We stayed next door to the Mellon's in 31 Rathlin Street for a short time, I was friendly with your brother Paul. I was born in 1946 at 16 Elderpark Street, I had 3 brothers; Harry, Robert and Ronnie, we all went to Greenfield Primary school, Harry and Robert also went to Govan High School and we also went to 168th Boys Brigade and lifeboys. Been looking at the old pictures of Govan and wondered if anyone remembers my father's Chemist/Optician shop at Govan Cross near Helen St, 830 Govan Road. You never forget these things, but what great days and what character building it was. During my first year studying sociology I came across Damer again in the form of a book that he had written about poverty and deprivation in the Wine Alley but put it to the back of my mind. JDK-8141210 : Very slow loading of JavaScript file with recent JDK [25], Govan was at one point the centre of the world-renowned Clydeside shipbuilding industry. In this way they dispelled the idea of the workers being "work-shy" and also wanted to illustrate the long-term viability of the yards. 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. Glasgow Crime: Wine Alley and drug dealer Eddie Burnside In June 2004 the Scottish Parliaments Public Petition Committee heard presentations from Govan Community Council about the failure of local regeneration policies in housing, poverty and unemployment. He wanted to discover how and why such places came into being and to see if remedies could be found. They were friendly and knowledgable, it was a great experience. Lots of memories too many to say here. I worked there for a time early 60s I left in 1962. Any way they started to ask us our schools and of course my mates answered Broomloan Rd, Bellahouston and Lorne St, but when it came my turn my truthful answer was Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary just up the road from here. Also used to go for a bath there even though we had a bath at home. There were two other sporting venues for local residents and workers located in the south of Govan (with no space available in the industrial northern area at the Clyde): White City Stadium and Albion Greyhound Stadium, both now entirely demolished.
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