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by **HollowHorn** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:10 am

Dexter St. Clair wrote:There's a tunnel

Hee Hee, Dex, I photographed this one a month or so ago, I had no idea of the history. I just loved the building, cheers, Pgcc93 ::):

That's Sunday taken care of :wink:

by **AlanM** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:23 am

Fat Cat wrote:
AlanM wrote:Thats a good example of how conversions of that kind should be done. The exterior of the building is almost identical to that in the earlier photo

Just a pity it isn't actually used as a workplace anymore.

If all work buildings are being turned into flats, where do people actually work now?

With the advances in modern telecomunications it's a very long time since a significant number of people worked in that building.

It used to be where all of the West-end's telphone calls were routed through manually. Once we got direct dialling the switchboard girls moved out and it was only really engineers that worked there and latterly only visiting when there was a fault. Then digital exchanges arrived and the calls are dealt with up the road in Victoria Circus.

by **dazza** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:15 am

by **YokerBloke** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:34 am

amazing, the chmneys look like they are the original ones, right down to the 2 dark ones on the far left and the gaps.

by **Sharon** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:41 am

Good work Daz... really cool to see what we've been trying to decipher for an age!!

half way there now!

by **dazza** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:10 am

What confuses me even more though is that in the 'present' photo the lettering is white, but in the past photo the lettering is dark. I also have a small resolution picture of the same advert which has vertical stripes all along the background. It's also worth pointing out that by the mid 60's the advert had been completely painted over white, so how it still exists at all is a miracle.
Crikey! I think these adverts are becoming a bit of an obsession pour moi.

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Ha! I think i've finally worked this one out:

I think it's for Hubbards Bakers (or maybe not. Certainly in the right location though).

by **DickyHart** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:43 am

Petershill FC park during construction, and now a few weeks before its demolished.

by **Socceroo** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:07 pm

TEMPLETON STREET

by **Squigster** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:04 pm

Can you spot the subtle difference between these 2 piccies

by **McShad** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:35 pm

Hmmm.... difficult

Top picture has try ground and bottom is mildy moist?

by **Schiehallion** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:47 pm

Squigster wrote:Can you spot the subtle difference between these 2 piccies

Aye, the height restriction signs have been removed - too easy!

by **Vladimir** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:18 pm

The high rises look terrible

by **HollowHorn** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:51 pm

Railway Swing Bridge, Port Dundas 1955

Present

Swing Bridge Winding Gear 1965

Present

Canal Basin, Port Dundas 1965

Present

Forth & Clyde Canal, Canal Offices, No 174 North Spiers Wharf 1979

Present

Glasgow Grain Mills, North Spiers Warf 1958

Present, now converted to Flats & Offices

by **YokerBloke** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:25 pm

Nice shots HollowHorn

Love the dark sky in the last pic ... A thunder storm cometh?!

by **Mori** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:41 pm

Lovely shots..love the one of the canal offices, just goes to show what can be done when preservation is brought in with full force.

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