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by Paper Hankie
Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:25 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: Fave Toys When You Were A Nipper
Replies: 34
Views: 16454

Aye... and the one and only John Toye, he was always a regular of the Atholl Arms in his unplanned post-Scotland Today days as well as his pre-Scotland Today hours :-)
by Paper Hankie
Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:14 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: Washed-up TV Stars!
Replies: 46
Views: 22450

Remember getting a photo with Freddie Starr before a mid-80's Scotland v England game at Wembley. He was with Scott Fitzgerald (?) (had a no.1 with Yvonne Keeley..."If I had words")........anyhow, he tried to get into the photo and my mate Kenny shoved him down the stairs unaware of his minor celeb-...
by Paper Hankie
Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:10 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: Washed-up TV Stars!
Replies: 46
Views: 22450

I live in a 1903 tenement which was refurbished 12 yrs ago (just prior to me moving in). Each close in the street has a unique colour scheme, i.e they painted over all the tiling with cheapo paint, ruining the unique character of the close. Looking at these pictures makes me want to speak to the oth...
by Paper Hankie
Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:21 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Wally closes
Replies: 113
Views: 156171

That'll be the beach where there was a small brick building that the locals painted windows and curtains on the outside and wrote "Shore Inn" across the front.
A prime spot for mooning the good folks enjoying a day doon the watter on the Waverley.
by Paper Hankie
Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:34 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Clydeside development
Replies: 59
Views: 38125

Google Maps have managed to rename the Forth and Clyde canal as the River Kelvin from Clydebank to Bowling Harbour
by Paper Hankie
Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:46 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Phantom streets on the Glasgow A to Z?
Replies: 63
Views: 100177

The Lennox!!!
Better not tell anyone at the Reporter as it's owned by the same company.
by Paper Hankie
Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:57 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: Radio Stations
Replies: 15
Views: 7678

Proper local radio stations (as opposed to media superwhores like Clyde) are governed by a charter which states what genre of music gets played when and what level of talk and local issues are required. There is some leeway at evenings and weekends when specialist music gets an airing. (I saw the ch...
by Paper Hankie
Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:39 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: Radio Stations
Replies: 15
Views: 7678

What happened to Third Lanark was uppermost in our thoughts when we reformed the Bankies. The important part was to get back into football as soon as possible, as the momentum would wane if we left it too long. As TC says there was no chance of me going to watch another team but I did spend my year ...
by Paper Hankie
Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:58 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Cathkin Park
Replies: 41
Views: 61328

Gavinburn Primary (Old Kilpatrick)
Milton Primary (Milton, Dumbarton)
Clydebank High School
Luton College (now Luton Uni)
Dundee College of Technology (Abertay Uni?)
Stow College
by Paper Hankie
Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:45 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Schools- Which ones did you attend?
Replies: 113
Views: 52353

I remember my old man buying a Morris 1300 at Buchanans in the early 70's.
Cracking wee motor, white, rg no FXS 583G.....the things you remember ::):
by Paper Hankie
Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:44 pm
 
Forum: Around the World
Topic: dumbarton then and now
Replies: 13
Views: 10328

Most football teams don't use number 13.
by Paper Hankie
Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:55 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: whats in a number
Replies: 14
Views: 6457

The railway station served by the harbour bridge is an island platform and sits behind Scott Avenue in Bowling on the old Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway. The small gate in the picture leads in two directions. Down into the flooded foundations of the bridge where a ladder leads up to the trac...
by Paper Hankie
Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:35 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Went a Walk thru Bowling Basin Today **PICS**
Replies: 28
Views: 49011

I was kayaking into the harbour on Friday and had a wee blether with the guy that owns the large tug in the centre of the previous photo. It's an ex-Mississippi tug called Utah. He lives on board and also owns the torpedo boat moored alongside which he is planning to restore. The tug was suffering f...
by Paper Hankie
Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:14 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Went a Walk thru Bowling Basin Today **PICS**
Replies: 28
Views: 49011

Ah, The mad pastors plaster lions guarding the front door of Overtoun House (birthplace of the great and good :-) )
by Paper Hankie
Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:33 pm
 
Forum: Around the World
Topic: Dumbarton
Replies: 32
Views: 22531
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