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neilmc wrote:Alex, good to see your photos of the South Nitshill Gala: pity you can't quite see the 'Sky Dragon', the best Chinese takeaway in the area. I look forward to seeing the rest of your pics.
Gala days are one of the things that hold communities together, and it's hard to believe Southie was allowed to deteriorate so quickly in the mid '90s, not long after these photos were taken. I remember around 1995 that despicable rag the ET printed an article demanding that the flats on Parkhouse Road be demolished because they were an 'eyesore'. Funny how the place went downhill so soon after that......
neilmc wrote:Wow, great photo Alex! You can see the old Willowford Club on the right of the pic, which was linked to St. Bernard's Chapel - rumour is it was closed down because it was a 'den of sin' built on 'hallowed ground'; it is now a piece of rubbish-strewn hallowed waste land.
Look forward to the rest of the photos. I know it's not relevant to the Gala Day theme of this thread but do any of your pics show the Sky Dragon when it was still the Victor chip shop?
Dexter St. Clair wrote:neilmc wrote:Wow, great photo Alex! You can see the old Willowford Club on the right of the pic, which was linked to St. Bernard's Chapel - rumour is it was closed down because it was a 'den of sin' built on 'hallowed ground'; it is now a piece of rubbish-strewn hallowed waste land.
Look forward to the rest of the photos. I know it's not relevant to the Gala Day theme of this thread but do any of your pics show the Sky Dragon when it was still the Victor chip shop?
What was hallowed about the ground?
I think it went the way of most Social Clubs when Glasgow District Council's fully independent and non sectarian Licensing Board allowed the pubs to open all day on Sundays.
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