saintnextlifetime Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 These are the buildings in Bellahouston Park in 1938 for the Empire Exhibition . You can see a stadium just across the road from the exhibition (at the top to the left) , does anyone know what that was. .the ipox stadium is a bit further away. . The big building at the right of the exhibition is now at Prestwick Airport. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmurray24 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Was that not the White City Stadium. Used for greyhounds and speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Apart from Ibrox there are two other stadia in there, snlt. I'm guessing you mean the most obvious one which is White City. The fainter, less easily discerned one between those two is the Albion Greyhound Stadium. According to this, anyway.... http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Glasgow%20White%20City.htm Edited June 12, 2015 by salmonbuddie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 And Mosspark and The Boulevard in the foreground.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Aye. It's the Dugs Stadium. The SMT Paisley-Glasgow buses used to pass it, heading along Paisley Road West to end/start at Clyde Street. (Dunno if buses still take that route? I believe Clyde Street no longer features as a bur terminus.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddiecat Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Aye. It's the Dugs Stadium. The SMT Paisley-Glasgow buses used to pass it, heading along Paisley Road West to end/start at Clyde Street. (Dunno if buses still take that route? I believe Clyde Street no longer features as a bur terminus.) Where do burs go to die now then, I am worried for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Apart from Ibrox there are two other stadia in there, snlt. I'm guessing you mean the most obvious one which is White City. The fainter, less easily discerned one between those two is the Albion Greyhound Stadium. According to this, anyway.... http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Glasgow%20White%20City.htm The arrival of the motorway totally change the landscape around there . I do remember old people talking about White City but I thought it was in Landahn. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Aye. It's the Dugs Stadium. The SMT Paisley-Glasgow buses used to pass it, heading along Paisley Road West to end/start at Clyde Street. (Dunno if buses still take that route? I believe Clyde Street no longer features as a bur terminus.) I can recall getting off buses at Clyde St , so perhaps I saw White City but didn't know it as that. Those buses could be quite lively , of a Saturday afternoon. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Aye, I've got vague childhood memories of passing White City (or where it used to be) on the way to Glasgow on the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Perhaps White City got its name from something to do with the dugs , during close season. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My Mum used to be a regular at the speedway at White City. I think.I'm right in saying it's now Helen Stret police station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I like this sort of Thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 This is the White City Sports Stadium, which was situated opposite Bellahouston Park on Paisley Road West. Speedway made its debut there in June 1928 and continued until 1931 before closing halfway through that season. The track reopened on Saturday 6th May 1939 with 15,000 watching the Glasgow Lions taking on Newcastle in a challenge match. The season was curtailed by the outbreak of war and it was not until 1946 when, because of the Wembley Lions, the Glasgow team name was changed to the Glasgow Tigers. The post-war boom did not last forever and after the 1953 season the Glasgow promotion had to sell their top riders with the inevitable result. Speedway racing returned to White City in 1964 until the last ever fixture, the Glasgow Open Championship, at the end of September 1968. The spiritual home of the Glasgow Tigers was demolished a few years later during construction of the M8 motorway and is now the site of a police headquarters. This unique 1960's snapshot was taken by Norman Crawford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Glasgow%20White%20City.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapamythighs Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 is that shulls taxi sitting at the bottom left of the pic............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Apart from Ibrox there are two other stadia in there, snlt. I'm guessing you mean the most obvious one which is White City. The fainter, less easily discerned one between those two is the Albion Greyhound Stadium. According to this, anyway.... http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Glasgow%20White%20City.htm http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Glasgow%20White%20City.htm Someone beat you to it, pod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Someone beat you to it, pod My life story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Need to get up earlier to beat you salmonbuddie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 is that shulls taxi sitting at the bottom left of the pic............I think he is on his way to Cardonald library to have a look at the papers and see how much his new season ticket is going to cost . .????He had the road to himself back then and roundabout protocol had never entered his head . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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