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Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:42 amby JamesMc
No problem,glad your mum liked the pics. As i said the Virtual mitchell is an absolute treasure trove, i could spend hours going through all the streets listed. Yep, Bannisters is a Skypark haunt ok, been across for lunch a few times and i believe in my place there have been many leaving nights there.
There was a baths and Steamie near were i grew up in Govan, my mum used the steamie for washing until the late eighties, must have been loads of them in Glasgow.
Do you remember roughly when they built that carpark? Certainly the skypark bit has been there for years, but i was wondering if the baths were still there after the main building was built.
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Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:14 pmby Gazzathecoigne
The car park is only about 5 or 6 years old mate, but the sky park has been there for as long as I can remember, but I'm only 26 (I'll ask my mum). I would imagine that the baths came down at the same time as the rest of the buildings on its right, down to where the expressway is now, to make way for the sky park and expressway. If memory serves, this was between 1968 and 1970ish, but I'll do some digging in the meen time.
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:18 pmby YokerBloke
Wypers 70 Renfield st. circa 1963.
Courtesy of Virtual Mitchell Library
And now present, a complete shithole!!!
At least while it was a Biker bar (1988-94) it had atmosphere.
Wider shit (sorry, shot!)
Posted:
Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:32 pmby JamesMc
Ashton lane 1933
Ashton lane 2004
James.
Posted:
Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:02 pmby james73
JamesMc wrote:Ashton lane 1933
Ashton lane 2004
James.
Quite superb.
James H
Posted:
Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:02 pmby JamesMc
Cheers James! I'm really getting into this past/present malarkey.
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Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:15 pmby james73
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Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:23 pmby james73
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 12:12 amby The_Clincher
Well done young fella!!!
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 1:26 amby Gazzathecoigne
Ah well, the Death Star's better than Carparkhead. :)
Posted:
Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:15 amby YokerBloke
Nice comparision shot. Is it me, the lane looks slightly narrower now
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:57 amby JamesMc
YokerBloke wrote:Nice comparision shot. Is it me, the lane looks slightly narrower now
Cheers Yoker, i think its the same width, but a combination of me getting the angle slightly out(thanks to a car parked out of shot) and those metal bollards which have been put up on either side give the illusion of it being narrower now.
James.
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:34 amby YokerBloke
Your right, the bollards do give it the impression it is narrow. It's not often a present day comparison shot is nicer than the old shot.
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 11:24 pmby YokerBloke
Bloody hell!
They really did a number on Charing X didn't they!!!
Bastards
I mean, who the fuck runs a motorwat THROUGH a city!!!
Posted:
Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:34 pmby james73
YokerBloke wrote:Bloody hell!
They really did a number on Charing X didn't they!!!
Bastards
I mean, who the fuck runs a motorway THROUGH a city!!!
Quite.
James H
