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

[HSS]

16 hours ago, munoz said:

The Cabaret/The Cab was the amusements on Causeyside St.

Also called Jokien,or something similar,at one point Eventually became a pub called Avalon 

[shull]

[buddiecat]

14 hours ago, shull said:

Not a pothole in sight.

[Callum Gilhooley]

23 hours ago, buddiecat said:

Not a pothole in sight.

And not a jakie / junkie bastard either 😏

[faraway saint]

Just saw an article on our "local" news about the restoration of a painting on Paisley's "great and good" by Willam Barr.

Over 200 hours of painstaking restoration work has transformed the painting which was barely recognisable.

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/stunning-scottish-artwork-brought-back-to-life-after-incredible-restoration/#:~:text=Now%2C as art of the,was stunned by the transformation.&text='I remember this painting pre-conservation%2C' she said.

Before...............

After....................

 

[Slarti]

Just saw an article on our "local" news about the restoration of a painting on Paisley's "great and good" by Willam Barr.
Over 200 hours of painstaking restoration work has transformed the painting which was barely recognisable.
https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/stunning-scottish-artwork-brought-back-to-life-after-incredible-restoration/#:~:text=Now%2C as art of the,was stunned by the transformation.&text='I remember this painting pre-conservation%2C' she said.
Before...............

After....................

 

In the before image it's nearly impossible to make out antrin, the after is much clearer.

[Callum Gilhooley]

14 hours ago, Slarti said:

In the before image it's nearly impossible to make out antrin, the after is much clearer.

Is that him Standing beside Tedious Tom ? 

[shull]

[shull]

[shull]

From Facebook

 

Kelburne Cinema

The Kelburne was opened on 27th November 1933 with Constance Bennett in “Heads We Go”. Designed by Inverness based architectural firm W.J. Taylor & Co., it was part of the A.B. King circuit. Seating was provided for 1,784 in stalls and circle levels. The proscenium was 35 feet wide and the stage 15 feet deep. There were four dressing rooms. The Cinema also had a tea-room café for the convenience of its patrons. By1944 it had been taken over by Caledonian Associated Cinemas Ltd. and booked by A.B. King.

It was closed in June 1976 as a single screen cinema and reopened as a triple screen in November 1976 with screen 1 in the former circle having 749 seats and equipped with 70mm projection. Screens 2 and 3 in the former stalls each seated 247. On 3rd August 1980 a fourth screen was created in the former tea-room café area which had 58 seats and video projection and this lasted six years. On 14th June 1986 screens 1 & 4 were converted into a bingo club and bar respectively and screens 2 & 3 were renumbered screens 1 & 2 from 22nd August 1986. 

The Kelburne Cinema was closed on 29th May 1997. The building was badly damaged by a fire in 1998 and was soon demolished. Housing has been built on the site.

Text - Ken Roe

 

[The Original 59er]

A great wee video of Renfrew Airport in 1934. You don't see much of the buildings but if you also look at the attached photo taken overlooking Hillington, in 1948 the runway still looks like a grass strip.

It was RAF Renfrew right through the war with a Polish squadron based there as well.

 

[The Original 59er]

https://youtu.be/260qENCtbBo

https://youtu.be/HOJrluGRcMY

https://youtu.be/8HWf6IPHi3g

Three further videos of flights from Renfrew Airport and occasional views of the buildings / Hangers used through the years.

[rabuddies]

My Grampa, who was the Warden Hodges of Renfrew, often talked about the Canadian pilots based at Renfrew, as did my dad while he was still at home.  From 1943 my dad was was in Fife fitting electrical gear to warships.  I think there were some Yanks there by the end of the war.

[The Original 59er]

A really good view around Glasgow Road between the old Education offices and Paisley Grammar from 1936.

Greenlaw Avenue and McKerrell Street, both look like main roads!

Edited August 15, 2023 by The Original 59er

[faraway saint]

Not stricky about Paisley but "stolen" from a Paisley based Facebook page.

Applies to many......

[rabuddies]

Ahem, Marshalls have been making pasta in Glasgow since before WW1.  Macaroni Cheese was a childhood favourite in the 50's.  Also folk used to bulk up their mince with a couple of handfuls of macaroni.

[HSS]

Ahem,Birds Eye have been making fish fingers since 1955

[Slarti]

Ahem, the phone (if you had one) sat on a table.

[shull]

Our phone sat on a table in the hall.

My dad put a lock on our phone. Only him and my mum had a key for it . He was a Paisley man born and bred .

[stlucifer]

Are chip shops not "takeaways?

[faraway saint]

7 hours ago, Slarti said:

Ahem, the phone (if you had one) sat on a table.

And ours was a "shared line". That was interesting. 

[HSS]

19 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

And ours was a "shared line". That was interesting. 

Known as a Party Line 📞 📞 

[faraway saint]

1 minute ago, HSS said:

Known as a Party Line 📞 📞 

I think it was someone in the same close although that might just be made up. 

[stlucifer]

9 hours ago, HSS said:

Known as a Party Line 📞 📞 

Indeed. You could pick up the phone and sometimes you'd hear their conversation.

[faraway saint]

1 minute ago, stlucifer said:

Indeed. You could pick up the phone and sometimes you'd hear their conversation.

The same as the 0898 numbers you call. 🤣