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Postby John » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:15 pm

Detail of lone tenement at Farme Cross.

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Postby scaryman2u » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:24 pm

I don`t know if i can get away with this nowadays WB but we called it Nigger-Rigging :!: Basically we used what was there. :wink: someone has taken the bother to pile an RSJ into the ground to support it as well. ::):
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Postby cumbo » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:01 pm

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Route of the M74 motorway through the Gorbals,more cars more tyres.
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Postby HollowHorn » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:52 pm

Roseberry Street
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Postby cumbo » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:54 pm

Love the pink roses on suck a dull background.Just like the M74 rising out of the ashes.
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Postby HollowHorn » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:06 pm

Reminded me of the pink curtains in the Gorbals Flat.
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Postby Vladimir » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:10 pm

Glasgow must have the most empty housing of any city on earth! After Dundee of course...
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Postby glasgowken » Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:12 am

HollowHorn wrote:Roseberry Street
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That's quite a sad image :(
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Postby gordon » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:31 pm

It looks like i'm going to be investigating the M74 route for my MArch thesis this year....could be interesting!
Malcolm Tucker is always right.
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Postby Fossil » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:00 pm

gordon wrote:It looks like i'm going to be investigating the M74 route for my MArch thesis this year....could be interesting!




Ive a few reports of the area if you want a scanned paper copy 8)

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Postby HollowHorn » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:08 pm

glasgowken wrote:That's quite a sad image :(

Jings, Kenny, is your glass half empty again? ::): I see it as indicative of the Glasgow spirit, no mater how badly its treated, it always finds a way to bloom again.
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Postby glasgowken » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:12 pm

It's a great image, but just sort of poignant. Sad in a nice way :wink:
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Postby HollowHorn » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:28 pm

Dead Factory, Rutherglen.
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Postby John » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:32 pm

Farmeloan Road.

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Postby John » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:34 pm

Boundary stones sign. Seen in Farmeloan Road.

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