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Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:18 pmby Alex Glass
Thanks Neil.
You can see the flat roofs of the tenements on Househillmuir Road before they were given a roof by Barratt and what would have been the houses on the other side of Linnhead.
Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:32 pmby neilmc
The scene would still be very recognizable today (apart from the water tower!).
Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:48 pmby neilmc
Ach, here's a proper blow-up of the water tower, taken from my original TIF scan of my neg. You can see the railings on top now:-
Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:54 pmby Alex Glass
Good one Neil.
I maybe shouldn't say this to you but during the demolition I got a couple of photos taken by the Council's Photographer for some publicity that never materialised.
I was at the controls of the large machine that was responsible for taking the Water Tower apart. I recently asked someone to try and locate the photos but they never got back to me.
Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:14 pmby neilmc
When I was a wee boy staying in Lunderston Drive you got a sweeping vista from my bedroom window. Priesthill looked like it was all the one big building and I thought it was, like, you know, a castle, with the water tower perched on top, where the king of the castle would survey his domain.
Right, it's obviously way past my bedtime.....
Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:20 pmby Alex Glass
What an imagination Neil
You should write books. Good bedtime stories.
Posted:
Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:38 pmby Dexter St. Clair
Alex Glass wrote:Good one Neil.
I maybe shouldn't say this to you but during the demolition I got a couple of photos taken by the Council's Photographer for some publicity that never materialised.
I was at the controls of the large machine that was responsible for taking the Water Tower apart. I recently asked someone to try and locate the photos but they never got back to me.
Aye they're keeping them for when you make your bid for the provost's job:)
Posted:
Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:41 amby crusty_bint
Provost Glass, has a certain ring to it...
Posted:
Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:15 pmby Alex Glass
Thanks guys but there is no chance that someone like me will ever become Lord Provost.
Oh Dex would that have been a positive or a negative story line for the picture?
Re: Where are all the Water Towers???
Posted:
Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:44 pmby Mr. B
This is the Cumbernauld Water Tower.
Re: Where are all the Water Towers???
Posted:
Wed May 21, 2008 8:57 pmby SpangleS
so without giving away addresses where do all ya ppl stay
Re:
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:15 pmby Gerry_R
Sharon wrote:ok, so far:
Got photos:
Cranhill (Y)
Garthamlock (Y)
Barloch (Y)
Bishopbriggs (Y)
Tannochside (Y)
To check out!
Auchinairn
Ruchhill
Faifley/Hardgate
Craigend
Whitehills / Greenhills (E. Kilbride)
Drumchapel
Priesthill (demolished)
Ruchazie / Queenslie
The Ruchill one was demolished, here's an old image from the Britain from Above Website (incidentally you can see what looks like a tunnel portal just to the left of the water tower top centre)