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Apollo wrote:I'm going to send a bill for my troosers and the worn out edge of my seat soon ::):
I have a map that shows Caldervale clearly as two rows of buildings. They're located in the space defined by a road (NOT the Westburn or Calder Road, which is a little south of it) that spurs northeast off the Blantyre Farm Road, and a fairly sharp bend in the Rotten Calder. It also shows an electricity pylon directly accross the road from the end of the buildings.
I'll try and get a grid ref off the map and/or an image I can post later.
Is this becoming an HG outing
gap74 wrote:If you were going to take pics, then it probably is best to wait till at least September now - I've known about the place for about 15 years and the level of tree growth in that time has been quite something, couldn't believe it when I visited again recently after an absence of a few years.
But any time of year is good for just a plain old poke around, and pics of the interiors of the buildings are probably better taken at this time of year, since some of them are fairly prone to a good few inches of groundwater sitting in them.
Gary
davieboy wrote:gap74 wrote:If you were going to take pics, then it probably is best to wait till at least September now - I've known about the place for about 15 years and the level of tree growth in that time has been quite something, couldn't believe it when I visited again recently after an absence of a few years.
But any time of year is good for just a plain old poke around, and pics of the interiors of the buildings are probably better taken at this time of year, since some of them are fairly prone to a good few inches of groundwater sitting in them.
Gary
davieboy wrote:gap74 wrote:If you were going to take pics, then it probably is best to wait till at least September now - I've known about the place for about 15 years and the level of tree growth in that time has been quite something, couldn't believe it when I visited again recently after an absence of a few years.
But any time of year is good for just a plain old poke around, and pics of the interiors of the buildings are probably better taken at this time of year, since some of them are fairly prone to a good few inches of groundwater sitting in them.
Gary
[quote="gap74"]Hi John,[b][/b]
CAPTAN wrote: It was over two miles to Uddingston where we went to the cinema you had to walk as there was no bus service .
CAPTAN wrote: German bombers used to follow the River Clyde and turn around Motherwell We would then take cover in the air raid shelter as shrapnel rained down when the big guns opened fire on the aircraft as they made their bomb run on Clydebank.
Josef wrote:They had the odd go at the gas works at Bothwell. They missed.
Josef wrote:Sorry to divert, but where was the cinema in Uddingston? I've never heard of one, and gap74's cinema site doesn't have one listed that I can see.
HollowHorn wrote:Josef wrote:See me? See clever?
gap74 wrote:Josef wrote:Sorry to divert, but where was the cinema in Uddingston? I've never heard of one, and gap74's cinema site doesn't have one listed that I can see.
Aye, photos of Uddingston cinemas have utterly eluded us, although we've info on three of them in the database:
New PH Uddingston
700s. Closed 1958, originally a public hall. Demolished for extension to Grammar school. The building was originally erected as a public hall, and hosted many performances of local operatic and choral groups. The silent "pictures" were first brought to Uddingston by a Mr White, a plumber, and a Mr Young, an electrician. Later, Mr Lionel Horton took over the hall and renamed the building the Picture House.
Pavilion Spindlehow Road / Crofthead Street Uddingston Demolished
744 seats. O.1921. 'Picturesque, in the Oriental style'. Extended 1925. Closed mid 50s.
Town Hall Uddingston
(Possibly the New PH referred to above?)
I also seem to recall a fella contacting us who was related to George Palmer, the man behind the George cinemas chain across the Central belt - he was also looking unsuccessfully for a photo of the Uddingston one, although I'm not sure which of the above three became a George.
Sorry, bit rubbish!
Josef wrote:My granny had her windows blown out by Adolf's boys, I'll have you know.
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