Log In. policy initiatives given due regard. 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. Govan was a wonderful place to start on life's trails. I was born in 1952 and lived in Golspie St until I was 10 when we moved to Garthamlock. Instead, it referred to the popularity of cheap and powerful tonic wines particularly with young people - the vast consumption of which would often lead to violence and disorder. I went undercover on the 'Wine Alley' to tackle drug problem Ex-undercover police officer Simon McLean has written about his experience tackling Glasgow's drug problem during the 80s. It seemed a dangerous idea but worth the risk if they could dent a hole in a major heroin dealing operation. My mam would love to know. For about a decade that shop stood empty and it broke my heart. Glorious Govan. THURSO BERWICK (1919-1981) Hullo! You never forget these things, but what great days and what character building it was. 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]. We had 4 Cinemas that we could go to and the swimming baths and all the dykes round the back to jump and all the different games we played outdoors until the street lights went on and Dad shouted out the window it was time to come up the stairs. I was pretty sad when I left Govan and leaving my family was devastating to me. I didn't open my mouth, I was sure I was going to jail. Situated south of the River Clyde and part of the former Burgh of Govan, it was colloquially referred to as 'Wine Alley' during the mid-to-late 20th century when a housing scheme with a rough reputation was sited there. I was born 1944, lived 3 up in 52 Wanlock Street, right across from the little swing park and Fairfields Shipbuilders and right next to the Govan Ferry. Much later, after years of drink and drugs abuse, I thought about all the time I had wasted and I realised that if I was going to seriously change my life than I had to reeducate myself into a new way of thinking On 13 July 1577, the teinds of Govan were granted to the University of Glasgow, and the Principal of the University ex officio was appointed minister of the parish. However, the dealers were less careful back in Wine Alley where they thought they were untouchable. Sources The estate was acquired in the 1870s by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company and the mansion house was demolished. However, as little seems to have changed in the last 30 years does this mean that at last, local communities are to be involved in making decisions about their futures? My husband also comes from Govan. Went to the new Hills Trust School in about 1975 where Mrs Carnegie was head teacher. Ai uitat contul? 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. 8 Markus, 1993, p. 163 Lastly, the reflections are intended to be used as a tool among the many Church, statutory, voluntary, and charitable organisations, to aid and encourage a fresh approach to the eradication of poverty in our lives today. Contact Us. Govan and Fisher, former NBA player and current head coach for the Los Angeles Sparks, got married on Saturday at Cielo Farms in Malibu, California. I try and tell my grandkids what a fanfastic place it was to grow up, no money but lots of pals and never bored. Government organisation. Govan's earliest recorded name may be found in the Historia regum Anglorum attributed to Symeon of Durham. Galbraith shop opposite Elderpark, they sold us kids a bag of broken biscuits. Burnside, 42, known as the Godfather, lived on the top-floor flat of his tenement. When he had gone, we used to draw pictures in the coal dust on the white sheet on our bed. It was dedicated to St Constantine, who had been buried at Govan. My family lived at 100 Harmony Row, Govan until I was 10 (born 1953), I lived there with my father Guido Gonnella, my mom Susan, brother William and sisters Helen Marie and Susan also lived with us. My gran lived upstairs at 12 Water row. My Aunt Marg & Uncle Jack Johnstone had the paper shop on Govan Road. Then the area - close to Rangers home at Ibrox - had a reputation for deprivation and poverty having been built in the 1930s to relieve overcrowding in the Gorbals. Vezi mai multe de la Sunny Govan Memories pe Facebook. 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. 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 . or. It was like growing up in a wasteland! 25 bus to the Gladstone Gospel Hall at the corner of Golspie St and Logie St. Great memories. When they checked the mileage they realise it was being used for much longer trips of up to 600 miles a time. I attended Notre Dame School and Jackie told customers this to reassure them of the standard of my handwriting! It was my first Saturday job and I worked there for about a year until the very day when it closed, which I think was in June 1972. We lived in Southcroft St., when we got married. My da was George Paterson, mum was Betty Paterson my child hood there was brill everyone was so friendly and you could trust everybody. Reid was a prominent union leader whose successful 'work in' at the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in 1971 stopped government attempts to close the yards. 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 really like the big Co-op department store and Woolworths on Langlands Road. 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! He thought that important questions are never asked because mistakes in the finish of the whole are not seen until it is too late. We loved it there and had best times growing up in Govan, a great wee community and a great bunch of people, neighbours were great and we had lots of great friends to play with. 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). I look forward to reading further. Scottish Skier February 15, 2020 at 7:51 PM. It was a beautiful building and I would have thought that the powers that be could have used it for something. I was a deckhand on the TSS Shleldhall sewage ship that sailed down the Clyde every day Monday to Friday to the tail of the bank, there we discharged the load then made a circle before heading back up home. Loved going into Amy's Cafe after coming out of Mackays for my Easter outfits. Community service. I used to walk up Neptune Street between the two grandparents homes, but even that seems to have been cut off. The following year in 1966, the yard was again reorganised as Fairfields and guaranteed by the government in response. When the railway was to be built in the late nineteenth century, however, the confusion over proper descriptions in the land titles made necessary legal transactions difficult and had to be reconciled. I was born in Govan in 1950 at 10 Pearce Street across from the P.I., there was only one close in Pearce Street. 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. Pauline Belkadi: Thanks for the name of the shop 'Bobby's'. 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. 2 Markus, 1993, p. 148 Has it always been a democratic, progressive authority and, is it so today? Clydebuilt Database - Shipping Times, Stuart Cameron. Someone took me to the Orkney Street Police Station. Jimmy's was our local shop and Ruby's was out local bakery which fed the Fairfield's workers. Based on this, Govan's Cumbric language name has been reconstructed as *(G)uovan. In sum, effective participatory urban management calls for a fundamental rethink from all the players involved, from the local authorities and development agencies, through local (and sometimes international) non-governmental organisations, to the community-based organisations themselve; in redefining their roles and relationships, if something is to be done for the benefit of all. [23], It was parodied by the BBC sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt. My mother was born at 68 Harmony Row in 1924, when she was about 10 she was sent to Dand's Drapers on Langlands Road to buy thread for a neighbour and got her finger caught in the door which resulted in losing the tip of it which gave her years of pain, on a lighter note on the subway to hospital she had to pace up and down with pain which resulted in her leaving the subway with her pockets jingling. My parents lived at 49 Nethan Street and I was born at the Southern General in 1939. British Aerospace, established by the same act, was privatised in 1981. It may have been used to contain the body or relics of St. Constantine, a Pictish king killed seemingly killed by Vikings in 876/7 - the style of carving indicates an origin in the late 9th or early 10th century. I think the whisky bond was one of them. Ah! During fortnight surveillance in February 1989, they discovered that the same gang member had hired his biggest car yet. The above digital stories were made by members of Govan Reminiscence Group for the Heritage Lottery funded Britain From Above Community Project in Govan, Glasgow, during Spring 2014. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can 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. Small things eh? For instance, leaky, crumbling roofs were never repaired during the improvements nor were rotten, draught-causing window frames replaced while the backcourt midden arrangements remained as inadequate as ever. One summer, I walked to the steamie and managed to get some photos of it. In his 2008 memoir Chasing Killers he reflected on his time on the Southside. Loving your stories, my nana was born at 15 Elder Street, Govan in 1893. The people of Govan didn't often use a vet, but came into the shop with their poorly pets and we all fussed over them, cuddled them, nursed them and Jackie recommended and administered patent pet medicines like Bob Martins. [9], The earliest references to Govan are found in connection with the Christian church. My cousin disappeared, the policeman went into the steamie and came out with a bucket of soapy water and a cloth to wipe it off. We had and still have such a loving family even although our parents and grandparents have passed, but Govan made us that way because it was a great community and you knew who your neighbours were. [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. However, as soon as Bishop Loch got permission to build, they immediately decided to cancel the hotel, and double the amount of private houses to a 1,000. The newlyweds got engaged in April 2018 after dating for three years and were forced to delay their wedding last April due to the coronavirus pandemic. Janet Logan (Williamson) I remember your family. If I could I would have bought many! See more of Sunny Govan Memories on Facebook. I lived at 73 Nethan Street, Govan. Drug and alcohol abuse was a widespread problem and unemployment stood at 30% - three times the national average. Photos: Splash News. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. I agreed and the result is the Report, which you now have today which is meant for the October 17th World Poverty Day. Wall furniture and coverings, clothing, beds and bedding, carpets and furniture were badly affected by fungi while many of the inhabitants suffered physical illnesses related to the damp atmosphere, financial anguish at the cost of replacement and (in some cases), mental problems brought on by the worry caused by the above problems in the first place! the tall man aboriginal spirit; metadata api request failed: component conversion failed: file_ended; caleb foote sandlot I went to Hills Trust primary and can remember having to sit my 11 plus exam and passed by the skin of my teeth (lots of mental arithmetic). Seven generations of our family have been born in Govan. J. N. REILLY There is a war on. Yup I'll always be from Govan even though we lived a bus ride with the messages away from it in Shieldhall, that was situated near to the 50 pitches, I remember well my Dad and me watching the shipyards football competitions. [25], Govan was at one point the centre of the world-renowned Clydeside shipbuilding industry. 4, Soon, the housing scheme had a bad name. It goes on to say that although bad housing design, and the allowance of dilapidation has been part of the problem, still housing is not the whole answer. This present attitude towards housing has serious implications for the future. I met him at our place of employment. Another trick was to get a queue lined up outside his house but to serve only half of them and tell the others to come back later. The answer is 1 authority is necessary because it plays an indispensable mediating role at local and city level through bringing togeth locals and officials. [8] Govan is Baile a' Ghobhainn (the smith's town) in Scottish Gaelic. They share a rivalry with St Anthony's F.C. 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. The City of Woodinville's Mayor Mike Millan cut the ribbon to mark the occasion. It meant that the police had two key surveillance points, one in Wine Alley itself and a second from the high-rise. Police Scotland. She had 3 boys Alex, Willie and Robert. We then moved to a cottage at 112 Golspie Street down the lane, I always remember walking home down the lane, at the bottom of the lane we had a very large wooden gate, which we had to open to get in. She had two brothers James (b.1924), Michael (b.1928) Agnes (b.1930) and Kathleen (b.1932). My great grandfather lived at 67 Garmouth Street with his 3 daughters. 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. I went to Govan High school and Fairfield Primary school, I worked at MacDonalds biscuit factory then went to Toronto with my husband Dan Slavin, I miss my wee town, it will not be same anymore. Nothing but grateful for my early Govan years. Following the five convictions, the man who led the investigation, detective superintendent Joe Jackson, received several letters from grateful Wine Alley residents. By the 1860s, the village needed a higher order of administration and it was made a burgh in 1864, under the General Police (Scotland) Act 1862. Govan is served by community radio station Sunny Govan, broadcasting on 103.5FM to the city of Glasgow and surrounding districts, discussing local issues and providing advice, and with diverse musical output covering soul, hip-hop and reggae. My cousins and I thought we should try this. My dad was taken in to see the wee boy, turns out it was me. Lesbian actress Raven-Symone showed off her high top fade and her unique backpack at the Los Angeles Premiere of Fox's 'Empire at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California. Contact. I have many happy memories of Govan. Town officials arranged for the deepening of the Clyde in 1759, the reclamation of the channels between the islands (The Whyte Inch, The Black Inch, and The King's Inch), and the construction of quays and docks. British Shipbuilders road to privatisation was not as swift, and the group was sold piece by piece throughout the course of the 1980s. Get into Govan. 81 Albums for you to enjoy : Bellahouston Academy School Photo's St Saviour's Primary School Photo's Lourdes Primary School Photo's St Gerards School.
