Posted by: Seymour Hope, Glasgow on 12:11pm Wed 30 Jul 08
I grew up in Paisley and went back there on Friday night for a visit. The place is like a sick dog. The High street is like a run down cowboy town with vacant shops and to let signs all over it. There were two neds figting in the high street and litter all over the place. Paisley needs to stop what is doing and try to offer an alternative to Glasgow, Braehead and Silverburn. There needs to be some sort of community pride developed cause at the moment it seems that the ned is running the place.
I grew up in Paisley and went back there on Friday night for a visit. The place is like a sick dog. The High street is like a run down cowboy town with vacant shops and to let signs all over it. There were two neds figting in the high street and litter all over the place. Paisley needs to stop what is doing and try to offer an alternative to Glasgow, Braehead and Silverburn. There needs to be some sort of community pride developed cause at the moment it seems that the ned is running the place.
Posted by: CrackerG, Glasgow on 1:18pm Wed 30 Jul 08
Quite simply, Paisley is a horrible place and I laugh at this decision - the reprobates who live there couldn't see this work of art as a positive thing as they don't understand it.
Arriving at Pailey Gilmour St station every morning when I attended Paisley University was a depressing experience - the main street was, and still is a complete mess filled with unemployed scroungers, beggars, neds and drug addicts.
Don't worry about it Jan van Munster - Paisley residents are not and never will be appreciative of art.
Quite simply, Paisley is a horrible place and I laugh at this decision - the reprobates who live there couldn't see this work of art as a positive thing as they don't understand it.
Arriving at Pailey Gilmour St station every morning when I attended Paisley University was a depressing experience - the main street was, and still is a complete mess filled with unemployed scroungers, beggars, neds and drug addicts.
Don't worry about it Jan van Munster - Paisley residents are not and never will be appreciative of art.
Posted by: GML, right here on 3:49pm Wed 30 Jul 08
I was born in Paisley and it pains me to agree that the town is not is a good way. However, that 'sculpture' was, to put it politely, not a success and I am glad to see its removal.
Considering the condition of Paisley, perhaps the voters of the town might want to ask themselves if their MPs and MSPs are not also in need of removal?
I was born in Paisley and it pains me to agree that the town is not is a good way. However, that 'sculpture' was, to put it politely, not a success and I am glad to see its removal.
Considering the condition of Paisley, perhaps the voters of the town might want to ask themselves if their MPs and MSPs are not also in need of removal?
Posted by: Brad on 4:54pm Wed 30 Jul 08
[quote][bold]GML[/bold] wrote:
I was born in Paisley and it pains me to agree that the town is not is a good way. However, that 'sculpture' was, to put it politely, not a success and I am glad to see its removal. Considering the condition of Paisley, perhaps the voters of the town might want to ask themselves if their MPs and MSPs are not also in need of removal? [/quote] Sadly, GML, West of Scotland voters often seem to feel there is no hope of anything better, or the current situation is 'normal'.
GML wrote:
I was born in Paisley and it pains me to agree that the town is not is a good way. However, that 'sculpture' was, to put it politely, not a success and I am glad to see its removal. Considering the condition of Paisley, perhaps the voters of the town might want to ask themselves if their MPs and MSPs are not also in need of removal?
Sadly, GML, West of Scotland voters often seem to feel there is no hope of anything better, or the current situation is 'normal'.
Posted by: jkr, Lochwinnoch Greater Glasgow on 5:41pm Wed 30 Jul 08
[quote][bold]GML[/bold] wrote:
I was born in Paisley and it pains me to agree that the town is not is a good way. However, that 'sculpture' was, to put it politely, not a success and I am glad to see its removal. Considering the condition of Paisley, perhaps the voters of the town might want to ask themselves if their MPs and MSPs are not also in need of removal? [/quote] I think an MP and an MSP with the name 'Alexander' represent Paisley in the parliaments. Enough said!
GML wrote:
I was born in Paisley and it pains me to agree that the town is not is a good way. However, that 'sculpture' was, to put it politely, not a success and I am glad to see its removal. Considering the condition of Paisley, perhaps the voters of the town might want to ask themselves if their MPs and MSPs are not also in need of removal?
I think an MP and an MSP with the name 'Alexander' represent Paisley in the parliaments. Enough said!
Posted by: leesome, Glasgow on 5:42pm Wed 30 Jul 08
180K! how much entertainment could that bring if spent on assets useful to entertaining the public.
180K! how much entertainment could that bring if spent on assets useful to entertaining the public.
Posted by: scotgod, glasgow on 5:52pm Wed 30 Jul 08
why stop at destroying the tower
keep on going, the whole of paisley and its suburbs , all the miserable inarticulate people
and turn it into a caravan park that we can send all the scum from glasgow hoosing schemes for the summer
why stop at destroying the tower
keep on going, the whole of paisley and its suburbs , all the miserable inarticulate people
and turn it into a caravan park that we can send all the scum from glasgow hoosing schemes for the summer
Posted by: jambosans, Paisley on 1:32am Fri 1 Aug 08
[quote][bold]CrackerG[/bold] wrote:
Quite simply, Paisley is a horrible place and I laugh at this decision - the reprobates who live there couldn't see this work of art as a positive thing as they don't understand it.
Arriving at Pailey Gilmour St station every morning when I attended Paisley University was a depressing experience - the main street was, and still is a complete mess filled with unemployed scroungers, beggars, neds and drug addicts.
Don't worry about it Jan van Munster - Paisley residents are not and never will be appreciative of art. [/quote] It's a rather generalised statement to call a town of 72,970 people "reprobates". You appear to have a high opinion of yourself yet Paisley, as a town, wasn't "below" you enough to attend university there.
Art is subjective my friend and for me that sculpture represents the poor re-development of Paisley which in part killed the town centre. Harsh vertical lines, dark grey colour, and a feature that made it "rain" on the town. Understand where I'm coming from? Perhaps the genius of this piece is in the irony of it's meaning: a representation of what Paisley town centre has become - dull, grey, wet, and needing to be torn down.
CrackerG wrote:
Quite simply, Paisley is a horrible place and I laugh at this decision - the reprobates who live there couldn't see this work of art as a positive thing as they don't understand it.
Arriving at Pailey Gilmour St station every morning when I attended Paisley University was a depressing experience - the main street was, and still is a complete mess filled with unemployed scroungers, beggars, neds and drug addicts.
Don't worry about it Jan van Munster - Paisley residents are not and never will be appreciative of art.
It's a rather generalised statement to call a town of 72,970 people "reprobates". You appear to have a high opinion of yourself yet Paisley, as a town, wasn't "below" you enough to attend university there.
Art is subjective my friend and for me that sculpture represents the poor re-development of Paisley which in part killed the town centre. Harsh vertical lines, dark grey colour, and a feature that made it "rain" on the town. Understand where I'm coming from? Perhaps the genius of this piece is in the irony of it's meaning: a representation of what Paisley town centre has become - dull, grey, wet, and needing to be torn down.
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