa Walton act again.
4 hours ago, antrin said:I'm watching the British Athletic Championships in Birmingham.
I've just seen a series of High Jumpers clearing the bar - mostly to their own surprise and satisfaction, with accompanying roars of delight!
The final one was extra exuberant, with a yell which resounded round the quite empty stadium and into the mics...
I thought, "Hmmm. That one's Scots." as he bellowed, "Come f**kin oooon!"
Alan Smith, Champion last year, and I think British champion again. And yes, a Scot.
From Paisley.
St Mirren TV feel the need to apologise about 3 times per game with the whole "Oh my. Oh my. Well we do apologise if you heard some rather unsavoury words there." routine. f**king pointless. Someone needs to tell the game isnt going out on the BBC and anyone watching will be able to handle hearing Willie Collumn being called a useless f**king prick.
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The sentence can be applied to any of the protagonists of the thread
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Sad to see a good man reduced to this.
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21 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
Do you know there are more cost effective & secure workarounds that could be used for fact?
excel is far from suitable & productive for the activity they describe in the communication. I actually do know that for fact.
You know hee haw.
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7 minutes ago, barrhead saint said:
Me neither, but if you comment on anything you are accused of being negative.
Think we've to just pay up and shut up.
https://www.smisa.net/news-archive/278-very-connect-an-introduction
Having read the above again the argument seems to be members can update their own contact details, rather than contact one of the smisa team who has to update email contacts on several systems. There is also the repeat argument that an organisation like SMISA can't be run of an Excel sheet.
Excel or Google Sheets are very powerful, and more than good enough to manage the smisa database. A programme like Zapier can connect the spreadsheet to whatever external apps we also need to use. Basically, there are workarounds that could have been put in place to overcome whatever admin challenges were in place.
It's a shame SMISA didn't reach out to their own membership regarding the challenges they were facing before bringing in an expensive external company.
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Just now, bazil85 said:
Probably best to ask someone on the committee. I don't imagine the money will come from the £12/£25 subs though, no indication of that in the communication anyway. SMISA do raise funds separately from BTB though, possibly through these means it's getting funded?
Right, you don't know.
Glad we are making some progress here!
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Looking forward to seeing this guy in action.
Glad Goodwin agreed with the forum experts that we needed another striker in!
The reaction of the Northampton fans suggests we have a player on our hands.
We await a change of tune from Mr Popescu then and we could have a great season ahead...
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I do also wonder why in a global marketplace we are using some company from Glasgow for this.
It just looks like someone has had their ear bent by a salesman!
I am not entirely against an investment in something like this, but it needs to do a hell of a lot more than manage the database and run some polls!
Livingston v St Mirren 31 August 2019
in Matchday & Travel Club
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Has anyone seen the Livingston v St Mirren match thread?
Impressive win for Livi last week, going up to Dingwall and winning 4-1. Will be the usual well drilled unit and difficult to play against. I do fancy us to sneak a result here though. Going to predict 2-1 Saints provided we start with McAllister.