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rabuddies Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 1 hour ago, portmahomack saint said: Unemployment rates in Scotland in the mid to late 60s were some of the lowest in history, the 70s seen a steep rise in unemployment, the old prison was demolished in the 60s was it not Early 70's, along with the Burgh Council office on County Square. When the new offices opened on Cotton Street basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, rabuddies said: Early 70's, along with the Burgh Council office on County Square. When the new offices opened on Cotton Street basically. Think you better have a wee look at the photo's above 1960's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabuddies Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 2 hours ago, portmahomack saint said: Think you better have a wee look at the photo's above 1960's I did, this photo was taken in 1968/69 and the jail and the Burgh Offices are still there. The story on Paisley.Org which contains this photo is headlined "Paisley Piazza Photographs 1967/68 - Paisley Prison still stands and the River Cart is wide open in these pictures taken during the construction of the Piazza Shopping Centre, Paisley." However, if you look at the photos most of them are dated 1969 and 1970. That would suggest it was 1969 when the car park at the rear was added so perhaps the jail came down then. I was close. 😌 The Labour Government was throwing money at local government in the late 60's to head off industrial unrest which Ted Heath inherited in 1970. T Dan Smith anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Early 70's, along with the Burgh Council office on County Square. When the new offices opened on Cotton Street basically.I was born late 66 and I remember asking my dad what the jail building was. So it was still there when I was old enough to do that and remember it - I'd imagine that I wouldn't have been less than 3 at the time but probably a bit older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 6 hours ago, pod said: Cracking series of pix showing some amazing engineering, no matter your view about the end-product. Ta, pod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, Yflab said: It’s feckin horrific. Just a concrete jungle. Making coherent sense of a concrete jungle’s plans and fitting them as required in the topography IS great engineering. your enemy\target shouldnae be the engineers, rather the architects and the planners possibly at the behest of the (miserly) funding politicians. i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 46 minutes ago, antrin said: Cracking series of pix showing some amazing engineering, no matter your view about the end-product. Ta, pod. It created a lot of jobs during and after its construction. Concrete at the time was the mode of building at the time, when they were starting to throw up tower blocks all over the place. Was way ahead of anything similar at the time no matter what peoples opinion of it at present. Outdated, but worn well. Filled a hole that some think could have be put to better use, but accepted it at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, pod said: It created a lot of jobs during and after its construction. Concrete at the time was the mode of building at the time, when they were starting to throw up tower blocks all over the place. Was way ahead of anything similar at the time no matter what peoples opinion of it at present. Outdated, but worn well. Filled a hole that some think could have be put to better use, but accepted it at the time. I wonder if they made as much concrete as they made... “at the times”...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 hours ago, antrin said: I wonder if they made as much concrete as they made... “at the times”...? Four times as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 hour ago, pod said: Four at the times as much. Fify. 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperately Seeking Susans Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 The next generation will be saying much the same as they reminisce the multi-storey car park after its demolition (the sooner the better). You know, it wouldn't be financially impossible to rebuild the county building again and reinstate our heritage (and while they're at it plough up the surface of the square which is out of character from most of the buildings that overlook it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Sheriff court to the left, junction of Love St and Maxwell St to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 The Silver Thread Hotel. Although The Buzzcocks and Elvis Costello played there (among others), the Sex Pistols definitely did not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branniganm Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 9:17 PM, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Scene of my first wedding reception. And my parents' 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branniganm Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 10/7/2020 at 12:48 PM, The Original 59er said: That's a capybara, but who's worried about mere detail! Still a rodent but. World's largest 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 I won't pretend that I have waded my way through this book in its entirety, but a fascinating picture of Paisley from a bygone time. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028090102#page/n3/mode/2up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shull Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 Paisley Blitz https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/authors/paisley-daily-express/memories-paisleys-blitz-including-street-22830382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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