Hi Everybody, People have left the Gorbals and settled all over the world, for a bit of fun ,who is the farthest away from the Gorbals ?

Hi Accobra, I knew a John Pettigrew, was he a tall thin guy ? Its quite a long time ago ,did he have a girlfriend who's surname was Kelly (She had a brother called Gordon) I cant remember her name. I had a good few drinks with John and Gordon, this is 25-35 years ago. If my memory serves me he moved ...

I don't remember any teachers from infants school,(St Johns,Portugal St) The only one I remember from St Johns primary, Wallace St, was Miss Devine, I do remember the lollipop man at Primary School, his name was Jackie, all the weans liked him. He would give you a sweetie now and then, his kindness ...

As far as I remember the stovies my mother used to make was, potatoes carrots onion maybe another vegetable, and stewing beef and sausages, it was in a thick gravy, not sure how the gravy was made, its 30-40 years ago so im not completely sure. each housewife would probably have their variation ...

My Ma used to make 'Stovies' on a Saturday afternoon for my Da to eat when he came back from the pub, I used to enjoy it as well with a couple slices of bread.

My family would keep the Christmas decorations in a box ,the box would be kept on a shelf in the coal bunker and be taken out at Christmas.We had these concertina type decorations, you pulled out and they would have some Christmassy scene on them, we would criss cross them on the ceiling too, using ...

Sousider wrote:Ah must have missed something !

I must have missed something as well,, 'sticks and stones' is my motto

Hello, I went to St Johns Infant School across from St Johns, behind that door and low wall was the chapel garden, if it was anything else before the 1960's I don't know. If you look on page 30 of The Gorbals illustrated, the bottom photo, you can see the same gable end and extension of the wall in ...

Anns Fry was not actually part of the Cumberland Arcade, it was the other side of the Lizzie flats on a block of shops on their own, a chemist on one corner the Elizabethan Pub on another, the really good Chinese take away and Anns Fry, there was 2-3 other shops as well, diagonally across from Anns ...

Happy Halloween, I have good memories of Halloween as a kid, there was always a party to go to ,the games at the party 'dookin' for apples etc.
You always came away with loads of sweeties,
And don't forget Halloween is Scottish ,its is our tradition, our culture, Scotland is where it originates and ...