Coatbridge memories
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Coatbridge
Born in the slap up and moved to Kirkshaws when I was 4. Remember playing football in the cinder park. Getting free bag of chips from my mum who worked in the Goric, then going to pictures and getting in the side door. Raiding Lees's for macaroons and picking berries beside Rosehall Cottages (and being sick as a result). Remember great togetherness - no money but everyone helped one another. Memories of my first love - lovely lady who shall remain anonymous.
Whifflet, Shawhead, And Coatbridge
My memories of the above are vivid in my memory, I remember Shawhead from about 1959 when we first moved there, when we moved in there was an old railway line that ran in front of the shops which then were the Co-op, Bennetts, and Leslies, the only one left now is Leslies. There used to be an old wooden bridge just opposite Leslies that took you over the railway line to "the other side" of Shawhead. I have some excellent memories of the Daisy Hill which was situated where Shawhead Primary School is now. Then there was the burn that ran through the glen, and of course the Table Top "Mountain" which was really just a big hill, we used to spend hours, days and weeks in the glen, playing all sorts of different games, building tree houses and dens hidden amongst the trees, playing around in the burn, I remember there was a deep part of the burn where you could actually swim, it was near the M8... Read more
The Town That I Love so Well
1953 onwards from that year I was born. Mum dad and wee brother. Laurelbank until I was two then to the Slap Up when said wee brother was born in '55. 1st school St Augustine's then St Bernard's Shawhead in 1958. A picture of me at the Fountain, original site, in the 'tiser handling a machine gun with soldiers, must have been some parade or something. The lochs, West End Park, sneaking into the Rovers for free, Baxters buses, Highland buses to Glenboig to visit my cousins, the Condrons, The Whifflet, St Mary's church where I was an Altar Boy, St Mary's HS then to St Pat's (Comprehensive education came in 1969). Old Teachers (eventually became one myself) especially Mr Brady at St Bernard's, Mrs Tulips, Mr Christie the HT, Pat McCarron the Jannie, school dinners coming in from the kitchens near the Whifflet, The Garden (later Lees) club on Saturday morning then when that closed to the ABC minors in the Regal, The Cinema, Odeon, BB's, Theatre Royal with mates to... Read more
Coatbridge
I was born in my grandad's back room, 39 Cecil Street, Coatbridge. My mum was Jeanie Young who married Johnny Mclean my dad. My grandad Billy Young was a character who was well known about Coatbridge, I remember a pub he used to drink in, I can't remember the name but it had a horse and cart on the top. I also remember playing in the Golfy. My big brother Billy stayed with my grandad when we moved to Edinburgh, but I have relations still there, I remember starting school, I think it was St David's but not too sure, I was only there a little time. I loved it when my mum took us to see Grandad, I have great memories growing up there!
Shawhead
I moved from 'the slap up' to the new scheme of Shawhead in 1955 and remember walking up Hermitage Crescent when there was no tar on the roads or pavements. I was with my father and he bought me an icecream cone from Berts van. My grandfather was the 'watchie' and his hut was on the circle in Hermitage Crescent. I also remember the wooden bridge over the railway at the shops which we had to cross to get to St Bernards PS.
Coatbridge Slap up
I was born in 1953 and heard stories about the slap up which I think was around the Dundyvan area. It may still have been there but I assume that these places were built for the Irish immigrants around 1900 and were so poorly constructed that they were demolished in the early sixties. Any info on this
Cecil Street 1951=1970
I was born at 39 Cecil Street and lived there with my mother Jeannie, my granda Billy, and my brother Billy who was 11 months older than me. My granda had a horse and cart, and was a hawker. I can remember the prefabs, and was jealous that we did not live in one as they had a fridge, which at that time was really modern. We attended St Mary's Primary School,and lived there until my mother got married when I was ten, but my brother and my granda still lived there until my granda died in the 1970s. Unfortunately my mother and my brother Billy are both dead now. We used to go to the Garden picturehouse when we were wee, but it became the Lees macaroon factory after that and the women used to throw out broken macaroon bars from the window for us to catch, they were great.
1956to1962
I used to go out with a girl called Ann Peat who had a sister called Ray. Their mother owned the Wifflet Garden Picture House. I used to work for McLeods, slater and plasters in Coatbridge. I will add more as I remember it. I remember Fergusons the bakers at the Wifflet who had the greatest bridies in the world! I also did the roofing and plaster repairs at Rosehill, I remember a Mrs Chivers who lived there...
Kirkshaws Primary 1972-1978 And Monkland Lane Flats
I was born and brought up in Old Monkland. I lived with my parents and sister Audrey and in 1977 my brother Andrew was born. We lived in the flats, 3 storeys up, in Monkland Lane. I attended Kirkshaws Primary School. I remember in particular 1975, as it was a very long and extremely hot summer. I loved to play tennis in the back courts with the neighbours' kids, the Mcguire family. I also was friendly with a girl in the block behind Janice Page. At school I was very quiet, nervous and shy. I used to go to first-aid classes in the school on a Tuesday night. I also went to the Girl Guides in Old Monkland parish church on Fridays. My maiden name was Dingwall. If you remember these times, I'd love to hear from you.
Coatbridge Palais
Great times in Coatbridge Town Hall every Wednesday, we could dance to the Golden Crusaders and on a Saturday night to the Drumbeats.
Oh happy days.
Memories of Lanarkshire
Glenmavis Primary School
My name was Dorothy Nilsen, I fondly remember Glenmavis Primary School, in late 1950-1960s, and then on to Airdrie High. I lived in a little cottage, 205 Glenmavis Road, just past the Burn and before the first bus stop to the village. I remember wee pals like Elizabeth, Aileen, Jennifer, Margaret and Ian, wee Archie and Willie Wilson. I eventually got a push-bike, and I'd get out to other villages and places just for exploring, adventure and picnics, growing up the village that somehow organised bus trips to Edinburgh and Hamilton and Motherwell, all to do with ice skating or similar.
We played in the surrounding fields and woods, had a post office/sweetie shop, Co-op, a newsagent that did frozen Jubilees, and a chip shop that always seemed to clean his fat out on a Monday.
I've got a couple of pictures, me and the whole class at Glenmavis School maybe 1961-63ish and a lovely one of a gorgeous collie dog Elizabeth and I used to walk for the... Read more
Early Days in Uddingston
I lived with my parents and grandparents in an upstairs flat 8 Clutha Place,101 1/2, (yes one hundred and one and a half!!) Old Mill Road, Uddingston until I was about two and a half. I remember watching the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on a black and white TV in the home of one of the downstairs neighbours who I think was called Mrs Brown. The year was 1953 and she was the only person we knew with a TV set at that time. We, along with several other neighbours, were invited to crowd into Mrs Brown's flat to watch the spectacle I remember having a little gold coloured replica of the Coronation Coach to mark the occasion. After living in Holytown and then Bothwell, our family returned to Uddingston around 1961 to a house in Holmbrae Avenue. My parents remained there until 2004. I now live in South Australia, but have been back to an ever changing Uddingston on many occasions, most recently in 2011. ... Read more
32 Maxwell Place Uddingston Bothwell
My Great Great Grandmother Mary Ann Bell (Nee Law), an American by birth, was living at 32 Maxwell Place, Uddingston, Bothwell in 1901 with her daughter Catherine Law Bell. Mary Ann was listed as a House Missionary in the census.
Childhood
I moved to Glenboig from Moodiesburn, ten days before my tenth birthday. I was lucky to make friends easily and made some fantastic mates. Miners and steel workers were the life and soul of the village. I spent many years there, with a happy, innocent life. Religion aside, everything was so simple. Chopper bikes and rope swings up "Inchnie" were a source of many a summer holiday. Happy days....
Glenboig in The 1970s
I was brought up in Glenboig. We moved to England in 1973, however I have great memories. I remember going to the old St Joseph' School that sank, so we had to go to St Barbara's in Muirhead. I made my holy communion in the old chapel next to the old school. We stayed in the old pre-fabs and then went to live in Easdale Path. I can remember the gas houses being built. My twin brother and I had many friends in Glenboig. I get a lump in my throat every time I come back.
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