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Re: KRAZY HOUSE

I can confirm that the 1st and original Krazy Kut grocers shop was on Dumbarton rd in partick, it was owned by my family in the early 70s i dont have any photos to prove it but i know cos i worked there for many a saturday afternoon while i was a boy. there were in the mid 70s other shops that stol...
by Hoey St
Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:59 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: KRAZY HOUSE
Replies: 78
Views: 138587

Re: Thick Street ???

Can anyone help me (I'm not in Glasgow? I am trying to decipher a handwritten address in a poor copy of a document that dates from somewhere between 1928 and 1940. It looks like "Thick Street, Southside, Glasgow". Is this correct, because I cannot find any such current road via Google? Th...
by Hoey St
Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:15 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Thick Street ???
Replies: 17
Views: 8128

Re: 29 broomloan court

hi all, im looking for information on whats been going on sinse i left just over 23 years ago, when i left there was still the football pitch at the bottom of the flats along with the garages and the good old mucky duck :? thanks in advance, looking forward to any replys ps, i lived in 112 29 block...
by Hoey St
Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:13 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: 29 broomloan court
Replies: 24
Views: 8516

Trees Anyone?

Where would the oldest tree be located within the city boundary.
by Hoey St
Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:04 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Trees Anyone?
Replies: 4
Views: 2183

When I lived in the area that land was more open and not forested. The only trees were along the course of the Levern past the Irony bridge and only became a "wid " down at Houseillmuir end where the stone trees were. The hurlet area was known to my mother and father as the red hills. As k...
by Hoey St
Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:20 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Pollok, Househill and Hurlet
Replies: 294
Views: 477649

If its the "wids" on the left hand side of Nitshill road heading towards the hurlet I can remember in the early sixties a couple of stone cottages about a hundred metres from Nitshill road which were then occupied. Can recall seeing washing drying. Behind them was a large House used as som...
by Hoey St
Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:26 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Pollok, Househill and Hurlet
Replies: 294
Views: 477649

Stonework

I will be visiting Glasgow in the next few weeks and would appreciate it if anybody could direct me towards any stonework of an interesting nature. The recent post about Faside House is a good example of what I am looking for. Even dry stone work such as dykes etc. Glasgow and local environs only as...
by Hoey St
Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:38 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Stonework
Replies: 3
Views: 2595

Setts are the correct term for what we generally call cobbles. Cobbles are rounded and were popular before the Setts took over as stone cutting technology advanced during the 19th century. In Scandinavia you stille see much of styles as the can better withstand the freezing winters, unlike tarmacada...
by Hoey St
Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:18 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgows Cobbled Streets and Lanes
Replies: 284
Views: 373183

Re: Walls to you

Made this way to let the wind through? Up on top of the Gargunnock hills, near the new windmills.[/quote] That type of dyke is known as a single boulder dyke. Known to fall down but are easy to repair. Gaps in the dyke prevent sheep from louping as they wont attempt to go over something they can see...
by Hoey St
Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:18 pm
 
Forum: Photo Sharing
Topic: Walls to you
Replies: 5
Views: 4015

On Parkhouse Road South Nitshill is situated Parkhouse farm. It was known as Winklers Farm as the tenant during the 60's and 70's was a family called Winkler. Nearby on Salterland road is a farm but technically it may just lie outside the city boundary. On Corselet road is whats left of Darnley Mill...
by Hoey St
Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:38 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Fairfield Farmhouse
Replies: 54
Views: 93845

Thanks a million
by Hoey St
Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:58 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Darnley Fire Station
Replies: 2
Views: 2244

Darnley Fire Station

Any photo's or history of this fire station which was demolished in the late sixties
by Hoey St
Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:03 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Darnley Fire Station
Replies: 2
Views: 2244

craigbank secondary Pollok

Declining population seems to be the buzz word and probably the key word of local demograpics at the moment. One of the most interesting aspects of "scheme" life is the lack of schemies. Thatcher's anti-working class policy in my opinion destroyed what was a vulnerable sector of working cl...
by Hoey St
Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:53 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Craigbank Secondary Pollok
Replies: 8
Views: 33843

Craigbank Secondary Pollok

As a former pupil during the early seventies I would be interested to know its new name since I heard it changed its religion and became the new Bellarmine. after the Catholic school which stood where the Pollok centre stands( roughly) I can well recall its Scandinavian style architecture especially...
by Hoey St
Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:48 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Craigbank Secondary Pollok
Replies: 8
Views: 33843

Darnley House

Would anybody know where to get an image of this seemingly forgotten major building. Haven't managed to locate any info regards this place. Remains of its gate houses/cottages and some boundary markers are all that remain. Would it have been possible that Darnley Mill Farm was built from Darnley Hou...
by Hoey St
Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:44 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Darnley House
Replies: 0
Views: 1807
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