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Celtic Park Improvements; What are the board planning
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Topic Started: 6 Dec 2016, 02:22 PM (323,122 Views)
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21 Sep 2017, 09:45 AM
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From the video I seen I'd say Stamford was wider. Although I'm not overly familiar with moss park boulevard when it was at its best with team tracks I've been told?
Growing up , I was always told that Mosspark Boulevard was the widest street in Glasgow. Certainly had trams going each way on it. Great Western Road at Knightswood might want to contest that claim.
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21 Sep 2017, 10:17 AM
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Growing up , I was always told that Mosspark Boulevard was the widest street in Glasgow. Certainly had trams going each way on it.
Great Western Road at Knightswood might want to contest that claim. That's not a street.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepexcuse reason why though
There'll be loads of excuses, but the underlying reason is "huns".
A bit off topic so apologies but I was actually wondering about this not long ago – why nothing in Glasgow at all about this. It was talked about 3/4 years ago but has died a death in terms of media focus or media exposure. Nothing from MSP’s nor councillors last few years at all. Bearing in mind that it was both sides of certain Christian faiths who perished. It’s pretty sad state of affairs as pointed out above that there is nothing to recognise the suffering of these people as well all know died tens of thousands. Not sure if any person is in the know who would have a proper knowledge of how it has died away... The memorial idea has been around since the 1990s. I know because i went to see a certain councillor Frank McAveety about getting a memorial put up in the centre of Glasgow. My personal choice was that it should be either in Clyde St or the Broomielaw. I wasn't asking for money for a memorial just somewhere to put it. Frank seemed enthusiastic about it but mentioned Carfin which slightly bemused me. He obviously had inside info which i never had at the time. Carfin went ahead and Frank was there of course in the comfy seats along with the clergy and the politicians. The punters stood at the back if you were deemed non political enough, there was some sort of protest i remember against something which now seems obscure and even then seemed pointless. Did i then or do i now want a memorial stone carving or Celtic Cross stuck hidden away in the equivalent of private premises, no way. And i'm highly uneasy that this part of history is being passed off as a one sided event, which it obviously wasn't.
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21 Sep 2017, 03:16 PM
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Probably best fits in here. There's plans for Glasgow's memorial to the Irish Famine to be placed at St Mary's Church in the Calton.
Apparently an agreement couldn't be reached with the council for a city centre location. And then it will be quietly forgotten about just like the one at Carfin. Out of sight, out of mind.
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21 Sep 2017, 03:20 PM
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but he also claimed to sleep with a hot-water-filled Domestos bottle, so I dunno.
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21 Sep 2017, 05:59 PM
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I can remember my auld man saying on more than one occasion as we walked behind the old Celtic End that the street down there ( Stanford St) was the worst street in Glasgow
I remember reading an article about Stamford st, which claimed that at least one adult male from every close in the street was in Barlinnie. In the good old days it was marginally ahead of Fruin st and Craigendmuir st as the worst in Glasgow. Langholm St in Yoker must have been up there?
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21 Sep 2017, 07:32 PM
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I first walked to Celtic Park via Stamford Street in the late 60s / early 70s. Although I lived within walking distance of it, to my young eyes it was an entirely different and scary world. Over the next 30 years I lost count of the number of times it was renovated and then returned to its previous condition within a matter of years, till the scheme was finally demolished. Still walk back that way occasionally and it's good that the latest improvements seem to have been more long-lasting this time.
Like thousands of other boys, our walk to the match was always interrupted by our fathers, stopping to show us the cobbles in the small street linking the Gallowgate to (I think) Camlachie Street. The one with the famous goalposts, the leg, the boot and the ball, supposedly created by Celtic-supporting navvies in the early C20.
Anyone got any pictures of it? A small but romantic part of our heritage which should've been preserved.
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21 Sep 2017, 08:02 PM
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A bit off topic so apologies but I was actually wondering about this not long ago – why nothing in Glasgow at all about this. It was talked about 3/4 years ago but has died a death in terms of media focus or media exposure. Nothing from MSP’s nor councillors last few years at all. Bearing in mind that it was both sides of certain Christian faiths who perished. It’s pretty sad state of affairs as pointed out above that there is nothing to recognise the suffering of these people as well all know died tens of thousands. Not sure if any person is in the know who would have a proper knowledge of how it has died away...
The memorial idea has been around since the 1990s. I know because i went to see a certain councillor Frank McAveety about getting a memorial put up in the centre of Glasgow. My personal choice was that it should be either in Clyde St or the Broomielaw. I wasn't asking for money for a memorial just somewhere to put it. Frank seemed enthusiastic about it but mentioned Carfin which slightly bemused me. He obviously had inside info which i never had at the time. Carfin went ahead and Frank was there of course in the comfy seats along with the clergy and the politicians. The punters stood at the back if you were deemed non political enough, there was some sort of protest i remember against something which now seems obscure and even then seemed pointless. Did i then or do i now want a memorial stone carving or Celtic Cross stuck hidden away in the equivalent of private premises, no way. And i'm highly uneasy that this part of history is being passed off as a one sided event, which it obviously wasn't.
Thank you.
Politics and money....pretty sad nothing of note in the city to comemorate.
Seems to have died now altogether.
Sad stuff
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21 Sep 2017, 08:08 PM
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The memorial idea has been around since the 1990s. I know because i went to see a certain councillor Frank McAveety about getting a memorial put up in the centre of Glasgow. My personal choice was that it should be either in Clyde St or the Broomielaw. I wasn't asking for money for a memorial just somewhere to put it. Frank seemed enthusiastic about it but mentioned Carfin which slightly bemused me. He obviously had inside info which i never had at the time. Carfin went ahead and Frank was there of course in the comfy seats along with the clergy and the politicians. The punters stood at the back if you were deemed non political enough, there was some sort of protest i remember against something which now seems obscure and even then seemed pointless. Did i then or do i now want a memorial stone carving or Celtic Cross stuck hidden away in the equivalent of private premises, no way. And i'm highly uneasy that this part of history is being passed off as a one sided event, which it obviously wasn't. Thank you. Politics and money....pretty sad nothing of note in the city to comemorate. Seems to have died now altogether. Sad stuff Not quiet, a number of same minded people ditched waiting on the city council's airy fairy idea and are about to put a memorial up in St Mary's in the Calton in the near future.
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21 Sep 2017, 08:36 PM
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I first walked to Celtic Park via Stamford Street in the late 60s / early 70s. Although I lived within walking distance of it, to my young eyes it was an entirely different and scary world. Over the next 30 years I lost count of the number of times it was renovated and then returned to its previous condition within a matter of years, till the scheme was finally demolished. Still walk back that way occasionally and it's good that the latest improvements seem to have been more long-lasting this time.
Like thousands of other boys, our walk to the match was always interrupted by our fathers, stopping to show us the cobbles in the small street linking the Gallowgate to (I think) Camlachie Street. The one with the famous goalposts, the leg, the boot and the ball, supposedly created by Celtic-supporting navvies in the early C20.
Anyone got any pictures of it? A small but romantic part of our heritage which should've been preserved.

I thought it was stilll there, it was in the middle of a patch of grass
edit, says here they were moved
http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/ml-camlachiecobbles.htm
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21 Sep 2017, 08:41 PM
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Probably best fits in here. There's plans for Glasgow's memorial to the Irish Famine to be placed at St Mary's Church in the Calton.
Apparently an agreement couldn't be reached with the council for a city centre location.
And then it will be quietly forgotten about just like the one at Carfin. Out of sight, out of mind. Related but off topic. My granda was the foreman when they built Carfin Grotto, and was pictured with the king who opened it. He was holding a shiny spade in the picture. Should have smacked the king right in the coupon with it and really made history.
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21 Sep 2017, 08:44 PM
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I first walked to Celtic Park via Stamford Street in the late 60s / early 70s. Although I lived within walking distance of it, to my young eyes it was an entirely different and scary world. Over the next 30 years I lost count of the number of times it was renovated and then returned to its previous condition within a matter of years, till the scheme was finally demolished. Still walk back that way occasionally and it's good that the latest improvements seem to have been more long-lasting this time.
Like thousands of other boys, our walk to the match was always interrupted by our fathers, stopping to show us the cobbles in the small street linking the Gallowgate to (I think) Camlachie Street. The one with the famous goalposts, the leg, the boot and the ball, supposedly created by Celtic-supporting navvies in the early C20.
Anyone got any pictures of it? A small but romantic part of our heritage which should've been preserved.
 I thought it was stilll there, it was in the middle of a patch of grass edit, says here they were moved http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/ml-camlachiecobbles.htm See a Hun has turned up in that link to 'debunk' stories about Celtic
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21 Sep 2017, 09:33 PM
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I first walked to Celtic Park via Stamford Street in the late 60s / early 70s. Although I lived within walking distance of it, to my young eyes it was an entirely different and scary world. Over the next 30 years I lost count of the number of times it was renovated and then returned to its previous condition within a matter of years, till the scheme was finally demolished. Still walk back that way occasionally and it's good that the latest improvements seem to have been more long-lasting this time.
Like thousands of other boys, our walk to the match was always interrupted by our fathers, stopping to show us the cobbles in the small street linking the Gallowgate to (I think) Camlachie Street. The one with the famous goalposts, the leg, the boot and the ball, supposedly created by Celtic-supporting navvies in the early C20.
Anyone got any pictures of it? A small but romantic part of our heritage which should've been preserved.
 I thought it was stilll there, it was in the middle of a patch of grass edit, says here they were moved http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/ml-camlachiecobbles.htm Thanks for photo and link.
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Probably best fits in here. There's plans for Glasgow's memorial to the Irish Famine to be placed at St Mary's Church in the Calton.
Apparently an agreement couldn't be reached with the council for a city centre location.
And then it will be quietly forgotten about just like the one at Carfin. Out of sight, out of mind.
Related but off topic. My granda was the foreman when they built Carfin Grotto, and was pictured with the king who opened it. He was holding a shiny spade in the picture. Should have smacked the king right in the coupon with it and really made history. Granda kills King. Granda is executed by the State. No echohead posting here in 2017. Correct?
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Related but off topic. My granda was the foreman when they built Carfin Grotto, and was pictured with the king who opened it. He was holding a shiny spade in the picture. Should have smacked the king right in the coupon with it and really made history.
Granda kills King. Granda is executed by the State. No echohead posting here in 2017. Correct? Might already have had echohead's parent by the time he ...er knighted the king with the shiny shovel
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Thank you. Politics and money....pretty sad nothing of note in the city to comemorate. Seems to have died now altogether. Sad stuff
Not quiet, a number of same minded people ditched waiting on the city council's airy fairy idea and are about to put a memorial up in St Mary's in the Calton in the near future. Really?
I would love to hear from more about it. If you could post on this thread or PM i would be grateful. Means a bit to me personally.
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Not quiet, a number of same minded people ditched waiting on the city council's airy fairy idea and are about to put a memorial up in St Mary's in the Calton in the near future.
Really? I would love to hear from more about it. If you could post on this thread or PM i would be grateful. Means a bit to me personally. Ta Probably easier to contact to An Gorta Mor Glasgow on FB or Twitter. No big secret since it was in the latest issue of Irish Voice.
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22 Sep 2017, 02:00 PM
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Really? I would love to hear from more about it. If you could post on this thread or PM i would be grateful. Means a bit to me personally. Ta
Probably easier to contact to An Gorta Mor Glasgow on FB or Twitter. No big secret since it was in the latest issue of Irish Voice. I'm not on either...devils playground is that Social Media
Ill try Irish Voice. Thanks again
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Probably easier to contact to An Gorta Mor Glasgow on FB or Twitter. No big secret since it was in the latest issue of Irish Voice.
I'm not on either...devils playground is that Social Media Ill try Irish Voice. Thanks again An Gorta Mor Glasgow have stated they now have site to place the memorial which is probably the hardest part of the story. Guessing the end stage (unveiling) will be some time next year.
As for the project involving the city council, that should be ready in time for public viewing around about the 150th anniversary in 2047.
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As for the project involving the city council, that should be ready in time for public viewing around about the 150th anniversary in 2047.
Looking forward to that. Do you know what date so that I can put it in my diary?
I hope it isn't the same day as my 88th birthday party.
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