Grew up on south side. Worked there for most of adult life too. Some very strong memories here. Even though I’m under 50 I recognise (and love) some of these older pictures. I didn’t need the names. Thanks!
Every time I look at old photos like these of the place I grew up, I always think it looks far cleaner and friendlier without all the cars in the streets. Great job, loved this video :-)
My wife and I love Glasgow so much open space and parks free museums, people who help you, good hotels, wonderful buildings,pity about the art college, but plenty to see all in all a great city
Excellent - found the pics of Old Cathcart to be extremely interesting - filled in what used to be there - thanks to those who set this up much appreciated.
Brilliant. Thanks for doing this. I grew up in Glasgow Went to Langside College. Moved to the USA (Idaho) in 1964. Still love my home town and very proud to be Scottish.
Thanks Mary. I was a Langside student from 1995-1997 and since then they have knocked it all down and re-built it so you wouldnt recognize the place now, especially as they are in the process of knocking down the victoria infirmary.
@@jays2877 Battlefield rest is still there and just celebrated 25 years as a restaurant. The old Vicky has now been replaced by a newer small hospital across the road and the A&E and surgical departments are now contained in a super hospital where the Southern General was. The only part of the Old Vicky that was protected was the small building facing the park entrance but I believe they are going to incorporate the wards in the redevelopment as housing. I have pics on my Flickr page here; www.flickr.com/photos/route9autos/albums/72157675407258336
@@AstonishingGlasgow Thank you so much for that response. I take it that they've sited the "newer small hospital" where the school used to be? I've gone to your Flickr page to have a gander. It was indeed a landmark. I remember it being explained to me as a child that the rounded verandahs (and I seem to remember more than your photos show) were for the convalescence of TB patients who needed the fresh air (probably would have been quite fresh in the early days of the infirmary!). Thank you for preserving memories of the Vicky before it was replaced by more soul-less housing. Glad that Battlefield Rest became a restaurant - hope it's a good one :) I left Glasgow many moons ago and haven't been back for some years and even last time I felt a weird sense of dislocation as there were so many changes. Ah, well, progress I suppose :/
@@jays2877 Yes, the new hospital is where Queens park school was, that burned down around 1996 as I was studying at Langside College when the fire broke out and watched from the window. There were 3 ward blocks on the hospital and they all had verandahs when it first opened but at the time of its closing, two of the wards had their verandahs bricked up. The Victoria hospital was indeed a TB hospital when it was built in the country away from Glasgow city centre but Glasgow soon caught up. I will need to update the folder on Flickr as there has been quite a bit of demolition since the last picture.
Just loved this upload, Kudos to the photographer who was remarkably faithful to shot position of the original photographers. The old car ferry across the Clyde, Man o Man!!!! As a kid I went over that regularly with my friend in his dads work van. He used to try to frighten us when strong winds blew the ferry a little of course, He would shout , awe naw, we are going out to sea lol Children are easily kidded, of course we never believed him😳😩 If you go down to the Broomilaw you can still see the moorings where the ferry crossed, in saying that not been there for a few years, but am sure they are still there. Sincere thanks again for the upload.
Thanks Fryodor, I do make it a point to get as close to the original as I can, even when there is a bit of risk involved. If you liked the ferry shot you should check out my footage from the Queen Mary going down the Clyde in 1963 th-cam.com/video/sYKNFYERoso/w-d-xo.html. The car ferry in this video is slightly down stream from the remaining ferry ramps but would have looked the same. Here are the remaining piers and ramps; flic.kr/p/5EUg64
Random the things that survive. A little shelter on a railway platform that "could" have been rebuilt several times but is still remains. A big solidly build house is now a pleasant green field.
Loved that, thanks for sharing. My paternal family (most of it ) left glasgow in the late 1930s. I love seeing old photos and film footage etc of the Glasgow they remembered. Thanks again for the window into the city's past.
Born in Cathcart 1960, loved the footage. Shame they never kept Mary Queen of Scots castle at Court Knowe. Loved the footage a big thanks to everyone who contributed to this video.
Thanks. Plenty of debate on that subject. The residents of Cathcart at the time of the battle of Langside were not supporters of Mary so the idea that she stood and watched the battle from Court Knowe is probably Victorian myth and romance. The castle was demolished in 1980. It had stood for 200 years with no roof and became unstable so had to come down before it fell unfortunately.
Excellent watch,i was born too late as every time i see those old photos i get sad at what we have become,buildings of grandeur ripped down for bland characterless monstrosities and soulless car parks.. The world today is over populated with everyone in hurry, give me the quiet streets,folk with manners and places and building that make you proud..
I live in in Glasgow at the moment very beautiful city and very good people Scottish they're all have a nice character and personality and I'm kurdish man I come from kurdistan 🇳🇪🏴 🌺🌼🌸🌹💐🌺
The good news is that the open air ampitheatre in Queen's Park has been restored since this video was made. As an Englishman who fell in love with the city and made it his home, I have always been fascinated by its history. On seeing it first, I was struck by the majesty of the ubiquitous 4 storey stone terraces, which to the eyes of a boy brought up in ugly Slough, seemed amazing. But it was a sad fact that during the 20th century, there was just not enough money being generated to sustain this ambitious 19th century townscape.
Thanks, a tremendous amount of work to compile a really interesting history. Years ago I did some work on the Glasgow Underground and it was interesting to see how much the city had changed, and almost moved, since the Underground was built!
How nice to see! Thank you for making them. My only quibble is that I would have like more labelling as to where things actually are, but I am so happy to see your work, anyway,. Thank you. :)
Im glad you liked the video and as said before, all location details and loads more can be found by following the link to Flickr. If I had put text in the video you would have been reading the text instead of looking at the pictures.
Pretty bloooody awesome. And to put it with Pink Floyd as well. My grandparents were from Rutherglen before they came out to New Zealand. Bound to be McLuckie's still there somewhere. Thank you
Gail Dalziel The bandstand in Queens Park has been completely rebuilt. Because as you can see in the picture it was demolished. So the they built a new one.
Wouldn't it be just the most amazing thing ever to be able to Time Travel? even in your dreams.. you could go back in time and talk to real living people and enlighten them about all sorts of things they don't know and whats to come!. I guess if you try hard enough you can dream a story and it would be similar. Good Night!
Tambo74 Yeah with the lottery results and a few wise investments written down. I'd just win the lottery every week. Then I'd get a time machine built so I could rob the past of all its goodies. By the time I got back I'd be World President.
I'd go back to Edwardian Glasgow with all its pride and splendour, but I'd tell them not to be shocked so much by two World Wars coming their way (both of which would undoubtedly change their city); but the 'real' destruction which took place in the 1960s. They'd be distraught at the thought that much of their (and their parents) hard work would be undone in the the 60s. Grand old buildings torn down, roads widened, trams, as well as a large rail terminus scrapped, whole streets flattened to make way for tower blocks or flyovers. They'd be rightly appalled. For all its 'progressiveness', people forget just how destructive the 1960s were to communities. More damage was done to our cities in that decade than in either of the World Wars.
Thats exactly where it is. It was Cathcart house and was lived in by the castle owners when they wanted to expand their living quarters. If you visit the site today you can still see the depression in the ground where the house was.
I was born on Alexandra Parade in Toonhied 1948 but I left in 1966 and I dont see any photos of the Parade on here. My old Schools, Golfhill, is abandoned, and Onslow Drive Secondary School was pulled down for some weird reason and a glass School put in its place. I just dont understand why they destroyed what was old yet well built with style and class, and replace them with something like a high rise ugly glass and plastic structure that will not be standing there in 200 years time like the old buildings have been.
Have a check on my Flickr page for pictures from all over Glasgow (link in description). The Mitchell library site has loads of good historic Glasgow pics on the Virtual Mitchell and a forum with good resources is hidden Glasgow.co.uk.
I grew up in Glasgow (Oatlands and Toryglen), then emigrated to the US. Now in my 70s, I would love to move back to my hometown, but prices are so high now in Glasgow, I can't afford it.
Thanks. The video has only some of my pictures in it, there are nearly 300 before and after Glasgow pictures over on my flickr page if you are interested.
Re: 2:12... Is that bandstand the one that was in Tollcross Park ? My family lived in the Tollcross Mansion House ( my father worked for the Parks Dept. ) in the mid/late 50's, and that bandstand in your photo look just like how I remembered the one at Tollcross.
That bandstand is the one that was in Linn Park. The thing with the bandstand in Glasgow parks was they all looked very similar as the corporation built them to similar plans so the one in Tollcross wouldn't have looked much different.
So I grew-up in an area in my U.S. city all with Scottish names and lived on a street named for this well know place in your country. As for me I found it amusing to live in such a place being that I also have Scottish Ancestry.
bella park was the location for the scottish empire exhibition in the 30 , if i recall the foundation of taits tower and the palace of arts still exist , could be worth a root around at the peoples palace . also forgot about abbotsinch airport theres one for you regards graeme mccall
I would need to look it up but it came from the you tube audio library. I had to replace Wish you were here by Pink floyd due to obvious copyright issues.
@brownbrador45 @brownbrador45 I had given the empire exhibition at bellahouston park concideration after I completed the project on the great exhibition in Kelvingrove; I just need to find good source material to work from.
No worries mate but i will leave this page open so i can watch it when i get the time. Going by the comments it's been well recieved so look forward to watching it!
Hope you manage to get in touch with your pal. If you are interested in Glasgow content then please do check out my channel. As well as this video there are loads of others about my home city.
The city needs some colours. More modern buildings. Either way, I love Scotland. Where it is with the North Sea, Atlantic and everything..The trees & flowers always seem to have a vibe just even seeing them in pictures!
Go to the link and all the locations are with the still photos on my flickr page. If I had put the locations on screen you would have been reading the words rather than watching the video.
@@AstonishingGlasgow - I know what you are saying but a simple name in small fonts at the very top or bottom of the photos certainly wouldn't put me off the actual photo.
Problem I found when trying that is where do I stop? A lot of the locations are in places that need more than one or two words to describe so I decided the video worked as a nice demonstration of the passing of time, regardless of exact location. Sit back and spot the small things that have changed. If there is any of the pictures in particular you would like to know the location of, just ask. I visited all the locations to take the pictures so I can give exact location details.
Does anyone have any pictures of a French polisher shop in Maine street 1800's? Or any information about it? It was run by my Great Great Great grandfather John McFarlane and his children
Thanks Angus, if you like the pictures you can see the full collection on my flickr page here; flickr.com/photos/route9autos/collections/72157623030062843/ Dave
I can tell you because I took the now pic. Its the cemetery keepers house in Cathcart cemetery and is at the end of Clarkston avenue. It has now been renovated and is a private house again. More picture details and locations on my flickr site, see description.
Hi there, we've really been enjoying traveling into the past with you, (especially as we make walks in soulful cities and have just filmed Glasgow), so it's lovely to see the contrast, thank you. If you'd like to subscribe to each other, we'd like that too? Look forward to seeing more from you.
@@AstonishingGlasgow I would take a guess the one at 3:47 but I could be wrong as I've no idea what context he's bringing institutionalised into it, unless he just means knocked down, but again I'm only guessing it's that pic
I was thrown by the institutionalised description as well. At 3:47 That was Cathcart house in Linn park which is now the second largest park in Glasgow. The family that built that were the residents of the castle nearby. The house was demolished in 1927.
The degradation of society is evident. The people's pride of self and their surroundings have drastically fallen. It's pretty sad and depressing. No pride is taken in modern designs. It's all just mass produced crap. Look at the cars and trams etc compared to now. All that matters now is efficiency over everything else.
Um they used they Same trams since they were first built int the 1800 up until the 1960s only adding touches to make it look newer doing the bare minimum for efficient it was only there to do it’s job and nothing more. Now a days they modernise vehicles buses every year even changing the design and building new ones even as recently to make it eco friendly and fully electric run. And I don’t think pride in oneself and surroundings is a great thing. Too much pride ends you up in hell. People back then had to loan and squeeze out money from nowhere to design creation like in buildings and cars. And there are still people doing that today to build n create better beautiful new city out of the old. Recreating and sculpting functional uses for everyone. Look at the ideas blueprints of the city online. I guess their are a lot more restrictions now. License being one and agreement plans etc. a lot more competition and demand n pressure too. Society is stressed now creativity thinking doesn’t come out of stress environments.
@@AstonishingGlasgow why not just put them in your videos like every other channel. It’s a nice flashback video to watch but not everyone has the time to go tracking down each picture in the video for location and names.
Simple answer is I dont want to. I wanted to show the changes in the city and not have the distraction of text on screen. If people want to know the locations they can go and look them up or be lazy and never know, thats their choice.
ah halcyon days i even remember some of the before and after shots memories of better days perhaps thanks for the effort lovely work , nb what happened to bellahouston park b4 and after mm
It Would have made more sense if you had Titled each location especially for a new comer to the city (why do people using the computer seem to very rarely put in the location names (please think of the future and new generations viewing this ) Thankyou for your efforts.
+skye commander I didnt title the pictures because I didnt want to, the video looks much better without titles on the screen. If you want to know the locations and more, follow the link to my Flickr page (its in the description) where you will find all the pictures and about 200 more.
+skye commander If you know the place print it down on the comments start the quiz at 0.40 Springburn park boat pond 0.47 old mens club Springburn park 1,05 Finnieston crane down by the SEC centre
That would be a better idea if you had correctly identified the locations. 0.40 is the pond in Maxwell park and the building at 0.47 is the mansion house in Linn park. If you want to know the locations, go to my Flickr page where I can guarantee the location details are correct as I visited them all to take the pictures as they appear now.
Its sad to see the pile of old shit they are putting up on Pollockshaws road across from MacDonalds and further down - supposed to be modern showpieces but are in fact horrible to look at and almost slum looking from the day they are put up - and these people are being paid millions - not to mention all the back handers envolved no doubt - give kids at a primary school a piece of paper and a crayon and they will come up with something more attractive to the eye - new builds in Edinburgh on the whole seem a lot better and nicer to look at but it seems any old rubbish will do in Glasgow - Nicola Sturgeon should be ashamed of herself
When you see this you really see how far we have fallen in terms of our maintenance regimes and upkeep of the city.
I thought a lot of the now pics looked better than the then pics.
Grew up on south side. Worked there for most of adult life too. Some very strong memories here. Even though I’m under 50 I recognise (and love) some of these older pictures. I didn’t need the names. Thanks!
Every time I look at old photos like these of the place I grew up, I always think it looks far cleaner and friendlier without all the cars in the streets. Great job, loved this video :-)
@Gerry Helmit too many city in my car now
Old glasgow looked well more friendlier .atmospheric and more buzzing than today with all cars and shit
@@sansomdela Yep, in the late 60's/early 70's Britain lost its mind and started to think that Soviet style termite colony housing was a good idea.
My wife and I love Glasgow so much open space and parks free museums, people who help you, good hotels, wonderful buildings,pity about the art college, but plenty to see all in all a great city
Oh good I'm going to glasgow on monday
@@cliffsofmoher4220 Did you enjoy your visit to the Dear Green Place😉
Excellent - found the pics of Old Cathcart to be extremely interesting - filled in what used to be there - thanks to those who set this up much appreciated.
I love the old photographs.
Good to see the old Glasgow again from me Melbourne Australia All the best to you all P.M
Brilliant. Thanks for doing this. I grew up in Glasgow Went to Langside College. Moved to the USA (Idaho) in 1964. Still love my home town and very proud to be Scottish.
Thanks Mary. I was a Langside student from 1995-1997 and since then they have knocked it all down and re-built it so you wouldnt recognize the place now, especially as they are in the process of knocking down the victoria infirmary.
@@AstonishingGlasgow Knocking down the Vicky?!! Are they leaving Battlefield Rest or is that now long gone?
@@jays2877 Battlefield rest is still there and just celebrated 25 years as a restaurant. The old Vicky has now been replaced by a newer small hospital across the road and the A&E and surgical departments are now contained in a super hospital where the Southern General was. The only part of the Old Vicky that was protected was the small building facing the park entrance but I believe they are going to incorporate the wards in the redevelopment as housing. I have pics on my Flickr page here; www.flickr.com/photos/route9autos/albums/72157675407258336
@@AstonishingGlasgow Thank you so much for that response. I take it that they've sited the "newer small hospital" where the school used to be? I've gone to your Flickr page to have a gander. It was indeed a landmark. I remember it being explained to me as a child that the rounded verandahs (and I seem to remember more than your photos show) were for the convalescence of TB patients who needed the fresh air (probably would have been quite fresh in the early days of the infirmary!). Thank you for preserving memories of the Vicky before it was replaced by more soul-less housing. Glad that Battlefield Rest became a restaurant - hope it's a good one :) I left Glasgow many moons ago and haven't been back for some years and even last time I felt a weird sense of dislocation as there were so many changes. Ah, well, progress I suppose :/
@@jays2877 Yes, the new hospital is where Queens park school was, that burned down around 1996 as I was studying at Langside College when the fire broke out and watched from the window. There were 3 ward blocks on the hospital and they all had verandahs when it first opened but at the time of its closing, two of the wards had their verandahs bricked up. The Victoria hospital was indeed a TB hospital when it was built in the country away from Glasgow city centre but Glasgow soon caught up. I will need to update the folder on Flickr as there has been quite a bit of demolition since the last picture.
Thank you. Very thought provoking video. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴
This is brilliant! I would be nice if you could have put the locations on the pictures too. You have obviously put alot of time into this, well done!
Just loved this upload, Kudos to the photographer who was remarkably faithful to shot position of the original photographers.
The old car ferry across the Clyde, Man o Man!!!! As a kid I went over that regularly with my friend in his dads work van.
He used to try to frighten us when strong winds blew the ferry a little of course, He would shout , awe naw, we are going out to sea lol
Children are easily kidded, of course we never believed him😳😩
If you go down to the Broomilaw you can still see the moorings where the ferry crossed, in saying that not been there for a few years, but am sure they are still there.
Sincere thanks again for the upload.
Thanks Fryodor, I do make it a point to get as close to the original as I can, even when there is a bit of risk involved. If you liked the ferry shot you should check out my footage from the Queen Mary going down the Clyde in 1963 th-cam.com/video/sYKNFYERoso/w-d-xo.html. The car ferry in this video is slightly down stream from the remaining ferry ramps but would have looked the same. Here are the remaining piers and ramps; flic.kr/p/5EUg64
Well done mate, excellent viewing and your hard work's appreciated...utterly fascinating...
Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I really should do more as I have plenty more then and now shots on my flickr page and hard drive.
Lots of wonderful memories there, thanks for that !
Random the things that survive. A little shelter on a railway platform that "could" have been rebuilt several times but is still remains. A big solidly build house is now a pleasant green field.
Loved that, thanks for sharing. My paternal family (most of it ) left glasgow in the late 1930s. I love seeing old photos and film footage etc of the Glasgow they remembered. Thanks again for the window into the city's past.
wow can feel the memories of past and present!!
Born in Cathcart 1960, loved the footage.
Shame they never kept Mary Queen of Scots castle at Court Knowe.
Loved the footage a big thanks to everyone who contributed to this video.
Thanks. Plenty of debate on that subject. The residents of Cathcart at the time of the battle of Langside were not supporters of Mary so the idea that she stood and watched the battle from Court Knowe is probably Victorian myth and romance. The castle was demolished in 1980. It had stood for 200 years with no roof and became unstable so had to come down before it fell unfortunately.
What A City So Proud To Be Born There!!
Excellent watch,i was born too late as every time i see those old photos i get sad at what we have become,buildings of grandeur ripped down for bland characterless monstrosities and soulless car parks.. The world today is over populated with everyone in hurry, give me the quiet streets,folk with manners and places and building that make you proud..
I live in in Glasgow at the moment very beautiful city and very good people Scottish they're all have a nice character and personality and I'm kurdish man I come from kurdistan 🇳🇪🏴 🌺🌼🌸🌹💐🌺
The good news is that the open air ampitheatre in Queen's Park has been restored since this video was made. As an Englishman who fell in love with the city and made it his home, I have always been fascinated by its history. On seeing it first, I was struck by the majesty of the ubiquitous 4 storey stone terraces, which to the eyes of a boy brought up in ugly Slough, seemed amazing. But it was a sad fact that during the 20th century, there was just not enough money being generated to sustain this ambitious 19th century townscape.
nostalgic and most enjoyable.
Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
And they call it progress. Thanks for the time line 👍
Thanks, a tremendous amount of work to compile a really interesting history. Years ago I did some work on the Glasgow Underground and it was interesting to see how much the city had changed, and almost moved, since the Underground was built!
I just love to see history, don't let this go,tell everyone about thus great place please 🙏
Fascinating to watch. Thanks for sharing - you put a lot of work into that.
I loved this just wish everywhere had been named where it was exactly, me being a country girl. Keep up your good work
Thank's for the upload.
Wow Chas and dave doing the music 😂🎶
How nice to see! Thank you for making them. My only quibble is that I would have like more labelling as to where things actually are, but I am so happy to see your work, anyway,. Thank you. :)
Im glad you liked the video and as said before, all location details and loads more can be found by following the link to Flickr. If I had put text in the video you would have been reading the text instead of looking at the pictures.
Great interesting video. Thanks for posting it. I really enjoyed it.
Fantastic video
Pretty bloooody awesome. And to put it with Pink Floyd as well. My grandparents were from Rutherglen before they came out to New Zealand. Bound to be McLuckie's still there somewhere.
Thank you
Excellent.
Really interesting collection. nice one.
This is great. Would be fantastic t further update it
the band stand in queens park has sins been done up and looks really nice now
It's the bandstand in Kelvingrove Park that was renovated.
So has the queens park one I was there the other week
Gail Dalziel The bandstand in Queens Park has been completely rebuilt. Because as you can see in the picture it was demolished. So the they built a new one.
Is sad that the beautiful old buildings have been taken away and some replaced with modern builds
Great to see so many familiar places that were part of my childhood on the south side of Glasgow!
I recognise quite a number of south side locations. Wouldnt it be fascinating to travel back in time and walk around?
I would travel back in time to the Old Smiddy Bar when it was 50p a Pint😉
Can't wait to come and see for myself.
The picture was quite eerie at 3.30 where it showed the street full of young children, as it turns to now, they fade away, like ghosts.
That’s the start of Clarkston Rd. looks much the same now. You can imagine the scene when you pass as I often do.
Not at 3:30 Gary. That picture is Overdale Street just off Sinclair drive in Battlefield.
Wouldn't it be just the most amazing thing ever to be able to Time Travel? even in your dreams.. you could go back in time and talk to real living people and enlighten them about all sorts of things they don't know and whats to come!. I guess if you try hard enough you can dream a story and it would be similar. Good Night!
Tambo74 Yeah with the lottery results and a few wise investments written down. I'd just win the lottery every week.
Then I'd get a time machine built so I could rob the past of all its goodies. By the time I got back I'd be World President.
I guess with your name we shouldnt be surprised that you are talking about becoming world president :-)
BTJustice Haha yeah👍
I'd go back to Edwardian Glasgow with all its pride and splendour, but I'd tell them not to be shocked so much by two World Wars coming their way (both of which would undoubtedly change their city); but the 'real' destruction which took place in the 1960s.
They'd be distraught at the thought that much of their (and their parents) hard work would be undone in the the 60s. Grand old buildings torn down, roads widened, trams, as well as a large rail terminus scrapped, whole streets flattened to make way for tower blocks or flyovers. They'd be rightly appalled.
For all its 'progressiveness', people forget just how destructive the 1960s were to communities. More damage was done to our cities in that decade than in either of the World Wars.
Great wee video, brilliant shots of the Southside.
The shot at 3:48, is that the entrance of Linn park at Old Castle rd and Seil Dr ?
Thats exactly where it is. It was Cathcart house and was lived in by the castle owners when they wanted to expand their living quarters. If you visit the site today you can still see the depression in the ground where the house was.
I was born on Alexandra Parade in Toonhied 1948 but I left in 1966 and I dont see any photos of the Parade on here.
My old Schools, Golfhill, is abandoned, and Onslow Drive Secondary School was pulled down for some weird reason and a glass School put in its place. I just dont understand why they destroyed what was old yet well built with style and class, and replace them with something like a high rise ugly glass and plastic structure that will not be standing there in 200 years time like the old buildings have been.
It's all about contracts and warming people's hands!
Excellent. Do have any pictures of Kelvinside, Jordanhill, Knightwood and Partick and Hyndland when was good shape say 1900 to 1954.
Have a check on my Flickr page for pictures from all over Glasgow (link in description). The Mitchell library site has loads of good historic Glasgow pics on the Virtual Mitchell and a forum with good resources is hidden Glasgow.co.uk.
I grew up in Glasgow (Oatlands and Toryglen), then emigrated to the US. Now in my 70s, I would love to move back to my hometown, but prices are so high now in Glasgow, I can't afford it.
Thanks. The video has only some of my pictures in it, there are nearly 300 before and after Glasgow pictures over on my flickr page if you are interested.
Re: 2:12... Is that bandstand the one that was in Tollcross Park ? My family lived in the Tollcross Mansion House ( my father worked for the Parks Dept. ) in the mid/late 50's, and that bandstand in your photo look just like how I remembered the one at Tollcross.
That bandstand is the one that was in Linn Park. The thing with the bandstand in Glasgow parks was they all looked very similar as the corporation built them to similar plans so the one in Tollcross wouldn't have looked much different.
@@AstonishingGlasgow Ah, right, I understand. Thanks for reply, and also thank you for putting up the video, much appreciated.
So I grew-up in an area in my U.S. city all with Scottish names and lived on a street named for this well know place in your country. As for me I found it amusing to live in such a place being that I also have Scottish Ancestry.
Im intrigued to know the name of your street now.
great video.
far better nice and cheery music
well done
Glasgow has some great architecture you just need to look up . The young nowadays are looking down at a phone and.never see it .
Nice .
well.done ma man. a few more place names wid have been good but still exellent
bella park was the location for the scottish empire exhibition in the 30 , if i recall the foundation of taits tower and the palace of arts still exist , could be worth a root around at the peoples palace . also forgot about abbotsinch airport theres one for you regards graeme mccall
What’s the rag tune please? Loved the video, thank you.
I would need to look it up but it came from the you tube audio library. I had to replace Wish you were here by Pink floyd due to obvious copyright issues.
Why does everything look grander and more imposing in the old pictures, but not in the new pictures?
Delilah Hart That’s black and white photography for you.
Thanks, that wis craic'n!
We should all be caring for our precious country
Great collection of photos. The only thing missing are captions.
THANK YOU :)
Descriptions and dates would have made this even more impactful 😊
See the description for link to locations.
@brownbrador45
Thanks and glad it brought back memories.
I have never worked on a Bellahouston park project but might be worth looking into.
@brownbrador45
@brownbrador45
I had given the empire exhibition at bellahouston park concideration after I completed the project on the great exhibition in Kelvingrove;
I just need to find good source material to work from.
Thanks for sharing this video. But it would’ve been nice you would’ve mentioned the names of the place.
Cheers. Follow link in description for locations.
a caption on the pics saying where they are would be helpful
Read the description, link to all the locations is right there.
No worries mate but i will leave this page open so i can watch it when i get the time. Going by the comments it's been well recieved so look forward to watching it!
Hope you manage to get in touch with your pal. If you are interested in Glasgow content then please do check out my channel. As well as this video there are loads of others about my home city.
@@AstonishingGlasgow Good content yep mate subbed
The city needs some colours. More modern buildings. Either way, I love Scotland. Where it is with the North Sea, Atlantic and everything..The trees & flowers always seem to have a vibe just even seeing them in pictures!
At least some good architecture remains but also so much lost
This would have benefited with the names of the places on the photos.
Go to the link and all the locations are with the still photos on my flickr page. If I had put the locations on screen you would have been reading the words rather than watching the video.
@@AstonishingGlasgow - I know what you are saying but a simple name in small fonts at the very top or bottom of the photos certainly wouldn't put me off the actual photo.
Problem I found when trying that is where do I stop? A lot of the locations are in places that need more than one or two words to describe so I decided the video worked as a nice demonstration of the passing of time, regardless of exact location. Sit back and spot the small things that have changed. If there is any of the pictures in particular you would like to know the location of, just ask. I visited all the locations to take the pictures so I can give exact location details.
@@AstonishingGlasgow - Hey No problem. Just a minor criticism of an otherwise good video. Cheers
Clydebank
Might have been less bleak if current photos taken at similar the of year/weather to oldies.. still sad to see fine buildings gone
Has anyone any pics of Clydebank the high backed tenements?
The Luftwaffe
What was the building at 2.55? Certainly much nicer then!
That was Bridge Street station.
@@AstonishingGlasgow wasn't it so much better to look at then - so sad
Absolutely but when it stopped being a station the building probably couldn't be converted into much else.
@@AstonishingGlasgow yes you're right
@@AstonishingGlasgowhat’s cause they were so closed minded back then. It could have been a nice restaurant today.
The clip at 1:42, anyone know where that is?
All the locations are there if you follow the link to my Flickr page but that is the old pavilion in Linn Park.
@@AstonishingGlasgow ok mate thanks
Does anyone have any pictures of a French polisher shop in Maine street 1800's? Or any information about it? It was run by my Great Great Great grandfather John McFarlane and his children
Thanks Angus, if you like the pictures you can see the full collection on my flickr page here; flickr.com/photos/route9autos/collections/72157623030062843/
Dave
Time travel proper.
Can anyone tell me what the very first building is / were it is ?
I can tell you because I took the now pic. Its the cemetery keepers house in Cathcart cemetery and is at the end of Clarkston avenue. It has now been renovated and is a private house again. More picture details and locations on my flickr site, see description.
@@AstonishingGlasgow cheers dude was just interested as abandoned building make great pics but to late now thanks anyway bro 😁
1:40
2:10
3:48
5:26
6:02
Oblivion...
enjoy look forward to your next post cheerio now
photo @ 3.32-3.34 sums up britain, car park city
Ironically, Glasgow has been, traditionally, one of the lowest car-owning cities in the UK. But your general point is valid. Too many cars!
The destruction of the Gorbals was criminal
It was harsh but I guess they thought they were doing the right thing at the time.
Hi there, we've really been enjoying traveling into the past with you, (especially as we make walks in soulful cities and have just filmed Glasgow), so it's lovely to see the contrast, thank you. If you'd like to subscribe to each other, we'd like that too? Look forward to seeing more from you.
whats the building @4:59
That's the Caledonia road church in the Gorbals.
@@AstonishingGlasgow i thought so, that’s crazy... were those tenements that it shared a wall with or the whole church?
It was surrounded by tenements.
Just proves that you can make a sows ear out of a silk purse !
Regrets de voir ce pays changer .
Sad to see that beautiful house and garden ‘institutionalised’
Which house?
@@AstonishingGlasgow I would take a guess the one at 3:47 but I could be wrong as I've no idea what context he's bringing institutionalised into it, unless he just means knocked down, but again I'm only guessing it's that pic
I was thrown by the institutionalised description as well. At 3:47 That was Cathcart house in Linn park which is now the second largest park in Glasgow. The family that built that were the residents of the castle nearby. The house was demolished in 1927.
It's hutcheson of lambhill ye need Tae look up✌️😎✌️
The degradation of society is evident. The people's pride of self and their surroundings have drastically fallen. It's pretty sad and depressing. No pride is taken in modern designs. It's all just mass produced crap. Look at the cars and trams etc compared to now. All that matters now is efficiency over everything else.
Um they used they Same trams since they were first built int the 1800 up until the 1960s only adding touches to make it look newer doing the bare minimum for efficient it was only there to do it’s job and nothing more. Now a days they modernise vehicles buses every year even changing the design and building new ones even as recently to make it eco friendly and fully electric run. And I don’t think pride in oneself and surroundings is a great thing. Too much pride ends you up in hell. People back then had to loan and squeeze out money from nowhere to design creation like in buildings and cars. And there are still people doing that today to build n create better beautiful new city out of the old. Recreating and sculpting functional uses for everyone. Look at the ideas blueprints of the city online. I guess their are a lot more restrictions now. License being one and agreement plans etc. a lot more competition and demand n pressure too. Society is stressed now creativity thinking doesn’t come out of stress environments.
Would have been better if you named them
See the link in the description for all the location details.
@@AstonishingGlasgow why not just put them in your videos like every other channel. It’s a nice flashback video to watch but not everyone has the time to go tracking down each picture in the video for location and names.
Simple answer is I dont want to. I wanted to show the changes in the city and not have the distraction of text on screen. If people want to know the locations they can go and look them up or be lazy and never know, thats their choice.
exelnt
ah halcyon days i even remember some of the before and after shots memories of better days perhaps thanks for the effort lovely work , nb what happened to bellahouston park b4 and after mm
The real 'internet' is the real world.
Piano did me heid in
Thanks for the feedback but wouldn't it have been easier to turn your volume down?
the older pictures looked as if there was a lot going an and Glasgow was full of life, the modern pics look like the city is deserted and dead.
It Would have made more sense if you had Titled each location especially for a new comer to the city (why do people using
the computer seem to very rarely put in the location names (please think of the future and new generations viewing this )
Thankyou for your efforts.
+skye commander I didnt title the pictures because I didnt want to, the video looks much better without titles on the screen.
If you want to know the locations and more, follow the link to my Flickr page (its in the description) where you will find all the pictures and about 200 more.
+skye commander If you know the place print it down on the comments start the quiz at 0.40 Springburn park boat pond 0.47 old mens club Springburn park 1,05 Finnieston crane down by the SEC centre
That would be a better idea if you had correctly identified the locations. 0.40 is the pond in Maxwell park and the building at 0.47 is the mansion house in Linn park. If you want to know the locations, go to my Flickr page where I can guarantee the location details are correct as I visited them all to take the pictures as they appear now.
Its sad to see the pile of old shit they are putting up on Pollockshaws road across from MacDonalds and further down - supposed to be modern showpieces but are in fact horrible to look at and almost slum looking from the day they are put up - and these people are being paid millions - not to mention all the back handers envolved no doubt - give kids at a primary school a piece of paper and a crayon and they will come up with something more attractive to the eye - new builds in Edinburgh on the whole seem a lot better and nicer to look at but it seems any old rubbish will do in Glasgow - Nicola Sturgeon should be ashamed of herself