Brilliant photo's Stevie, really takes you back to more care free times. I remember a crowd of Renfrew mods heading to a Dunbar Rally, i'm sure it was before '84, i was only about 14. The Rally was a disaster,mods fighting with each other and loads of stealing from each others scooters and i'm sure it poured all day. Then we got chased all the way over the Erskine bridge and into Erskine by some gang, not a good day.
Like the new photos Stevie, going to send you some "new" photos, check out "The Man In The Corner Shop", love the Brighton photos, we are the Mods!! Whatever happened to Gary from Royston? Now there's a blast from the past!!!
i'm sure you must also know Gordon 'Waggy' Wagstaff from Craigend, Charlie - last time i heard from him he was running a retro clothes shop in Glasgow - but that was probably 20 years ago - time sure flies!.
Stevie I'm having a few internet problems but I should have a few posted shortly, the problem is, I keep remembering things and have to write them down to add them too the story.
I'm so lucky that I never had one of those flat tops, at least I know I won't cringe at the prospect of one turning up !!! Even saw another photo of Jimmy as a Mod, I think that takes it up to TWO
I think just about everything that came out of the Sarry Heid in those days was slops Stevie. But despite that it was a great laugh going in, with all the wino's fighting with each other.
We used to go in there all the time before going to a gig in the Barrowlands and it was always great crack. All the wino's were ex-boxers according to themselves.
Ah the famous "Sarry Heid Shammy" bought by the gallon, should be a famous land mark, the Jakeys "Bollinger!" I vaguely recall sharing 2 gallons of it along with Sheeny, Big Jason and a host of blurs, to "wet the babies heid!" when my son Douglas came home from Hospital, I was in Queenslie, woke up snoozing in The Band Stand, face down in a kebab and a slice of cheese and tomato pizza with Branston Pickle, in my Parka pocket! The thing that amazed me, my wages were still in my pockets!! Honest Jakeys then, and that is Gospel, no ponces or Fagin's I see around there now, "the times they are a changin'!" as Mr D. sang!
Yes, in the vernacular it was 'doh- doh' as in dead as a dodo.
Ah, the Sarie Heid - glasgow's finest winery. i remember the famous 'shammy' which i think was a fine cocktail of cider slops, then there was 'white tornado' - again, more slops.
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