As an Englishman, that came to Glasgow in the early 70’s, I very much enjoyed seeing these photographs. Suffice it to say I have seen many changes over the years, many of them good. Glasgow folk however remain the same, as ever the salt of the earth.
OMG homesick so much tonight. Just found this video and because I haven't been back to Glasgow for over 22 years this tears my heart apart. Thank you so much for this video
Am 9yrs an a Bet I'll Still feel the same when am At your mile stone tae, ChinUpAlwaysRegardless the show Must go on And Will(FactsBe) >< made in Gurders
This is great. I was a young midwife in the 60's in Glasgow and delivered many a wean at home. The pictures have resurrected many old fond memories. Thank you.
What a lovely & emotional video! Both songs are very fitting for it. Although I wasnt born until 1991 , as a Glasweigan all photos give me chills & tears to my eyes. I love Glasgow x
I was born in Glagsow 1954. Stophill Hospital and lived on Cowlairs Road. Thanks for putting this up. Loved seeing some places I recall as wee boy. Can't believe I actually lived in those times and conditions. It's amazing to see this.
Great to see some places I had totally forgotten about, and the memories these images bring back. Many many thanks for your efforts...and the music was fab too.
This broke my heart my mum born in Maryhill she worked in the Enoch hotel loved seeing Maryhill road again haven't been to Glasgow in 24 years but going to to go to scatter my mums and sister's ashes miss u both I used to love showing my mum all the old Maryhill videos.
I started watching these videos of old Glasgow a few days ago and I think I've seen most of them by now. This is one of the best. Old people always look backwards, I suppose, but I miss the old place and time like hell. Thanks for the moment.
Am a Gorbals man and we were all in the same boat back then, naebody had anything, the 'Pawn' was part of life, but we had a 'community-Spirit like I've never witnessed since. If anybody was sick/ill we passed 'roon the sheet, if my Maw went intae hospital for another wean, we were all parcelled oot tae different neighbors ...!! We all stuck thegither, and helped each other oot!! Sad tae say, I don't see that nowadays . . .!! It was a different time - a different mindset!! xxx
Ive met some fine people who had been brought up in The Gorbals - and some not so fine like the ones who still to this day wear their criminal connections round their neck like a badge of honour and feel it their duty to try and keep the family name relevant in the swamp
Great pics Folks just great, I stayed with an aunt in Carlton St before she died, That would be around mid 50's. Aunty Bridie' a great person. I never knew where the rest of her folks Went to. I went to Quariers homes till I was about 16.
Me - born R.M. Rottenrow 1952! Home - Gorbals, Hospital Street - 1952. My mother told me that many neighbour's door keys opened each other's doors. When she was in hospital giving birth to me, her neighbours came into her flat and decorated it for her! She said = best neighbours she ever had.
Thank you for a lovely compilation. Another Englishman viewer, I worked in Trongate C&A Modes 1972-73 when I joined that firm. I was the only recruit in the UK who chose Glasgow, and I never regretted that decision. Wonderful happy memories of the City outside work that is! The manager was a complete psycho, but not a Glaswegian.
Went to Glasgow for the 1st time,and my 1st time riding the subway,we got on the Cowcaddens station to go to the West end. 3rd oldest subway in Europe I believe.
I went to phoenix park nursery, the oldest kin Glasgow. I’d also been friends with someone in Nottingham for 20 before we both found out that he’d also went to the same nursery, a couple of years above.
@@michellesavage7057 I stayed in Grove Street and I also went to Phoenix Nursey aroung 1962-1963. I have to this day a fond memory on my taste buds of the "hot chocolate' they gave us at lunchtime. I've spent all those years trying to find the same but to no avail. I still look over to the area of the ground the nursery used to sit on every time as I cross over the M8.
@@paulmcc8891 aww that’s lovely to hear. Seamore street then vernon street 71-75. I actually popped my head in years ago to look around. I remember playing outside and writing and drawing. As well as walking there. Looking up to my left, the workers up the hill from Mary hill rd going to work, smoke etc , was like a Lowry painting, sadly long gone. I piss my wee sisters and nieces off when I’m up visiting either my usual look that’s where I went to nursery. Like you I look over and smile. Thanks for your feedback, and all the best.
I was born at home in the oat lands 19 60 and moved to Oxford 19 89 felt so emotional watching the videos reminds me ov my family I miss the Glasgow people the salt ov the earth ❤😢😊
I worked in and around Glasgow for a couple of years and fell in love with the city and the people, at night when the traffic had eased I’d go out for an hour or so to get my bearings and at weekends go walking around the city absolutely loved it and even brought my family for holidays in Glasgow, my wife who had visited Edinburgh said at the time nothing could match Edinburgh wait until you visit Glasgow I told her and yes she now loves Glasgow, we went to Edinburgh for a day trip when on holiday and she couldn’t wait to get back to glasgow, she even says we should sell up here in Ireland and live in Glasgow, beautiful city beautiful people
Hey John! Glasgow is shite. (Fair play to you and your thoughts.) As an EX-Glaswegian, born at Stobhill Hospital, Springburn, 29 March 1951: *Give me Auld Reekie anytime.* Stay free, J. Rab 🍻 😎 👋
As a Glaswegian it greatly appreciated what you say I live in London These 32 years or so I came her wife my wife the still look there noses down at me I only stay because of my financial situation breaking my hart thank for your kind words about Glasgow
Lovely video,thank you very much. I grew up going to the Apollo in the early 70's and am still doing gigs these days. When outside the pub having a smoke,I often look across to where the old place once stood, and thinking of all the nights in there. The Barras atmosphere comes close,but there was only one Apollo. x
Born up the toon, now live in Dumbarton.. Apollo was my 2nd home as a teenager, saw loads of great bands in the 70s and 80s.. remember the moisture (sweat) running down the walls and the upper circle bouncing up and down, probably moving 6-8 inches, I used to think it would collapse lol
This is amazing..my grandfather was Rev. John Cameron Peddie who faith healed in the Gorbals. His church was called the Hutchesontown Parish Church that has been torn down. He worked with the gangs in the gorbals.
Glasgow was the only city that voluntarily gutted itself and destroyed decades of history. Yes it needed the slums cleared but instead of rebuilding the tenements with modern materials they moved entire populations to the middle of nowhere into huge estates. The splitting of the city with a motorway beggars belief despite how convenient it is. Can you imagine destroying the center of Edinburgh to put a motorway in?
To be fair - that the case for most UK cities. They've all been gutted to some degree by 60/70 redevelopment crimes. Edinburgh has probably seen less, for sure, but you only to look at Prince's Street - whole sections of that have been bull dozed. Whole sections of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Leeds, everywhere. It's not even just the big industrial cities, the rise of the shopping mall has devastated small towns too. People should have been prosecuted for what has been the wholesale destruction of our architectural heritage.
There are still amazing buildings in the city centre getting left to fall to pieces - then if something happens to a Rennie Mackintosh building everyone is weeping and wailing pretending they give a shit about archatecture . Of course thats the masterplan just let these great buildings get so bad its not viable to repair them so they can sell the land to some dodgy millionaire who will build a pile of old shit in its place and make a another million for a backhander to the council
@Allan Most of the locals have been driven away. High Street is practically empty of shops, as the council up the rates, but don't do the repairs, same with the tenements. It must be due a fire soon.
They almost did do it to Edinburgh. The plans were drawn up and prints of them can be seen at the Cit archives. Don't know why they didn't go through. They did rip a lot of the tenement slums down in Leith in the 60s.
Very interesting pictures. The city has improved a lot since then but you see in these pictures some marvellous buildings that were indiscriminately demolished in the 1960s and 70s and which would look great now stone-cleaned and integrated into the 21st Century city.
Especially for them to have pulled down this amazing building at St. Enoch Square 6:26 terrible decision. No comparison the the ugly glass building there now.
Was born in the house, red sandstone building at 1268 Springburn Rd in Sept 1953. Emigrated to Canada in 1963, a few years later the beautiful row of red sandstone closes were torn down. I have always wondered why? I love coming back to Glasgow. Thank-you for doing this. Does anyone know who the photo of the mum pushing the pram with kids at 6:05 was taken by and when?
@@hairyassJock I don’t care how much money they end up spending on Queen Street Station. It will never compare with the old St Enoch station and Hotel.
@@robertmccall379 remember walking for a taxi 1 Xmas after being at the Barra's xmas eve night.. ended up under the central station bridge... Characters everywhere.. And ALL the women were respected.. Few old dames wi a sneaky "Carly" in their bags singing away.. Good times when people mattered...
@@hairyassJock Yes, there were hard working, honest characters all round back then. Sadly, nothing ever stays the same. Those memories will be with me forever.
Thanks for posting this. A great place at a great time. Times were tougher but there was not a constant air of menace. People did not live in fear. They lived in optimism. Some of the scnes from the film "Once Upon a Time in America" remind me of the old tenments, buildings and people of Glasgow.
Yes your right about that vis once upon a while in America , I remember visiting Chicago some years ago and it felt a lot like Glasgow of old only the streets where wider but the architecture was the same same old grimy buildings . There’s such a spirit of Glasgow ,that you feel when you go back loved the pictures ,it’s weird looking at them and remembering that people where happy and contented in spite of the conditions . Thank you
I've been researching rottenrow maternity hospital as my mother was born there. So i'm grateful for any pictures/videos especially from the year of 1938 onwards.
Thanks brought back memories of city centre - sadly doesn't seem to be many photos taken by anyone of my neck of the wood, Crosshill/Queens Park but still great to see places I did know including the only shoe shop in Glasgow that sold shoes to fit my size 7 female feet, others only went size 6 - Saxones.
I loved this video seeing everything from the past it makes me feel old now as I’ve lived through most of the dates stamped Seeing the hospital were I was born oakbank and cowcaddens ,Charing x sauchiehall street , my heart aches as I would love to be transported back to the 70s
Thank you so much..Used to visit my gran at Tobago Street , Calton and remember in 60/70 all those old half demolished tenements . Wish I’d taken photos back then. As others have said , always given lovely welcome by Glaswegians .. so much different to East side of Scotland 🏴 where I’m originally from .
My Uncle was born in a shoe box and kept warm on an open oven door oven on warm. He grew to about 200 lbs but at birth he was 2 lbs. Amazingly enough and it was 1932
So much soul in Glasgow. I'm from Edinburgh and it is historical city but didn't have the wild humour and edge as Glasgow did or still has. I miss these places now being in pandemic exile.
was born at home at 85 ledaig street haghill back in 1956 went to haghill school then to smithnycroft sec school then left glasgow to come to southport back in 1983 feel nostalgic but could never go back and live there, if anyone would like to join a wee forum, it's called( glesga folks ) and thur's great and interesting things oan it aboot glesga and oor memories living ther, so hope tae see yee's ther folks...
Some great views of old Glasgow. Well done! I lived in the old Gorbals until December '63, they started demolishing our area the following year (bastards. At least they waited until we left before they flattened it...). I was 6y.o when we moved, but I could still draw a map to a square mile around where we lived! Nice view of Celtic Park, incidentally. But where's IBROX??
Am 21 and this is interesting was born in glasgow all my life born in blackhill queensley street my gran lives there still and I'm going to show her this slideshow to see if she remembers
This was probably the first of this type of video I seen and I check on it with my job I come across a lot glasgow oldies who know nothing about Internet , and how much happiness this brings to just see this video the odd tear of happiness, so yeah brough a lot to joy to a lot of people
Glasgow in these images was well before my time, but I do find it quite depressing that my generation has missed out on the appreciation of some of Glasgow’s finest architecture - the demolition of St Enoch station was criminal! I was born and bred in Pollokshields in the 90’s and thankfully 98% of the area remains intact, although it’s shameful that many areas like Springburn, Gorbals, Anderston, etc had the hearts of those communities ripped out, all because of poor planning within the Comprehensive Developement Area (CDA) scheme
6.06 Is Camperdown Street with Oakbank primary school on the right, the polis station was across the street. I went there from 1958 till 1964. At 7.03 is Rockville school, my Mother went there just prior to the second world war. Thanks for the memories right enough.
Likely well before school class pictures I am sure, too bad. Perhaps your Granny and my Mother sat at the same desk quite a few years apart. No carving of initials onto the desktops then to be sure!
born in the Townhead, rottenrow maternity Hospital, stayed in Royson, moved to Garthamlock, have stayed in Dennistoun and Bishopbriggs, im a proud Glasweigan now living in Ayr for the past 25 years!!!
1:24 In the mid-1970s when I was about 6 years old, I saw a kid, nicknamed "Monkey", run out of that Woolworths, dropping a new calculator as he went. The Manager chasing him, but the kid got away. lol, ah the memories that stay with you.
I think it's from about 1958, although the photograph shows it in the seventies livery. This actual bus did operate, at some time, route 7 from St. Enoch square - I remember being on the actual vehicle.
Anybody read Jimmy Barnes book - WORKING CLASS BOY and describes his life in Glasgow before moving to Australia.... if you haven't ... it is an essential read
I’m Glasgow born and bred living in the North of Glasgow. This video is great it also makes me sad though to see that Glasgow was mostly a stunning city the architecture, the city centre. All the old shops. The old St Enoch square is beautiful and the Boots store at the four corners! You wouldn’t recognise it now, it’s full of drug addicts, drug dealers the city is a toilet now. Totally and utterly ruined. It’s a shame as it was once a great city long gone now 😞.
What a beautiful city. My beautiful Glasgow. Long may you flourish
As an Englishman, that came to Glasgow in the early 70’s, I very much enjoyed seeing these photographs. Suffice it to say I have seen many changes over the years, many of them good. Glasgow folk however remain the same, as ever the salt of the earth.
OMG homesick so much tonight. Just found this video and because I haven't been back to Glasgow for over 22 years this tears my heart apart. Thank you so much for this video
Am 9yrs an a Bet I'll Still feel the same when am At your mile stone tae, ChinUpAlwaysRegardless the show Must go on And Will(FactsBe) >< made in Gurders
The show definitely goes on and certainly not for the better. Have you seen Glasgow town lately, it's a disgrace.
@@tedoneilclark4710 isn’t it heartbreaking! 💔💔💔
This is great. I was a young midwife in the 60's in Glasgow and delivered many a wean at home. The pictures have resurrected many old fond memories. Thank you.
thank you for your service..!!
That's wonderful congratulations 😄❤️😄
What a lovely & emotional video! Both songs are very fitting for it. Although I wasnt born until 1991 , as a Glasweigan all photos give me chills & tears to my eyes. I love Glasgow x
I was born in Glagsow 1954. Stophill Hospital and lived on Cowlairs Road. Thanks for putting this up. Loved seeing some places I recall as wee boy. Can't believe I actually lived in those times and conditions. It's amazing to see this.
Great to see some places I had totally forgotten about, and the memories these images bring back.
Many many thanks for your efforts...and the music was fab too.
Fantastic pictures and great music, I'm a calton boy, played for possil ymca in 81 great team we won the lot 🍀
This broke my heart my mum born in Maryhill she worked in the Enoch hotel loved seeing Maryhill road again haven't been to Glasgow in 24 years but going to to go to scatter my mums and sister's ashes miss u both I used to love showing my mum all the old Maryhill videos.
I started watching these videos of old Glasgow a few days ago and I think I've seen most of them by now. This is one of the best. Old people always look backwards, I suppose, but I miss the old place and time like hell. Thanks for the moment.
Yup I used to drink in Carr's keg at Charing cross a cellar bar I mind
Can even remember name of young French lady I spoke to
Am a Gorbals man and we were all in the same boat back then, naebody had anything, the 'Pawn' was part of life, but we had a 'community-Spirit like I've never witnessed since. If anybody was sick/ill we passed 'roon the sheet, if my Maw went intae hospital for another wean, we were all parcelled oot tae different neighbors ...!! We all stuck thegither, and helped each other oot!! Sad tae say, I don't see that nowadays . . .!! It was a different time - a different mindset!! xxx
Ive met some fine people who had been brought up in The Gorbals - and some not so fine like the ones who still to this day wear their criminal connections round their neck like a badge of honour and feel it their duty to try and keep the family name relevant in the swamp
Yeah just the way this present Tory government likes it
I long for those days!
Do you remember the Britannia?
Brought up in Maryhill in the 60's... same story... everyone's maw was always called Mrs.. respect.. How times have changed....
Images such as these certainly do bring back memories ...... very many thanks for posting these pictures
Great pics Folks just great, I stayed with an aunt in Carlton St before she died, That would be around mid 50's. Aunty Bridie' a great person.
I never knew where the rest of her folks Went to. I went to Quariers homes till I was about 16.
A great production and perfect choice of music. I loved it.
It’s great to see Glasgow as it was.... I was brought up in Turnlaw Street, Gorbals. Great memories.
Thank You for a great video
Me - born R.M. Rottenrow 1952! Home - Gorbals, Hospital Street - 1952. My mother told me that many neighbour's door keys opened each other's doors. When she was in hospital giving birth to me, her neighbours came into her flat and decorated it for her! She said = best neighbours she ever had.
These pics bring back so many memories thanks
A fabulous collection, including many from times when i lived and worked in the city.
Brings back so many memories. 👌
Thank you for a lovely compilation. Another Englishman viewer, I worked in Trongate C&A Modes 1972-73 when I joined that firm. I was the only recruit in the UK who chose Glasgow, and I never regretted that decision. Wonderful happy memories of the City outside work that is! The manager was a complete psycho, but not a Glaswegian.
Wow fantastic collection well done, love the north glasgow pics, all in my era, thanks.
Always homesick for Scotland, especially so after watching this. Best place in the world and the best people. Scotland is my home. Xxx
Fantastic memories...brought up in the Cowcaddens and was great to see pic of Phoenix Park and Oakbank Hospital
Went to Glasgow for the 1st time,and my 1st time riding the subway,we got on the Cowcaddens station to go to the West end.
3rd oldest subway in Europe I believe.
I went to phoenix park nursery, the oldest kin Glasgow. I’d also been friends with someone in Nottingham for 20 before we both found out that he’d also went to the same nursery, a couple of years above.
@@michellesavage7057 I stayed in Grove Street and I also went to Phoenix Nursey aroung 1962-1963. I have to this day a fond memory on my taste buds of the "hot chocolate' they gave us at lunchtime. I've spent all those years trying to find the same but to no avail. I still look over to the area of the ground the nursery used to sit on every time as I cross over the M8.
@@paulmcc8891 aww that’s lovely to hear. Seamore street then vernon street 71-75. I actually popped my head in years ago to look around. I remember playing outside and writing and drawing. As well as walking there. Looking up to my left, the workers up the hill from Mary hill rd going to work, smoke etc , was like a Lowry painting, sadly long gone. I piss my wee sisters and nieces off when I’m up visiting either my usual look that’s where I went to nursery. Like you I look over and smile. Thanks for your feedback, and all the best.
Morning It's nice to see old pictures and thank you .😊
Loved these photographs and loved the music!
Beautifully put together ❤️ thank you, 🏴💥👍😍
I was born at home in the oat lands 19 60 and moved to Oxford 19 89 felt so emotional watching the videos reminds me ov my family I miss the Glasgow people the salt ov the earth ❤😢😊
I worked in and around Glasgow for a couple of years and fell in love with the city and the people, at night when the traffic had eased I’d go out for an hour or so to get my bearings and at weekends go walking around the city absolutely loved it and even brought my family for holidays in Glasgow, my wife who had visited Edinburgh said at the time nothing could match Edinburgh wait until you visit Glasgow I told her and yes she now loves Glasgow, we went to Edinburgh for a day trip when on holiday and she couldn’t wait to get back to glasgow, she even says we should sell up here in Ireland and live in Glasgow, beautiful city beautiful people
Haste ye back!
Hey John! Glasgow is shite. (Fair play to you and your thoughts.)
As an EX-Glaswegian, born at Stobhill Hospital, Springburn, 29 March 1951: *Give me Auld Reekie anytime.*
Stay free, J. Rab 🍻 😎 👋
As a Glaswegian it greatly appreciated what you say I live in London These 32 years or so I came her wife my wife the still look there noses down at me I only stay because of my financial situation breaking my hart thank for your kind words about Glasgow
What a great video, brings back lots of memories of Glasgow. Now living in New Zealand, but still miss Scotland.
Yae AlwaysWill(FactsBe) >
Mon hame lol
Send our love to Jacinda 😄
Lovely video,thank you very much. I grew up going to the Apollo in the early 70's and am still doing gigs these days. When outside the pub having a smoke,I often look across to where the old place once stood, and thinking of all the nights in there. The Barras atmosphere comes close,but there was only one Apollo. x
Amen to that John .
Lauders?
Born up the toon, now live in Dumbarton.. Apollo was my 2nd home as a teenager, saw loads of great bands in the 70s and 80s.. remember the moisture (sweat) running down the walls and the upper circle bouncing up and down, probably moving 6-8 inches, I used to think it would collapse lol
This is amazing..my grandfather was Rev. John Cameron Peddie who faith healed in the Gorbals. His church was called the Hutchesontown Parish Church that has been torn down. He worked with the gangs in the gorbals.
And I recall reading his book back in the 8Os - I think it was on healing as I recall?
Amazing story 😀
I LOVE MY HOMETOWN GLASGOW !!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing 👍one of my favourite songs and great photos
that's why i love Glasgow and proud to be from Glasgow
Love Glasgow, the old pictures are great!
Glasgow was the only city that voluntarily gutted itself and destroyed decades of history. Yes it needed the slums cleared
but instead of rebuilding the tenements with modern materials they moved entire populations to the middle of nowhere
into huge estates. The splitting of the city with a motorway beggars belief despite how convenient it is. Can you
imagine destroying the center of Edinburgh to put a motorway in?
To be fair - that the case for most UK cities. They've all been gutted to some degree by 60/70 redevelopment crimes. Edinburgh has probably seen less, for sure, but you only to look at Prince's Street - whole sections of that have been bull dozed. Whole sections of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Leeds, everywhere. It's not even just the big industrial cities, the rise of the shopping mall has devastated small towns too. People should have been prosecuted for what has been the wholesale destruction of our architectural heritage.
There are still amazing buildings in the city centre getting left to fall to pieces - then if something happens to a Rennie Mackintosh building everyone is weeping and wailing pretending they give a shit about archatecture . Of course thats the masterplan just let these great buildings get so bad its not viable to repair them so they can sell the land to some dodgy millionaire who will build a pile of old shit in its place and make a another million for a backhander to the council
@@williamf4544 that's assuming that they don't catch fire first! Then you just have the space to fill. Saves the cost of knocking them down.
@Allan Most of the locals have been driven away. High Street is practically empty of shops, as the council up the rates, but don't do the repairs, same with the tenements.
It must be due a fire soon.
They almost did do it to Edinburgh. The plans were drawn up and prints of them can be seen at the Cit archives. Don't know why they didn't go through. They did rip a lot of the tenement slums down in Leith in the 60s.
Very interesting pictures. The city has improved a lot since then but you see in these pictures some marvellous buildings that were indiscriminately demolished in the 1960s and 70s and which would look great now stone-cleaned and integrated into the 21st Century city.
scandalous the stonework thsat was pulled down.
Especially for them to have pulled down this amazing building at St. Enoch Square 6:26 terrible decision. No comparison the the ugly glass building there now.
Improved? you must be joking. Its now an absolute shitehole
It's so sad.
@rightisright my sentiments exactly. The once fine city now destroyed.
Was born in the house, red sandstone building at 1268 Springburn Rd in Sept 1953. Emigrated to Canada in 1963, a few years later the beautiful row of red sandstone closes were torn down. I have always wondered why? I love coming back to Glasgow. Thank-you for doing this. Does anyone know who the photo of the mum pushing the pram with kids at 6:05 was taken by and when?
St Enoch Station was a magnificent area and travel hub. To see it now is rather sad.
I remember the buses to Castlemilk all crammed around the underground entrance. 5,5a,75,31 + 12,12a to toryglen
remember the smell.... only the underground had that burnt electrical smeel about it.. and keeking into the tunnel to see if the train was coming...
@@hairyassJock I don’t care how much money they end up spending on Queen Street Station. It will never compare with the old St Enoch station and Hotel.
@@robertmccall379 remember walking for a taxi 1 Xmas after being at the Barra's xmas eve night.. ended up under the central station bridge... Characters everywhere.. And ALL the women were respected.. Few old dames wi a sneaky "Carly" in their bags singing away.. Good times when people mattered...
@@hairyassJock Yes, there were hard working, honest characters all round back then. Sadly, nothing ever stays the same. Those memories will be with me forever.
Loved that first song too.
Thanks for posting this.
A great place at a great time.
Times were tougher but there was not a constant air of menace. People did not live in fear. They lived in optimism.
Some of the scnes from the film "Once Upon a Time in America" remind me of the old tenments, buildings and people of Glasgow.
Yes your right about that vis once upon a while in America , I remember visiting Chicago some years ago and it felt a lot like Glasgow of old only the streets where wider but the architecture was the same same old grimy buildings . There’s such a spirit of Glasgow ,that you feel when you go back loved the pictures ,it’s weird looking at them and remembering that people where happy and contented in spite of the conditions . Thank you
Thank you, I am searching generations of family addresses and many streets have been razed. This was very moving.
I've been researching rottenrow maternity hospital as my mother was born there. So i'm grateful for any pictures/videos especially from the year of 1938 onwards.
My mother was born there in September 1938. She passed away in 2016. She occasionally mentioned being born there.
Brilliant to see the old places👍.
Oh boy that brought back loads of memories for me thank you
Thanks brought back memories of city centre - sadly doesn't seem to be many photos taken by anyone of my neck of the wood, Crosshill/Queens Park but still great to see places I did know including the only shoe shop in Glasgow that sold shoes to fit my size 7 female feet, others only went size 6 - Saxones.
Born in the Gorbals in 1955 great memories, still a Sousider.
Glasgow, Centre of the Universe. Love the city, love the people.
Cracking pictures, bring back a lot of memories.
Magic 🏴👍
3:51 It broke my mind for a second to see those bins in such an old photograph. Never realised they were so vintage, but I guess if it ain't broke!
I think it might be a modern photo in black and white haha, as the old college bar has never changed :'D
I’m from Manchester but I really enjoyed the photos. Lovely music too.
Brilliant !! Loved it !!!
Amazing pictures xxthankyou
Im a Banki i live in England but Scotland will always be home loved watching this...
wow....Time Travel IS possible! amazing video
I loved this video seeing everything from the past it makes me feel old now as I’ve lived through most of the dates stamped Seeing the hospital were I was born oakbank and cowcaddens ,Charing x sauchiehall street , my heart aches as I would love to be transported back to the 70s
So would I. Wonderful times. Two of my boys were born in Rottenrow. Wonderful hospital.
Thank you so much..Used to visit my gran at Tobago Street , Calton and remember in 60/70 all those old half demolished tenements . Wish I’d taken photos back then.
As others have said , always given lovely welcome by Glaswegians .. so much different to East side of Scotland 🏴 where I’m originally from .
love this, some great pictures.
Fantastic - Many thanks
My Uncle was born in a shoe box and kept warm on an open oven door oven on warm. He grew to about 200 lbs but at birth he was 2 lbs. Amazingly enough and it was 1932
great & lovely video ....thank you lovemygirl
WOW This video is amazing oh boy does this not take me back a bit ,lol,Love the images how did you manage to get them just brilliant :)
So much soul in Glasgow. I'm from Edinburgh and it is historical city but didn't have the wild humour and edge as Glasgow did or still has. I miss these places now being in pandemic exile.
great video enjoyed some great old photos
was born at home at 85 ledaig street haghill back in 1956 went to haghill school then to smithnycroft sec school then left glasgow to come to southport back in 1983 feel nostalgic but could never go back and live there, if anyone would like to join a wee forum, it's called( glesga folks ) and thur's great and interesting things oan it aboot glesga and oor memories living ther, so hope tae see yee's ther folks...
Thanks ,enjoyed the photos.
good video, well done. particularly liked the photos of the people,typical Glaswegians.
Whoa! Brings all back to me - that's Glasgow High School on ELm Bank ROad was there 1966-70
Some great views of old Glasgow. Well done! I lived in the old Gorbals until December '63, they started demolishing our area the following year (bastards. At least they waited until we left before they flattened it...). I was 6y.o when we moved, but I could still draw a map to a square mile around where we lived! Nice view of Celtic Park, incidentally. But where's IBROX??
Joseph Nisbet my dad had a fruit barra at corner cumberland st called paddy cryans
Boots. Hughes daughter says the best celtic babes x
Nice pictures, I was hoping for more from when the trams were still running, which is what I remember fondly.
Am 21 and this is interesting was born in glasgow all my life born in blackhill queensley street my gran lives there still and I'm going to show her this slideshow to see if she remembers
Good man John.
Aye Donald. I'd say she will alright.
Loved staying in Glasgow moved when I got married miss it still meet up with my friend.
Paddy's market. Pure dead brill
I still live in glasgow but these days it just doesn't have that glasgow feel anymore like it once had.
Gentrified and sterilised.
love it old city
This was probably the first of this type of video I seen and I check on it with my job I come across a lot glasgow oldies who know nothing about Internet , and how much happiness this brings to just see this video the odd tear of happiness, so yeah brough a lot to joy to a lot of people
Glasgow in these images was well before my time, but I do find it quite depressing that my generation has missed out on the appreciation of some of Glasgow’s finest architecture - the demolition of St Enoch station was criminal! I was born and bred in Pollokshields in the 90’s and thankfully 98% of the area remains intact, although it’s shameful that many areas like Springburn, Gorbals, Anderston, etc had the hearts of those communities ripped out, all because of poor planning within the Comprehensive Developement Area (CDA) scheme
98% or 97.36% of the area remains, Rizwan? Such mathematicalus geniusitus going on before us ... 🤔
Stay takiyya, saqib!
Glaswegians walk about looking down at the pavement.. while tourists are looking up at the wonderous architecture, sad but true.
@@peacemaker6662 that's because most glaswegians - myself included- walk around under the influence of good old Johnny Walker
Great stuff👍
Great video!! well done!! Glasgow is such a fabulous city :O)
lots of memories excellent .
6.06 Is Camperdown Street with Oakbank primary school on the right, the polis station was across the street. I went there from 1958 till 1964. At 7.03 is Rockville school, my Mother went there just prior to the second world war. Thanks for the memories right enough.
My Gran, who was born in 1894, attended Rockvilla School.
Likely well before school class pictures I am sure, too bad.
Perhaps your Granny and my Mother sat at the same desk quite a few years apart.
No carving of initials onto the desktops then to be sure!
born in the Townhead, rottenrow maternity Hospital, stayed in Royson, moved to Garthamlock, have stayed in Dennistoun and Bishopbriggs, im a proud Glasweigan now living in Ayr for the past 25 years!!!
ANDREW GRAHAM
coia's cafe duke street....... thanks for posting
1:24 In the mid-1970s when I was about 6 years old, I saw a kid, nicknamed "Monkey", run out of that Woolworths, dropping a new calculator as he went. The Manager chasing him, but the kid got away. lol, ah the memories that stay with you.
I remember my granda walking me up millerston st from the gallowgate to coias cafe and buying me an Oyster ice cream. I can still taste it
How poor we were, but we couldn't be any happier..
didn't know anything else, but brought up to be decent people, church and sunday school attenders
We weren’t all so lucky. Some of us went to bed hungry
@@gailmckerrow1450 Or sore from beatings from Catholic nuns and/or our parents,
I’m happier now I have a few bob,but grew up in the east end with lots of cousins,great laugh.
Old now, having lived in Canada for 40 + years. Got a little choked up, I must admit.
tyvm,took me way back to when i was innocent and happy x
I was born in Oakbank Hospital lived in Maryhill now existing in Wemyss Bay - thanks for the pics.
I'm in Wemyss bay a lot. My son lives in rothesay lol. Small world
I think it's from about 1958, although the photograph shows it in the seventies livery.
This actual bus did operate, at some time, route 7 from St. Enoch square - I remember being on the actual vehicle.
Born in 41 Wesleyan St anymore photos much apreciated . Thank,s
Used to go to the bakery there just up from Crownpoint Road
First job in 1970...Milanda van boy..loved it..£5 a week and a bonus every month if you did six days without missing.
Note the cobbled roads in Renfield Street!
We had Nothing,but if you lived there you had Everything, Magical,would never want to be anywhere else with my family.
memories are made of this loved it
Anybody read Jimmy Barnes book - WORKING CLASS BOY and describes his life in Glasgow before moving to Australia.... if you haven't ... it is an essential read
I love how you added celtic park well done new sub btw I'm a BIG celtic fan!
The old holy ground looked great...
Paradise
lots of memories of my hometown
Really cool photos :0)
Have you seen 'Mitchell and Kenyon Jamaica Street 1901'... Its here on TH-cam. Haunting.
I’m Glasgow born and bred living in the North of Glasgow. This video is great it also makes me sad though to see that Glasgow was mostly a stunning city the architecture, the city centre. All the old shops. The old St Enoch square is beautiful and the Boots store at the four corners! You wouldn’t recognise it now, it’s full of drug addicts, drug dealers the city is a toilet now. Totally and utterly ruined. It’s a shame as it was once a great city long gone now 😞.
It is a beautiful city but has been ruined by these people. I was born in maryhill and brought up in Milton. Better times. Miss them
Coias cafe in Duke street. Still here to this day!
One of the things I miss most about Glasgow is the ice cream from the cafes!
different location different people (asian owners)