Paisley - My Pics Of Old Or Unusual Buildings Or Places Of Interest.

[faraway saint]

[faraway saint]

[pod]

5 hours ago, faraway saint said:

Is that Woolworths to the left, out of picture. Assuming that's the High Street.

[pod]

On 11/27/2021 at 11:16 AM, Cookie Monster said:

On 11/27/2021 at 10:41 AM, Slarti said:

They are going to build a ROADbridge next according to the thing I read. It didn't say exactly where, just over the White Cart.

I read that about a road connecting Renfrew Road and Love Street.

[pod]

Just maybe somewhere along the red line. 

[Cookie Monster]

Just maybe somewhere along the red line. 

Possibly

https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/8897/White-Cart-can-unlock-Paisleys-economic-potential

A report to Renfrewshire Council's Leadership Board details the Strategic Business Case for building new connections along the White Cart corridor, including a 'gateway' road bridge at Paisley Harbour and an east-west road link from Renfrew Road to the edge of the river.

[faraway saint]

Surprised their hasn't been something similar in place before now, still, very fitting, well done all involved.

[faraway saint]

1975 prices, a wee bit before my drinking days.....................

[WeeBud]

37 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

1975 prices, a wee bit before my drinking days.....................

Interesting to note that Cider was sold under "Wines & Spirits" !!

[buddiecat]

5 minutes ago, WeeBud said:

Interesting to note that Cider was sold under "Wines & Spirits" !!

Cider was probably thought of as apple wine.

[WeeBud]

Just now, buddiecat said:

Cider was probably thought of as apple wine.

That would be my guess Buddiecat, I had Cider in a restaurant in Madeira that was sold as an Apple Wine.

[ALBIONSAINT]

Might be different licensing laws about cider in England 

[faraway saint]

No.32 High Street in the mid seventies, the Liberal Club, the Hosiery Shop, Harry Fentons and Hepworths

I was a big fan of Hepworths, spent a lot of my apprenticeship wages in there. 

[HSS]

Here’s a wee pic of the Weigh Bridge at Abercorn St which I remember well Anybuddie remember an other Weigh Bridge in Paisley?

 

[rabuddies]

Was there not one on Ferguslie where they built the John Neilson Comprehensive?

What, me, no. I was educated in an Institution. 

[HSS]

25 minutes ago, rabuddies said:

Was there not one on Ferguslie where they built the John Neilson Comprehensive?

What, me, no. I was educated in an Institution. 

👍🏼

[Cookie Monster]

Here’s a wee pic of the Weigh Bridge at Abercorn St which I remember well Anybuddie remember an other Weigh Bridge in Paisley?
 

Can remember all of those buildings except from the tenements on the corner of Abercorn and Niddry Street. Gawds I'm older than I thought. [emoji24]

[Scott-Leeds]

Here’s a wee pic of the Weigh Bridge at Abercorn St which I remember well Anybuddie remember an other Weigh Bridge in Paisley?
 

I think ( fairly sure ) my Aunt lived on ground floor in the tenement block in the 70’s - I used to go there.

Did it have an old railway line running behind it ?

[Cookie Monster]

I think ( fairly sure ) my Aunt lived on ground floor in the tenement block in the 70’s - I used to go there.

Did it have an old railway line running behind it ?

The railway line ran under Renfrew Road and behind Reid Kerr College. With a siding down towards your Aunts. Last train I seen on it was about 1978.

Train line [emoji837][emoji837][emoji837][emoji837]

Aunts house🟢 bottom left.

[Cumbriansaint72]

13 minutes ago, Cookie Monster said:

 

B+M homestore!!!! Great Mills.....................ok I'm old🙄

[Scott-Leeds]

The railway line ran under Renfrew Road and behind Reid Kerr College. With a siding down towards your Aunts. Last train I seen on it was about 1978.

Train line [emoji837][emoji837][emoji837][emoji837]

Aunts house🟢 bottom left.

Makes more sense seeing it with that view

Thank you [emoji4]

[pod]

14 hours ago, Cumbriansaint72 said:

B+M homestore!!!! Great Mills.....................ok I'm old🙄

Before Great Mills, wasn't there a cold storage warehouse there with a big canopy in front. 

[Cookie Monster]

Before Great Mills, wasn't there a cold storage warehouse there with a big canopy in front. 

No, it was Tesco. I asked some mates as we grew up in Gallowhill about it, when a work colleague was talking about a cash van incident at it. Somehow I had a brain freeze and had forgot it was Tesco that built it. Though it wasn't allowed to sell food.

[Slarti]

1 hour ago, Cookie Monster said:

4 hours ago, pod said:

Before Great Mills, wasn't there a cold storage warehouse there with a big canopy in front. 

No, it was Tesco. I asked some mates as we grew up in Gallowhill about it, when a work colleague was talking about a cash van incident at it. Somehow I had a brain freeze and had forgot it was Tesco that built it. Though it wasn't allowed to sell food.

I don't recall it being a Tesco, you must be older than me. 

[Cookie Monster]

I don't recall it being a Tesco, you must be older than me. [emoji3]

No, just my dementia isn't as bad as yours. [emoji14]