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Post by nippysweetie on Jan 1, 2008 18:29:08 GMT 1
Does anyone remember Orr Street. My Gran lived there after her family was all grown up and married. She lived in Maryhill, Tobago Street back to Maryhill and then to Orr street. It is Orr street I remember. It was a wee single end with toilet on the stairs, hated using that toilet, newspaper torn in wee squares for toilet paper, big chain to flush and a great big giant key to open the door. When we stayed with her she would send us to the shops for things like 2 eggs, 2 sausages, 4 potatoes. But we always had lots of baked goods as my uncle Norrie had a bakery on Orr street. She would also send us to place a wee bet for her (her one vice) but not to the bookies seem to remember going up another close Also remember Abercrombie Street but not sure if some of the family lived there or it was just talked about.
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Post by pitbull on Jan 5, 2008 16:40:06 GMT 1
Does anyone remember Orr Street. My Gran lived there after her family was all grown up and married. She lived in Maryhill, Tobago Street back to Maryhill and then to Orr street. It is Orr street I remember. It was a wee single end with toilet on the stairs, hated using that toilet, newspaper torn in wee squares for toilet paper, big chain to flush and a great big giant key to open the door. When we stayed with her she would send us to the shops for things like 2 eggs, 2 sausages, 4 potatoes. But we always had lots of baked goods as my uncle Norrie had a bakery on Orr street. She would also send us to place a wee bet for her (her one vice) but not to the bookies seem to remember going up another close Also remember Abercrombie Street but not sure if some of the family lived there or it was just talked about. remember orr street well walked doon it everyday tae get tae my work on broad street tae andrew smith plasterers and my wee girlfriend worked in the wee cafe trudies cafe in orr street and the back door tae the pictures was in orr street, and the entrance tae the wee snug in the seven ways pub where me and my wee burd used tae dae aw oor winching, they big keys ye mentioned wur called locking keys ye never seen them anywhere exept glesga as far as i can remember,
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2008 21:24:38 GMT 1
Ma Great-Granda an Great-Grandma lived in Orr Street roon aboot 1915, accordin tae the Valuation Rolls. The only reason ah remember it is we used tae cut up Orr Street gaun tae visit ma sister when she lived in Rockbank Street, an there wis a wee chippe there opposite the Olympia, where we used tae get fish an chips noo an again.
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Post by pwm437 on Aug 2, 2008 8:27:47 GMT 1
Ma Great-Granda an Great-Grandma lived in Orr Street roon aboot 1915, accordin tae the Valuation Rolls. The only reason ah remember it is we used tae cut up Orr Street gaun tae visit ma sister when she lived in Rockbank Street, an there wis a wee chippe there opposite the Olympia, where we used tae get fish an chips noo an again. It was called Aldo's in the early 1970's
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Post by mcgoo on Aug 2, 2008 17:14:06 GMT 1
referred to as 'Oarr Street Chip shope' by us who lived at the toll..but yes 'Orr Street' to the more proper spoken locals ;D ;D ;D
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Post by holywell37 on Sept 10, 2008 17:40:29 GMT 1
I was a member of that club, calamity, peter keenan trained some guys, but it was run by tommy gilmour snr, his son tommy jnr, is the main promoter in scotland.
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Post by arty123 on Sept 11, 2008 12:37:50 GMT 1
Calamity, The boxing club was called the Scottish National ABC and as Holywell said it was run by Tommy Gilmour sen. and all his pro. fighters trained there including Peter Keenan Arty
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2008 17:43:02 GMT 1
cowboy mccormack & ,chic calderwood, also trained in this gym
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Post by holywell37 on Sept 11, 2008 18:12:01 GMT 1
That's right henry88, cowboy mccormack moved from the m b loco club in springburn to olympia st.
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Post by holywell37 on Sept 13, 2008 19:52:19 GMT 1
I went to see chic calderwood fight jim cooper (henry's twin brother ) at the kelvin hall when i was about 11, it ended in a draw, but there was another fighter from gilmours gym fighting on the same bill called george mcdade, and he was fighting a man who was fighting in his first professional bout, his name was walter mcgowan, george mcdades corner threw in the towel in the second or third round.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2008 0:50:01 GMT 1
George McDade wis the cousin o wan o ma brother in laws - ma eldest sister's man. Ma brother in law came frae Firhill, so ah assume the said George McDade came frae the same area. That's aboot aw ah can tell ye aboot him.
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