Life in the'Wine Alley'

I was born in 1950 and brought up in Govan in the Moorepark housing estate or the Wine Alley, as it was commonly known. It was regarded at the time as perhaps the worst slum in Britain, and the people who lived there were treated like vermin by the authorities whom we treated likewise. It was a 'them and us' attitude that persisted right up until the Wine Alley was demolished in the late 1990's. My mother and grandfather raised me alongside my two sisters and three brothers and various in-laws who moved in and out of the home through the years. I remember at one time there were thirteen of us staying in the house including the lassie across the street who came to stay for a night and more or less remained there for about five years...

Brian McQuade
Introduction
Life in Wine Alley
Wine Alley Revisited
Crime and Punishment
Govan History
Alexander the Great
Giro day
The Cycle of Regeneration
Vincent van Gogh
World Poverty Day
A history of Govan for radio
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
My Little Clock
The Celtic Church
The Picks