A Victor Harbor businessman is forging ahead with bold plans for a $350m marina, apartment, hotel and convention centre project near The Bluff, despite the local council opposing major development . Remember, Charlies sweet shop opposite us, where after playing football we were soaked in sweat, you got a glass of lemonade for threepence. Great times. Govan was a wonderful place to start on life's trails. 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. Based on this, Govan's Cumbric language name has been reconstructed as *(G)uovan. In early 1989 police discovered a team of young drug dealers were operating in Wine Alley, led by older man Eddie Burnside. Ah! No1seems2care. I now live in Brydekirk village but I'll never forget Govan. My husband also comes from Govan. Both my parents went to Greenfield School then Govan High. He wanted to discover how and why such places came into being and to see if remedies could be found. Laurel Brook. Know your enemy. Otherwise, unless there is agreement between authority and community, issues like social segregation will never go away unless something is done is because the housing system (and the way it operates) encourages the separation of the rich and the poor. Lots of other good memories but also remember the terrible fires which took place. 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. Several hotel chains have moved in while both BBC Scotland and STV have their studio complexes there. Napier's Shipyard in Govan was later acquired by William Beardmore and Company in 1876 and incorporated into William Beardmore and Company in around 1900. The local hire firm in Govan wasn't aware that their customer was a drug dealer. My grandparents lived opposite and I remember being sent down to McGunness for an ounce of tobacco for my grand dads pipe. Galbraith shop opposite Elderpark, they sold us kids a bag of broken biscuits. 9/1 No1seems2care. Run by a tall slim guy whose son was a racing cyclist ? Above is a quote from a seasoned Timfrom the unfairly labelled Wine Alley (Moorpark) area, once of greater Govan, just off Broomloan Road. We lived in Linthouse at that time, and then we moved to Shaw Street in Govan. There is a story By Danny Cahley born In 57 Hamilton Street, Govan it was renamed Nethan Street if I remember correctly. For those who did move in, it was not a matter of them wanting to live in the area, it was more a case of people with little or no choice about where they could stay. I met him at our place of employment. I then went to Govan High, teachers I remember and not with any fondness are Jockey Rayburn (Maths) Duncan (English) and Miss Downny (Maths) who was a lovely teacher, I had two brother George and Stuart who also went to the same primary and also went to Govan High. Does anyone remember; Sophie, Robert; and Mary,who lived in Carmichael Street, Govan 1936? Police enter in twos with another car on standby. Recent studies of the archaeology of Govan Old have revealed the presence of an ancient Christian church. Following decades of decline, with existing residents experiencing prejudice and only those with little other choice willing to move to the area, Moorepark was named by The Independent newspaper in April 1994 as one of the worst areas in the United Kingdom, with drug abuse being a widespread problem and unemployment standing at nearly 30% (up to three times the national average at the time). 3 Smith, 1999, p. 40-41 [19] It was removed in the early 19th century and Reid's Dyeworks was erected on the site. Teddy boys jumped on little bike and broke it. [28], In 1977, the Labour government of James Callaghan passed the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act which nationalised Govan and grouped it with other major British shipyards as British Shipbuilders. Anyone remember Quinn's pet shop in Harmony Row? Verejnoprospen prce. The lack of house building was not only an added threat to the existing shops and services but also to community life which was struggling just to survive because of the lack of houses. 2 The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. British Aerospace, established by the same act, was privatised in 1981. Canmore ID 315779. This latter kingdom, established in the aftermath of the Viking siege and capture of Alt Clut by Vikings from Dublin in AD 870, created the sandstone sculptures known today as the Govan Stones. Former. He stayed in Nethen Street and was born in 1931. 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. Comedian. We left govan to go to Drumchapel. However, the local paper still remained hostile, hypocritical, and unhelpful about the whole idea. I went to Broomloan Rd nursery then the school. 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]. I lived in Elderpark Street and the Wine Alley. When we moved to Nitshill in 1060, I realised how much I had loved Govan. Would love to hear if anyone remembers the Wallace family! I remember the following; sitting on the kerb at the mouth of the close playing with the soft tar on the road in the summer with a stick and my mum using melted butter to get the stains of our clothes, playing peever with a shoe polish tin, making up little shows which we all performed in the high backs ,climbing over the pailings, and often getting our knees impaled on the sharp spikes at the top, playing balls against the wall singles and doubles too, climbing onto the steamie roof and jumping onto the pub roof dodging the barbed wire spikes, playing ropes singles and doublers, and swinging on the telephone wires above the low back steamie roof, Summertown Road steamie and baths. Other Sundays maybe Helen and I would visit the graves of our mothers at Cardonald Cemetery (her mother died when she was 5). I went to St. Margaret's and I remember Susan's shop where she would stand outside to see where people where buying their messages from. 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. This article is about the district in Glasgow. But. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can My cousins and I thought we should try this. I can see from the various pieces of information I have obtained that the Leddy's lived in various places in Govan including 61 Victoria Street, 10 John Street, 76 White Street and 11 Logie Street. We are the Eskimoes. It is now an industrial estate. Interest. Teraz nie. Memories of our workers are Nancy, Margret-Anne and various others, oh and not forgetting Speedy. However, the documents do not ask why so many people with poor health or low educational qualifications happen to be in the same areas in the first place! Glorious Govan. We used to listen to all the records being played from Munleys on a Saturday morning. Wine Alley was in a part of Govan which is "pretty much gone now but it was notorious," he described. I worked there for a time early 60s I left in 1962. Govan (/ v n / GUV-n; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland.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.Historically it was I lived in Kintra Street from 1946 until 1960 and went to Broomloan Road school then Govan High. Now her daughter (my mother) is 92 years old and I am fascinated by the stories which her mother passed down to her and now to me. who originated from the Helen Street area of Govan, but are now based further west at Shieldhall. I was born in Govan in 1941. Related Pages. 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. It was fantastic staying there, 3 family's stayed in each cottage. Darners later thoughts on a solution to the schemes problems were that it could be found in Community Planning for, as he says, members of the underclass are not helpless and passive victims of structural circumstances. Introduction I had never seen one before. She had two brothers James (b.1924), Michael (b.1928) Agnes (b.1930) and Kathleen (b.1932). Police Scotland. It has taken Govan many years to heal and the spare grounds and scars are all nearly gone. Govan railway station opened on 2 December 1868. Thus, the major failing of any community planning is its inability to understand this relationship between the community and authority in detail and in an objective manner. The estate was acquired in the 1870s by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company and the mansion house was demolished. J. N. REILLY There is a war on. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Around this time a second surveillance was being carried out on Burnside and three members of his team who had travelled to Liverpool in another car. Playing out in the street with our whip and peeries my sisters and friends would have contests to see who could chalk their peerie with the best colour design. 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. Scots: Gouan; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. 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. 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 A friend called Carol Slater. In 1855, an elaborately carved sandstone sarcophagus was found during digging in the churchyard. I was born at 61 Greenfield street in 1957 we lived above the dairy and I remember the betting shop. I remember a little dog who was hit by a car and people brought him straight in to us. Saturday afternoons were for the matinees at one of the four movie halls; Lyceum, Plaza, Elder and Vogue. This was around 1954ish. We lived directly opposite the Steamie and I vividly recall playing ball against the red brick wall for hours. We were also in the Choir at Govan Parish church and in the B.B. 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 A list of almost 3000 ships built at Govan has been collected in the "Clydebuilt Database". Bishop Leslie in his Scotia Descriptio of 1578 says it got its name from the excellence of its ale (God-win), whereas Chalmers in his Caledonia says it is derived from Scottish Gaelic, Gamhan (a ditch). For instance; my mother was standing on the banks of the Clyde in 1938, when the Queen Mary was launched. One was that there was no real attempt at involving the tenants in these changes, nor was there any attempt at involving the community in the future management of their own locale. Second, two documents from the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU), which focus on the decline of the urban neighbourhood, argue that the decline almost always starts with a lack of work. 4 Markus, 1993, p. 161 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. He also procured a contract with the Royal Navy to produce vessels, notably the Jackal, the Lizard, and the Bloodhound. Worst of all were the problems relating to the 759 flats and maisonettes in the Hutchestown Area E phase at Crown Street.