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the Oakshaw is part of Renfrewshire Council , Paisley .

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Gauze Street
Made by cessna152towser
Gauze Street, Paisley, looking east. The large awning on the left is at the frontage of Cochrane's store while the smaller awning slightly closer to the camera marks the site of a tobacconist's shop on the ground floor of the Methodist Hall building. The old buildings in Cotton Street in the background were demolished in the 1960's to make way for the Council Offices. The photo was taken after the bridge over the River Cart was widened, ten years earlier there would have been buildings where the man is walking on the new wide pavement. The bus seen behind the Coronation class tramcar appears to be a Western SMT Leyland Titan in black and white livery. Both the bus and the tram are of types introduced during the second half of the nineteen thirties. The bus would have been repainted to grey in wartime and then to red and cream post war, so the date when my late father took this photo is most likely to have been in 1938 or 1939.


Spectacles, Handkerchief, Heart
Made by Stuart Chalmers
Oakshaw Trinity Church, Paisley. I took this today while wandering around Paisley. The main picture is Oakshaw Church, up on School Wynd, and the other three pictures are of (allegedly) spectacles, a handkerchief and a heart in the paving stones around the church. The story I was told about this when I was little (and my parents were told by my grandparents when they were little) was that a builder/workman on the Oakshaw steeple had fell from the top of the tower and the paving stones marked exactly where his spectacles, handkerchief and heart had landed....hmmm.


Paisley Liberal Club, High Street, Paisley: Streets of Scotland
Made by NorrieP
Paisley has a long Liberal tradition, and Asquith was MP from 1920 to 1924, when he was defeated by the first Labour MP for the town. It was Asquith's predecessor, Sir John Mills McCallum, who promoted the Liberal Club. The renaissance style building was designed by James Donald and built in 1886. Internationally famous in Paisley for snooker and bingo. Shots from a walk round Paisley on an early Autumn day.


Arrested
Made by Topher Graham
A man protests at being arrested after shouting abuse at two of Strathclyde's finest. I respect everyone's right to a drink but all too often do I look out of my window to see people fighting, shouting and screaming at all hours, or in many cases, lying incapacitated in the street through drinking too much. Photographically, I'd like this picture better if the stupid busybody woman wasn't standing in the way.


37085 Paisley Gilmour Street
Made by SilsonRoadrunner
This station was the limit of the electrification, later extended to Ayr of course. We were approaching the mid point of our Scottish railtourer, this particular day being spent 'out the line' to get some pics of freight trains.Good fun but the weather was 'typically Scottish'. Luckily I'd decided to shoot b & w to contrast with my colour slides of the previous year.


Spectacles
Made by ianmurray
The spectacles in the pavement at the High Church, Paisley. When the High Church was being built one of the workers fell to his death. To commemorate their fellow worker the cobbles show where he fell along with his handkerchief and his spectacles. Click for a picture of the heart & handkerchief. Read the 4th comment below for more details!!


Bags of shops
Made by Topher Graham
Bags of shops? It seems somewhat ironic - and not in a way that amuses me - given Paisley's sad decline in recent times. This was taken at 1pm exactly on a weekday. The were very few people around, so much so that the place resembles a ghost town. In years gone by, this street would have been packed at this hour. Part of my Streetscenes series.


School Wynd
Made by cessna152towser
I had lunch at one of the outside tables at this cafe in Paisley on a mild November 3rd. The church in the background is the former St. John's Church, now known as the Wynd Centre, an outreach of Oakshaw Trinity Church, which is a combination of the High Church, School Wynd Congregational Church, Orr Square Church and St. John's Church.


1147 at Paisley Gilmour Street
Made by cessna152towser
Photographed by my late father, Midland Compound, LMS no. 1147 simmers in platform 1 at Paisley Gilmour Street station en route to the Ayrshire coast. Paisley's town hall clock tower is visible above and to the left of the advert for Palethorpes Sausages. The platforms have since been re-numbered and this is now platform 4.


School Wynd Congregational Church
Made by cessna152towser
The old church in the fork between School Wynd and Oakshaw Street, Paisley. Dating from the late 19th century, this is the former School Wynd Congregational Church, whose congregation merged with those of St. John's and Paisley High Church in 1991 and Orr Square in 1994 to form the Oakshaw Trinity.


High Church
Made by Honestman28
The High Church is situated at the top of Church Hill in the centre of Paisley, and is a prominent landmark. It was built around 1750. In 1991 the congregation of the High Church joined with the congregations of St John's Church and Paisley Congregational Church to form the Oakshaw Trinity Church.


Remembered Ending...
Made by ianmurray
When the High Church was being built one of the workers fell to his death. To commemorate their fellow worker the cobbles show where he fell [heart] along with his handkerchief [square] and much further away [not in this shot] his spectacles. Click for a picture of the spectacles.


Taken From Behind
Made by W F B
The Coats Memorial Church in Paisley. A different angle from most of my other photos of the church - taken from the local observatory this time.


The Wynd Centre
Made by Bricheno
Nice church on School Wynd, Paisley. It is one of the main outreach arms of the now united congregation of Oakshaw Trinity Church, (an ecumenical church in Paisley, Scotland, in the membership of the Church of Scotland & United Reformed Church.)


The Last Resort
Made by Bricheno
The Last Post in Paisley. A beautiful old building converted into an atrocity of a pub even by Wetherspoons standards. Unusually for a Saturday night it was quite empty as normally the feckless dregs of Paisley descend en masse for the cheap swally.


The Club Bar, Paisley
Made by Stuart Chalmers
Not been for a while, but used to have a country and western night every thursday - Scott Stevens (I think) playing guitar. Update: Been all done up inside and out (lick of paint and new front - will try to get a picture next time I'm there).


Hey, Big Man
Made by W F B
Part of the Sma' Shot Day celebrations in Paisley. The parade was good, but sadly the main event - the burning of the cork - didn't take place until late, which meant that hardly anyone got to see it. Quite poorly advertised this year.


Stone Wings.
Made by my beanie hat still rocks
We took a ride to Paisley on the Sunday before heading home, Again the weather wasn't fantastic and to be quite frank, the town was very desolate. It had some gems though and this carving on the side of a building really stood out.


Arriving in platform 2
Made by cessna152towser
An unidentified Midland Compound draws into platform 2 at Paisley Gilmour Street arriving from the coast. The building behind the engine, in Moss Street, is long gone but the High Church tower in the background still stands.


Coats memorial
Made by Honestman28
Coats Memorial Church High Street,Paisley. Built in 1894,its steeple rises to a height of 240 ft. It was gifted to the town by the Coats family who owned thread mills in the town.