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What the Reshuffle offers is a loose format in which groups, individuals, community projects and the general public can interact and see what is going on in their patch - As well as highlighting what is going on elsewhere, in determining community participation.
We are open to ideas from a wide variety of sources. Our criterion is based on - Is this useful - enjoyable - enlightening - and does it point towards helping to strengthen a working-class base for positive social change.
We are experiencing in our cities and villages the erosion of our social base. That is the platform of community that supports and strengthens the confidence of ordinary people to do and act for themselves.
There are many reasons for this de-activation of communities confidence some will be highlighted at Reshuffle events. But an important one is how we entertain and interact with each other. How parents, children, friends and neighbours respond collectively to the multi and sometimes complex situations that they find themselves in.
The Reshuffle notion is, that the answers and skills to resolve most of the communities needs, desires and problems, lies within the community itself. “We only need to ‘reshuffle’ our priorities to learn where the answers lie”. The Reshuffles is there to introduce, exchange and encourage the use of as many tools as possible to help in this process.
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What the Reshuffle offers is a loose format in which groups, individuals, community projects and the general public can interact and see what is going on in their patch - As well as highlighting what is going on elsewhere, in determining community participation.
We are open to ideas from a wide variety of sources. Our criterion is based on - Is this useful - enjoyable - enlightening - and does it point towards helping to strengthen a working-class base for positive social change.
We are experiencing in our cities and villages the erosion of our social base. That is the platform of community that supports and strengthens the confidence of ordinary people to do and act for themselves.
There are many reasons for this de-activation of communities confidence some will be highlighted at Reshuffle events. But an important one is how we entertain and interact with each other. How parents, children, friends and neighbours respond collectively to the multi and sometimes complex situations that they find themselves in.
The Reshuffle notion is, that the answers and skills to resolve most of the communities needs, desires and problems, lies within the community itself. “We only need to ‘reshuffle’ our priorities to learn where the answers lie”. The Reshuffles is there to introduce, exchange and encourage the use of as many tools as possible to help in this process.
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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
Blog: 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
Blog: Life in the'Wine Alley'
As the tide went out on the shipbuilding history of Govan, many families in the community were left without work and meaning. Modern Govan has been left high and dry by this post-industrial legacy; roots are being lost, values are becoming blurred, and the fast-flowing current of modern life is leaving many behind. At GalGael, we have created a cultural anchor point around which local people are re-kindling skills, community and a sense of purpose. While our boats imaginatively reconnect elder and youth… people and place… urban to rural communities, the insider and the outsider… old ways and new… our past to our future. They serve as a powerful metaphor for transformation - recreating an inspirational folklore for the modern age.
We welcome you to our website; the pages that follow will share a little of our work; expressing the people side of what we do (folk), the skills and training side (work) and setting these in their urban and rural contexts (place). We hope you find your time here as inspirational as we find our daily work.
For regular updates, please visit our blog at;
Blog: GalGael
As the tide went out on the shipbuilding history of Govan, many families in the community were left without work and meaning. Modern Govan has been left high and dry by this post-industrial legacy; roots are being lost, values are becoming blurred, and the fast-flowing current of modern life is leaving many behind. At GalGael, we have created a cultural anchor point around which local people are re-kindling skills, community and a sense of purpose. While our boats imaginatively reconnect elder and youth… people and place… urban to rural communities, the insider and the outsider… old ways and new… our past to our future. They serve as a powerful metaphor for transformation - recreating an inspirational folklore for the modern age.
We welcome you to our website; the pages that follow will share a little of our work; expressing the people side of what we do (folk), the skills and training side (work) and setting these in their urban and rural contexts (place). We hope you find your time here as inspirational as we find our daily work.
For regular updates, please visit our blog at;
Blog: GalGael