Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, scotfree said: Pinkston Power Station. That's from Urban Glasgow isn't it? Those flats look fucking grim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On those flats - growing up that was what I thought Glasgow was. I remember driving by it and seeing loads and loads of high rise flats. In my mind that was the whole place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: 1/ What's there now? The last time I was in Aberdeen the bus station/train station combo was still there. (This would have been about 2000.) 2/ Used to hold the school swimming/diving display there. 3/ What??!! 1. Union Square is a shopping centre with a Cineworld and restaurants. The bus and train station are essentially part of it now. 3. Marshial Square is an office complex with restaurants and bars. Mackie's have their own ice cream parlour. Edited February 28, 2020 by NorthernLights 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 27/02/2020 at 11:35, scottsdad said: Spiers Centre in Alloa. As a kid I would swim there before it became offices, then a library. I visited there a few years ago for work and it is still magnificent inside with very decorative tiling, but the swimming pool shown here is long gone. Loving the trapeze items over the pool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 18 minutes ago, NorthernLights said: 3. Marshial Square is an office complex with restaurants and bars. Mackie's have their own ice cream parlour. Oh dear - Marischal Square 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 33 minutes ago, Big Rider said: Loving the trapeze items over the pool. There's a private members bath place in Edinburgh that still has them... https://www.drumsheughbaths.com/gallery/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Aye, they have the same in the Western Baths over by Byres Road. I think they're a partner facility to Drumsheugh Baths in Edinburgh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Pinkston Power Station.My old man took me to see the cooling tower being demolished as a 3 year old. Shat my breeks big time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I have nothing to add to this thread, I just wanted to say that I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I find this sort of stuff absolutely fascinating. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 15 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: You're thinking of the Wellgate... This is what was there before the Wellgate was built... Aye, fairy nuff. My memory is...erm...what are all you people daeing in ma living room?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 12 hours ago, scotfree said: Pinkston Power Station. I was at the Oscar Mazaroli exhibition in Glasgow today and there was a great photo of some lads playing street football with the cooling tower in the background. The exhibition is free (hooray) and worth a shufti. It's in the Printmakers Studio near Glasgow Cross. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: That's from Urban Glasgow isn't it? Those flats look fucking grim. Just imagine living in one of the flats on the other side of the building. As if that wasn't soul-crushing enough; every time you woke up and looked out the window you'd see that massive tower filling your entire field of vision. Why would you NOT do heroin? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 The thing that gets me about that photo is how grim the flats and power station look and then you can see the campsies and know that just over them is breath taking scenery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 The thing that gets me about that photo is how grim the flats and power station look and then you can see the campsies and know that just over them is breath taking scenery. It's not the Campsies, I would be 99.99% sure that the picture is looking towards the southwest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 That's from Urban Glasgow isn't it? Those flats look fucking grim. The flats in Sighthill and Pinkston are now all gone, with modern low rise housing taking it's place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 6 hours ago, tamthebam said: I was at the Oscar Mazaroli exhibition in Glasgow today and there was a great photo of some lads playing street football with the cooling tower in the background. The exhibition is free (hooray) and worth a shufti. It's in the Printmakers Studio near Glasgow Cross. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 3 hours ago, scotfree said: They'd get the jail for heading the ball like that these days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Remember steaming out the hangover in Bon Accord Turkish Baths in Aberdeen before a Sunday lunch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Had the bottom picture on the wall at one time along with "Looking South from Park Terrace" which was the cover of Deacon Blue's Raintown album.The exhibition is decent, but I didn't realise there was also an Alasdair Gray exhibition on too in one if the other rooms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Springburn Public Hall, which was listed but the council let get in such a derelict state that it had to be demolished. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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