Posted on June 14, 2009 by bigrab
The family here never agree on anything as far as music goes.
However an exception has emerged and it is Paolo Nutini fae Paisley.
I don’t just admire Paolo as a singer songwriter and performer. He had a right (justified) go at the local cooncil in Paisley a couple of weeks ago about the state of the [...]
Filed under: Music, Scotland | Tagged: fraser speirs, high hopes, Paisley, paolo nutini, richard manser | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 30, 2009 by bigrab
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a shop in Dumbarton. I have traded there for twenty four years, the last seventeen of which have been from the town’s High Street.
When I initially took a shop there there was 100% occupancy of shops.
There were butchers, fishmongers, fruit shops, gift shops, electrical stores, general stores [...]
Filed under: Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire Council, eejits, pedestrianisation | Tagged: Paisley, town centres, traffic management | 9 Comments »
Posted on February 28, 2008 by bigrab
Anyone looking in from West Dunbartonshire will need no introduction to the weird and wonderful world of council politics in that part of the world. I have documented various of their bizarre policies and decisions, for example Cick Here to see a posting I made last year on the vox blog. This week because of [...]
Filed under: Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire Council | Tagged: Dumbarton, Paisley, traffic management | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 18, 2008 by bigrab
It was with a mixture of delight and anger that I read todays news in the Evening Times  that Paisley’s “traffic management” scheme is to be finally scrapped after 11 years of the place declining as a direct result of it (and the Braehead Shopping Centre). My own local council West Dunbartonshire consistently promoted Paisley [...]
Filed under: Politics, Scotland | Tagged: Dumbarton, Paisley, pedestrianisation, traffic management | 4 Comments »
