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John MacKenzie from Lairg. Posted 17 Jan 2005.
We lived in Arden Crescent in Thornliebank in Coronation Year (1953) and there was a bonfire, and glass Coronation mugs full of sweeties for the kids. The number 14 tram which ran from Glasgow University to Barrhead sometimes used to terminate at Thornliebank, and I used to love pushing the seats to face the other way as I got off. Then I'd stand and watch the 'clippie' or the driver pull the pantograph so that it too was turned to face the other way on the wires, then they would roll the destination blind round to show the next run.
I seem to remember that the stretch from Thornliebank to Barrhead was the longest stretch of private tram track in Europe. It was about then that SSHA started the Arden Scheme, which was an early example of the 'Shuttered and poured' building method. | | |
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