inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Regular bus services, mainly operated by McGill's Bus Services and First Glasgow, offer frequent routes to Glasgow City Centre, as well as to numerous locations in Renfrewshire. [12], There is an oddity whereby part of eighteenth-century parish of Govan (which was in Lanarkshire) is counted as being within Renfrewshire. I went to St. Anthony's Primary School and after passing my quallies I went to St. Gerard's. See more of Sunny Govan Memories on Facebook. Worst of all were the problems relating to the 759 flats and maisonettes in the Hutchestown Area E phase at Crown Street. Good memories. Call now (425) 271-4501; Address. Gary Faulds. I still have a picture in my mind of your father Guido, a very handsome man. Moorepark is a small area in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Does anybody recognise the name? Again, as happened in Moorepark in the mid 1970s, selective letting policies resulted in the housing of people who suffered not only from economic deprivation but had many related social problems of drink, drugs, and petty theft. I was born in Govan in 1942 and lived in Elder Stree before moving to 15 Water Row above the bakers James Jack & Sons, my father worked there for 56 years. As for our childhood and growing up in Govan we would never change a thing, there was everything in Govan any child wanted and we never ever suffered from boredom after school, we were outside playing peever, rounders, climbing dykes, swimming at the pool and rolling our Easter eggs down the hill at Bellahouston Park. [6] Govan is believed to have then been part of a kingdom ruled from Dumbarton Rock, known as Alt Clut, the rock on the Clyde. Zobrazi viac od Sunny Govan Memories na Facebooku. And increase their/your revenues. [27], In 1971, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders went into receivership and the Conservative government led by Edward Heath refused to give them a 6,000,000 loan. I can't remember what we wrote, but we were very busy. We stayed next door to the Mellon's in 31 Rathlin Street for a short time, I was friendly with your brother Paul. In Cowie Street, Kinning Park there was a pub at the corner but can't remember what it was called? A big gang of kids would all go to the pictures on Saturday afternoon and one kid would pay to get in and then would go round to the fire escape door and open it and let the rest of the kids in for free. I think the whisky bond was one of them. Govan Old Parish Church was rebuilt in 1762, 1826, and again 1884-1888. sau. I lived at 73 Nethan Street, Govan. Several hotel chains have moved in while both BBC Scotland and STV have their studio complexes there. 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. Glasgow Braendam Link, aims to support, empower and enable all those involved in the partnership to gain more control of their lives by encouraging self-belief, growth and development. Next thing, I found myself lying on the ground. It was massive and as a wee girl it was magical, as well as Dands I also remember Bobbys on Langlands Rd, I got my Bay City Rollers trousers there, lol, there was loads of shoe shops in Govan, one was called Cherries I'm sure, also a massive one can't remember name, just round from Burleigh St, a few years back it was Bradley's chemist. They share a rivalry with St Anthony's F.C. 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. We all loved living there as Govan was such a great place and had everything you needed, especially four cinemas. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Thus, when Renfrewshire was created out of a sheriffdom of Lanarkshire in the early fifteenth century, the lands associated with the hospital (Polmadie) were not technically in the newly created shire, as they were not part of the sheriffdom. Maureen Doyle was my name then. 99m New Cafe India Govan . It has taken Govan many years to heal and the spare grounds and scars are all nearly gone. While debating the (Greenwood) Housing Bill of 1930, the MP John Wheatley insisted that Britain would never get rid of its slum problem as long as it continued to set aside for a particular section of the community an inferior quality of housing The above extract comes from the enquiry that the sociologist Sean Damer wrote on the history of what was regarded as the most notorious slum-housing scheme in the Glasgow of the 1970s, Moorepark, or as it came to be known by Govanites and Glaswegians the Wine Alley of Govan. It was only a community concerted campaign, (which included a long rent strike) waged by the various groups of residents, that the Glasgow District Council agreed to re-house all of the remaining tenants. Our first daughter was born in 1962, and then when she was six months old, we went to Toronto, Canada. approached in flavour to wine. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. Young Young Winey (Govan) (G51) (Moorpark) 'Republican Wine Alley' . 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 My brother and I would wait for the coal lorry to come round the corner and hang onto the back of it as it drove up the street. Lived there all the way through the 70's until we moved to Cardonald in 1980. The police discovered an empty flat on the eighth floor which would give them a birds eye view of the entrance to Burnsides tenement flat close. I was born in 23 McGregor Street Teucharhill in 1962 and remember my mum waiting until the last minute and getting a lift to the polling station, promising to vote for whichever party candidate provided the transport (aye right) still though when the 70s arrived I would have voted for the blonde wummin shouting through a megaphone at the end of the street even though I'd no idea what she was on about or what party she represented, she was a bit of a belter called Margo MacDonald. 122m The Govan Shed . I attended Notre Dame School and Jackie told customers this to reassure them of the standard of my handwriting! 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. Community service. 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. These were not cleared until well into the 1970s. Other Sundays maybe Helen and I would visit the graves of our mothers at Cardonald Cemetery (her mother died when she was 5). I considered that I did a real job and that what he did for a living was nonsense. ), the street was a dead end because a school had burnt down. 3 They were followed there and back by a second surveillance team and the vehicle stopped near Ibrox. Mother has an excellent memory and I am attempting to write down stories about; the old shops; events streets and everything. I liked Daddy Boyd although I never had him as a teacher, he was in charge of the rowing club of which I enjoyed many an hour on the Clyde. For about a decade that shop stood empty and it broke my heart. A friend called called Alison Galbraith. 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. He wanted to discover how and why such places came into being and to see if remedies could be found. 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. . Govan is served by Govan Subway Station, Ibrox Subway Station and Cessnock Subway Station on the Glasgow subway system. 13 Bailey and Hastings, 2004, p. 92 That suggested that the suspect was taking the van south to Manchester or Liverpool to pick up much larger drug consignments. 100m D.C Hair&Beauty . However, people striving to improve their existing environment have limited freedom to act independently. Through the ages people have lived in houses, building them according to the climate, topography, the material available, and the social and cultural ideas of the time. I remember the days my sister and I would take part in the fair while we were in a dancing school, which was named Thompsons. 6 Markus, 1993, p. 163 When I got married I moved to Arden, I now live in Clarkston in the South of Glasgow. View listing information for 7285 Hedgerose Drive, Cumming, GA, 30028. The City of Woodinville's Mayor Mike Millan cut the ribbon to mark the occasion. 125m Harley's ice cream parlour . Govan is home to the Scottish Junior football team Benburb F.C. Providing activities for member children and young people Providing informal and formal training for family members For instance; my mother was standing on the banks of the Clyde in 1938, when the Queen Mary was launched. 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. Related Pages. Scottish Skier February 15, 2020 at 7:51 PM. [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. I am looking for the name of a barbers shop that was on Langlands Road at Helen street end. You Wine Alley Govan Team were shite begs. Where was this democratic, progressive authority when it built the shambolic Gorbals tower block scheme? It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Glasgow city centre, on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick. We moved to Cardonald when I was very small but used to go back to Govan all the time and stay with my grannie at 711 Govan Road, above McLarens Newsagents. [32][33] The shipbuilding operations became BAE Systems Marine, which subsequently became part of BVT Surface Fleet, a naval shipbuilding joint venture between BAE Systems and VT Group, which became BAE Systems Surface Ships in 2009. During my first year studying sociology I came across Damer again in the form of a book that he had written about poverty and deprivation in the Wine Alley but put it to the back of my mind. ; Scots: Gouan; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. We love it here, but still go back to Scotland every other year. It was a real shame to junk those old tenements instead of refurbishing them. 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. . Like Pauline I also went to St. Margaret's and I also recall Susan's Shop. Redevelopment was never completed and the combined effects of poor building specifications, and carelessness in the design of the surrounding spaces were becoming embarrassingly apparent. I was born in 1961. He also sold single woodbine cigarettes out the packet. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . Alley & Vine. During the two-week surveillance every addict who called at Burnside's flat for drugs was then arrested by the team and questioned. Will they be full participants at setting the agenda for their locals or are these just pie crust promises?11 Will the same old story of the past three decades resurface where members of local communities are merely informed or consulted about changes in which they have no say?12 Perhaps one of the worst errors that the new regeneration policy is now making is that of ignoring the potential of local housing organisations as important instruments for inclusion and social capital, and their spill over effects of wider social and economic developments and issues. Naw, he was told, but we have a wee boy in the back. First of all, they invited local and international designers to attend a three day team design effort to come up with imaginative projects that would redress the problems they had in their 3-storey, concrete block houses.7, The group then lobbied the City Council, the Scottish Office and finally Westminster, until they were eventually given the go-ahead to revamp one of the old blocks of 6 houses into model they desired. My grandparents lived opposite and I remember being sent down to McGunness for an ounce of tobacco for my grand dads pipe. 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. 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. Years ago Govan was a brilliant shopping place. I remember your family at 100 Harmony Row, my cousin Maisie McAlinden was friendly with the family also my Granny, or as she was better known, MAW Austin, hence I was bettter known a Joe Austin. A list of almost 3000 ships built at Govan has been collected in the "Clydebuilt Database". Ai uitat contul? It was regarded at the time as perhaps the worst slum in Britain, and the people who lived there were treated like vermin by the authorities whom we treated likewise. My dad gave my a slap for not fighting them, god was only about five years old. We used to listen to all the records being played from Munleys on a Saturday morning. 14276 Southeast 176th Street. Hi Catherine, I also lived at 100 Harmony Row and also live in Canada. Former. Wine Quality 4/4. Comedian. I remember a little dog who was hit by a car and people brought him straight in to us. As a university sociologist, Sources Great memories of Summertown Road baths. 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. Anyone remember Quinn's pet shop in Harmony Row? Wine Alley was in a part of Govan which is "pretty much gone now but it was notorious," he described. I remember my mum and dad and telling me how Govan was full of works, tenements, shops and pubs and how it was a vibrant place, this was very different from 1970s Govan that I grew up in, instead it was like a town after the blitz, I remember large areas of spare ground where the tenements and shops once stood, I remember playing in the old derelict tenements and works and in the rubble of demolished tenements, in the old tenements in Orkney Street we pretended to pour pints in the old Albert Bar. See more of Sunny Govan Memories on Facebook. The yard eventually closed in the wake of the collapse of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders consortium in 1971.[35]. I noticed a post by Murray G. Wondering if we might be related at all? When I was a wee lassie of four living on Neptune Street in the early 50's I walked away down the street from our close and got lost. 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. Jackson had only just taken charge of the CID at Govan, having left his post as head of Strathclyde Polices serious crime squad. [15], With Morris Pollok as its first Provost, the Burgh and its Commissioners ensured that during the next 48 years Govan became a well-equipped, modern town. Based on this, Govan's Cumbric language name has been reconstructed as *(G)uovan. 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. Our father would be home right before we had to leave for school, so he would take us as it was not safe to cross Langlands Rd., Unfortunately, the week before Christmas in 1943, our grandfather was killed by a bus right at the Vogue cinema. Just answering Margaret Fletcher's post below. Create New Account. Especially in the Scottish context, given the important role that they have played in community planning. Went to St. Gerards School from January 1959 to December 1962.