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Knocking Down the Ballochgoy

Knocking Down Hendryfield | Knocking Down Mansefield Place

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Duncan McFadden		21-Oct-2019 09:16
I was raised up the Goy as a wean and had a great time up there. People slating our scheme obviously had no idea how great it was to have so many pals up there and things to do. Yes it could be a bit rough at times and yes it had its fair share of issues that blight most if not all communities at that time. At one point I had both sets of Grandparents lived up there and numerous Aunties and Uncles. We had family on every Terrace so you never ran out of places to get a drink or a biscuit when out on manoeuvres playing Sodjies’. We lived on Blain Terrace (24) under Adam and Nancy Burk ,next door or through the wall from Brenda Burns who lived under Mr and Mrs Mann. My abiding memories were the windaes rattling in the wind and the carpets levitating from the drafts. Sue the odd Sunday my Da would fish the ten bobs out the meter with a bread knife but guess whit? We survived. It is sad seeing your memories getting wiped out of course but it did needed doing though the replacement houses are awful to look at. Kerb appeal? I can remember when the council offered to repaint the blocks different colours and the only block to agree was Big Jimmy Ding Dongs blocks and the resulting look (Orange btw ) was the Goy looked like a nice set of white teeth with a filling in when you sailed in on the ferry! I don’t think the Thompson liked the choice of colour too much either ;-) Orange...

George Faller-Kerr		09-Aug-2015 21:12
I lived at 4 Blain Terrace for a good few years until 1981, never found anywhere since that had such a friendly atmosphere where everyone knew everyone on their street.

Guest		03-Jun-2014 10:39
I lived above Lena for yrs just wen she started out n went on opportunity knocks ...the house has gone

shannon "sullivan" masse		23-May-2014 14:22
i lived at ivy bank ville at the bottom of the goy !!! westlands rd

john mcneil		10-May-2014 12:24
stayed at 19 westlands then left for the army returned with wife and kids and moved into 8 blain terr best days of my life

Bob		13-Apr-2014 19:14
What a horrible tip the "Goy" is, slums of Rothesay

des		09-Mar-2013 13:09
can someone find a picture of lenas house and post it on your site,would be nice memento.des from walsall,west midlands.by the way zac good work you are doing to preserve memories of by gone rothesay.

Guest		04-Aug-2012 15:48
lena zavaroni stayed at 28 ballochgoy road is it still there,or has it been knocked down and remodernised

desmond oakley		08-Nov-2011 11:03
lena zavaroni lived on the goy why was the house not kept as a memorial.des from walsall west midland.nice some one kept a bit of nostalgia.good one zak

Guest		08-Mar-2009 22:19
14 st brides rd,still stands proud at the top of westlands ,my old house,podgey

dorisbaxter@btinternet.com		21-Nov-2008 17:47
i was born on st brides road , in 1950 then we moved to number 35 which was at the opposite end directly across from "the hut" we where the beatties " wee jeannie was my mum, my name is D oris Mills we lived up there for years with our granny MAGGIE BEATTIE Robert Beattie is my mum,s brother.it was a great wee community everyone helped each other out no one ever went short of anything . It,s so sad to see it being changed I have such happy memories of " the goy"

Guest		29-Jun-2008 23:05
I lived up the goy for 19yrs still friends with those I grew up with. My da, aunts and their friends as well all said "the goy was great". It was a close knit comminity where you knew everyone in evry house and everyone helped each other. It's not house that make a community it's the people.

Guest		29-Jun-2008 23:02
I lived up the goy for 19yrs still friends with those I grew up with. My dad, aunts, their friends all grew up in the goy too, all say " the goy was great ". It not houses that make a community it's the people.

Guest		25-Sep-2007 22:13
sad to see them come down great days up there staid there for 62 years best naighbours i ever had harry mc donald bill hill fred howard at westlands road

skin		11-Nov-2006 18:37
the best thing that ever hapend to the place

gord		02-Nov-2005 02:14
these r sad time

micz		03-May-2005 20:21
or have they relocated the tip and all the bg new buildin i dunno well?????!!!!

micz		03-May-2005 20:20
they are meant to be building posh 2 3 n 4 bedrooms for a price with the tip at the back??!!!

duhhhh		10-Apr-2005 02:40
well never lived up the goy but they are older than the bush but prolly as damp so they will be next the bush

Lizzy		23-Nov-2004 21:24
Gosh what a mess theymade of the Guoy..what did they build there instead...and where did all those people go to?? Have they done the same thing to Roslin Crescent??

lizzy		23-Nov-2004 16:55
hey Zak...I was trying to save a few of the Guoy pics to look at as a slide show..but they won't save as jpegs..get some file thing saving..got any ideas why??

laine82		13-Jul-2004 19:47
Zac I have to ask why ? Not for some thoroughly ugly modern builings surely ?

northstar37		24-Mar-2004 21:54
Interesting pics! Be nice to see the end result.

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