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I was there the first night. Martin Millar's novel 'Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me' is set in the days and weeks leading up to the gigs. Recommended.

Derek Forbes went on to Simple Minds. I saw all their London gigs including one supporting Wreckless Eric. I think they only played about half a dozen zLondon gigs. A Stff Test / Chiswick Challenge at the Royal College of Art followed a few weeks later with their Lonfon assault. They did the Nashvil...

Not seen. The reviews make plain the man is a complete tool.

Anyone remember The Subs? Callum Cuthbertson, Derek Forbes, Kevin Key and Ali Mc Kenzie. Great single on Stiff - Gimme Your Heart

I've just read this thread for the first time. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.

There used to be one in the forecourt of Kinnon and Martin's garage in Auchinairn Road. It is now Magnet.

They may have known your father/family

Schoolfield Lane was in the area that became Morrison's supermarket car park/ taxi rank. Kenmure Chuch Hall was there and was home to the 182nd Boys Brigade. I knew two brothers called Gillies who lived there. Iain and Alistair. Both are traceable. Iain is an artist/designer in Austin, Texas. Alista...

tommy boyle wrote:Thanks for the replies.Are you sure this wasnt Rushy Hill?

Definitely Rushyhill. I was at Auchinairn school in the 60's and I remembber a family called Hettmann lived there.

I lived just at the back of the Cross and a wee neighbour said that Dirk Bogarde lived for a while a few streets away with his aunt?? around here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=springfield+square&hl=en&ll=55.90241,-4.220017&spn=0.011211,0.035276&hnear=Springfield+Square,+East+Dunba...

Rodders wrote:Berlins - George St


Rodders

The Berlin in West George St under QS Station became Sadie something by the mid-90s, a gay/lesbian bar.

She also uses the word "Een" instead of "eye"... Oh, and pronounces "card" as "caird". "Een" is very much an Ayrshire thing as well. As is See-ven for 7 , El-lee-ven for 11 quote] When I was a kid people from Kirkintilloch all said see-ven and elee-...

A temporary service for the summer months only for the time being. ET 25 May 2010 Glasgow is to get a new river ferry service from tomorrow. Passengers will be able to travel from the Broomielaw to Braehead when the River Clyde is used to link the centre of the city with the Renfrewshire shopping d...

Bridie's (Occasional) Showbiz/Sleb Thread......... not important enough to actually have it's own thread It's come to my attention that Lady Mrs Richard Branson is a Glaswegian and apparently worked in a Glasgow pawnshop and who's father was apparently a caretaker in a block of flats. is this true ...

tobester wrote:Cracking thread MK

I love the strand tube station, seen it on shows like the tube too, be a coup to get a walk round it.

London Transport Museum are contemplating Aldwych Station on a regular basis. They recently had an exhibition on the blitz.