PETER/BILL Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 MY MEMORIES OF PERTH 1960s NICK SOAVE OASIS CAFE PERTH AMUSEMENTS KINNOUL ST LATER KING STREET ALSO THE COOKING DEPOT ALSO MR LUNAN CENTRAL DISTRICT SCHOOL ALSO RUTHVENFIELD SCHOOL ANY ONE REMEMBER THESE :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Pomarium of Flats Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 The caps lock hadnt been invented yet also most forms of punctuation were but a fanciful notion in the mind of a mad grammarian on the cruel russian steppes everybody died of polio two or three times a day peter was the short form of bill rather confusingly with harry being the short form of peter and rodrigo being the short form of william which meant north and south william street were called north and south rodrigo street anyone remember doctor elementus at the brahan terrace doom fortress he was nine foot tall and regularly menaced us with his planet destroying galacto ray as i remember only archie gemmell saved us from certain disaster alzheimers was a kind of dog saint in the city 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The caps lock hadnt been invented yet also most forms of punctuation were but a fanciful notion in the mind of a mad grammarian on the cruel russian steppes everybody died of polio two or three times a day peter was the short form of bill rather confusingly with harry being the short form of peter and rodrigo being the short form of william which meant north and south william street were called north and south rodrigo street anyone remember doctor elementus at the brahan terrace doom fortress he was nine foot tall and regularly menaced us with his planet destroying galacto ray as i remember only archie gemmell saved us from certain disaster alzheimers was a kind of dog you been sniffing aunties pantees again. PETER/BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 ALSO THE COOKING DEPOT Please expand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgour Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The Cooking Depot was a cafe that dished out huge portions of basic Scottish food and I also remember it having a Kia-Ora dispenser with floating plastic oranges. PETER/BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The Cooking Depot was a cafe that dished out huge portions of basic Scottish food and I also remember it having a Kia-Ora dispenser with floating plastic oranges. where was it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jings Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 where was it ? Opposite t*** Bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Remember a cook shop and before that Drummonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The wee kiosk on the shows side at the South Inch Car park PETER/BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Remember a cook shop and before that Drummonds. Between where Kerachers is and Drummonds, didnea have a maitre'd or valet parking but great food Captain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The wee kiosk on the shows side at the South Inch Car park Good shout!!....... next to the toilets and near the transport cafe where the car park is............ PETER/BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The band stand on the north inch........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Good shout!!....... next to the toilets and near the transport cafe where the car park is............ slf always wanted me to go to the South Inch Car Park toilets but I never felt comfortable with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 slf always wanted me to go to the South Inch Car Park toilets but I never felt comfortable with that. vasaline probably would have helped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 vasaline probably would have helped nothing like a man with experience, tell us more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 nothing like a man with experience, tell us more. I am sure an old salty sea dog like you knows the script about that . no need for me to guess and get it wrong!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 odeon, GB club.............. PETER/BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 slf always wanted me to go to the South Inch Car Park toilets but I never felt comfortable with that. One time when I wis a laddie I wis at the shows and I really had to use the said facilities but I had spent aw my money, so had to do the stiff legged walk across the Inch and up Scott St to our house at #11 almost made it:roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 John, it's about the 1960's, surely you wirnae a young laddie that late in the century. Well surely old enough not to sh!t yer pants after being to the shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Tattie Gannon on the boats at the South Inch, come in nos 6 your times up!!! PETER/BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby kemp Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Tattie Gannon on the boats at the South Inch, come in nos 6 your times up!!! Are you in trouble #9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 John, it's about the 1960's, surely you wirnae a young laddie that late in the century. Well surely old enough not to sh!t yer pants after being to the shows Sorry had a flashback wrong decade oops!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Sorry had a flashback wrong decade oops!! sounds like a backflash right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Working on St Columbas School job wie Andy Meiklem, Bobby Graham, then Jacking to go to Wimpeys up Burghmuir, but gettin a whisper aboot a job at the Royal George Hotel ending up going there wie Andy. Beside Andy and I there wis Willie Young the plumber Bobby Kelman the plasterer that come to mind. We ended up working ghosters and 7 days a week which gave us a total of 120 hours to go hame wie 35 pounds a week hence the decision to come to Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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