Tell us all your tales of life in WestEnd
DO you have special memories of Glasgow’s West End? Did you grow up there or spend your student days there?
If so, we want to hear from you. The Evening Times Thanks for the Memories series of reader events rolls into Hillhead Library tomorrow from 10am until 12 noon, and we want you to be involved.
This is your chance to take a trip down memory lane and tell us you about days gone by.
Glasgow’s West End has always been a city hotspot from the leafy streets and glorious parks to the bustling shops and busy cafes.
Following on from the success of similar events in the Gorbals and Bridgeton, we are hoping the people of the West End will turn out to tell their stories and share their photographs.
Our aim is to create a words and picture archive, built on the remarkable tales our readers can tell, ensuring they remain for generations to come.
Do you remember the old shops on Woodlands Road? Did you visit Kelvingrove Park as a child? Perhaps you have happy memories of your schooldays in Hillhead or Dowanhill or Partick.
You might even have memorabilia to bring along to show us.We’ll be ready to hear your stories and record them as part of the history of people’s lives in this great city.
The West End, which is home to Glasgow University, has a transient population, so Ralph Green, is an unusual case.
The 72-year-old grandfather and retired lecturer has lived there almost his entire life – apart from three years when his work took him to Fife.
“There is an edge to the west end, a community spirit, you don’t get anywhere else and I love living here,” smiles Ralph.
Ralph grew up in a tenement on Arlington Street, off Woodlands Road, the son of Alan William Green, a shoe shop manager and housewife Pearl Hanley, who met at the Locarno dance hall.
He was the middle child and fondly remembers hours of playing outside with his older brother Alan and younger sister Jacqueline.
If you have memories like Ralph, come along and see us.