topcat Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Must be LOCKDOWN syndrome I suggest the BING should have the first wood planted in a stadium where you can adopt a tree to raise funds. The wood will be made up of FIR trees which later can be harvested by the club again to raise funds. But more importantly we would have our very own FIRHILL and it would be good for the enviroment. Could help with that breath of fresh air everyone is asking for at the moment too. Edited June 6, 2020 by topcat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbank boy Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, topcat said: Must be LOCKDOWN syndrome I suggest the BING should have the first wood planted in a stadium where you can adopt a tree to raise funds. The wood will be made up of FIR trees which later can be harvested by the club again to raise funds. But more importantly we would have our very own FIRHILL and it would be good for the enviroment. Could help with that breath of fresh air everyone is asking for at the moment too. Was there ever a hill of firs? Maybe over the the old canal bridge around Murano St? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 I remember the Xmas trees on the bing one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARu-Strathbungo Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, sandbank boy said: Was there ever a hill of firs? Maybe over the the old canal bridge around Murano St? The Firhill area was known as 'fairhill' back in the 1820's. It could have been modified over time to firhill simply because of dialect …. or more likely a spelling error on later maps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, ARu-Strathbungo said: The Firhill area was known as 'fairhill' back in the 1820's. It could have been modified over time to firhill simply because of dialect …. or more likely a spelling error on later maps Makes sense. And also explains the missing letter in Cappielow. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 hours ago, topcat said: Must be LOCKDOWN syndrome I suggest the BING should have the first wood planted in a stadium where you can adopt a tree to raise funds. The wood will be made up of FIR trees which later can be harvested by the club again to raise funds. But more importantly we would have our very own FIRHILL and it would be good for the enviroment. Could help with that breath of fresh air everyone is asking for at the moment too. Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianlucatoni Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 There's already a wood over the terraces at Cathkin Park & let's not forget the hedge at Brechin glebe park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 47 minutes ago, gianlucatoni said: There's already a wood over the terraces at Cathkin Park & let's not forget the hedge at Brechin glebe park It’s amazing how quickly nature has re-taken Cathkin Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 9 hours ago, topcat said: Must be LOCKDOWN syndrome I suggest the BING should have the first wood planted in a stadium where you can adopt a tree to raise funds. The wood will be made up of FIR trees which later can be harvested by the club again to raise funds. But more importantly we would have our very own FIRHILL and it would be good for the enviroment. Could help with that breath of fresh air everyone is asking for at the moment too. We could bring in some Ents to manage the trees. Would be Entertaining and Enterprising. Also very good at dealing with Orcs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 We could just plant a few on the goal lines now that Fox has left, he was always rooted there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianlucatoni Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jags on tour said: We could just plant a few on the goal lines now that Fox has left, he was always rooted there! that's it JoT, blame the keeper - nothing to do with the dead wood back 4 and/or lazy midfield in front of him! please note potential conflict of interest - I'm a fully paid up member of the keepers union Edited June 6, 2020 by gianlucatoni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 15 hours ago, sandy said: It’s amazing how quickly nature has re-taken Cathkin Park. More than 50 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashman Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: More than 50 years? True, but lots of very mature looking trees in the terracing. Were they deliberately planted? Work to improve the ground seemed to have stopped prior to lockdown, but there is still stuff there that would indicate this might resume in the future. I love running around it as part of my regular route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 The trees have taken over, like the Triffids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 9 hours ago, sandy said: The trees have taken over, like the Triffids! Hopefully McCall gets a few of them signed up. Be more mobile that what we have just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Garscube Road End said: Hopefully McCall gets a few of them signed up. Be more mobile that what we have just now. I suppose he did try and sign Alan Forrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 50 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: I suppose he did try and sign Alan Forrest. We also missed out on Gary Twigg before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, sandy said: We also missed out on Gary Twigg before that. I remember him from the front page of Shoot magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: I remember him from the front page of Shoot magazine. What about "Sycamore in the Basin"? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Apparently we're after tree fellers from Ireland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 38 minutes ago, a f kincaid said: Apparently we're after tree fellers from Ireland. Would that be Ash, Pine and Birch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, a f kincaid said: Apparently we're after tree fellers from Ireland. If they are crap can we laburnum at the stake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Apparently we will be in the seaside league this season. Plenty of time at the Beech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Yew not all fed up with these puns, fir fox sake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emsca Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 9:50 AM, sandbank boy said: Was there ever a hill of firs? Maybe over the the old canal bridge around Murano St? On 6/6/2020 at 8:08 AM, topcat said: Must be LOCKDOWN syndrome I suggest the BING should have the first wood planted in a stadium where you can adopt a tree to raise funds. The wood will be made up of FIR trees which later can be harvested by the club again to raise funds. But more importantly we would have our very own FIRHILL and it would be good for the enviroment. Could help with that breath of fresh air everyone is asking for at the moment too. I think this is a great idea. Something different, good for environment - MIGHT produce some income. Don't see a downside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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