Cookie Monster 1,416 Report post Posted January 20 Oh dear. That does read badly doesn't it. Depends on your outlook on life. Hell yeah. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oaksoft 13,643 Report post Posted January 20 6 hours ago, Cookie Monster said: Depends on your outlook on life. Hell yeah. There is no outlook on life whereby losing your virginity to Faraway could be presented as good. 🤣 There's polishing a turd and then there's that. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabuddies 1,403 Report post Posted January 20 Camphill in Foxbar opened in August 1968 as did the Institution I was being educated in although it had turned into a High School? As for football boots on a blaze pitch - what else could you wear? There wasn't a range of sports shoes available in those days. My first football boots circa 1963 had a moulded sole, covered the ankles and a round toe (and were about two sizes too big so I could grow into them). I didn't get a "low cut", 6 stud boot (Mitre) until about 1967 and they lasted after leaving school and my final pair were early 70's (Slazenger I think) playing works football till the mid 70's when I knackered my knee and was told I could get a cartilage operation in about 7 or 8 years on the NHS if the pain got so bad I had trouble sleeping? They said it was the fault of low cut football boots. Only other options were gym shoes and baseball boots and try kicking a Mouldmaster with either of these. I did get a pair of Adidas trainers in 1969 (Samba?) but they were part of the "hippy a bit" fashion scene and the never kicked a ball at that price?? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stlucifer 6,651 Report post Posted January 20 19 hours ago, Slarti said: Yeah, all I'm really picking up from this discussion is that there are a lot if auld cunts on this forum. Too right. And you're right up there with us! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 210 Report post Posted January 20 4 hours ago, rabuddies said: Camphill in Foxbar opened in August 1968 as did the Institution I was being educated in although it had turned into a High School? As for football boots on a blaze pitch - what else could you wear? There wasn't a range of sports shoes available in those days. My first football boots circa 1963 had a moulded sole, covered the ankles and a round toe (and were about two sizes too big so I could grow into them). I didn't get a "low cut", 6 stud boot (Mitre) until about 1967 and they lasted after leaving school and my final pair were early 70's (Slazenger I think) playing works football till the mid 70's when I knackered my knee and was told I could get a cartilage operation in about 7 or 8 years on the NHS if the pain got so bad I had trouble sleeping? They said it was the fault of low cut football boots. Only other options were gym shoes and baseball boots and try kicking a Mouldmaster with either of these. I did get a pair of Adidas trainers in 1969 (Samba?) but they were part of the "hippy a bit" fashion scene and the never kicked a ball at that price?? In a very literal way given what there is available now, blaze pitches were all weather. Mind you when the athletics track appeared that was my cue to start to find ways to get out of the horror of athletics. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oaksoft 13,643 Report post Posted January 20 9 minutes ago, Cumbriansaint72 said: In a very literal way given what there is available now, blaze pitches were all weather. Mind you when the athletics track appeared that was my cue to start to find ways to get out of the horror of athletics. Not always. I remember playing a school league match on a completely unplayable blaze pitch which was half covered in two inches of solid ice and the game went ahead. I was the only one without trainers and played with studs. I was like a newborn baby deer. Couldn't run, couldn't stop, couldn't turn. Amazing what kids were forced to play in those days. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 210 Report post Posted January 20 Just now, oaksoft said: Not always. I remember playing a school league match on a completely unplayable blaze pitch which was half covered in two inches of solid ice and the game went ahead. I was the only one without trainers and played with studs. I was like a newborn baby deer. Couldn't run, couldn't stop, couldn't turn. Amazing what kids were forced to play in those days. Character building😂 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 779 Report post Posted January 20 Too right. And you're right up there with us!Naw, ah'm no' auld, ah'm just a c**t. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cookie Monster 1,416 Report post Posted January 21 Naw, ah'm no' auld, ah'm just a c**t. The Auld cnuts memories going. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 779 Report post Posted January 21 The Auld cnuts memories going. Quiet, you young whippersnapper. In my day you would have been caned for such impudence. I'll "auld" you, you cheeky wee imp. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,480 Report post Posted January 23 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slarti 779 Report post Posted January 23 Canal Street at Causeyside? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antrin 5,036 Report post Posted January 23 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: Wow! the Afton’s getting another name change by the look of it! is that the sem-mythical view of Wardrop Steet’s North end that you sought? ps just noticed that pesky flying saucer still hovering above Barr Street! Edited January 23 by antrin 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,480 Report post Posted January 23 21 minutes ago, Slarti said: 31 minutes ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: Canal Street at Causeyside? Yes Sir. 19 minutes ago, antrin said: Wow! the Afton’s getting another name change by the look of it! is that the sem-mythical view of Wardrop Steet’s North end that you sought? ps just noticed that pesky flying saucer still hovering above Barr Street! Nearly. The tenements on the left are being built, it seems, according to the picture description. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 On 1/23/2021 at 12:05 PM, antrin said: is that the sem-mythical view of Wardrop Steet’s North end that you sought? That's the south end of Wardrop St. As I told you only last week (and you replied!!!) the north end of Wardrop St is the junction with George St. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 The phonebox from the picture two above still standing but the pub has gone. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 Robertson's Jam factory just peeking through ton the left, Wellington Bar on the right. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 Piazza construction, jail in the background. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 Moss St, Urquhart's on the right. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HSS 12,044 Report post Posted January 25 38 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: Robertson's Jam factory just peeking through ton the left, Wellington Bar on the right. Any idea a year for this? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antrin 5,036 Report post Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: That's the south end of Wardrop St. As I told you only last week (and you replied!!!) the north end of Wardrop St is the junction with George St. Fuxake!!! I'm sorry! I even THOUGHT about it so I widnae f**kup again. Sheesh! Of course, it IS! No more views of Wardrop Street, please. I don't want to disappear up my own err(or)se... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 Any idea a year for this?No mate, I just drove past there about half an hour ago, these shops must have been just to the right of the Craig Dhu. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites