Hi, I'm not from Govan though my grandparents, Janet (Nettie) and David Finlayson owned a newsagents in Neptune Street in the 1940s/1950s. Comedian. They also told police that the same man would rent out a larger car about once a month. 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. Somewhere along the Govan Road, there was a sweet shop with a train set that would go around all the big jars of sweets. And I went to see Grease at The Liceum on Govan Road. Then the place just went to pot. HAPPY TIMES. I loved it there we could watch the ships being built and then launched from the bedroom window. There was a chapel in the parish at Partick. Lots of memories of that area. Lived in Georgia where our second daughter was born, and then onto Texas, and now living in California. I spent 18 months there before being released on a three-year parole where I took a job in the local Cleansing Department as a midgy-man. Lived there all the way through the 70's until we moved to Cardonald in 1980. In Canada, I joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and served 37 years before retiring. Situated south of the River Clyde and part of the former Burgh of Govan, it was colloquially referred to as 'Wine Alley' during the mid-to-late 20th century when a housing scheme with a rough reputation was sited there. We lived directly opposite the Steamie and I vividly recall playing ball against the red brick wall for hours. I used to go to Jack's Bakers on a Saturday morning for a dozen rolls and half a dozen teabread and I still got change from a half a crown (12.5 pence), happy days! Renton, WA 98058. Such developments benefit the aesthetic and connective appeal of the Govan area for future visitors. The church, situated at the west end of the village of Govan, and about 100 yards from the Clyde, was built in 1826, and is a plain structure containing 1096 sittings: the . Great memories of Summertown Road baths. Many of the people who buy these flats do not intend to stay in them rather; they hope either to rent them out at exorbitant prices or to sell them quickly at a greater price than they bought them for. The Wine Alley is a boutique wine shop specializing in fine wines from the Pacific NW and Around the world! Glasgow Crime Stories: The drug nightmare of Wine Alley (Image: Newsquest) Govan covers a huge part of Glasgow's Southside and is famous the world over for its ship building and football team. contact the editor here. We went back to Govan until we could get passage, and I attended Bellahouston Academy. At the time, it was the fifth largest burgh in Scotland and contained within its boundaries, the areas of Plantation, Cessnock, Ibrox, Craigton and Drumoyne. In fact, within only two years of the first tenants moving into their 7-storey deck-access blocks (in 1972); they had begun to complain about severe dampness, condensation, and water penetration. I used to go there with my Mum to Woolworths, they had shoe shops and everything you wanted. Email: enquiries@gblink.org.uk , www.gblink.org.uk Beforesentencing, judge Lord Caplan told Burnside: ''You have been a significant dealer in a dreadful trade and the courts have seen the havoc it causes among young persons. I stayed at 146 Copland Road above the Light Blue Cafe went to Ibrox primary School 1941 till 1948 happy times. Next thing I know, this policeman appeared, he looked like a giant and he asked me what was I doing. HP10 9TY. Next thing, I found myself lying on the ground. 9/1 Galbraith shop opposite Elderpark, they sold us kids a bag of broken biscuits. NGR Description Centred NS55416 65081. James and Catherine moved to Govan from Ireland and lived on Victoria (Neptune) Street and Langlands Road. The manager was a man called Jackie. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to On 13 July 1577, the teinds of Govan were granted to the University of Glasgow, and the Principal of the University ex officio was appointed minister of the parish. My mother Josaphine Devlin and her brother Greg were born Drumoyan Street Govan. My dad was taken in to see the wee boy, turns out it was me. During the Viking Age, following the sack of Dumbarton Rock in 870, Govan is believed to have been one of the major centres of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Socialites Karrueche Tran, left, and Christina Milian attend the Los Angeles premiere of Fox's 'Empire' at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on January 6, 2015 in Hollywood, California. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Instead, it referred to the popularity of cheap and powerful tonic wines particularly with young people - the vast consumption of which would often lead to violence and disorder. JAMES D. YOUNG Culture and Socialism: Working-Class Glasgow, 1778-1978, The future of Technics and Civilisation Lewis Mumford, The intellectual life of the British Working Classes. Dry Docks Cafe. It closed permanently to regular passenger services on 9 May 1921. Community planning began in the rapidly industrialising 19th century cities of Great Britain and America where reformers and well-wishers wanted to ameliorate the appalling living conditions of the working classes. 6 Markus, 1993, p. 163 I went to Greenfield then Govan High left school in 1975 and worked in Govan shipyard canteen my mates wee Calum McLean, Brian Lavoury, Billy Cameron, Tam Reid, Jim Reynolds and Stephen Gourley now living in England. It never surfaced again until Lil Feeney came looking for me (who I had known from Govan Initiative) and asked me if I would be interested in helping to write a Report on poverty and deprivation (along with herself and Brian) inspired by Darners book on the same theme. Sad to see Govan now but many happy memories. Any way they started to ask us our schools and of course my mates answered Broomloan Rd, Bellahouston and Lorne St, but when it came my turn my truthful answer was Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary just up the road from here. It was just before I packed in this job that I met Sean Damer when he came to our house to some of the family in 1974. Here in the alley, you will find tasting rooms such as Truth Teller Winery, Baer Winery, Ancestry Cellars, Adam's Bench and the office of Woodinville Wine Country. Furthermore, although the new regeneration programme mentions housing quality and physical improvements as valid points in deprived locals, they are still regarded as unessential to regeneration. Even having a "piece" thrown from the window was an adventure would it be "butter"and sugar or Jam what a treat! 102m The Govan Shed . I lived my early years in Govan on Vicarfield Street opposite St. Gerard's School where many of my older cousins attended, amongst them the McCurrys. First, if the government are to tackle inequality and the centring of disadvantaged groups, then they will have to understand that it is the housing system itself that creates it. I went to Hillstrust School until I was 10 then we moved to Nitshill which I was not so fond of, Govan was a great place to live we were always putting on concerts round the backs and folk would hang out the windows to watch the performance there was always stuff going on or buss-runs that our streets would organise and the Govan Fair, Govanites were great. Lifts were often out of order; maintenance of the blocks was negligible while the area surrounding the tower blocks was allowed to turn into a muddy, rubbish-strewn wasteland. For instance, leaky, crumbling roofs were never repaired during the improvements nor were rotten, draught-causing window frames replaced while the backcourt midden arrangements remained as inadequate as ever. 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. 124m D.C Hair&Beauty . I loved going to the Steamie with my Mum and her friends. Hi there, just wondering if anyone has any info or stories on the Slaters, Mckechnies or Hutchisons, hope to hear back. I was brought up on Broomloan Road, Ibrox across from Ibrox high flats.the Ibrox house pub was just up road from me as well. Was never out your streets up the fighting lol Peg & the Fleet pussies,Possil Border kicked your assesmany times. Built in the early 1930s by the 1970s the Wine Ally had developed a fearsome reputation, the council "modernised" it and tried to reintroduce the original n. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. It seemed a dangerous idea but worth the risk if they could dent a hole in a major heroin dealing operation. I was a deckhand on the TSS Shleldhall sewage ship that sailed down the Clyde every day Monday to Friday to the tail of the bank, there we discharged the load then made a circle before heading back up home. It was like growing up in a wasteland! Govan feels vibrant again. Govan is home to the Scottish Junior football team Benburb F.C. Wine Alley Govan Kids Southern General Hospital On the Clyde Govan Kvaerner/Fairfield Shipyards Govan Shipyards ( Front gate pics ) The Plaza/Vogue Govan Dry Docks Trams in Govan/ Goods Carriers Inside the Lyceum Bingo/Picture Hall Lyceum Projection Room Lyceum Foyer & Balcony Foyer Lyceum Cinema Balcony Inside The Lyceum Govan Baths Harhill Community organisation. View listing information for 7285 Hedgerose Drive, Cumming, GA, 30028. They share a rivalry with St Anthony's F.C. Vezi mai multe de la Sunny Govan Memories pe Facebook. For Margaret Gibson - I saw that you lived in Kintra Street until 1960 and wondered if you knew my grandmother Mary McGill/Johnston who lived at 110 Kintra Street in 1956. Impressed by what they had done, the European Community allowed an application for major funds, which matched by the City Council (and oth adherents), to such an extent that another 36 blocks in the estate were rehabililitated in the same fashion as the prototype.8, At this point, some may ask, if the residents of such a community could do so mutch themselves, why is authority necessary for community planning? That is why this Reflection will critically examine the Moorepark experience (within the context of community planning) from before Darners time to the 1970s and the present, where it will question if there have been any real changes in attitudes between then and today or worse, are the same mistakes being repeated, and is proven good work being ignored? Drumoyne primary it was, a year after my big brother Robert started (about 53) then on to Govan High School, that was the one which caught fire when I was due to sit my O levels (no excuses). Would love to get in touch with any old pals for the era 1965-1976. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday . Almost went to St Anthony's primary. Management of entrance into the block zones was poor while the risk of personal attack inside and outside the flats was high. . Men and Boys by Hugh Cavanagh. 8 Markus, 1993, p. 163 I try and tell my grandkids what a fanfastic place it was to grow up, no money but lots of pals and never bored. I now live in Brydekirk village but I'll never forget Govan. I lived with my aunt and uncle (Mary Steven, Mailey) my aunt was a cook in Ibrox. I used to walk up Neptune Street between the two grandparents homes, but even that seems to have been cut off. My da was George Paterson, mum was Betty Paterson my child hood there was brill everyone was so friendly and you could trust everybody. I remember on Sunday mornings being taken with my sister, Elizabeth, on a No. Wine Alley, the newest wine tasting experience to open at Woodin Creek Village in Woodinville, WA, debuted with a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening event on February 18, 2022. I think the whisky bond was one of them. Yup I'll always be from Govan even though we lived a bus ride with the messages away from it in Shieldhall, that was situated near to the 50 pitches, I remember well my Dad and me watching the shipyards football competitions. Within it and its roughly circular churchyard is one of the finest collections of Early Christian stones in the United Kingdom, known as the Govan Stones, dating from the c.9th to 11th centuries. Non-governmental organisations working in the field such as the Church, charitable organisations, etc., have for a long time advocated Community Planning or management of the urban environment as the best solution to this problem of how to give a better quality of life to many of the citizens of our country. [30] British Shipbuilders' sale of Govan to the Norwegian firm was completed in 1988, and the yard was renamed Kvaerner Govan. As a result, it proved very simple for them to track the gang movements on a day-to-day basis. Get into Govan. It is now an industrial estate. THURSO BERWICK (1919-1981) Hullo! 2 Markus, 1993, p. 148 Second, it encourage prospects for social inclusion by impioving living conditions and life changes while a third (indirect) factor is that, by working with authority, it can augment the personal development and enhanced confidence that participation can bring.9 I asked him if I was going to jail, he said not at all and he gave me a sweetie. I remember Betty McPhee, Margaret Liversidge, the Gourlay brothers and Brian Wilson.We lived in the top floor for a few years and the moved to bigger flat on first floor with a bathroom. Jocelyn Square. During the two-week surveillance every addict who called at Burnside's flat for drugs was then arrested by the team and questioned. Clydebuilt Database - Shipping Times, Stuart Cameron. In 1975 the sociologist Sean Damer went to live for six months in Britains most notorious housing scheme, Moorepark, or as it was known to all The Wine Alley of Govan in Glasgow. He said: "I found myself in charge of one of the hardest areas within Strathclyde, if not Scotland. February 15, 2020 at 4:10 PM @ Anonymous LMFAO ! I am looking for the name of a barbers shop that was on Langlands Road at Helen street end. I was wondering if anyone had any information on the McSherry family? Only neighbours I remember were children Mary and her younger brother James Haggerty who lived in same close which I think was 95 Golspie Street. In 1996, a team from Channel 4's Time Team programme carried out an archeological excavation at the site. 99m New Cafe India Govan . We had some chalk on us and we wrote on the outside of the lovely red tiles on the wall. Again, as in the cast of the Gorbals, little was done to remedy the situation until the individual agencies within the local communities combined their power to get something done. When the railway was to be built in the late nineteenth century, however, the confusion over proper descriptions in the land titles made necessary legal transactions difficult and had to be reconciled. Her daughter had a hairdressers just up from St Constantine's, I think, and my Gran got me to go along and help her wash the towels on Saturday night. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. I'm sure many of these places will have been demolished or renamed but it would be great to hear from anyone who knows of the family or can provide any more details. I lived across from Fairfield shipyard and I saw ship being launched when l was about four, I saw Harry Lauder embark from a ship and he was the first person who told me I was a bonnie wee lass. The estate was acquired in the 1870s by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company and the mansion house was demolished. These were not cleared until well into the 1970s. This was a very hard job physically where we would carry a wicker basket (full of ashes, etc.) Very fond memories. This is a 12th-century Latin source, but one believed to be based on much earlier materials; it records a place near Dumbarton Rock named Ouania. I was born in Govan in 1930 and went to Saint Constantine's Elementary School and then on to Saint Gerard's in 1941, I was at St Gerard's until 1946. Read More Govan has had several local newspapers over the years such as the Govan Chronicle and Govan Press published by the Cossar Family (1851-1983) and by John Maclean (20062014) which also served the communities of Kinning Park, Cardonald, Penilee and Hillington, and the Govan Post (19831988) published by Cook, Paton & Co. of Paisley, now part of Dunfermline Press. In the cace of Easterhouse it was the various interested parties of the Eastethoude Community Group who decided to get the authorities to tske notice of their plight by directly intervening their own affairs. He also complained about the abusive term Wine Alley, which was always quoted by officialdom whenever Moorepark scheme came under discussion Glasgow Crime Stories: The drug nightmare of Wine Alley. During the late 19th century, the population of Govan increased more than tenfold: from 9,000 in 1864 to 95,000 by 1907. Poor health and low-levels of educational qualifications are offered as secondary parts of the equation. The first, Moorepark Grounds, was situated to the north of the mansion from the early 1900s and made way for the housing development;[12] the second (New Moore Park, opened in 1929) was to the south-west of the neighbourhood off Edmiston Drive[12] and had fallen into some disrepair before being replaced by a business park at the turn of the 21st century, with the club moving to new facilities at Shieldhall after some years of uncertainty.[13][14]. It arrived at a house in Liverpool and then left a short time later to head back to Glasgow, arriving about midnight. I used to go to the Harhill Baths every Friday night.Saturday mornings, afternoons were at the Lyceum or The Plaza Picture Houses. They expect 20 calls a week from officers needing help. A friend called Carol Slater. In early 1989 police discovered a team of young drug dealers were operating in Wine Alley, led by older man Eddie Burnside. Alley & Vine will be ready for outdoor and indoor dining once allowed, but until then, customers can order online or by phone for takeout and curbside pickup. Much later, after years of drink and drugs abuse, I thought about all the time I had wasted and I realised that if I was going to seriously change my life than I had to reeducate myself into a new way of thinking When we moved to Nitshill in 1060, I realised how much I had loved Govan. 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! From 1815 onwards, a total of 67 men and four women were hanged at the Glasgow Green site, which was once known as Jail Square. Later that year Burnside was handed a 12-year prison sentence at the High Court in Glasgow following an 18-day trial, while his three associates got terms of between five and seven years. Community Centre & Play-Park in the Wine Alley, Govan. Local people were also too scared to speak out for fear of reprisals. I remember two days before we left in 1963, I took her to the Govan Fair, and that was the last one I ever saw. In recent years it has seen major improvements with the building of Glasgow Science Centre and the Glasgow Arc, better known as the Squinty Bridge. This article is about the district in Glasgow. Alley & Vine. An isolated island of cheap building land, Glasgow Corporation bought the Moorepark land and in 1934 built the Moorepark Housing Estate, a typical Glasgow rehousing scheme of three-storey grey concrete-block tenements. In 1136, when Glasgow Cathedral was formally consecrated, King David I (112453) gave to the See the lands of Partick and also of the church at Govan (on opposite sides of the River Clyde), which became a prebend of Glasgow. The Govan of my parents had gone, the works and the jobs and the people they spoke about had all gone. One hypothesis is that it was a prehistoric burial mound. 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. The county added to the description of these lands, the phrase: "but now by annexation in the County of Renfrew. So, at the age of 46 I started three years of studies with projects that involved Govan Initiative and Glasgow University until I was finally accepted as a full-time student at Glasgow. Contents Where Were Hanged In Glasgow? For (as he says) members of the so-called underclass are not helpless and passive victims of structural circumstances, and that by becoming involved in social, political and economical activities, the community of any area can organise themselves in such a fashion as to understand that community, or collective power, is real.1 Hi Catherine, I also lived at 100 Harmony Row and also live in Canada. In his 2008 memoir Chasing Killers he reflected on his time on the Southside. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. 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 Tel: 0141 440 1999, Fax: 0141 440 1367 , My father was a chemist who worked for the SCWS. Daddy Boyd who used to wear his academic gowns on official occasions which I to this day found hard to understand as none of the other teachers ever wore them. When Damer returned to the area in 1989 he found that his earlier report had had two outcomes. . Directions to Wine Alley Govan (Glasgow) with public transport The following transport lines have routes that pass near Wine Alley Govan Bus : 121 23 26 X19 Train : SCOTRAIL Light rail : SUB How to get to Wine Alley Govan by Bus? Wine Quality 4/4. [23], It was parodied by the BBC sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt. One summer, I walked to the steamie and managed to get some photos of it. Not Now. The faults were caused mainly by a lack of insulation and waterproofing at the joints in the concrete panels, which made up the structure. Vine Alley Bistro 13 reviews Claimed Wine Bars, Wine Tasting Classes Edit Closed 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Hours updated 2 months ago See hours See all 31 photos Write a review Add photo Location & Hours 114 Market St Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Get directions Edit business info You Might Also Consider Sponsored iRock Karaoke Lounge 141 She had two brothers James (b.1924), Michael (b.1928) Agnes (b.1930) and Kathleen (b.1932). Providing a family base with a family room in Govan, with weekly meetings in Govan and Easterhouse Providing consistent, non-judgmental support to families and individuals, and home visits to families in crisis [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. Teraz nie. Govan and Fisher, former NBA player and current head coach for the Los Angeles Sparks, got married on Saturday at Cielo Farms in Malibu, California.
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