antrin 5,033 Report post Posted January 25 1 hour ago, HSS said: Any idea a year for this? Tram lines still on the ground, but I can't really see the power lines above - so after the last tram in 1957, but before they lifted the tramlines and/or covered the causey/cobbles...? And from comparing the following old maps it's also before 1969, and maybe around 1961. And the wee boy on the right has LONG trousers/jeans.. I blew it up but can't read the newspaper hoardings for further clues. Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland (nls.uk) Someone must know when those buildings were demolished? And Stirling Street vanished. Bonzo lived nearby. Ask him... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 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...Haha, not so fast. Here's 20-12 Wardrop St (west side) and the junction with Canal St. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,480 Report post Posted January 25 1 hour ago, antrin said: 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... Naw! Naw! A waant tae see mair! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,480 Report post Posted January 25 28 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: Haha, not so fast. Here's 20-12 Wardrop St (west side) and the junction with Canal St. Eric! I've been hoping to see this photo of the wee shop for...anyway, I'm so glad its arrived. I would be about 2 or 3 years old when our family became homeless. My father managed to make an arrangement with the owner for us to move into the shop which was boarded up with planks of wood. Stone floor! Eventually, we moved into one of the tenements in the picture (don't know which one) which was luxurious in comparison. It had gas lighting in the close and in the two rooms we lived in. Can anyone beat that? Thanks, Eric. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antrin 5,033 Report post Posted January 25 39 minutes ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: Stone floor! Eventually, we moved into one of the tenements in the picture (don't know which one) which was luxurious in comparison. It had gas lighting in the close and in the two rooms we lived in. Can anyone beat that? I doubt that anyBuddie else on the forum was alive in the 1850s... When did ye move so upmarket to yon palace in Barclay Street? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,480 Report post Posted January 25 28 minutes ago, antrin said: I doubt that anyBuddie else on the forum was alive in the 1850s... When did ye move so upmarket to yon palace in Barclay Street? About 1955 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTOF 11,396 Report post Posted January 25 Tribute to Paisley photographer who captured town's history for 40 years - Daily Record 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmac 11 Report post Posted January 25 40 minutes ago, FTOF said: Tribute to Paisley photographer who captured town's history for 40 years - Daily Record Just read that tribute to the photographer. It felt like it was a tribute to my late uncle. He also survived the Glen Cinema disaster, was a member of Paisley Colour Photographic Society, worked in Singer during the war and worked in Anchor Mill after the war. My uncle was born in 1920. I wonder if they knew each other? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcd54 294 Report post Posted January 25 Any idea a year for this?1959 according to the Paisley Heritage fb page. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 25 There's that phone box again. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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pod 7,387 Report post Posted January 26 15 hours ago, FTOF said: Tribute to Paisley photographer who captured town's history for 40 years - Daily Record Another article from the same issue...Marks and Spencer High Street store bought by firm set to transform Paisley Centre - Daily Record 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 210 Report post Posted January 26 20 minutes ago, pod said: Another article from the same issue...Marks and Spencer High Street store bought by firm set to transform Paisley Centre - Daily Record At least renfrewshire council and development company have a good vision for paisley, unlike down here we have 2 county councils that don't seem to have any vision at all. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cumbriansaint72 210 Report post Posted January 26 22 minutes ago, pod said: Storie st baths? Going off memory, been away from paisley for years and years. Mr CS just says memory going cos I'm old😯 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desperately Seeking Susans 1,480 Report post Posted January 27 13 hours ago, Cumbriansaint72 said: Storie st baths? Going off memory, been away from paisley for years and years. Mr CS just says memory going cos I'm old😯 And the cattle market opposite. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cookie Monster 1,408 Report post Posted January 27 And the cattle market opposite.I thought Toledo was further right of the picture. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shull 31,387 Report post Posted January 27 9 hours ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said: And the cattle market opposite. Smellie and Weir That made me giggle when I was 8. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny Rep 176 Report post Posted January 27 11 hours ago, shull said: Smellie and Weir That made me giggle when I was 8. Decent pawnbroker still make me laugh now. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eastlandssaint 2,106 Report post Posted January 27 https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrdgld210019 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 27 2 minutes ago, eastlandssaint said: https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrdgld210019 £160k for a two-bedroom flat, madness. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wilbur 2,868 Report post Posted January 27 1 hour ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: £160k for a two-bedroom flat, madness. Aye, but it's in Paisley. You know, Location, Location, Location !!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antrin 5,033 Report post Posted January 27 1 hour ago, eastlandssaint said: https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrdgld210019 very interesting. A 2 bed here would start about 3 or 400,00. One we looked at recently has just been reduced to over 700,000. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=STATION^2057&minBedrooms=2&radius=0.5&propertyTypes=flat&primaryDisplayPropertyType=flats&includeSSTC=false&mustHave=&dontShow=&furnishTypes=&keywords= Haven’t looked really closely at the Cart development yet, but my expectation now for a new 2 bed flat, is for 2 bathrooms. At least. The one mentioned only has 1! must be more bowel problems down here than for those folk who are used to clenching their buttocks by watching St Mirren... I understand sorta.... why the best views, and outdoor spaces face the Abbey and Toon Hall, but how about the warmer caress of a south-facing/western sunset verandah? our Sooth-facing, Cooncil living room and Verandah (overlooking Canal Street) had day-long warmth and light... and we’d gather in the evening at the kitchen windae, when anyBuddie noted a fantastic sunset. Often. (I think I got “south”right this time...) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Arthur Blair 6,517 Report post Posted January 27 (edited) 2 minutes ago, antrin said: very interesting. A 2 bed here would start about 3 or 400,00. One we looked at recently has just been reduced to over 700,000. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=STATION^2057&minBedrooms=2&radius=0.5&propertyTypes=flat&primaryDisplayPropertyType=flats&includeSSTC=false&mustHave=&dontShow=&furnishTypes=&keywords= Haven’t looked really closely at the Cart development yet, but my expectation now for a new 2 bed flat, is for 2 bathrooms. At least. The one mentioned only has 1! What do you need two toilets for, you only have one arsehole! Edited January 27 by Eric Arthur Blair 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
