Desperately Seeking Susans Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, pod said: Just below and to the right of purple spot was the Bells Dye Works and Laundry. My brother used to work for them as a maintenance mechanic. Bell's Laundry - my first job after leaving school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: Bell's Laundry - my first job after leaving school. Did that become Initial Services? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddymarvellous Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Slarti said: Did that become Initial Services? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Buddy Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 Would that be Graham’s Bus Depot further along Hawkhead Road opposite the Cemetery ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperately Seeking Susans Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Slarti said: Did that become Initial Services? I think it did but not in my time. Edited October 23, 2020 by Desperately Seeking Susans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 The bridge carrying the railway over the river and Smithhills St on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 looking the other way towards the Town Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperately Seeking Susans Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 18 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: looking the other way towards the Town Hall. That will be the Brickwell's /Paisley Theatre before the Clean Air Acts finally arrived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcc Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 1:59 PM, antrin said: Hmmm. A TA/REME base used to be behind the red buildings in George Street at the south end of the (now)Uni site. Entrances from George Street: between the LHS of Paisley Tech (building still standing) and the old church And at the west end by a passageway (now gated) under the furthest west of the red buildings. I recall seeing actual tanks in there! My former French teacher at the JNI was was W Steel Brownlie who landed as a tank commander on the Normandy beaches and advanced through northern France into Belgium and Holland. He was later the CO of the Ayrshire Yeomanry TA Depot in George Street. I remember him taking my class of 30+ boys on an afternoon visit to the depot and letting us crawl all over and inside the tanks. If I remember rightly he had been awarded the Military Cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 10:20 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said: looking the other way towards the Town Hall. I wonder if that path/embankment is the same one that remains in place today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 I wonder if that path/embankment is the same one that remains in place today? It does, from memory it's a drain/sewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocky Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 10:53 PM, antrin said: You forgot to mention that its most priceless function, was to serve as a place of safety for entry into the world of some pretty amazing Buddies! Aye... I WAS born in a park... Yip, I'm another Park baby. 1956 vintage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 No wonder it's freezing in here. Shut the fecking door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabuddies Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 17 hours ago, smcc said: My former French teacher at the JNI was was W Steel Brownlie who landed as a tank commander on the Normandy beaches and advanced through northern France into Belgium and Holland. He was later the CO of the Ayrshire Yeomanry TA Depot in George Street. I remember him taking my class of 30+ boys on an afternoon visit to the depot and letting us crawl all over and inside the tanks. If I remember rightly he had been awarded the Military Cross. He was indeed for an action in August 1944 when he was an Acting Captain. He landed on D Day 6th June as a Lieutenant, was an Acting Captain by 3rd August and ended up a Major all before they crossed the German border I think. Must have been a tough call invading Europe in a tank? More than that he was a pretty decent bloke as teachers go. He certainly didn't panic when one of the lads stuck a penknife in the knee of the lad sitting next to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 High Street Looking back along the High Street towards the Town Centre c.1900. This view from the steps of the Museum looks across at what was No's 40-38 (now No's 63-59). The houses nearest were the property of John Wilson (father of Prof. John Wilson) and housed the Wilson Assembly Hall, and beyond that, and still standing very prominent today, is the intricately carved Stone Tenement of No.39 (now No.61) A well kent member of this forum used to live at no. 61. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: High Street Looking back along the High Street towards the Town Centre c.1900. This view from the steps of the Museum looks across at what was No's 40-38 (now No's 63-59). The houses nearest were the property of John Wilson (father of Prof. John Wilson) and housed the Wilson Assembly Hall, and beyond that, and still standing very prominent today, is the intricately carved Stone Tenement of No.39 (now No.61) A well kent member of this forum used to live at no. 61. A well kent member of this forum still owns a flat at no 61. Edited October 26, 2020 by HSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 It always pays to look upwards at buildings, no matter where you are as often some of the finer details and quirks of the architect are 'hidden' in the upper reaches of the building. The Russell Institute in Causeyside St is one of the finer examples! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, The Original 59er said: It always pays to look upwards at buildings, no matter where you are as often some of the finer details and quirks of the architect are 'hidden' in the upper reaches of the building. The Russell Institute in Causeyside St is one of the finer examples! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23810979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 58 minutes ago, HSS said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23810979 Church officer Matthew McIntosh said: "It is a beautiful building. Paisley gets a bad press but the abbey is the jewel in the crown. Has anything changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Paisley Mill Strike of '56. I like the 3rd photo, you can just imagine what the guys are saying to each other as they look over at their women who are organising the strike............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) Love Street as I never really knew it. In the 2nd photo you can just see the ground turnstiles to the right. These buildings must have been demolished to make way for the car park. I think the aerial must have been taken like the others of that type around Paisley in the mid30's. No floodlights to be seen! Edited October 29, 2020 by The Original 59er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperately Seeking Susans Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 3 hours ago, The Original 59er said: Paisley Mill Strike of '56. I like the 3rd photo, you can just imagine what the guys are saying to each other as they look over at their women who are organising the strike............ In the third photo that looks like my old West School on the right but what building is that on the left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) (It IS the school - Gate entrance hidden by the blonde on the right) It’s a Feegie Mill out-building,IIRC. (that whole corner is 4-storied flats, now) the woman in the suit, with her hands clasped, is looking ahead towards the Mill main gates at the top of Newton Street. Edited October 29, 2020 by antrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Original 59er Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 20 hours ago, shull said: That church is something I'm quietly proud of! After closing as a church it went the usual way of being a furniture store / odds and sods salesroom, and slowly but surely it started to really deteriorate as a building. It was a nice Grade 2 listed building, but that made no difference to the owners. Having been dragged up in Paisley, but now working in the big smoke (of Glasgow), I was well aware that grants were available through a government funded body and they would support development of any building if you could show that benefit would come from the investment. I had the idea of creating three floors of flats with an atrium in the middle. The big problem were the long windows on each side of the building, and how would you introduce a floor detail for the middle level of flats. The Paisley Planners weren't at all enthusiastic and basically said we couldn't touch the building, or all we could create were two levels of residential, which didn't financially work. So I asked for Historic Scotland to become involved and one of their people came to Paisley and we turned up at the building with the Paisley Planner in tow. She was fully expecting to be backed up by Historic Scotland, but they backed our idea to the hilt and said that this was one of the best solutions they had seen for a building of this type. So the bottom line was that we carried out the development and I can actually say, I saved the building. The great advantage that it had was no burial ground around it and internally it wasn't too ecclesiastical so not that difficult to get the right look. I hope if any members of the forum live, or has lived here it would be good to hear what they thought of it. I haven't been in the building for a long number of years. The development was completed around 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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