Eric Arthur Blair Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Vauxhall Viva at the front of the parked cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 26 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: Vauxhall Viva at the front of the parked cars. Wife drove 1 of those during the seventies. 7 days after getting it, something went bang inside the engine while driving pass Loch Ness ☹️ Towed into Inverness and some backstreet garage did enough for us to get home 2 days later. Wasn't the worst car she had, and it did managed to get me and the mate to Dundee the night we won the league in 1977 👍 Also found a can of lager in the car the next day as she drove me to work, so that was my tea break sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billyg Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 2:18 PM, FTOF said: A fine place of learning in the background. The fenced part next to the wee building was where Brendan sat in his Parducci ice cream van and sold us singles, of the tobacco type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Tommy said: Wife drove 1 of those during the seventies. 7 days after getting it, something went bang inside the engine while driving pass Loch Ness ☹️ Towed into Inverness and some backstreet garage did enough for us to get home 2 days later. Wasn't the worst car she had, and it did managed to get me and the mate to Dundee the night we won the league in 1977 👍 Also found a can of lager in the car the next day as she drove me to work, so that was my tea break sorted 7 of us crammed in to a viva for the trip to the same match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: Vauxhall Viva at the front of the parked cars. I had one in the 70s. Picked it up in Manchester and it broke down on the M6 on the way home! Spent 4 hours in the services waiting for the AA to come out, before I finally got back on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, saint in exile said: I had one in the 70s. Picked it up in Manchester and it broke down on the M6 on the way home! Spent 4 hours in the services waiting for the AA to come out, before I finally got back on the road. You should have phoned yer wee Bro That's what I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 hours ago, beyond our ken said: 7 of us crammed in to a viva for the trip to the same match The boot was a decent size but 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 hours ago, billyg said: I think that wee sports car directly behind the weighing station is the MG sports car that Mrs.Smith in the P.E. department owned. P.S. Must have been Brendan's day off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 hours ago, portmahomack saint said: You should have phoned yer wee Bro That's what I did Which one? The younger one was still only an apprentice mechanic and the other would have charged an arm and a leg for the taxi ride!!!! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 9 hours ago, beyond our ken said: 7 of us crammed in to a viva for the trip to the same match 3 in the front-4 in the back only the driver had a seat to himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 11:05 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said: Vauxhall Viva at the front of the parked cars. I had an SL90 in these days. Interchangeable engine parts with Opel cars as I seem to remember when I had to find a gasket in France! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) Early public transport photos from Paisley. Edited January 6, 2022 by The Original 59er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 1952 Paisley and Barrhead cinema ads from newspapers of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 It suggests Paisley Cross in the early 50's after a Saint's game .................... but there isn't a scarf in sight!? Maybe just a busy Saturday, but there are a lot of males visible, so maybe they were right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eric Arthur Blair Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 6 hours ago, The Original 59er said: Wow, that's a beauty. Architecturally nothing has changed but the trams, busses and cobbles are a fantastic reminder of a bygone era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 7 hours ago, The Original 59er said: It suggests Paisley Cross in the early 50's after a Saint's game .................... but there isn't a scarf in sight!? Maybe just a busy Saturday, but there are a lot of males visible, so maybe they were right. Yes , it’s a Saints game. Unfortunately this picture was taken at 4:30 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eric Arthur Blair Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Bank St. The Imp van and Vauxhall Viva are parked beside the wall of the East Primary school which still stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Original 59er Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 13 hours ago, shull said: I know the Hight Street had died a bit over the past few years, but this has to have been taken on a Sunday surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 10:53 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said: Wow, that's a beauty. Architecturally nothing has changed but the trams, busses and cobbles are a fantastic reminder of a bygone era. Here's one from the 50's and obviously a fair bit has changed, but the Bobby is still on duty standing right in the middle of the Cross. That must have been the short straw for any traffic cop in these days, standing right in the middle of all these fumes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 This looks like the late 19th / early 20th century - Causeyside Street, - I think this must have been taken looking south. The reason it's in colour is due to the fashion at the time of taking a black and white photo ('cause that's all they could take) and then painting over it with stylised colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Another one from the 40's / 50's of a scene taken quite often looking across at the High St and the La Scala in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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