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Great picture MarieC and welcome..
Wonder if anyone can tell me? Would St Joseph's be the most likely school my Mum would have gone to? She lived in Cedar St and went onto St Columba's secondary.
Thanks
Teenybash
Thanks
Teenybash
Hi, my name is Alan Lee and I'm from Woodside Community Council.
I would like to hear from anyone who has information in relation to Lyon Street.
My email address is ackl2005@hotmail.co.uk.
Kind Regards,
Alan Lee
Woodside Community Council
I would like to hear from anyone who has information in relation to Lyon Street.
My email address is ackl2005@hotmail.co.uk.
Kind Regards,
Alan Lee
Woodside Community Council
Teenybash, I was reading through this Thread and just saw your Post.
Your mum could have gone to St. Joseph's or even St. Columba's as they also had a Primary School.
Your mum could have gone to St. Joseph's or even St. Columba's as they also had a Primary School.
QUOTE (buntyq @ 15th Dec 2005, 06:08pm) 
I believe that Sir Thomas Lipton came from the Garscube Road area. All you historians, am I right?
This from wikipaedia :-
" Although Thomas Lipton would later state that he was born at his family's home in Crown Street in the Gorbals in 1850, there is no record of this in the parish register for that period. However, in the 1851 census, the family were recorded as living in the north of Glasgow, with young Thomas being listed as being aged 3 years old. It would appear that he was therefore born in 1848.
Thomas Lipton was educated at St. Andrew's Parish School close to Glasgow Green between 1853 and 1863. By the early 1860s, his parents were the proprietors of a shop at 11 Crown Street in the Gorbals, where they sold ham, butter, and eggs. It was with the aim of supplementing his parents limited income that Thomas Lipton left school at the age of thirteen and found employment as a printers errand boy, and then as a shirtcutter. He also enrolled at a night school, the Gorbals Youth's School, during this period."
my family came from lyon street ..my mothers cousin daniel o hara was on the plaque ..was it not that a lot of them died on the sinking of hms hood
QUOTE (big tommy @ 14th Dec 2005, 04:27pm)
Dear HUDGY
The incident I was referring to was even reported in all the local papers .
Some guy who was the worst for drink or whatever, had given his missus a hammering .So somebody sent for Father Lyne .
By the time the priest got there ,the guy had climbed the building via the drain pipe. Father Lyne quite bravely climbed the pipe to try to talk the guy down ,But as he was climbing up the man who was now mad with anger and drink was tearing off roof tiles and throwing them at the good Father .
One of them hit him on the foot and almost sliced his foot off . Trust Father Mickey though ,He did manage to talk the guy down and became the hero of Lyon Street .His foot was bandaged for weeks .I cant remember the year ,but is was highlighted in all the Glasgow newspapers .
I was ever so fond of Father .Lyne . He even blessed my new born son in the middle of Crossburn Street as i was taking him to see his granny for the first time .
As for the people in Lyon Street ,I had a lot of respect for them. As you say the bad reputation preceded them /Some of my best pals came from the Street .Plus a girlfriend or two
I know it was not all bad .
Tommy
The incident I was referring to was even reported in all the local papers .
Some guy who was the worst for drink or whatever, had given his missus a hammering .So somebody sent for Father Lyne .
By the time the priest got there ,the guy had climbed the building via the drain pipe. Father Lyne quite bravely climbed the pipe to try to talk the guy down ,But as he was climbing up the man who was now mad with anger and drink was tearing off roof tiles and throwing them at the good Father .
One of them hit him on the foot and almost sliced his foot off . Trust Father Mickey though ,He did manage to talk the guy down and became the hero of Lyon Street .His foot was bandaged for weeks .I cant remember the year ,but is was highlighted in all the Glasgow newspapers .
I was ever so fond of Father .Lyne . He even blessed my new born son in the middle of Crossburn Street as i was taking him to see his granny for the first time .
As for the people in Lyon Street ,I had a lot of respect for them. As you say the bad reputation preceded them /Some of my best pals came from the Street .Plus a girlfriend or two
I know it was not all bad .
Tommy
QUOTE (MarieC @ 29th Apr 2009, 08:29pm)
Hello all,
I have been following this discussion with interest, as my parents came from the Woodside area and were married in St Joseph's Church.
My father lived in Raglan Street and went to St Joseph's school. I have attached a photograph showing his class (Junior 2). I don't know the year, but he was born at the end of 1927 and he might be about 8 in the picture. Hopefully it has uploaded OK.
My Uncles also went to St Joseph's. One of them remembers Miss Peden and also a teacher Miss McCallion.
Click to view attachment
I have been following this discussion with interest, as my parents came from the Woodside area and were married in St Joseph's Church.
My father lived in Raglan Street and went to St Joseph's school. I have attached a photograph showing his class (Junior 2). I don't know the year, but he was born at the end of 1927 and he might be about 8 in the picture. Hopefully it has uploaded OK.
My Uncles also went to St Joseph's. One of them remembers Miss Peden and also a teacher Miss McCallion.
Click to view attachment
my father was borb 1928 and went to st joseph s he could be in this picture james howe stayed in lyon street
the good and the bad : my father hailed from lyon street and he attended st josephs his name james howe born 1928; also my mothers family hailed from there also O;haras i know they had a bad reputations ...do any of you remember them
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