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Re: Washington Street School.

Walter MacFarlane had the Saracen Foundry in Possilpark https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1491/25120274952_9b7349d81c_c.jpg 1924 Walter Macfarlane & Co, Saracen Foundry, Possilpark, Glasgow by Robert Pool , on Flickr Hendry Bros Ltd in Robertson Street had a Saracen Tube Works https://farm4.sta...
by robertpool
Sat May 19, 2018 7:28 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Washington Street School.
Replies: 42
Views: 57571

Re: Washington Street School.

It was sold in 1899 and sold to W. P. Lowrie & Co Ltd who were wine and brokers and bonded warehouse keepers. They also bottled whisky for James Buchanan & Co Ltd. When Lowrie got into financial trouble he sold the company and building to James Buchanan. Buchanan's whisky distillery was in W...
by robertpool
Sat May 19, 2018 5:32 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Washington Street School.
Replies: 42
Views: 57571

Re: Glasgow department stores

Gordon McKay wrote:Fishers, was it in Miller st or was that Stirling's.


Stirling's library was originally in Miller Street
by robertpool
Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:23 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Glasgow department stores
Replies: 216
Views: 276294

Re: Glasgow department stores

l think Fishers was in London Rd or that may have been Lawson Fisher
by robertpool
Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:20 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Glasgow department stores
Replies: 216
Views: 276294

Re: Linlithgow

glad you found it interesting :-)
by robertpool
Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:02 am
 
Forum: Around the World
Topic: Linlithgow
Replies: 14
Views: 34431

Re: Waverley Secondary PE teachers in the 80's

i'm no very good at animal impressions .. my mother used to tell me to 'stop acting the goat' although l personally don't remember trying to act like a goat. To this day l still don't know where that expression came from :-)
by robertpool
Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:21 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Waverley Secondary PE teachers in the 80's
Replies: 10
Views: 11683

Re: Glasgow bands of the mid 80s

Lawrie Kennedy, he also played drums with 'Brothers of Craig'
by robertpool
Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:14 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Glasgow bands of the mid 80s
Replies: 5
Views: 8225

Re: Glasgow bands of the mid 80s

my ex's brother was the drummer in Anaconda
by robertpool
Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:22 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Glasgow bands of the mid 80s
Replies: 5
Views: 8225

Re: Waverley Secondary PE teachers in the 80's

anytime Doorstop :-)
by robertpool
Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:31 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Waverley Secondary PE teachers in the 80's
Replies: 10
Views: 11683

Re: Waverley Secondary PE teachers in the 80's

word from Drumchapel is ..... Mr Paton was baldy with a quaker beard :-)
by robertpool
Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:55 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Waverley Secondary PE teachers in the 80's
Replies: 10
Views: 11683

Re: Pollok Park & Queens Park in Glasgow

if you are in Glasgow head to the Mitchell Library
by robertpool
Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:52 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Pollok Park & Queens Park in Glasgow
Replies: 1
Views: 4960
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