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Post by Colin McA on Apr 17, 2020 15:30:35 GMT
I have been trawling about for period P5 photos, found lots of P6 ones though very few P5. There has been so much change in our cities since the 60s and 70s some of these are really hard to place in todays city scapes. Nice Coupe in this one circa 1973.  |
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Post by lagain on Apr 17, 2020 15:48:26 GMT
Do you know where it is ?
The Vauxhall has an OS registration, which would have been Stranraer and it looks as if it says Glasgow on one of the buildings. Pity the registration on the coupe is not visible, but it looks like a reflective plate.
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Post by p5tgc on Apr 17, 2020 16:47:42 GMT
My guess is Stockwell Street, Glasgow.
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Post by Colin McA on Apr 17, 2020 17:39:21 GMT
Not far off, the coupe would be on Howard Street. A lot of this area was cleared when St Enoch station was demolished, the arches were part of the station. Goosedubs lane has survived as has Airds lane.  Not quite the same angle but close.  This building is Airds lanes.   One of the last times I was out in my P5 I took a photo of it parked in the carpark. I could possible recreate the shot in the future.  Google map location |
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Post by djm16 on Apr 19, 2020 5:06:08 GMT
Interesting that the sash window (just down to the R of where the finger in "Victoria Wire Works" sign is pointing still has the same piece of wood boarding up the lower part.
The spelling Goosedubs is not borne out by Google, which has "goosedubbs' everywhere.
Nice choice of picture.
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Post by Colin McA on Apr 19, 2020 10:34:39 GMT
If you want to spend some time during lock down do a search on St Enoch railway station, if you are have an interest in rail.
Another rabbit hole you could fall down is the history of Glasgow.
The name Goose Dubs translates to the puddle or muddy pond where the ducks met. Strange name for a city lane? Well some of the street names still bear name to their use prior to the city expanding or the name of the noble and wealthy.
Around this area the Briggait, part of what is known as Merchants city it was an interesting place. some of the uses were obvious like salt market, the now old fruit market with bars an restaurants in the Candleriggs, Riggs are fields, this was the area where they make candles which were away from the city an reduced the risk of a great fire.
Stockwell street mentioned has a gory origin of how the well which once stood there became the Ratten well.
Like a lot of cities we have got rid of slums and no longer needed industrial buildings, it does make interesting reading and there are many past and present threads online.
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