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

[HSS]

19 minutes ago, Slarti said:

25 minutes ago, ALBIONSAINT said:

The big fella sold the evening times at the cross I think? Can’t remember his name but think he took over from wee Dougie. I think the woman smoking a fag to the right might be one of the Davidsons from Feegie? 

His name was Ian, can't remember his surname. Lived in Cartha Crescent opposite the high flats.

He stayed in Seedhill Rd too

[Slarti]

He stayed in Seedhill Rd too

He wisnae THAT big!!!!!

[W6er]

50 minutes ago, antrin said:

You can see them on Facebook… before he copies and posts them on here. Unattributed.

 

49 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

Big fcuking deal, not EVERYONE uses facebook.

Time for your Pamper and horlicks, dullard. 

To be fair, I don't use Facebook. Keep on posting them, please!

[faraway saint]

I'm aware this isn't directly linked with Paisley but, having visited the Apollo, an iconic venue, could be seen as a sad day,..............

Seen plenty of groups/bands...................................not all great TBH. 

A shocking photo to thousands of gig goers down through the years. The Apollo being demolished, 1987.

PS NICKED from Facebook. 

Edited June 28, 2022 by faraway saint

[Slarti]

I'm aware this isn't directly linked with Paisley but, having visited the Apollo, an iconic venue, could be seen as a sad day,..............
Seen plenty of groups/bands...................................not all great TBH. 
A shocking photo to thousands of gig goers down through the years. The Apollo being demolished, 1987.
PS NICKED from Facebook. 

It's directly linked by the number 24 McGill's bus (among others).

[StanleySaint]

Went to the last rock gig at the Apollo, Uriah Heep supported by Pallas, but in reality I went to see Pallas but it was a great gig and fantastic venue, back to the photo at the Cross, very familiar scene, not too bad a price for tulips either ☺️ Not bothered where the images come from, just happy to see them!

[Scott-Leeds]

The big fella sold the evening times at the cross I think? Can’t remember his name but think he took over from wee Dougie. I think the woman smoking a fag to the right might be one of the Davidsons from Feegie? 

I think he stood corner of high st/moss st the big fella

Wee Dougie and his brother Isaac were my neighbours in Lexwell Road - often sent me to the van for 5 Woodbine

They lived in 13 I lived 15 Lexwell Rd

[Callum Gilhooley]

9 hours ago, Slarti said:

9 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said:

The big fella sold the evening times at the cross I think? Can’t remember his name but think he took over from wee Dougie. I think the woman smoking a fag to the right might be one of the Davidsons from Feegie? 

His name was Ian, can't remember his surname. Lived in Cartha Crescent opposite the high flats.

Originally from Foxbar , bottom end of findhorn / Orchy crescent area I believe.
 Lots of stories of how he came to be like he was , One that did the rounds was that as a young lad he was helping some workies doing work to the tenement and fell off the scaffolding sustaining life changing injuries.  Not sure if true or not. 
Before him was Wee Dougie and his son Zak did the same thing around the same time as Big Ian . 
 

[Callum Gilhooley]

56 minutes ago, Scott-Leeds said:

I think he stood corner of high st/moss st the big fella

Wee Dougie and his brother Isaac were my neighbours in Lexwell Road - often sent me to the van for 5 Woodbine

They lived in 13 I lived 15 Lexwell Rd

I’m sure his patch was outside Burtons .  
 

Just saw your stuff about wee Dougie,  could I be getting mixed up with Isaac / Zak ?  Or was Zak one of their sons ? 

[Slarti]

Originally from Foxbar , bottom end of findhorn / Orchy crescent area I believe.
 Lots of stories of how he came to be like he was , One that did the rounds was that as a young lad he was helping some workies doing work to the tenement and fell off the scaffolding sustaining life changing injuries.  Not sure if true or not. 
Before him was Wee Dougie and his son Zak did the same thing around the same time as Big Ian . 
 

They all fell off scaffolding around the same time?

[Scott-Leeds]

I’m sure his patch was outside Burtons .  
 
Just saw your stuff about wee Dougie,  could I be getting mixed up with Isaac / Zak ?  Or was Zak one of their sons ? 

You got me thinking, I assumed brothers ? But you might be right.

Lived in middle floor, used to chuck the money out the window in an empty fag packet when he asked us to go to the van for his 5 Woodbine

[antrin]

Isaac was Dougie’s son.

[pod]

11 hours ago, antrin said:

I don’t use Facebook, but I recognise where the pix are nicked from.  

 

Where were they nicked from before they appeared on Facebook. 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

When you think of all the greats of the music world who graced the stage of The Appollo and the last act to play before it was demolished was the f**king Style Council. 

[Wilbur]

24 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said:

When you think of all the greats of the music world who graced the stage of The Appollo and the last act to play before it was demolished was the f**king Style Council. 

Was there in November 1973 when The Eagles were the support band for Neil Young. Eagles were magnificent, NY pretty much stank the place out by playing all new material that his audience didn't know. A horrific misjudgment by the great man, the crowd had come to hear classic stuff from After The Goldrush and Harvest.

[shull]

Wasn't a huge music fan in the 1970's . Spent vast majority of funds following St Mirren everywhere.

Managed the Apollo just once. Brother took me to see Lindisfarne in the late 1970's. They were magnificent as was the support act,  a very young Chris Rea who sang most of the Benny Santini set.

Whatever happened to both ?

[shull]

5 minutes ago, shull said:

Wasn't a huge music fan in the 1970's . Spent vast majority of funds following St Mirren everywhere.

Managed the Apollo just once. Brother took me to see Lindisfarne in the late 1970's. They were magnificent as was the support act,  a very young Chris Rea who sang most of the Benny Santini set.

Whatever happened to both ?

 

[ianmac]

4 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Was there in November 1973 when The Eagles were the support band for Neil Young. Eagles were magnificent, NY pretty much stank the place out by playing all new material that his audience didn't know. A horrific misjudgment by the great man, the crowd had come to hear classic stuff from After The Goldrush and Harvest.

I was there too!!

And I could not agree more with your comments. What a disappointment.

I was a huge Neil Young fan. As you say, it was soon after Harvest and After the Gold Rush. I never bought another Neil Young album.

[ianmac]

50 minutes ago, ianmac said:

I was there too!!

And I could not agree more with your comments. What a disappointment.

I was a huge Neil Young fan. As you say, it was soon after Harvest and After the Gold Rush. I never bought another Neil Young album.

Mind you, I did buy a few Eagles albums after that. They were a real surprise for me that night,

[ianmac]

Not actually Paisley, but Paisley had its fair share of theses houses. I spent my early years in one , not as fancy as this one, mind you.

A monument to Scottish home life: why you should visit Tenement House | Architecture | The Guardian

It's a while since I visited it, but it is well worth a visit , especially if you lived in one in the olden days!

[faraway saint]

13 hours ago, ianmac said:

Not actually Paisley, but Paisley had its fair share of theses houses. I spent my early years in one , not as fancy as this one, mind you.

A monument to Scottish home life: why you should visit Tenement House | Architecture | The Guardian

It's a while since I visited it, but it is well worth a visit , especially if you lived in one in the olden days!

Lots of aspects of this article ring a bell with my younger days.

I stayed in tenements all of my childhood, "closes" were the normal, we had wash houses in the back, not really used for washing, more as "dens" or storage.

Every neighbour took their turn to brush/mop the close and stairs, a pride in how clean it was.

An outside toilet, scary at times, shared between 3 houses.

My parents bed was in a "recess", the great storm had the three of us huddling in their bed, a feeling of safety as the chimneys came crashing down outside.

A coal fire, making paper "sticks" to use as kindling, using the newspaper to create a draught to help it roar into life.

Ginger bottles were a great source of added income.

Aye, not a bad place to live, plenty of friends and neighbours to look out for you if you needed it. 

Edited June 30, 2022 by faraway saint

[ianmac]

6 hours ago, faraway saint said:

Lots of aspects of this article ring a bell with my younger days.

I stayed in tenements all of my childhood, "closes" were the normal, we had wash houses in the back, not really used for washing, more as "dens" or storage.

Every neighbour took their turn to brush/mop the close and stairs, a pride in how clean it was.

An outside toilet, scary at times, shared between 3 houses.

My parents bed was in a "recess", the great storm had the three of us huddling in their bed, a feeling of safety as the chimneys came crashing down outside.

A coal fire, making paper "sticks" to use as kindling, using the newspaper to create a draught to help it roar into life.

Ginger bottles were a great source of added income.

Aye, not a bad place to live, plenty of friends and neighbours to look out for you if you needed it. 

That's almost exactly as I remember it. My parents slept in the bed recess and we slept in a fold out sofa bed in the good room, which was, of course rarely used. Crazy when you only had two rooms and a scullery.

I did a Modern Scottish History course and I remember reading a stat that says something like 50% of people in Glasgow in the early 50's lived in ONE room of a tenement flat. I will try to track down the actual stat in the book in case I am getting it wrong.

However we had moved up in the world by the time of the great storm.

Our number eventually came up and we moved from a private landlord tenement to a cooncil high flat.

I slept through the storm , but people talked of feeling the building swaying and pictures moving on the walls!

[Guest]

1 hour ago, ianmac said:

That's almost exactly as I remember it. My parents slept in the bed recess and we slept in a fold out sofa bed in the good room, which was, of course rarely used. Crazy when you only had two rooms and a scullery.

I did a Modern Scottish History course and I remember reading a stat that says something like 50% of people in Glasgow in the early 50's lived in ONE room of a tenement flat. I will try to track down the actual stat in the book in case I am getting it wrong.

However we had moved up in the world by the time of the great storm.

Our number eventually came up and we moved from a private landlord tenement to a cooncil high flat.

I slept through the storm , but people talked of feeling the building swaying and pictures moving on the walls!

I think it’s amazing how so many people grew up in those living conditions and what changes we have seen in housing today. I firmly believe we were a more caring neighbourly society back then when nearly everyone was in the same boat. Nowadays there appears to be a very selfish attitude within communities. Respect for the police has dropped like a stone.

Our kids and grandkids don’t know how lucky there are. Doubt they will ever have to scrape off ice from inside the windows or get dressed for school in bed, because it was baltic.

As a nation we have come on leaps and bounds in terms of housing and luxuries like washing machines, colour TVs, mobile phones, and central heating (although many won’t be able to use it this winter, but that’s a different topic altogether.)

[stlucifer]

12 minutes ago, SuperSaints1877 said:

I think it’s amazing how so many people grew up in those living conditions and what changes we have seen in housing today. I firmly believe we were a more caring neighbourly society back then when nearly everyone was in the same boat. Nowadays there appears to be a very selfish attitude within communities. Respect for the police has dropped like a stone.

Our kids and grandkids don’t know how lucky there are. Doubt they will ever have to scrape off ice from inside the windows or get dressed for school in bed, because it was baltic.

As a nation we have come on leaps and bounds in terms of housing and luxuries like washing machines, colour TVs, mobile phones, and central heating (although many won’t be able to use it this winter, but that’s a different topic altogether.)

I think you need to take the blinkers off if you think everyone is housed in fit accomodation. Many are forced to live in squalid conditions with badly fitted windows and damp all the way up the wall because private landlords get away with it and the "cooncil" route isn't open to the families due to the sell off from the eighties. Not to mention that there are far more without any windows, roof or walls at all. It was in the eighties the that the mantra "greed is good" came into its own for normal folk. As a society, we have regressed since then.

[ianmac]

1 hour ago, ianmac said:

That's almost exactly as I remember it. My parents slept in the bed recess and we slept in a fold out sofa bed in the good room, which was, of course rarely used. Crazy when you only had two rooms and a scullery.

I did a Modern Scottish History course and I remember reading a stat that says something like 50% of people in Glasgow in the early 50's lived in ONE room of a tenement flat. I will try to track down the actual stat in the book in case I am getting it wrong.

However we had moved up in the world by the time of the great storm.

Our number eventually came up and we moved from a private landlord tenement to a cooncil high flat.

I slept through the storm , but people talked of feeling the building swaying and pictures moving on the walls!

Oops, my stat was a bit of an exaggeration:

To go all educational : My ref is 'A Century Of The Scottish People 1830-1950' by T.C. Smout. , in a chapter called 'The Tenement City' he writes:

'In Glasgow in 1951, the proportion of one or two roomed houses was 50%'