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This building was used until very recently as the parks dept work depot for houshillwood, don't know what it was originally but I know my father worked there in the 1950s for the parks dept
Hi Benny, and welcome to HG. I also have memories of the old camp at pollok, I remember an old water tower and fence that ran round the site, i was told as a kid that it was a pow camp, not sure on the details have ment to research it for years, but its all gone now under the site of the savings ban...
Not been about for a while but noted the discussion re Darnley Firestation, heres a few pics i have come accross http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/job78989/Hiddenglasgow/Glasgow%20South%20West/Darnley/Darnley%20Firestation/darnleyfiremen.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/job78989/Hiddeng...
I fully accept the points made about some aspects of multiple deprivation being complex, and needing complex solutions, however the point I was trying to make is that: The idea that its all their own fault and they do all these things to themselves, so they should just pull their socks up and get on...
Fat Cat wrote: Haghill is, and always will be, a dump. You could build the best quality housing with all mod cons but if you put the same C back in what do you get? Graffitti, litter, filty houses and feral children running amok. I hate GCC but by God no wonder they gave up. My point exactly Fat Ca...
Doomsday it may have been in Haghill, HOLLYWOOD invasion welcomed by our City Fathers no doubt! But why? I have never lived in the east end, but for a period of time in the late eighties, I worked in the area with a range of social initiatives aimed at reducing poverty and improving the quality of l...