Can Somebody From Glasgow Help?

[MWG14]

Perhaps somebody from Glasgow can help here.

A friend in Northamptonshire has just received a very belated Christmas card through his door. It is nothing to do with him. The card was posted at the Glasgow Mail Centre on 21st December. It looks as though the sender is a very elderly person or possibly someone who has suffered a stroke because the handwriting is almost impossible to decipher.

The addressees are Mr. & Mrs. W. Walker. The second line of the address looks like 131 Straveham Road, and the final line is possibly Namston. No postcode.

Can anyone help to to decipher this for him please?

[MWG14]

My friend sent me a photo but I don't know how to put it on here. I'm not very technically gifted! He sent it to me because I enjoy puzzles.

[andres]

Could it be Mr.and Mrs.Walker,131 Strathaven road( Namston?) Glasgow.

[MWG14]

Is there such a place as Namston in the Glasgow area?

[douglas9401]

Nerston, near East Kilbride is Glasgowish.

[ubasses]

There is a Nerston, East Kilbride, Glasgow

[andres]

Just trying to find the answer love a puzzle. The 131 Strathaven Road came up and somewhere along the way I saw Namston. Can't remember where.That's why I put ?

[Buenchico]

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[Peter Pedant]

if you re address is - as you have clearly opened it
and put G45 on it
then the local postie will do the rest innit?

and well done MW -
and I did that in 1980 - a letter arrive in a junior doctors' mess which er existed in those days. wivvart a name. Clearly a doc
Neen had written to thing - and then realised she didnt know his long name - - short name or eek any part of it
Neen wrote a really nice letter back saying it was kind of me to return and no she didnt much like it being handed around as the alternative

so well done

[Etch]

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[Peter Pedant]

thanks as ever chris
I have always looked on those who can post photies of their pooches as techno-wizards or Very Technical Indeed

[douglas9401]

Incidentally Strathaven is pronounced Straven so it could be a bit phonetic in the address.

[Peter Pedant]

o I thought Namston was Glasgow but written by er a glaswegian
( you know not a lot write sort of thing)

[douglas9401]

^ Weegist. :-)

[MWG14]

Sorry, got so far with the downloading and then came unstuck.

Thanks to you all for your interest & help. I have now sent the photos of the envelope & card to the Glasgow Times. Perhaps someone locally can recognise the senders.

[Chinajan]

There's a 131 Shafton Road in Netherton, Glasgow.

Nearest I can get.

[Peter Pedant]

// Balders bedside chat is a soothing as that of Sqad.
Perhaps they are twins?//

no - one shoots blanks ! ter daah - when it comes to smut I am usually up for it

and now for Strathallan pronounced Strawllen

1961 we tole our English mistress about the Sack of Drogheda by Cromwell. and being oirish she said it wasnt Drog-heeder but Drawda. - which is odd because everyone else seems to say Drock-edda

and it is all down to the /ch/ sound in loch and the sounded counterpart (g) - the rolled r in paree - which in IPA is y - the greek gamma. ( and is the ghain in arabic altho i am not sure if that is helpful)

so it is there in scots, as r and then is softened to ch ( lenition) - goes thro a k phase
as in Drock-edda
is further weakened to a glottal stop - ( reversed q mark in IPA)
as the southern english say in bo''le instead of bottle
and then falls out completely - - and is smooooooth

and that boys and girls is how Strackallan becomes Strawlen

Nothing to do: its sunday innit?

[Atheist]

I can't help, but would just like to say that's it's heart-warming to see a lot of ABers doing their best to help a stranger. Nice contrast to the rather widespread online rudeness; gives me back faith in human decency.

[maggiebee]

Nearest I can find is Stravanan (Street, Road, Crescent, Place etc.)

[MWG14]

Thank you for that. My sentiments entirely.

[Canary42]

Are you sure PP didn't write the address :-D