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I remember being in the park a few time as kid. Never on the cars, but that was probably more to do with my wee mum not giving me 20p for shot. (No doubt after forking out a fortune for a chippy.) If memory serves me right the snake slide was open whenever I was there, pretty sure it had the sacks a...

Sorry to wake an old thread but hopefully this will be of interest to some folk. I came across an old photo online recently of Bankhead Pond and was speaking with my grandad about it, a Ruglonian of 70+ years. He was telling me there would be hundreds of kids fishing and playing in the pond during t...

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/669/mapfw.jpg You can see the running track around Cathkin in the bottom right of this pic, at the end of Myrtle Park, the stadium on the overlay is where the tenements are now around boyd st/allison st. Can anyone offer anything on this? Or am i missing something...

Brigitdoon, I misread your post when you were referring to New Cathkin as "then named Hampden". I thought you were referring to the current Hampden. When Queens Park vacated the then named Hampden (at Myrtle Prk), 3rds moved in and renamed it New Cathkin Park. 3rd's original Cathkin Park w...

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/669/mapfw.jpg You can see the running track around Cathkin in the bottom right of this pic, at the end of Myrtle Park, the stadium on the overlay is where the tenements are now around boyd st/allison st. Can anyone offer anything on this? Or am i missing something...

You mean this one?: http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/BrigitDoon/Notmine/20110917JPG_0001.jpg The overlay looks fine to me. Cathkin Park, home of Third Lanark and then named Hampden Park is just to the south. That's Dixon Rd on the south of the park, Cathkin park is not on Dixon Road, its on...

GaelForce wrote:Can anyone tell me which Football Ground is shown on the map, just north of Dixon Road?
Seems to be where Boyd St is now.

Thanks

GF

Anyone? Or is the overlay maybe out of sync and its actually Cathkin? Looks too big to be amateur, grandstand and pavilion.

Can anyone tell me which Football Ground is shown on the map, just north of Dixon Road?
Seems to be where Boyd St is now.

Thanks

GF

I was speaking to wife's Gran recently RE: the old GPO building in George Square and she said happened to mention there was a tunnel there they used to walk WW2 time that surfaced around Cambuslang. Don't know if that fits with the tunnel exposed near the London Rd or not. On a separate note, her Gr...