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dimairt wrote:I have to say that while I still find the photo itself unconvincing, is there any salt for that humble pie?
I've just nipped down to have alook at the aerial collection here and am looking at an overhead shot of Maryhill Rd. taken on 13/04/72.
There is a gap site; there is a zebra crossing; there is street to the right ; there's lots of chimney pots - count them; there is a Garvie's van, only kidding about that last bit!
We're not allowed to copy this stuff but you can find it in the Glasgow Room, the ref. is 2070223. It's terrific picture by the way, lots of detail: Firhill, Queen's Cross, Dunard St. School; the canal etc.
The next time we get a toughie like this, I know where to go.
Le dùrachd,
Dimairt
Josef wrote:Heavy Pelican evidence doesn't quite have the same ring to it. And, appropriately, I think it's guano anyway.
The zebra in the arial photo looks pretty broad(at least the width of a shop front); the one in the street level doesn't. It looks as if part of the stripes have just worn away.
The lampost at the bottom right of the crossing in the arial photo is almost exactly at the corner of the street; so is the one in the Schiehallion's photo (where the '1' is). My guess is that when freshly painted the zebra extended this far.
Mind you, I thought it was Duke Street originally ::): .
No it Doesn't. The Schism starts here. And the Cathcart malakites can chuck it now.The debate continues!
Smartalex wrote:Here's another Old Slide Macro I've Done But haven't any Idea of the Location, It is definitely in Glasgow But Where:-
Prize to the one who can match it with a recent photo.
angee22 wrote:Think it is Victoria Road or Cathcart Road.
"Where else would it be," he responded right away, "but the Maryhill Rd? There's the Castle Vaults on the corner. It's the Strathmore now.""
“It's just wrong WRONG WRONG!!! It is not Cathcart Road @ MountFlorida as I went there in person when this first started. The tenement blocks are totally different.”
By the way I know that area very well, great to see the bus stop (or used tae be) that I used tae use for going hame for my lunch. Anything that you want tae knowabout that area I will try and assist you. Yes it was the HLI, I see that Arthurs the butcher is still there, further down on the right was a great bakery called the Thistle bakery where they did the best tattie scones and rolls. My mate lived round the corner there in Agnes street.
Gap site at point of "Vote" poster: Check
Gap site at point just beyond derelict building as pointed out by James: Check
Boundary Wall protruding further into the road than the tenements on the north side: Check
Any remaining doubters?
I can recall walking in the mornings through that part of Maryhill Road and into Braeside Street and in turn into to Stair Street on my way to St Charles primary. (Stair Street I believe is the only street in Glasgow comprising entirely and solely of stairs). The tenements and shops were generally, even to a wee boy’s mind, definitely run-down and in line with what the image shows.
The curved tenement of the left of the image also stands out in my memory. It stood on its own, and was either one, or at most two closes. It was, even then, a particularly poor, run down block, with residents that we found scary. I suspect that it was one of those cheap speculative build tenements levered into the rather constrained site left over from the adjacent canal construction, with cheap accommodation for poorer working class people.
Another little indicator – the zebra crossing was there because of the kids crossing a busy Maryhill Road to get into Braeside Street and on to either St Charles or the rear entrance to Dunard Street primary. There was another zebra crossing for the same kind of reason further down Maryhill Road at Queens Cross.
Yes, all-in-all I would put some of Crusty’s money on it that this is Maryhill Road at Braeside Street.
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