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neilmc wrote:Perfect Day; Peat Road near Priesthill Road, 1971
neilmc wrote:Househillmuir Place, mid 'fifties. The Co-op mobile bakery van (Austin K8, I think) is on Househillmuir Road, with Househillmuir Lane in the background leading up to Peat Road, just across from where the library was to be built some 12-15 years later (now gone).
Check out the pure gemmy trike, and the dog (or cat?) in the shade under the van.
Thanks to Christine from my work for bringing in the photo (that's her big brother with the hobby-horse), and to my other colleague John for his digital work on what was a tiny photo.
joe wrote:I wonder if anybody could tell me if 'The Wids' just down from levern primary school and before the hurlet had/have (are they still there?) a specific name?
Also, what was the purpose of the 'Irony'? (eg the Iron Bridge, which crossed from the fields just down from Glenora drive across to Barrhead road, not a bridge as such but support for pipes). Can anybody tell me what these pipes transported?
All the photos are magic, great stuff. Joe
neilmc wrote:I was looking at some Ordnance Survey maps from the late 1960s/early '70s in my office ... and was amazed to see a tunnel shown as running under Nitshill Road, just 50 yards or so past the Levern Bridge heading for the Hurlet. This was a staggerer for me; how come I had never heard of it? Does anyone know anything about it? It seemed to link the 'wids' Joe was talking about with those mentioned by Hoey St.
I bet it turns out I'm the only person who didn't know of this!
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