Second Decay Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Pitchers Sports on Moss Street was always the place the I used to meet my mates before going to St Mirren games at Love Street, but does anyone recall an incident there from around 1983 or 1984 when some youths broke in to the store and threw footballs out of the window and were shooting them down with air-rifles? I have a vague recollection of this appearing on the front page of the Daily Record when I was at Primary School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Pitchers Sports on Moss Street was always the place the I used to meet my mates before going to St Mirren games at Love Street, but does anyone recall an incident there from around 1983 or 1984 when some youths broke in to the store and threw footballs out of the window and were shooting them down with air-rifles? I have a vague recollection of this appearing on the front page of the Daily Record when I was at Primary School. Yep, remember that. Think it was indeed 1984. It was something like they broke in one night and were still there when the plods turned up so it turned into a bit of a siege. The Indian restaurant across the road was, at the time, a bank (TSB I think) and afterwards you could see the sandstone of the building peppered with holes where they air-gun pellets had hit. It made national news, I'm sure. I heard it get a mention on Steve Wright in the afternoon anyway. Kids; waddya make of 'em, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) Pitchers Sports on Moss Street was always the place the I used to meet my mates before going to St Mirren games at Love Street, but does anyone recall an incident there from around 1983 or 1984 when some youths broke in to the store and threw footballs out of the window and were shooting them down with air-rifles? I have a vague recollection of this appearing on the front page of the Daily Record when I was at Primary School. Air Rifles, my hole..................................... It was shotguns, you can still see marks on the buildings opposite......................... It was a family of nutters from a quaint little town that's now in East Renfrewshire, that were behind it........................... Edited March 1, 2010 by The Sandman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Yep, remember that. Think it was indeed 1984. It was something like they broke in one night and were still there when the plods turned up so it turned into a bit of a siege. The Indian restaurant across the road was, at the time, a bank (TSB I think) and afterwards you could see the sandstone of the building peppered with holes where they air-gun pellets had hit. It made national news, I'm sure. I heard it get a mention on Steve Wright in the afternoon anyway. Kids; waddya make of 'em, eh? Air Rifles, my hole..................................... It was shotguns, you can still see marks on the buildings opposite......................... It was a family from a quaint little town that's now in East Renfrewshire, that were behind it........................... Beat ye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Beat ye. With snide info, toothache............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdickloyal Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Shots were also fired at the Police who attended. Some very long prison sentences handed out afterward! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottd Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Shots were also fired at the Police who attended. Some very long prison sentences handed out afterward! Was that because they missed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud72 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I remember Gordon Honeycombe reporting on it on tvam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santaponsasaint Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Shots were also fired at the Police who attended. Some very long prison sentences handed out afterward! Was that cos they missed HHIBSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyS Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Were the police not holed up in the TV shop opposite (up hill from bank)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdickloyal Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Were the police not holed up in the TV shop opposite (up hill from bank)?? That sounds quite likely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Robertson's was shot to f*ck - not the best hiding place by our boys in blue. Bryce's, where the scores used to be watched in the window apres Love St........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdickloyal Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 They also escaped from the sheriff court and led the police in a car chase through the town. They just don't make criminals like that anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovestreet Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Remember it well...shotguns and all remember Bryce Curdy breaking a programme to switch to a news flash...used to shite myself everytime that happened in they days...always thought we were about to get the 4 minute warning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepaisleypanda Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Bryce's, where the scores used to be watched in the window apres Love St........................... Yip! Do you remember walking up Moss St after a game, & the classified results were on 23 tellies? Then (more than once) some jobsworth woud deliberately turn them off to get rid of the 25 or so folk at the window? (Vowed as a spotty 14 year old never to buy a tell from there - & never did!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Remember it well...shotguns and all remember Bryce Curdy breaking a programme to switch to a news flash...used to shite myself everytime that happened in they days...always thought we were about to get the 4 minute warning! Did he own the telly Shop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second Decay Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Did he own the telly Shop ? James Bryce owned the telly shop however Bryce Curdy was fond of electrical devices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Was that cos they missed HHIBSS Being as I was in the hoose cos it was a school night (as in I had school the next day) then it would've been a bit difficult. Word has it, though, there was a ceasefire when they seen some bloke called gary stagerring down the street after kicking out time. Remember it well...shotguns and all remember Bryce Curdy breaking a programme to switch to a news flash...used to shite myself everytime that happened in they days...always thought we were about to get the 4 minute warning! Ah, the good old Four Minute Warning, eh? Them were the days! Punters wouldnae know what that is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintargyll Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Being as I was in the hoose cos it was a school night (as in I had school the next day) then it would've been a bit difficult. Word has it, though, there was a ceasefire when they seen some bloke called gary stagerring down the street after kicking out time. Ah, the good old Four Minute Warning, eh? Them were the days! Punters wouldnae know what that is now. the four minute warning is now reserved for ejaculation which also gives you time to switch the telly aff at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbie Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Bryce Curdy Ah the memories. When B&W Army was full of meaningful debate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepaisleypanda Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Bryce Curdy Ah the memories. When B&W Army was full of meaningful debate. Cant believe I lowered myself to contribute to that thread!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Remember it well as my dad, mum and myself got off the train at Gilmour Street and when we got home to Glenburn it was all over the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Remember it well as my dad, mum and myself got off the train at Gilmour Street and when we got home to Glenburn it was all over the news. Aye, back in the day when surviving a bus trip to Glenburn was news material... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Aye, back in the day when surviving a bus trip to Glenburn was news material... Well it was if you stayed in Moorfoot Ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Well it was if you stayed in Moorfoot Ave. Ah..little Beirut, such memories, sniff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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