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Re: Hidden Cumbernauld.

A few pics from the penthouses. The final photo is what you see just through the front door, don't know if they would've been split into two or three apartments, small rooms certainly. Bit of a letdown to be honest. now if they'd only open up the cdc club, hopefully that'd be more of a time capsule...
by purplepantman
Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:34 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Hidden Cumbernauld.
Replies: 632
Views: 874405

Re: RIP HollowHorn

Very sorry to hear this.
I never knew him personally but enjoyed reading his many contributions over the years.
RIP
by purplepantman
Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:07 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Bob HollowHorn
Replies: 53
Views: 56338

Re: Hidden Cumbernauld.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3219/3032840459_7ab6dd788a_z.jpg?zz=1 Level Crossing, Lenziemill (1960) by Douglas Campbell , on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3163/3032840735_db9b8d751c_z.jpg?zz=1 Lenziemill Farm + Level Crossing (1960) by Douglas Campbell , on Flickr
by purplepantman
Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:14 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Hidden Cumbernauld.
Replies: 632
Views: 874405

Re: Hidden Cumbernauld.

purplepantman wrote:"There's a limit to what planners can do. All they can do is provide the framework.
It's the people who make the town - and make it live".
Magnus Magnusson
by purplepantman
Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:32 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Hidden Cumbernauld.
Replies: 632
Views: 874405

Re: Hidden Cumbernauld.

Pretty sure thats the Glencryan mine. Great stuff. It's definitely the Glencryan Mine. There's a cracking set of pictures by a guy called Dave Walsh on flickr and they tie in with some of the footage in the video. The comments on some of the pictures are a mine of information too. (Did you see what...
by purplepantman
Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:55 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Hidden Cumbernauld.
Replies: 632
Views: 874405

Re: Hidden Cumbernauld.

I think blue is a wonderful choice of colour. After all, most of all the really great things in the world are blue. Like the sky, and the deep blue sea, and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, made famous by the Laurel and Hardy song of the same name. Leonard Cohen sang of the famous blue raincoat...
by purplepantman
Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:26 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Hidden Cumbernauld.
Replies: 632
Views: 874405

Re: Robert Burn's love of a Glaasgow Lassie

OK she was married, but as her husband was away earning a living from the sweat and blood of slaves in the Indies he can be excused! Is that no whit folk did back then? To help the long hours pass. They still do it to this day, They cut thy neighbours grass. So Rabbie was a naughty boy, Who wisnae ...
by purplepantman
Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:09 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Robert Burn's love of a Glaasgow Lassie
Replies: 2
Views: 3155

Re: Painted Advertising

Interesting wee video on BBC website.
I agree with John Rymer and his reasons for not wanting to see them restored.

Celebrating 'ghost sign' advertising boards
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30703573
by purplepantman
Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:57 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Painted Advertising
Replies: 82
Views: 154465

Re: disabled parking

At the risk of repeating myself...

purplepantman wrote:
Godsgift wrote:....and people here can be just as pig ignorant as they are there.

I'm finding that quite hard to believe.
by purplepantman
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:38 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: disabled parking
Replies: 20
Views: 26361

Re: disabled parking

Godsgift wrote:....and people here can be just as pig ignorant as they are there.

I'm finding that quite hard to believe.
by purplepantman
Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:45 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: disabled parking
Replies: 20
Views: 26361

Re: the fairground folk of the east end of glasgow

There's an interesting article on the BBC website about this way of life as well as a BBC Scotland
documentary showing tomorrow night. Might be worth a watch.

Fairground attraction - Behind the scenes at the Shows
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30375959
by purplepantman
Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:47 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: the fairground folk of the east end of glasgow
Replies: 72
Views: 91428

Re: Links to funny, cool or interesting stuff

This made me chuckle;

EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (a film from 1895!!)
http://ssa.nls.uk/film/4413
by purplepantman
Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:00 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: Links to funny, cool or interesting stuff
Replies: 3332
Views: 1483900

Re: IDS calls "War!" on the Great Unwashed.

Fat Cat wrote:
We all must vote. Thst is really the only option open to us.

Why do the tories hate ordinary people so much?


Okay, let's do it!
Who should we vote for?
by purplepantman
Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:37 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: IDS calls "War!" on the Great Unwashed.
Replies: 1124
Views: 442571

Re: Quoit pitching ground

Thanks John. I mainly use The National Library of Scotland's map resource. It has many useful features (overlaying maps on Google Earth images) and hundreds of old (and rare) maps available. http://maps.nls.uk/ Some info on quoits from The Little Book of Glasgow... http://books.google.co.uk/books?id...
by purplepantman
Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:16 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Quoit pitching ground
Replies: 6
Views: 9240

Re: Quoit pitching ground

It's there in the 40's as this aerial pic shows but it's not on any of the two earliest OS maps. Not sure of the date on your map. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3869/14859732527_00d4dffbdf_o.jpg Quoit Ground by Purplepantman , on Flickr I'm sure there must be a few "hard drinking hard working&...
by purplepantman
Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:07 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Quoit pitching ground
Replies: 6
Views: 9240
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