Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: Do you have number for Eva? Think that's Morten Harket's bird m8. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: How shite does this look? TBF you slap Cumbernauld onto any image of a town/city including the most beautiful and folk will be thinking it looks a bit shite 4 hours ago, pozbaird said: Astounding, even in a fluff piece it just looks utterly bleak from every angle, now I know there's the benefit of hindsight but how the f**k nobody stopped to question this at the time is astounding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 28 minutes ago, parsforlife said: Astounding, even in a fluff piece it just looks utterly bleak from every angle, now I know there's the benefit of hindsight but how the f**k nobody stopped to question this at the time is astounding. Remember at this time there was a distinct possibility of a motorway going through the (Edinburgh) New Town. https://www.iaia.org/news-details.php?ID=16 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 52 minutes ago, parsforlife said: TBF you slap Cumbernauld onto any image of a town/city including the most beautiful and folk will be thinking it looks a bit shite Astounding, even in a fluff piece it just looks utterly bleak from every angle, now I know there's the benefit of hindsight but how the f**k nobody stopped to question this at the time is astounding. To be fair, the scampi in a basket in the rooftop Berni Inn looked decent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 27 minutes ago, Caro-Kann said: Remember at this time there was a distinct possibility of a motorway going through the (Edinburgh) New Town. https://www.iaia.org/news-details.php?ID=16 I remember seeing those plans before, didn't realise how slim the council vote was. It probably wasn't seen as that much more controversial as bringing the m8 into central Glasgow. There was clearly an overwhelming obsession about cars that few stopped to think about the other consequences. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 47 minutes ago, Caro-Kann said: Remember at this time there was a distinct possibility of a motorway going through the (Edinburgh) New Town. https://www.iaia.org/news-details.php?ID=16 16 minutes ago, parsforlife said: I remember seeing those plans before, didn't realise how slim the council vote was. It probably wasn't seen as that much more controversial as bringing the m8 into central Glasgow. There was clearly an overwhelming obsession about cars that few stopped to think about the other consequences. This type of Corbusian 'Car Is King' philosophy saw it's apotheosis in New York under the aegis of Robert Moses. Compare the above film on Cumbernauld with Robert Hughes' scathing put down of Brasilia from his 'Shock of the New' series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 hours ago, pozbaird said: There’s a really good video online, think it’s called ‘Cumbernauld, town of the future’ or something. What's it called? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 10 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: How shite does this look? Looks like a depressed Queen Street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I loathe the original building with a passion. But you'd've thought they couldn't make it worse: so they built the Antonine Centre to prove you wrong. And this new horror: at least the vape shops and empty units will be new I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Does this mean that Paps nightclub is no more? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I like the bit in the videos where they say that Cumbernauld has a history stretching back to Roman times, when it was a long mound of turf guarded by scantily clad soldiers. So what they're basically saying is that Cumbernauld has a ca. 2000 year history of inhabitants saying "this is absolutely f***ing sh*t". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Does this mean that Paps nightclub is no more? Aw man, that’s a thing of beauty. Love paps, me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 11 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: How shite does this look? Fictitious. There's no one in Cumbernauld with a BMI under 35 for a start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 minutes ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Fictitious. There's no one in Cumbernauld with a BMI under 35 for a start. It was the lack of shell suits that made me suspicious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 22 hours ago, MazzyStar said: ^^^^ Anton Mcginley aw whit, ha ha ha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) Edited July 9 by GNU_Linux 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 29 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: An all time classic exchange. Actually fits in Normal Island. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 If you think the town centre is bad, you should see some of the schemes, they make the Gaza Strip look like Las Vegas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, itzdrk said: aw whit, ha ha ha Kicking aboot wi chlamydia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDuffman Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 These were the post war plans for Glasgow. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/soviet-bloc-plan-glasgow-17033205 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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