deecie Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Side point; It is interesting how Glasgow has a huge stock of grand high ceiling mansion style flats in numerous areas of the city while Aberdeen in comparison is struggling to exhibit any. Pokey wee shithole flats in comparison costing much more. That's neither interesting nor true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolf_1980 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Glasgow properties are also generally far more attractive than their dull grey granite Aberdonian counterparts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Clean granite in the sun looks fantastic, dirty granite in the rain less so. Much like the red brick Glasgow is built from, gorgeous in the sun, suicidal in the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Just as well it doesn't rain much in Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Glasgow properties are also generally far more attractive than their dull grey granite Aberdonian counterparts. You could just say people not properties wolf. Glaswegians are world famous for their ebullient characters and cheery manner. sNOberdonians in comparison are world famous for their sour suck on a lemon demeanour and miserableness with money. This is reflected in the architecture of course. Plus remember until the turn of the 20th Century your average aberdonian was only 4 foot 3. It was when they got access to proper nutrition that they sprouted up a bit but this explains why for most of the doorways in Aberdeen you have to duck down when you go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedee Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Glaswegians are world famous for their ebullient characters and cheery manner. That`s called `Drunk` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Aberdonians confirmed as UK's biggest fists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34527524 "By contrast, the people with the very best credit scores in Britain live in AB13, the Milltimber district of Aberdeen. And that, if you believe the stereotypical joke about Aberdonian generosity, may not be a universal surprise." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Aberdonians confirmed as UK's biggest fists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34527524 "By contrast, the people with the very best credit scores in Britain live in AB13, the Milltimber district of Aberdeen. And that, if you believe the stereotypical joke about Aberdonian generosity, may not be a universal surprise." My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 My dad taught at Holyrood until this year and said there were loads of Romanians and they were for the most part wee bastards and couldn't speak a word of english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy North Croy Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Looks nice on Google Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Turns out we are virtually next door neighbours then! I'm right across the road from The Georgic. I'm above Hills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy North Croy Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I do hope nobody in that area had a nice car cos she'd have keyed it. Hang on, didn't somebody earlier in the thread say their neighbours car had been damaged? Well there's a prime suspect there. Frank McAveety in that video...............isn't he part of the problem?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow jock Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Mox I grew up in Rutherglen,I stayed on Buttergiggins Road when I was 18/19 and then lived not far from Victoria Rd between 94-2010,i have mates that stay in Strathbungo,i played football in the area,went to the cueball back in the day ,Eglinton Toll cinema etc etc etc so I know what the area looked like then and what it looks like now. I wish I shared your optimism mate but sadly I think it's went too far the other way ps I'll be over a week on Sunday for the Turner Prize at the Tramway (yes I'm that wanky) Mind Eglinton Toll cinema - used to go to the Saturday morning matinee's, My Mum used to have a wee dairy on Butterbiggins road, brought back memories with that post TJ !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13884800.Top_cop__online_trolls_must_stop_scapegoating_Roma_over_crime_in_Govanhill/?ref=twtrec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 2 years on and the child neglect and sexual abuse continues on an unacceptable scheme. It's utterly dreadful. It's our Rochdale scandal. These reports all mirror what ordinary people have experienced and repeat. Drive down Allison and Calder Street's and you see the kids on the street. Meanwhile the "community champions" get £500k for some saunas and art installations at Govanhill Baths. http://thetimes.co.uk/article/cb9df97c-cb1b-11e7-b529-95e3fc05f40f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee- Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 6 hours ago, Alan said: 2 years on and the child neglect and sexual abuse continues on an unacceptable scheme. It's utterly dreadful. It's our Rochdale scandal. These reports all mirror what ordinary people have experienced and repeat. Drive down Allison and Calder Street's and you see the kids on the street. Meanwhile the "community champions" get £500k for some saunas and art installations at Govanhill Baths. http://thetimes.co.uk/article/cb9df97c-cb1b-11e7-b529-95e3fc05f40f I Have never understood why money is pumped into schemes like you have mentioned when there  are more pressing needs. Especially the millions spent keeping a dead language on life support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 On 18/10/2015 at 2:57 PM, thplinth said: Aberdonians confirmed as UK's biggest fists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34527524 "By contrast, the people with the very best credit scores in Britain live in AB13, the Milltimber district of Aberdeen. Â And that, if you believe the stereotypical joke about Aberdonian generosity, may not be a universal surprise." You do know where milltimber is, aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapofGlencoe Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) The kids are definitely sent out to collect money from strangers (or its part of their culture for kids to just do this). Either way its a bit sad if you ask me. Â I think the sex thing is a smear though. Â Hope i'm not wrong and it's fully investigated. I cannot agree using children to gather money in any circumstance is good behaviour and I don't care what anybody says. Â I know what I am and what I am not. Â It should be called out. I would say, the backs in Govanhill are far better than they were so something is being done in that regard...but you can't always blame the council for poor standards. Â Edited November 24, 2017 by PapofGlencoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 17/11/2017 at 8:49 AM, Alan said: 2 years on and the child neglect and sexual abuse continues on an unacceptable scheme. It's utterly dreadful. It's our Rochdale scandal. These reports all mirror what ordinary people have experienced and repeat. Drive down Allison and Calder Street's and you see the kids on the street. Meanwhile the "community champions" get £500k for some saunas and art installations at Govanhill Baths. http://thetimes.co.uk/article/cb9df97c-cb1b-11e7-b529-95e3fc05f40f Some amount of hyperbolic guff in that, although not surprising given it is The Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 17/11/2017 at 8:49 AM, Alan said: 2 years on and the child neglect and sexual abuse continues on an unacceptable scheme. It's utterly dreadful. It's our Rochdale scandal. These reports all mirror what ordinary people have experienced and repeat. Drive down Allison and Calder Street's and you see the kids on the street. Meanwhile the "community champions" get £500k for some saunas and art installations at Govanhill Baths. http://thetimes.co.uk/article/cb9df97c-cb1b-11e7-b529-95e3fc05f40f I find it amazing that all these people including yourself know this has been going on but nobody seems to have gone to the Police but rather accepted it and moaned about it in pubs to reporters And as for the reporters/journalists - what the fvck have they been doing the last 3 years ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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