Young Young Winey (Govan) (G51) (Moorpark) 'Republican Wine Alley' . We left govan to go to Drumchapel. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. I was born in Broomloan Road by the pot heid (TSB) bank which is still there. What Damer said about community could also be said about officialdom for they too can be victims of circumstance whenever decisions for the better do not influence policies for the worse. Glasgow Crime Stories: The drug nightmare of Wine Alley (Image: Newsquest) Govan covers a huge part of Glasgow's Southside and is famous the world over for its ship building and football team. Linthouse and Parkgrove were 19th century senior sides, who fell into decline and are now defunct. The manager was a man called Jackie. NGR NS 55416 65081. Its cells were just as grim but did not seem to deter the many local villains who frequented them on a regular basis. 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. Govan young team. I was attending what was then known as Duns Academy when my father decided to emigrate to Canada. We stayed in Elphinstone Street but after a fire we had to move to my grans house at 62 Golspie Street at the corner of Langlands Road, it was known as McCormick's close he being the owner of a hardware store. Very fond memories. The man caught in the earlier operation with 50,000 of drugs in Helen Street was given six years. I worked there for a time early 60s I left in 1962. The Burnside gang were found with 150,000 in heroin and a large sum in cash. 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. However, there is the potential for tourism development, for example, the planned development of the Govan Old site, which hosts the historically significant stone carvings, has led to the development of the surrounding townscape and new infrastructure. 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. Living Dangerously in Govan by James McDonald. 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 Burnside also appeared to take sadistic pleasure in watching them scrabbling about on the ground looking for their hit. I loved it there we could watch the ships being built and then launched from the bedroom window. [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. Again, as in the cast of the Gorbals, little was done to remedy the situation until the individual agencies within the local communities combined their power to get something done. She had two brothers James (b.1924), Michael (b.1928) Agnes (b.1930) and Kathleen (b.1932). Has it always been a democratic, progressive authority and, is it so today? ; Scots: Gouan; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. Any profits went into the family home and we knew that we would get in return our Saturday matinee money and a sweety. 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. We all went to Harmony Row school because that was where our mother went and she wanted us to have the same teachers she had, and there were a few left from when she attended there. James and Catherine moved to Govan from Ireland and lived on Victoria (Neptune) Street and Langlands Road. My Aunt Marg and Cousin Debbie still live in Govan. 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. It was very hard during the war for our mother as our brother was three years older and our father was a shipyard worker, working nightshift. We always used to stop at your house on the way home from St. Anthony`s school, for a blether. 13 Bailey and Hastings, 2004, p. 92 If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can My gran was Ella Campbell who lived in Greenfield Street during the 50s and 60 s. Mother has an excellent memory and I am attempting to write down stories about; the old shops; events streets and everything. Someone took me to the Orkney Street Police Station. 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]. 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? Conecteaz-te. No1seems2care. Clyde News. who originated from the Helen Street area of Govan, but are now based further west at Shieldhall. But. contact the editor here. Bishop King. He had a broken leg, but we cuddled and comforted him until someone with a car was found, hours later, to get him to the vets. I used to go to Jack's Bakers on a Saturday morning for a dozen rolls and half a dozen teabread and I still got change from a half a crown (12.5 pence), happy days! 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. Used to have a friend called Theresa Moody who died quite young. Now offering wine & beer by the glass! [12], There is an oddity whereby part of eighteenth-century parish of Govan (which was in Lanarkshire) is counted as being within Renfrewshire. Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. Only a few years into it, faults like dampness had begun to appear in the tower blocks of the Laurieston/ Gorbals project, which rapidly turned into a disaster area. Everyone used our street for roller skating, we called it thd smoothie! I almost joined Majorettes but I had no coordination so no chance of being Govan Queen either that year. [3][4], A majority of the new residents were from the Gorbals, instead of the Govan area, which had pressing issues with overcrowding and poor quality tenements. I learned to play tennis in the Elder Park which stood by me for I played the game for the next 60 years wherever I landed. During the late 19th century, the population of Govan increased more than tenfold: from 9,000 in 1864 to 95,000 by 1907. Seven generations of our family have been born in Govan. Not Now. 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. Mum married and moved to Whiteinch as a child and I remember going across on the ferry to Govan, Anyone recall my mum? Our first daughter was born in 1962, and then when she was six months old, we went to Toronto, Canada. 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. I attended Harmony Row School and Hills Trust Primary. 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. One flat was chosen in Wine Alley and a second across the road in a collection of tower blocks called Iona Court. Then the place just went to pot. ), the street was a dead end because a school had burnt down. Every month her and neighbours would make tablet, cakes, scones and stuff. . Glasgow Braendam Link is a Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in Scotland, No. I think the whisky bond was one of them. Galbraith shop opposite Elderpark, they sold us kids a bag of broken biscuits. Also used to go for a bath there even though we had a bath at home. I don't like to think what might have happened if they had been discovered.''. 9 Goodlad, and Meegan, 2005, p. 188, Community Power in Community Planning 114m Nailsby Taylor . 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. 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. The spin put on the regeneration programmes of the past have put too much emphasis on bricks and mortar rather than helping people deal with their own problems themselves. With five suspected drug dealers in the cells and 200,000 worth of heroin seized, it had been a very productive day for the police. [34], Alexander Stephen and Sons also established a shipyard in nearby Linthouse in 1870. He also had a shop in Govan Road and he lived at 31 (I think) Copland Road, his name was Robert Reid and he had 2 daughters, Jane my mother and her sister Molly who lived for years in Merryland Street before it was pulled down. We lived in a low-down coal-fire heated home at 9 Lettoch Street and we only ever moved once and that was to the house directly above us. Vezi mai multe de la Sunny Govan Memories pe Facebook. Providing activities for member children and young people Providing informal and formal training for family members I was born 23 Elder Street, Govan in 1943. 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. And Linda Paterson, I knew your dad Geordie Paterson, and I think he had a brother Willie. Although the scheme had a bad reputation for crime, drinking and violence, as a child I never felt unsafe or deprived in any way and knew only kindness from my family, friends, relatives and neighbours. dealing, drug abuse, and money lending had flourished in a big way since 1975, which only added to the schemes wretchedness. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to By the early 80s, much of the place had acquired an air of dilapidation and neglect. Govan has had several local newspapers over the years such as the Govan Chronicle and Govan Press published by the Cossar Family (1851-1983) and by John Maclean (20062014) which also served the communities of Kinning Park, Cardonald, Penilee and Hillington, and the Govan Post (19831988) published by Cook, Paton & Co. of Paisley, now part of Dunfermline Press. A Gannett Company. The local hire firm in Govan wasn't aware that their customer was a drug dealer. Of I was born 1951 in 57 Nethan St. Interest. and education and learning came into my thoughts. SC 020951 There, two local cops came up with the idea of using several of the houses to keep a 24-hour watch on the gang. Datum OSGB36 - NGR. Replies. We protect your brands globally and help consumers find your wines. I remember the baths and went there every Friday, I also remember playing in the street and when the coalman came my mum and I would follow him with a pram and pick up any coal that fell of the lorry. Govan was a wonderful place to start on life's trails. (they lived up the pen at No. I have many happy memories of Govan. I guess I drifted away from Govan for some time although I watched it contract as the shipyard industry faded and that was until my interest was aroused as the company I was working for took up new premisis near the Southern General as it was then. I lived across from Fairfield shipyard and I saw ship being launched when l was about four, I saw Harry Lauder embark from a ship and he was the first person who told me I was a bonnie wee lass. Somewhere, communication had broken down so completely, that while the latter felt powerless to do anything about the situation, the remedies of the former only made the situation worse. When the car stopped at lights in Helen Street it was surrounded by the surveillance team who arrested the driver and seized the heroin which had a street value of 50,000 - worth 125,000 today. I was born in Govan in 1948 and lived with my grannie in Vicarfield Street, opposite the school. Without a home, mankind has no place. In 1841, Robert Napier began iron shipbuilding in Govan, and in 1843 produced its first ship, the Vanguard. Govan covers a huge part of Glasgow's Southside and is famous the world over for its ship building and football team. [29], Kvrner of Norway, as part of a planned development of a large international shipbuilding group, took over Govan. I recall going to the Co-op hypermarket on a Saturday morning for messages. I now live in Scotstoun but attend same dentist at Water Row Govan! 100m Freshair Salon . 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. 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. I was born in Govan in 1941. 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. I'm thinking I never whined at them again. Value 3/4 . Historically it was part of the County of Lanark. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. It was followed by an undercover drugs team down the M8, onto the M74 and over the border into England. 5 Komunitn organizcia. Classification Housing Estate (Modern) Alternative Name (s) Moorpark Housing Estate; 'wine Alley'. Posted on Behalf of Mags Monaghan The "Wine Alley" housing scheme, just off the Broomloan Road, was notorious in Govan and elsewhere in Glasgow as a den of thieves, drunks and drug addicts. Several hotel chains have moved in while both BBC Scotland and STV have their studio complexes there. We loved the years living there and in 1949, our little sister was born at 22 Shaw St., That same year we moved to Penilee, but when my sister and I were seventeen, our parents moved back to Govan because the house in Penilee was very damp, so our parents got an exchange to a house on Govan Rd., the cooperative building next to Fairfield's shipyard.