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Post by Waverley on May 24, 2007 20:39:07 GMT 1
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Post by palaisgirl on Oct 11, 2007 20:59:13 GMT 1
See where the Tram is , my granny stayed in the top flat of that building to the left of the picture.My uncle and aunt just stayed along the road from it. Also had relations in French street.
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Post by pitbull on Jan 16, 2008 23:24:53 GMT 1
aye smidy and theres the phone box we used to rifle wi an ice lolly stick and get a least half a dozen sixpences (tanners) ;D ;D ;Deverytime, then we,d go and spend it in the tablet shop, and right outside they gasworks my da, crashed his works mini, and gave me a kicking for just being at brigton cross, he took it on himself, tae take me hame to albany st :-[and my maw wanted a lift, so he took her doon tae dale st and wallop he got whacked wi an auld post office van, i wasnt even there but it was my fault, because he saw me that day, not the fact he shouldnt of been driving without a licence. ;D and theres the bridge at dalmarnock station were we,d come up after walking through the tunnels fae brigton cross ;D and scare the life out of each other in the dark. our imaginations would run riot , funny we never did the tunnels at the other end london road we,d only go as far as boden street were ye could see daylight fae london road where that wall is at crombies licenced grocers. and outside that chapel we,d run up the steps during a service and wind up the priest sing and chanting rangers songs, and the wee cappochi mans cafe at ruby street corner we,d noise up the auld tally shouting you know toni caponi he,s a rhymms with hoof. he,d chase us for miles. ;D ;D ;D and theres bartholomews scrappy on the island at old dalmarnock road where we,d take oor scrap lead and copper, if d.s. whitelaw didnae catch us first ;Dwee jaima got battered wi that stuttery copper tae because the cop thought he was taking the mickey coz he stuttered tae ;D when we were aw playing in the auld creda there wasnt many windows left to smash ;D the white tornado, and the untouchables cornered us big style . ye,d think they,d caught big time gangsters rather than wee weans in there early teens ;D ye wur expecting elloit ness tae turn up any minute with his thomson gun ;D they guys were too heavy handed and what did they expect there was nothing else to do when yer living in slums and theyre pullung it down around ye.
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Post by Waverley on Jan 16, 2008 23:38:33 GMT 1
Ach ya wee fearty Pitbull we used to walk all the way through from Brigton Cross to Whitby Street to avoid the 'Ben Hur' at Nicol Mair's Dairy...I remember one Christmas morning kicking my brand new T Ball over the air vent wall at the Coal Ree on the London Road and having to go down the entry to the tunnel in Whitby Street to retrieve it. Rats the size of cats I am telling ye...
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Post by pitbull on Jan 16, 2008 23:45:23 GMT 1
Ach ya wee fearty Pitbull we used to walk all the way through from Brigton Cross to Whitby Street to avoid the 'Ben Hur' at Nicol Mair's Dairy...I remember one Christmas morning kicking my brand new T Ball over the air vent wall at the Coal Ree on the London Road and having to go down the entry to the tunnel in Whitby Street to retrieve it. Rats the size of cats I am telling ye... i used tae walk alang the tap of that wall at london road there must of been a 30ft drop around that sandstone wall, my maw went mental because she caught me trying tae dreep it, so bet ye couldnt dae that charlie i was the best dreeper in brigton there was a wee guy john at queenmary st school fell climbing a drainy get his ball back, dae ye remember him, it stunted his growth. just remembered his name john wilson.
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Post by pitbull on Jan 17, 2008 0:04:06 GMT 1
i used tae walk alang the tap of that wall at london road there must of been a 30ft drop around that sandstone wall, my maw went mental because she caught trying tae dreep it, so bet ye couldnt dae that charlie i was the best dreeper in brigton Ach I bet ye never scaled the auld floodlights at Celtic Park singing the Sash... I did. ;D flood lights naw charlie wisnae dangerous enough fur us we,d scale the pylons at kinner road behind london road houses efter we played on the big slag heaps over the railway sidings, we,s walk all the way fae baltic st . is it kinnear road that street called , the polis hud tae get us doon, we wondered whit aw the fuss was aboot, and as for climbing and singing the sash , me and my wee sister scaled a building in kilmarnock at a home we were in, as a protest because i wasnae wearing short troosers and a toffy uniform tae school, i was singing the sash at the top of my voice, and the kilmarnock polis and fire brigade wondered whit the hell hit them with these wee glesga weans. ;D feart nahhhhh daft ayyyyyyyyyye. and when you sang the sash at parkheid up the floodlights ye forgot tae mention there was another 50,000 rangers fans supporting ye on the ground ;D
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Post by Waverley on Jan 17, 2008 8:13:09 GMT 1
Naw Jackie it was two o'clock in the morning and me and my big mate Joe done it as a dare.
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Post by gallowgategal on Jan 17, 2008 21:01:44 GMT 1
Ach ya wee fearty Pitbull we used to walk all the way through from Brigton Cross to Whitby Street to avoid the 'Ben Hur' at Nicol Mair's Dairy...I remember one Christmas morning kicking my brand new T Ball over the air vent wall at the Coal Ree on the London Road and having to go down the entry to the tunnel in Whitby Street to retrieve it. Rats the size of cats I am telling ye... i used tae walk alang the tap of that wall at london road there must of been a 30ft drop around that sandstone wall, my maw went mental because she caught me trying tae dreep it, so bet ye couldnt dae that charlie i was the best dreeper in brigton there was a wee guy john at queenmary st school fell climbing a drainy get his ball back, dae ye remember him, it stunted his growth. i used tae walk alang the tap of that wall at london road there must of been a 30ft drop around that sandstone wall, my maw went mental because she caught trying tae dreep it, so bet ye couldnt dae that charlie i was the best dreeper in brigton Ach I bet ye never scaled the auld floodlights at Celtic Park singing the Sash... I did. ;D flood lights naw charlie wisnae dangerous enough fur us we,d scale the pylons at kinner road behind london road houses efter we played on the big slag heaps over the railway sidings, we,s walk all the way fae baltic st . is it kinnear road that street called , the polis hud tae get us doon, we wondered whit aw the fuss was aboot, and as for climbing and singing the sash , me and my wee sister scaled a building in kilmarnock at a home we were in, as a protest because i wasnae wearing short troosers and a toffy uniform tae school, i was singing the sash at the top of my voice, and the kilmarnock polis and fire brigade wondered whit the hell hit them with these wee glesga weans. ;D feart nahhhhh daft ayyyyyyyyyye. and when you sang the sash at parkheid up the floodlights ye forgot tae mention there was another 50,000 rangers fans supporting ye on the ground ;D Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah." But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya' .
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Post by pitbull on Feb 2, 2008 12:08:04 GMT 1
hey gallagatgal is that aw we were made tae eat salty porage yuk i hated it, funny thing is i like it noo, innit funny the stuff ye hared as a wean ye eat noo or maste o it. the best was tablet fae that wee shop behind the tramcar next tae the brigton emporium
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Post by Waverley on Jun 15, 2008 20:25:10 GMT 1
Yes it is Tam...they missed it but blew up a tenement in Allan Street with several casualties...they also hit a stick yard which was located on the football pitch at Riverside School.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2008 1:05:35 GMT 1
Ah did an electronics servicin course away back in 1980, an the wee guy that wis the instructor mentioned Dalmarnock Power Station bein blawn up, but it wisnae by German bombs. He used tae service aw the Tannoy systems an he'd been at the power station earlier that day, but hid left before it blew up. Accordin tae him, that particular explosion wis because the circuits used tae be switched in an oot manually tae accomodate increases in demand fur electricity, but they jist wurnae quick enough that day. The result wis an overload that blew the whole shebang.
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Post by brownlee on Jan 9, 2009 18:54:01 GMT 1
First photo here has a view of my old house. Smashing stuff. Amazing really how street scenes have changed in the last fifty years. Dalmarnock Road used to be a hub of activity. Look at it now.
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Post by patrick on Mar 21, 2009 14:07:02 GMT 1
there was a bookies called mckendrick,s on dalmarnock rd that was the first time I met kenny dalgleish, about 67 or 1968 he was with vic davidson,vic used to like a bet at one time, he always used that bookie,s little did I know then what king kenny was going to acheive in his career hindsight is a great thing, I wish I had it then.
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Post by patrick on Mar 25, 2009 0:29:00 GMT 1
I think it was there or there about do you remember the shop up from the scrap place it sold fireplaces I cant remember the name of it I worked there for a while, near were you lived brownlow.
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Post by pitbull on Mar 29, 2009 22:20:48 GMT 1
there was a bookies called mckendrick,s on dalmarnock rd that was the first time I met kenny dalgleish, about 67 or 1968 he was with vic davidson,vic used to like a bet at one time, he always used that bookie,s little did I know then what king kenny was going to acheive in his career hindsight is a great thing, I wish I had it then. iremember vic davidson tae around the dalmarnock area, and also big wullie miller. ;D kenny dalglish i,ve never heard of him.
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Post by brownlee on Apr 7, 2009 16:50:26 GMT 1
Vaguely Patrick. I lived at 337 Dalmarnock Road.
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Post by beauly on May 25, 2009 11:29:56 GMT 1
hi brownlee,ah lived in ruby st,an used tae play snooker in collins in dalmarnock rd,dae you remember whit happened tae the Marinellos who owned the depot cafe?I was a caur driver in the 1950s and used the cafe a lot.wish we could go back to then.ah like the photies an remember the green staff guy in the first photie.
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Post by palaisgirl on May 25, 2009 12:47:58 GMT 1
hi brownlee,ah lived in ruby st,an used tae play snooker in collins in dalmarnock rd,dae you remember whit happened tae the Marinellos who owned the depot cafe?I was a caur driver in the 1950s and used the cafe a lot.wish we could go back to then.ah like the photies an remember the green staff guy in the first photie. Could you please Introduce yerself on the "Introduce Yerself" thread Thanks palaisgirl
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