Tommy Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 9:50 PM, Buddie Marvelous said: Earliest I can remember was 55p a pint ! My earlier was 16p in the old Lighthouse Pub in Cotton St in 1971 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 10:56 PM, HSS said: 50p for me.....1979ish. You started drinking at 25 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 First pint was in the Rosebud 1987 cost 85p while watching the us play Mechelen on some dodgy satellite channel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 5/10/2018 at 6:10 PM, Herbie said: Don't know if this has been mentioned previously but I've just been sent this link about an underground pub in Paisley town centre. I'd certainly never heard of it. Interesting stuff.http://www.paisleyheritage.co.uk/troglodyte-club-terrace-tavern/ I can remember this It closed when they started building the piazza. I'm not sure if it was still a tavern at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 7:36 AM, shull said: Spending a £1 in the Glen Kyle , Barrhead in 1979 got me a Pint plus 2 games of Pool. Too rich for my pocket at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Aerial shot of St. James station looking south, original from 1948 then annotated. Green line is Greenhill Road, red line is Murray Street, pink line is Clark Street, purple line is McKean Street and the blue area is the current stadium. Same view today... Edited September 26, 2018 by Eric Arthur Blair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) On 9/17/2018 at 7:39 PM, rabuddies said: My God, you must be older than me ? When I started it was 1/10d. Heavy was 2 bob and export was 2 and a tanner. No idea what lager cost 'cos in those days it really was pish! If I remember rightly, a pint of Light was 1/8d and a pint of heavy was 1/10d. Fowler's Wee heavy was a drink I would have liked now, but in these days you were never drawn to a bottle that had less than half a pint in it! My pocket money, or should I say my paper round money whilst much more than 2/6d, I wasn't drawn to Export...................... probably thinking that if I stretched the principle of asking for a stronger alcoholic beverage I might have been asked to show some form of age proof! Yeah, lager was like p*sh at the time, usually Tennents, and pretty warm as the bars usually didn't keep it at the right temperature. Edited September 26, 2018 by The Original 59er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 10:14 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said: Aerial shot of St. James station looking south, original from 1948 then annotated. Green line is Greenhill Road, red line is Murray Street, pink line is Clark Street, purple line is McKean Street and the blue area is the current stadium. Same view today... Any Idea who played at the ground shown? Is it juniors or just kids making a pitch of spare ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, insaintee said: Any Idea who played at the ground shown? Is it juniors or just kids making a pitch of spare ground. Paisley has only ever had one junior team, St. Mirren Juniors who won the Junior Cup in 1916/17. They played at Love St and were only in existence for four seasons. It looks like it has been marked out with chalk on blaize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HSS Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: . Great picture,especially the Sherwood Steeple in all its glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scrappy coco Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 On 9/27/2018 at 4:50 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said: Paisley has only ever had one junior team, St. Mirren Juniors who won the Junior Cup in 1916/17. They played at Love St and were only in existence for four seasons. It looks like it has been marked out with chalk on blaize. Is it possibly the site of our old ground at Westmarch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 17 minutes ago, scrappy coco said: Is it possibly the site of our old ground at Westmarch? No, this is the only picture of Westmarch that exists. You can see the footbridge of St. James train station above the goal at the far end and the "Dummy Railway" embankment running from there to behind the grandstand. This means that Westmarsh was on the piece of land between the current North Stand and the railway embankment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Approx same view today...footbridge is arrowed, railway embankment/Grandstand in blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 38 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: No, this is the only picture of Westmarch that exists. You can see the footbridge of St. James train station above the goal at the far end and the "Dummy Railway" embankment running from there to behind the grandstand. This means that Westmarsh was on the piece of land between the current North Stand and the railway embankment. Got it now, the St James church spire in the background, but would the Dummy Railway have existed then, always thought it was built for the car plant, I'm probably wrong though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, scrappy coco said: Got it now, the St James church spire in the background, but would the Dummy Railway have existed then, always thought it was built for the car plant, I'm probably wrong though.. No, it wan't built for the car plant, it was part of an orbital rail network around Paisley and Barrhead. However, you're right, it wasn't built at the time of Westmarch so the railway embankment must be the line to Gourock. http://railway.paisleyhistory.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: Cotton st. .? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Cotton st. .?Aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 1 hour ago, cockles1987 said: Had a look on Google Maps and i think it's Mossvale Church Spire in the background. Naw mate I don't think it is, the angle of the bridge would be different, more looking across it rather than from the side.. I think EAB has got it pretty much spot on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 7:36 AM, shull said: Spending a £1 in the Glen Kyle , Barrhead in 1979 got me a Pint plus 2 games of Pool. OK! so when could I get 9 pint of heavy, a packet of fags , box of matches and change from a pound note. answers on a postcard with a penny black stamp please to ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 1 hour ago, jaybee said: OK! so when could I get 9 pint of heavy, a packet of fags , box of matches and change from a pound note. answers on a postcard with a penny black stamp please to ............ First pint I ever bought was 1/10p in the court bar at eight o'clock in the morning waiting for the bus to Aberdeen. Think in was 12. Few rules broken there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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