tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post8923433175103785549..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Shawlands. Queen's Park. Langside College. South Side Memories. Part One.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-47945215020154811932023-10-09T14:41:51.826+01:002023-10-09T14:41:51.826+01:00Greeat read thanksGreeat read thanksTrigby Writeshttps://trigbywrites.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-23490747175920629162019-03-05T00:16:31.002+00:002019-03-05T00:16:31.002+00:00Hi Carol,
any germs in there would be swimming un...Hi Carol,<br /> any germs in there would be swimming underwater :o)<br />Different times I suppose. Today its all about looking good, body sculpting, tattoos and piercings just like I used to have shoulder length hair, flared trousers and 1970s suits and shirts on then.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-73100583632530644272019-03-03T17:23:57.970+00:002019-03-03T17:23:57.970+00:00VERY rare I ever use a public toilet - even a free...VERY rare I ever use a public toilet - even a free one. Cold, uncomfortable and you do wonder about the germs!<br /><br />There was that much frost on your first photo I thought you'd gone out in the snow! I hate it that cold personally...<br /><br />When I was forced into using a gym with my broken big toe as I wasn't supposed to be walking around (although walking around is what cured it in the end as it improved my circulation), I was amazed at all the folk who, on a beautiful day in summer, could go on a treadmill and look out of the window into a perfectly good park! Weird folk, that's for sure! Oh - and PAY for the privilege - in Yorkshire! Even weirder!Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-63438100959309350782019-03-03T14:52:47.258+00:002019-03-03T14:52:47.258+00:00That's the fantasist in me Andy. I've alwa...That's the fantasist in me Andy. I've always been able to see beauty, mystery and wonder in the most ordinary of circumstances. I have a strong negativity streak in me as well but it's dampened somewhat by that other positive, fantasy side. My inner kaleidoscope turning, not always reflecting true reality. Last trip was photographing<br />carvings on old Glasgow buildings at height and I doubt I'd be happier exploring and photographing Angkor Wat or the Taj Mahal in reality. And it was free to get there :o) blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-86702631438482550152019-03-03T13:43:32.362+00:002019-03-03T13:43:32.362+00:00Amazing how much there is of interest just looking...Amazing how much there is of interest just looking out from a fairly ordinary suburban shopping precinct onto an ordinary looking suburban street.Andyhttp://surfnslide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-44928607326622702572019-03-03T11:32:44.929+00:002019-03-03T11:32:44.929+00:00Hi Russell,
There's an outdoor gym at my loca...Hi Russell,<br /> There's an outdoor gym at my local park as well, plus a trim trail. It's just that on recent walks every second shop seems to be either a vaping outlet or a new indoor gym- huge growth of both.Probably an age thing but it just seems an indoor exercise trend occurring now although the same thing happened in the 1970s with Bruce Lee films and martial arts gyms opening albeit on a lesser scale. I learned Karate through most of the 1970s.... in a gym indoors :o) I guess I'm not a skillful enough writer to observe things I see without it appearing that I am criticizing them.( except the toilet :) I will try harder. Point taken.<br /> I love Glasgow's Parks, a great city asset and tourist draw, but they built them when 1900s Glasgow was heavily polluted and a million plus residents, as you say. With ongoing council cutbacks and half the population plus little pollution within cities I can see a time when they might say they have too many parks to maintain. <br /><br />I was going to put in some differences between then and now- much safer and healthier now than in the 1960s/1970s and 1980s when gangs, knife crime and a heavy drinking culture made violence in the Glasgow council estates as bad as London appears now with stabbings a daily occurrence. Also teenage troublesome individuals with problems could easily find themselves locked up in care homes or in the case of wayward girls mental asylums or Magdalene type institutions for many years. in the 1970s and 1980s I worked in most of the Glasgow Council estates and living and housing conditions in them, throughout the UK in fact, were appalling. No comparison to today where all the housing estates have halved in size and look much better in appearance. Many of Glasgow's criminal top dogs came from the most deprived estates then and caused problems for decades,across generations, long after the estates improved so maybe it pays in the long run to try and avoid deprivation and hardship in society if you can avoid it. Left that out cos I thought the post was long enough. blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-83566952352332782592019-03-03T10:48:45.207+00:002019-03-03T10:48:45.207+00:00Cheers Anabel,
This is just one part of a recent s...Cheers Anabel,<br />This is just one part of a recent southside tour of places I used to know well so more districts coming soon.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-91305101834164836092019-03-03T08:23:16.131+00:002019-03-03T08:23:16.131+00:002 points.
Growth in free outdoor gyms recently. F...2 points. <br />Growth in free outdoor gyms recently. Fine one in my local King's Park in Stirling. Fine all weather path has been built round the park, including the golf course. Huge numbers of people using it for walking / running / cycling. I'm sure it has encouraged many people to walk who never did before.<br />My pal's dad says that in 1950s the only time you could see Campsies etc from King's Park bandstand was at Glasgow Fair fortnight when factories were closed and there was no pollution.<br />I realise that in a lot of ways things aren't great just now and that some people are really suffering [foodbanks, etc] but it's not all bad and in a lot of ways things are improving.russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-6065851120932509312019-03-02T23:47:31.661+00:002019-03-02T23:47:31.661+00:00Interesting tour - I get totally confused when I g...Interesting tour - I get totally confused when I go to the south side. I know some of the areas but not how they join up. I was at a funeral in King’s Park yesterday, and a friend did chauffeur duty picking various people up so I saw a good deal from the car and noted various places i’d like to explore.Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.com