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Crow Road Station
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:27 pmby Timchilli
drcrippen and I had a little tour of some hidden sites today. We stumbled across what we believe used to be Crow Road Station (closed 1960; station buildings demolished 1970).
Can anyone confirm this?
Tim.
Crow Road
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:34 pmby drcrippen
Actually Tim, I'm almost 100% sure it is crow road station, as the ticket office stradled the bridge. Just got to find some pics of it which is proving damn difficult.
Jimmock
Stationsand tunnels.
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:42 pmby drcrippen
Tim failed to mention that we actually visited 5 old stations today and several tunnels and bridges and got some great pics. They will follow tomorrow, just to keep you waiting.
Jimmock
Building
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:47 pmby drcrippen
Tim, you say thornwood/crow road, is it looking down crow road or thornwood, help me get orientated!
Jimmock
Re: Stationsand tunnels.
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:48 pmby Timchilli
drcrippen wrote:Tim failed to mention that we actually visited 5 old stations today and several tunnels and bridges and got some great pics. They will follow tomorrow, just to keep you waiting.
...and got ankle-deep in pidgeon keich.
How does the video footage look, Jimmock?
Tim.
Video
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:51 pmby drcrippen
Yeah, having probs with camera. Will check it again tomorrow. Stupid timecode isn't working.
Jimmock
Re: Building
Posted:
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:51 pmby Timchilli
drcrippen wrote:Tim, you say thornwood/crow road, is it looking down crow road or thornwood, help me get orientated!
You're looking down towards Dumbarton Road. The building with the clock tower is now an horrendous block of modern flats. We walked up the lane to the left (beside the brick wall) today in our quest to find the other portal. The Sainsbury's complex would be on your left about 200m from where the photo is taken.
Tim.
Re: Building
Posted:
Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:02 amby Dexter St. Clair
drcrippen wrote:Tim, you say thornwood/crow road, is it looking down crow road or thornwood, help me get orientated!
Jimmock
Isn't the shop on the right Stupart's the hairdressers?
Posted:
Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:16 pmby montrose
i think looking at the photo that the person taking the picture was standing on crow road at the junction with thornwood. Stupart's the hairdressers, would be just out of shot i think.
Video
Posted:
Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:21 pmby drcrippen
Sorry, Tim, the video footage is buggered. Will have to make a return visit to all our stops to refilm it
My apologies once again for getting your hopes up!
Jimmock
Posted:
Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:43 amby montrose
ahhh my mistake it is stuparts ....had another good look at the photo and the map. sorry
cant baleive that i lived around their til january and new nothing of tunnels and stations.....god bless this site
Re: Building
Posted:
Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:04 amby Pgcc93
Dexter St. Clair wrote:drcrippen wrote:Tim, you say thornwood/crow road, is it looking down crow road or thornwood, help me get orientated!
Jimmock
Isn't the shop on the right Stupart's the hairdressers?
Stuparts seems to have been there for ever. Someone told me it's been there since the late 1940's or early 50's. the style of the interior is classic of the period thats for sure, not many traditional Gents barbers left like these nowadays. ( This could be a thread on it's own
?)
Next time I'm in I'll ask the resident crimpers ( Allan & Wullie) if they have any memories of the nearby station.
Re: Building
Posted:
Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:09 pmby Timchilli
Pgcc93 wrote:Next time I'm in I'll ask the resident crimpers ( Allan & Wullie) if they have any memories of the nearby station. ::):
Bit of a long-shot, but see if they've got any photos of the station, Pgcc!
Cheers,
Tim.
Posted:
Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:35 pmby stranger
it does look a lot like crow rd station
i havent been there for years does the line lead straight into a
tunnel behind the camera?
Re: Building
Posted:
Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:29 pmby Pgcc93
Timchilli wrote:Pgcc93 wrote:Next time I'm in I'll ask the resident crimpers ( Allan & Wullie) if they have any memories of the nearby station. ::):
Bit of a long-shot, but see if they've got any photos of the station, Pgcc!
Cheers,
Tim.
I was in Stuparts today for a short back and sides and asked the if they had any gen on Crow Road station.
Allan didn't even know that it existed! But Wullie knew of it but it was all before their time.
The original owner Gordon Stupart would be your man though as he had the business from 1958 but he's retired now. They didn't have any pics I'm afraid. They didn't even have something for the weekend.