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according to my dads birth certificate his father(my grandfather) was a turner which is someone who turns metal or wood on a lathe which was most likely metal which is engineering related as my dad was good at car repair and did all his own on his cars ive also got this skill as i like repairing bic...
and no doubt like the olympics held in 2012 they will still be mentioning the commenwealth games in two years on the media and how it "inspires" people
anyone got information about air raid shelters in the shields road/paisley road area trying to find information about an underground shelter located in the playground of shields road school unfortunately very few photos of this school exist anyone help please?
my mum used to live at 17 shields road and the bombers used to try and bomb the ship yards but dont know if there was any other bomb damage in the area she also told me that there was an underground air raid shelter in the playground of shields road school can anyone confirm that this shelter existe...
Alan Bennett's AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD on BBC FOUR last night. What city could possibly double as bleak, depressing, wintry, Soviet-era Moscow? Yes, Glasgow. :) Where in Glasgow is this again? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TGisiI_dI2E/SRhxaS8vaHI/AAAAAAAAAcw/uiIM_HolDO8/s400/caird+shot.jpg Screen shot fro...
Didn't the Lone Ranger ride Silver up the Maryhill Rd to visit Eastpark Children's Home, calling in at the Blythswood Cinema on the way? Durachdan, Eddy PS Terrific, I've never heard of this. Can we be sure though that it was Clayton Moore making the visit? Stop teasing pensioners, Yesterday's Even...
My grandparents (mums mum and dad) lived at shields road number 17 and i can remember tongs ya bass sprayed on the wall of the bridge which goes over what used to be the railway line down to the iron ore terminus as far as i can remember it was first on there in the sixties and was still on the wall...
Does anyone remember the original automated announcements at Queen Street Low Level - the female voice that used to go "The train that will shortly arrive at this platform, is for Airdrie. Calling at High Street, Bellgrove etc etc etc...", then when they opened up the extension to Drumgel...
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/BrigitDoon/Notmine/CookSt.jpg How exactly do you manage to forget you are driving a big fuck off bus?? Maybe it didn't happen like that... The sign on the bridge says "3.8m" which is clearly lower than the top of the bus. The driver ducks, but the ...
I used to have a shelf full of Tommy Vance Friday Rock Show recordings. I bought all the music on them and wiped the tapes. How I wish I hadn't. Cue Dixie Dregs, "Take It Off The Top"... i used to record the tommy vance friday rockshow every friday on cheapo cassettes and like you got rid...