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Post by tammccann on Aug 21, 2008 16:28:12 GMT 1
Should have been called capaldis, This was the place we all use to meet , before setting of to Ibrox or at night before going to clouds dancing , the owner Toni Capaldi put up with some crazy stunts we use to pull, like setting of a smoke bomb in the cafe we were sitting accross from each other but you couldnt see a thing all we could hear was toni shouting i can smell smoke from the back shop , there was also times when Toni was in back Clansman(gor) would jump onto the tables and run round the cafe, toni would run out and shout Was that you boy? we would be holding our sides,Another time we thought it would be a great idea to change Tonis menu , That got us barred, cant say on here what we changed his menu to on here, But Toni got his own back one night when he told Me Gor and Stevie that he would take us to see Bill Halley and the Comets at the apollo , we showed up but Toni had left without us, Dont know if toni is still with us but i would like to say Toni Capaldi you were a gem of a guy for putting up with us.
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 21, 2008 16:52:49 GMT 1
Hi Tam It was a great wee cafe, I knew the Capaldi family well, as I worked for them, in the chippy and the cafe at night. Tony's sister Christina stays here in Cumbernauld, see her quite a lot. When I worked in the cafe I used to sneak Neil free drinks, when Tony wisnae looking. He was always barring Neil's pals as well.
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Post by pwm437 on Aug 21, 2008 17:14:03 GMT 1
I remember it well, good cafe.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2008 18:12:29 GMT 1
Haw Tam I laughed till I'd tears rollin doon ma face when i read that story about the smoke bomb. The family were lookin at me as if I'd horns on ma heid. These were the days, certainly relived the moment Toni used have another sister called Roseanne (if I remember right) That big Zeno used tae chat up (among other things) when she came tae the table.
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Post by tammccann on Aug 21, 2008 18:16:33 GMT 1
;D :DGor do you remember blowing smoke into Zenos close curly hair? It looked like his heid was on fire
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 21, 2008 18:39:07 GMT 1
Hi Clansman There was Carmella, Tony, Marie, Christina and Roseanne
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Post by tammccann on Aug 21, 2008 18:42:42 GMT 1
Carol didnt one of them star in Take The High Road>?
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 21, 2008 19:08:56 GMT 1
I dont know about that Tam , but Carmella lived in London, and done bit parts in some TV programmes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2008 19:33:37 GMT 1
Where was the cafe again?
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 21, 2008 19:42:44 GMT 1
Hi Irene, It was on the corner of Janefield Street, just across from the railway station at Whitby Street.
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Post by amethyst on Aug 21, 2008 19:54:51 GMT 1
Hi Carol, I remember the cafe well; Do you remember too,a lovely wee shop near the cafe that sold lovely baby clothes,and wool.
Amethyst
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 21, 2008 20:16:15 GMT 1
Yes Amethyst I remember it well, though I cant remember the name of the shop
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2008 21:04:14 GMT 1
There were lots of shops weren't there? Remember the hardware shop too.
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Post by tammccann on Aug 21, 2008 21:06:41 GMT 1
Aye Irene i can remember a sweety shop and a doo shop,Was there not a pet shop along the road with a talkin burd
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 21, 2008 21:08:47 GMT 1
There was also Latham's bike shop, he stayed down the stair fae me.
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Post by Waverley on Aug 21, 2008 21:32:11 GMT 1
I remember when I was doing research for my Old Parkhead book about 12/13 years ago or more I contacted one of the Capaldi family by phone as they lived in Burnside I believe it was the one who was the actress. Sadly she told me that Roseanne was dead and Tony was dying...I have many happy memories of that cafe in Springy Road which was more or less a 'gang hut' for oor wee clan in the early 1970's during the week. A hamburger and onions plus a bovril or a coke cost the whacking sum of 50 pence...remember the abuse we used to give the lassies from along Janefield Street whenever they came in... imagine my shock when I was introduced to one of them several years later as my cousin.
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Post by amethyst on Aug 22, 2008 16:01:59 GMT 1
Thank you Carol XXX
Amethyst
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Post by pwm437 on Aug 24, 2008 14:08:34 GMT 1
There were lots of shops weren't there? Remember the hardware shop too. My 1966 Post Office Directory for that part of Springfield Road reveals ; - Janefield Street 743 A. Capaldi 753 D A Campbell 757 J. Kerr 759 L. Bluefield 765 W. MacPherson 767 H. Healy 773 T. Kelly 775 Richmond Park Laundry 777 T. Gilsenan 783 Mac's Stores - Edmiston Street 785 A. Leitch 789 J. Curley 791 J. Henderson 795 T.D. Finlayson 799 Glasgow Eastern Co-op Dairy 807 Glasgow Eastern Co-operative Society Ltd. 811 D. Orr (Was it no J Orr as I remember calling him Jimmy)813 E. Russell - Malcolm Street
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2008 16:21:49 GMT 1
noo Curleys wiz the shoap before supermarkets. Always remember being sent their (wi ma Ma's shoppin bag, (hated it)) and a huge list. and the advice "ask fur Ina" It wiz 1/2 a pun of saltless butter, 1lb a such'n such cheese, a doz eggs etc etc and then humphen it ower the road tae the hoose.
Crossin Springy rd wiz a dangerous task fur a 10 - 12yr auld wi a huge message bag.
Anyways ah'd rather go tae the fruit shoap, at least they always gave me an apple or a pear or sumthin for free. Goin fur a steamy turn wiz the pits.
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Post by Sandy Hills on Aug 24, 2008 16:49:48 GMT 1
I can remember getting my bike fixed in Latham's around 1960,his shop was about the third up from Janie is that about right?
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Post by palaisgirl on Aug 24, 2008 17:23:20 GMT 1
Remember going into Orr's the fruit shop and asking him for bob a job for the Brownies.
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Post by tammccann on Aug 27, 2008 19:44:03 GMT 1
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Post by Waverley on Aug 27, 2008 20:19:16 GMT 1
Came across this song by Matt mcginn called Tony Capaldi Tam I have it on good advise that Matt McGinn's maw stayed in the corner close of Buddon Street and London Road so he would've been well aware of the nearby Tony Capaldi's cafe in Springy Road and the chances are he used him as a name for his song.
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Post by holywell37 on Aug 27, 2008 22:49:10 GMT 1
Matt McGinn's parents stayed in ross st calton when he was born, but in his book he doesn't mention where they came from before that.
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Post by Waverley on Aug 27, 2008 22:51:28 GMT 1
Matt McGinn's parents stayed in ross st calton when he was born, but in his book he doesn't mention where they came from before that. John his Maw stayed in Buddon Street in later life...
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Post by patrick on Feb 10, 2009 16:53:18 GMT 1
what about tony,s dog, I think it was called bruno?? it was a great dane,
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Post by palaisgirl on Feb 10, 2009 19:07:25 GMT 1
Yes patrick it was called Bruno, I can remember it licking my legs as I was trying to make up the hot orange drinks for the boys. Big slabbery thing it was.
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Post by patrick on Feb 10, 2009 22:44:47 GMT 1
well all I can say to that is lucky doglol.
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Post by jawbox on Feb 9, 2010 12:43:24 GMT 1
I remember the Sportsman’s Bar next to the corner shop (a Bakers where my mother worked for a while) on Janefield Street. In the 50s it was run by Toni Capaldi senior . Toni junior was a great friend of my Uncle, Archie Rollo (who was from 16 Palace Street and now lives with this family in Vancouver). I think Toni senior opened a chip shop on the same side of Springfield Road between Janefield Street and Mac’s shop (Ward’s Stores) at the corner of Edmiston Street and what made it special to me as a kid was that they sold crinkle cut chips which I had never seen before but were expensive at 4d a poke. When the shop opened I remember it well and he had all brand spanking new machinery in stainless steel to cut the potatoes and to fry the fish & chips. The shop next door became a Bookies in the 50s when betting was legalised and the street corner bookies died a death. In Palace Street Frank Clark was our local bookie up till then and David Ness was his runner. I think he did good business with the Celtic footballers that passed by on their way to Celtic Park.
Across the road from Edmiston Street in Springfield Road was another “tallies”, this time it was called the Café Deluxe and it was owned by Toni Capaldi’s brother Sannie, Latham’s cycle shop was nearby as was (Jean’s) Paterson’s fish shop, there was a chip shop there too.
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Post by magiloo on Feb 9, 2010 13:58:29 GMT 1
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