Former. There was a chapel in the parish at Partick. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday . If there is anyone out there that remembers me please contact me :). 14276 Southeast 176th Street. There mother sold her house to get them season tickets to basketball games before they met their baby daddies. Mother has an excellent memory and I am attempting to write down stories about; the old shops; events streets and everything. Datum OSGB36 - NGR. From Rushden we came back to Larbert, then to Lauder. However, given the area's reputation there was also a large numbers of empty houses. Ai uitat contul? Does anyone remember; Sophie, Robert; and Mary,who lived in Carmichael Street, Govan 1936? He thought that important questions are never asked because mistakes in the finish of the whole are not seen until it is too late. I was attending what was then known as Duns Academy when my father decided to emigrate to Canada. Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. When Damer returned to the area in 1989 he found that his earlier report had had two outcomes. [1][2] By the early 20th century Moorepark was bounded by the commercial properties, tenements and villas of the Broomloan estate to the east and railway lines to the west. Following the five convictions, the man who led the investigation, detective superintendent Joe Jackson, received several letters from grateful Wine Alley residents. Many memories but top must be winning Whitefield Cup with Under 13s against Lourdes in 1962 by 7-6. The owner later came in with home-made tablet for all of us. Where was this democratic, progressive authority when it built the shambolic Gorbals tower block scheme? [16] In 1912, Glasgow annexed Govan after a series of annexation battles. sau. My dad was taken in to see the wee boy, turns out it was me. "And so for the time being I have finished this series (4th book comming this year) what an amazing book I especially loved the mention of the wine alley in govan as that's where my mama is from! The jumps I remember were at the swing park at Harhill across from the steamie and at Greenfield where we jumped the middens and shelter and going along the wall (single brick width). We lived in Linthouse at that time, and then we moved to Shaw Street in Govan. My sister and I were married in 1961 at Govan Parish where we were members. NGR Description Centred NS55416 65081. I attended Notre Dame School and Jackie told customers this to reassure them of the standard of my handwriting! Following decades of decline, with existing residents experiencing prejudice and only those with little other choice willing to move to the area, Moorepark was named by The Independent newspaper in April 1994 as one of the worst areas in the United Kingdom, with drug abuse being a widespread problem and unemployment standing at nearly 30% (up to three times the national average at the time). Loving your stories, my nana was born at 15 Elder Street, Govan in 1893. The most famous of these housing estates is Moorepark, sometimes referred to jocularly as "The Wine Alley"[22] - this area was named by The Independent newspaper in April 1994 as one of the worst areas in Britain, with drug abuse being a widespread problem and unemployment standing at nearly 30% (up to three times the national average at the time). Our young sister was married in St. Anthony's years later. We had some chalk on us and we wrote on the outside of the lovely red tiles on the wall. It is in this context that he placed the above paragraph at the very forefront of his book From Moorepark to Wine Alley, The rise and fall of a Glasgow housing scheme, and it is also for the same reasons that this section of the Braendam Link Report investigates housing (especially in Glasgow), its problems, and how they could be solved by community planning. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. My father "served his time" in the Thermotank then for many years was a policeman in Plantation Street. Although Govan was the stated setting for the show, episodes were seldom filmed there. And Linda Paterson, I knew your dad Geordie Paterson, and I think he had a brother Willie. He had a broken leg, but we cuddled and comforted him until someone with a car was found, hours later, to get him to the vets. Management of entrance into the block zones was poor while the risk of personal attack inside and outside the flats was high. ', "1881 England Census, The London Charterhouse, St Sepulchre Without, London, p.6 RG11/344", "University of Glasgow:: Story:: Biography of Jimmy Reid", "Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3) Schedule 2 Shipbuilding Industry", Govan Maps 1857-1934, National Library of Scotland, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Govan&oldid=1127691800, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text, Articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 16 December 2022, at 03:51. The main point of the Presentation was that, in an area which had lost 80% of its population (between 1951 and 2001), the re-zoning of demolished housing areas for warehousing and offices meant that there was less chance of people coming back into the area to live, as houses were needed in these areas and not anonymous commercial barns and offices. I remember on Sunday mornings being taken with my sister, Elizabeth, on a No. I am Mary Haggarty and it was 95 Golspie street, cannot believe someone remembers, my mum will probably remember your family will ask her tonight. Introduction My Mother took me to the Southern and a giant black man came in. The SNP won another by-election victory in 1988, this time with Jim Sillars as candidate. 178 9 shares Like Most relevant Denise Mcdonald Many happy memories there in the late 80s and early 90s . Interest. By the early 80s, much of the place had acquired an air of dilapidation and neglect. Govan's earliest recorded name may be found in the Historia regum Anglorum attributed to Symeon of Durham. He also procured a contract with the Royal Navy to produce vessels, notably the Jackal, the Lizard, and the Bloodhound. I was born in 1946 at 16 Elderpark Street, I had 3 brothers; Harry, Robert and Ronnie, we all went to Greenfield Primary school, Harry and Robert also went to Govan High School and we also went to 168th Boys Brigade and lifeboys. [5][6] Along with being physically hemmed in by factories and a railway branch line, and issues which were shared by other 'rehousing' developments of the time - namely low-quality building materials, few amenities and socio-economic difficulties associated with the demise of local industries (particularly shipbuilding in the case of Govan) - this label gave Moorepark a stigma as one of the city's most notorious 'schemes'.[7][8]. [23], It was parodied by the BBC sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt. Pagini similare. This was the catalyst that led local Govanites into despising the peoph of Moorepark, and considering them as different and alien. I was wondering if anyone had any information on the McSherry family? Nobody like them in the World. It was a real shame to junk those old tenements instead of refurbishing them. Within 10 years, Glasgow Corporations repair and maintenance service to the area had declined noticeably because the Corporation was simply not interested. View listing information for 7285 Hedgerose Drive, Cumming, GA, 30028. Best people you could meet. Town officials arranged for the deepening of the Clyde in 1759, the reclamation of the channels between the islands (The Whyte Inch, The Black Inch, and The King's Inch), and the construction of quays and docks. Another trick was to get a queue lined up outside his house but to serve only half of them and tell the others to come back later. My Aunt Marg and Cousin Debbie still live in Govan. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, textile mills and coal mining were important; in the early-nineteenth century, shipbuilding emerged as Govan's principal industry. It was a Magical childhood play area, the closestairs were a Pirate Ship; Hospital; Wee Shop; School, aye in the 1950's we used our imagination rather than computers to stop us being bored! The following year, Fairfields and the other major Clydeside yards (Stephens, Connels, Yarrows and John Browns) were merged to form Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS). pigella miraculous ladybug power. I thought you wrote "hides in a fridge and dodges an erection!" . In reply to these petitions, the Scottish Parliament wrote to Glasgow City Council and to Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, asking for their responses to the submission and within 4 months, Glasgow Council had taken steps to set up the Central Govan Action Plan.16 Everyone used our street for roller skating, we called it thd smoothie! Has it always been a democratic, progressive authority and, is it so today? I loved going to the Steamie with my Mum and her friends. Born 1945, 28 Craigton Road two up in the hole in the wall, I went to Greenfield Primary remember headmaster name a Mr Hutchinson, a Miss Burnside, miss Blackstock. Encouraging families to participate in the community and to use local facilities and services Ensuring that the voice of those living in poverty is heard It goes on to say that although bad housing design, and the allowance of dilapidation has been part of the problem, still housing is not the whole answer. This present attitude towards housing has serious implications for the future. Finalists in the Intermediate Cup 1929-30, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moorepark,_Glasgow&oldid=1142353497, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 23:16. Community organisation. By the 1860s, the village needed a higher order of administration and it was made a burgh in 1864, under the General Police (Scotland) Act 1862. Even having a "piece" thrown from the window was an adventure would it be "butter"and sugar or Jam what a treat! He said be a good girl, I don't want to see you when you're 17 causing problems. 102m Harley's ice cream parlour . SC 020951 However, as soon as Bishop Loch got permission to build, they immediately decided to cancel the hotel, and double the amount of private houses to a 1,000. They were, however, very much a part of the physical landscape that became Renfrewshire. For instance; my mother was standing on the banks of the Clyde in 1938, when the Queen Mary was launched. [11], By the 16th century, extensive coal mine workings had been developed around Craigton and Drumoyne. As a result, it proved very simple for them to track the gang movements on a day-to-day basis. In 1973 SNP won a by-election with Margo MacDonald as their candidate. My dad gave my a slap for not fighting them, god was only about five years old. However, there is the potential for tourism development, for example, the planned development of the Govan Old site, which hosts the historically significant stone carvings, has led to the development of the surrounding townscape and new infrastructure. Does anyone remember Reid the baker who was in Neptune Street around about the 1950s? My husband and I ended up going into the USA. or. You never forget these things, but what great days and what character building it was. I went to Govan High school and Fairfield Primary school, I worked at MacDonalds biscuit factory then went to Toronto with my husband Dan Slavin, I miss my wee town, it will not be same anymore. Damer (who lived for six months in the scheme) wanted to find out how and why such places came to exist, and what could be done to help them. Lived in Georgia where our second daughter was born, and then onto Texas, and now living in California. It may have been used to contain the body or relics of St. Constantine, a Pictish king killed seemingly killed by Vikings in 876/7 - the style of carving indicates an origin in the late 9th or early 10th century. Of all the memories that I hold dear as a very young boy, was the guy pushing a barrow every Saturday afternoon selling bags of whelks! Govan feels vibrant again. Curtis Govan, 23, was convicted in July of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, terroristic threats, unlawful restraint, simple assault, resisting arrest,.