Port Eglinton. Industry, transport and disaster. Astonishing Glasgow. Ep21
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- In this wet and windy episode of Astonishing Glasgow I explore the Port Eglinton area of the city and tell its stories of trade, transport, manufacturing and disaster.
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Always good to see your video,s ,and thank god the weather do,s not deter you ,from bringinf glasgows history to the masses.
A great video - ive seen those buildings hundreds of times but knew nothing about their past
I pass those art deco buildings most days for work and it's criminal that it's been allowed to rot as is.
I love the in depth research you put into your channel. I worked for NCL in Salkeld street and got my class one licence through their school. Although I delivered around the area I'm learning something new with every video of yours I watch. In fact I'm starting to think I've been sleep walking my life away in Glasgow. Great stuff.
Park Ward bought out Mulliner in 1959 to form Mulliner Park Ward. The body outfitters of Rolls Royce. Austin had a car the 1937 Austin 7 Mulliner, it had red leather seats and lace blinds in the rear!
I do like your intro!
Thank you for your research. Geetings from far away and long ago--but born In Govan...
Very interesting video.
I can't believe I didn't know the history of that railway line having used it for 40 years. Thanks for the great video
Them buildings have great potential, it’s a wonder they haven’t been redeveloped into flats , urban housing like these are usually sort after? Love the channel ❤️
Thanlks again for giving us some colour and detail to the ever unfolding story of Glasgow and it's past.
Well, thanks. Now I know why it's Paisley Canal!
Look up the disaster...
Very interesting & informative.Thank you
i was an apprentice in the william park building when that fire happened ,i remember it very clearly,i also was involved with reporting on the repaires vreqired on bus that crashed under the wesy st bridge unfourtunatly killing 3,or 4 young girl guides and two adult leaders as well as many injured others , out of respect the bus involved was scrapped and not repaired back to service ,you talk about this tragic accident in another of your vids
I remember Scaffolding the Leyland / Police building mentioned over 20 year’s ago.
So much valuable history you bring to us big man,... Cheers for that!
Im really glad you seem to be enjoying these videos. When I get time there will be plenty more.
@@AstonishingGlasgow aye, me and plenty others too!
I was born in Hillhead, raised my now adult boys in Maryhill, we now are in Partick over a decade..
Look 4ward to ur future vids bud! Cheers
Ahh, the days when Glasgow used to manufacture things.
Wow! My father worked a NCL carriers just opposite the Sher building. I remember him talking about that fire.
Also the picture of the Park car factory next door has a Ford Cortina Mk1 outside it. This could could be my dad's car! "GYS 471D" was the reg but I can't make it out in the video.
I also had my Escort MK2 repaired at Arnold Clarke's body shop in the mid 1980's.
Hi Hugh, I forgot to do this earlier but I zoomed in to see if the number plate matched your Dads Mk1. Unfortunately the quality of the still is too poor to make out. I think for the sake of a good story we should just agree that it is.
@@AstonishingGlasgow thanks for looking.
I remember when Glasgow was jumping, manufacturing all shorts of stuff and skilled men were in demand. The last time I was there it's just shopping centres and council jobs.
I thought I was the only person. I also remember my Fathers number plates. He bought the 1st Mk1 Escort in the North East of Scotland JAV 479F in the very early 70's then he had a Fiat 124 I think SSA 37K. I don't remember my plates but have had over 20 cars in my lifetime but had an Escort 1.8Si but nearly bought the RS2000 but as I was doing 20000 miles a year I worried about the price of the fuel even in those days. I did get the chance to drive an Escort Cosworth in Argyll in 2002 still to this day I wish I had bought it when I was offered it.
Would make a great wee nightclub
My son is a huge train geek. We live on the Paisley Canal Line -- I've just sent the link to him. I'm sure he doesn't know where the Paisley Canal Line got its name from.
Google Paisley Canal Disaster. That might help.
Did you know that in the parcels depot in Salkeld Street they were working on a new siding and were digging test holes. One day as they worked away the point disappeared , on further investigation it was found that the point had punctured the crown of an arch below. What was discovered was stables from years back, not known about and a tunnel which ran under the river Clyde to the central station. I wonder if the victorian street with the shop fronts still exists under the station, I was shown it when I was a lad 60 years ago.....maybe an investigation required
Great stuff, especially mentioning the warehouse fire in Kilbirnie St. What a tragedy.
Could you do something similar for Port Dundas? The Forth & Clyde canal branch through to Spiers Wharf. White Horse whisky bottling plant. Pinkston power station, please.
Cheers Peter, I have plans for the Forth and Clyde canal, there are plenty of Astonishing stories to be told (including the terrapins that live there flic.kr/p/KBcmmj ). I did touch briefly on Spiers wharf and Pinkston in my Monkland canal video but there will be more.
great piece of history i stayed in the corner of centre street 174 across from the fire station can u give me any info on the ropeworks that was next door to our building and allans warehoise being the tarpaullin factory also across was the silvercross pram factory and also at the end of our street centre st was the commer factory building mobile shop then up on the hill acroos from the old bt building now derlict was the united glass stores your information was realy good as i myself did not know that and also the school that we all attended is now a museum next to the old howdens factory yes our wee area was a bustling with workplaces keep up your good work
That was an enjoyable wee vlog , fair bit of history in a small area , the Art Deco building on Salkeld St , interesting it was formally Leyland Motors , I suppose then their products were commercial vehicles , that same building was a filming location in the 1990 BBC drama ‘ Your Cheatin Heart “ , as a Country & Western music venue .
I'm pretty sure it was Leyland commercial vehicles. For a short time after it was Leyland it was part of the nationalised British road service so it must have been built to handle trucks. Was it covered in neon for the BBC show?
@@AstonishingGlasgow I can’t quite remember about the neon , …possible …..I’m sure it would have looked in better condition though.
@@AstonishingGlasgow BRS was a Goods Operator (small parcels - National Carriers did bigger stuff), they generally used trucks from the (private) British Motor Corporation - the Noddy Trucks , and independent Karrier of Maidstone Walk-Throughs. I Cannot remember if Leyland owned Albion Motors (Chassis Builders) , or if that came into the group when Leyland and BMC merged to form BLMC. Leyland had built cars at one time , but ceased to specialise in Trucks and Buses, most were made in Leyland, Lancashire, so I assume the building was for sales , service and support to its scottish customers (the local corporations and the Walter Alexander Group (Alexander built their own bodies on Leyland chassis).
Don't know how TH-cam decided I needed to see this but I'm glad I did as I no longer feel so bad about living in Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes is a manky hole. I’d rather be in Glesga mate.
Vandals need locked up.
I'm sick of the incessant graffiti everywhere. It was never as bad as this. Same offenders over and over again.