pod Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:38 AM, faraway saint said: When style was style......................... Flatform shoes and flairs, the bees knees. Was The Sweater Shop open at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsons dropped it Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, pod said: Flatform shoes and flairs, the bees knees. Was The Sweater Shop open at the time. Never mind the Fantastic Four in Flares…..What about the Hillman Imp in the background 😬🚙 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsons dropped it Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Cookie Monster said: From memory in Upper Gallowhill we had Parducci's, Trento, Geordie and occasionally Walls. I worked on the Trentos van in Gallowhill when I was 13 .. at first with a local guy and then with Dominic Girasoli, one of the Sons,Trento was the old mans first name ,he was always in the Cafe in Renfrew, good old guy. Later I worked with my Brother on an Izzis Van up on the Neilston run for a couple of years.😱 Good times and great memories.🍦 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Cookie Monster said: From memory in Upper Gallowhill we had Parducci's, Trento, Geordie and occasionally Walls. That's also my recollection. I mind one time my Dad had got a British Linen Bank £1 note as part of his wages. It was unusual in that it had a lot of blue in its design. He said "take it out to the van and if you get change of a fiver ill give you a pound." Now I knew Geordie wouldn't be daft enough to fall for that and, even if he did, he'd pull me up on it next time he saw me so I suggested we waited till the Walls van came round. Sure enough I got change of a fiver and I got my £1 which back in 1976 was a fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 8 hours ago, beyond our ken said: I recall it being used in the 60s I lived there from 59 to 79, and my parents longer than that. No one I knew called it the Rivers. The tag only seemed to appear once it was decided it was a "troubled" estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-Leeds Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 I lived there from 59 to 79, and my parents longer than that. No one I knew called it the Rivers. The tag only seemed to appear once it was decided it was a "troubled" estate.I lived in Lexwell Road overlooking Red Rock Canyon and the Golf Course till 1979 and never heard it called ‘The Rivers’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 35 minutes ago, saint in exile said: I lived there from 59 to 79, and my parents longer than that. No one I knew called it the Rivers. The tag only seemed to appear once it was decided it was a "troubled" estate. I think it was given that tag mid-late 80s if I remember right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 I think it was given that tag mid-late 80s if I remember right.It was definitely referred to as the rivers in the mid to late 70s, at least it was by people who didn't live there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, Slarti said: It was definitely referred to as the rivers in the mid to late 70s, at least it was by people who didn't live there. To be fair didn't think it was as early as that. With this what does make me chuckle is remembering carrying on always about having to take his beloved vauxhall viva up the chain road as obviously it was soooo steep a hill it would wreck the engine jeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Said car was the typical 70s special with the black vinyl roof and black vinyl seats, perfect for those hot summers🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 To be fair didn't think it was as early as that. With this what does make me chuckle is remembering carrying on always about having to take his beloved vauxhall viva up the chain road as obviously it was soooo steep a hill it would wreck the engine jeez It does seem to have got less steep over the years. It hasn't, but it does seem that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Slarti said: 21 minutes ago, Cumbriansaint72 said: To be fair didn't think it was as early as that. With this what does make me chuckle is remembering carrying on always about having to take his beloved vauxhall viva up the chain road as obviously it was soooo steep a hill it would wreck the engine jeez It does seem to have got less steep over the years. It hasn't, but it does seem that way. Or maybe cars aren't as crap as they were then haha. In saying that in those days cars were like tanks powered by a 1300cc engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Or maybe cars aren't as crap as they were then haha. In saying that in those days cars were like tanks powered by a 1300cc engine.I meant just looking at it. It's just perception, obviously. When I was a little kid I thought it was a long way to walk from my mum's house into town, as I got older I thought it was just down the road and now that I'm an old c**t it seems like a long way again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Even more so if you've had a few🤣🤣🤣 to be fair my mum and dad bought a house down here for when they retired, which I stayed in and it was on top of a bloody big hill which took 10 mins to get into whitehaven sober and about 2 hours getting back pissed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Oh and thats was BEFORE Mrs CS came along🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:38 AM, faraway saint said: When style was style......................... ................ and we honestly all thought we were stylish and attractive to the burds dressed like this 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, The Original 59er said: ................ and we honestly all thought we were stylish and attractive to the burds dressed like this 😜 I WAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) Returning to a previous post here is a link to a good YouTube video put together for Renfrew Airport: Over and above this are three really good photos of the old terminal building. I like good architecture and this was stylish and made a statement. Pity is had to go for a Tesco supermarket! Edited September 17, 2021 by The Original 59er Caps changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 1 hour ago, The Original 59er said: ................ and we honestly all thought we were stylish and attractive to the burds dressed like this 😜 Certainly attracted the seagulls at Love Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 2 hours ago, The Original 59er said: Returning to a previous post here is a link to a good YouTube video put together for Renfrew Airport: The DH Heron in one of the pictures , G-AOFY , was the one that crashed on an Air Ambulance flight from Renfrew in 1957. There's a memorial to the crew and nurse , who all died , on Newmains Rd . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 The airport from a 1961 OS Map and the same scene today. The motorway follows the path of the runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 If you go to this link it will display the OS map and there's a slider to change the overlay between then and present day. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/print/#zoom=15&lat=55.86687&lon=-4.38884&layers=10&b=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 57 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: The airport from a 1961 OS Map and the same scene today. The motorway follows the path of the runway. Where the new artificial pitch is at Renfrew High, it used to be waste ground and it was where one of the airports large hangars was located. The original tracks for the wheeled doors to the hangars were still there in the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 I remember these................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 I remember these................ You couldn't sit through a whole movie without having an ice cream. What was wrong with you. [emoji14] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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