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“This far from immaculate veteran is so many tons of whining, rattling, clanging, swaying, pure nostalgia” - Fyfe Robertson.
Fyfe Robertson reports from Glasgow, where the city's iconic Coronation street trams are soon to be discontinued, as the motorbus age shunts aside the rickety old cars. Fyfe takes a sentimental last trip aboard the number 9 tram from Auchenshuggle to Dalmuir West - the sole remaining tram route in the city - and shares some affectionate memories from the tram's glorious heyday.
Originally broadcast 3 September, 1962.
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@elvosparsley9606 2 года назад

Always loved it when Fyffe did a piece on Nationwide, quirky funny and lyrical, you just don't get that sort of reporter anymore.

@roboftherock 2 года назад

For me the nostalgia is not the tramcar, but the relaxed, measured delivery of Fyfe Robertson's most personal commentary. A style sadly not heard in any longer in this age of 'sound-bites'.

@JSDesignHK 4 месяца назад

I quite agree with you. Fyfe Robertson was the best.

@thecaveofthedead 2 года назад

The cities that got rid of trams made a terrible mistake. And the ones that kept them have reaped the benefits.

@comedywriter8408 2 года назад

Every single city (in the UK) back then scrapped the trams in favour of buses. What they thought was progress turned out to be a huge mistake. When I moved to Canada in the mid 70's, I was delighted to find that the tram cars in Toronto were never scrapped, and to this day still provide a vital service.

@philiprufus4427 2 года назад

@@comedywriter8408 The Standard Oil Company of America bought one American Cities Tramway and shut it down overnight,making loans from the Company for buses and fuel available to the city. It would not surprise me if similar scams were not going on in the Uk. The railways,shiping,shipbuilding,and ship repair as well as other Uk industries were being sent abroad or destroyed st the time. I grew up with it,from childhood, to being a man in my mid thirties. In my forties,the Glasgow I knew was long gone.

@comedywriter8408 2 года назад

@@philiprufus4427 I also watched that decline as being born in 1956, I was raised in the Glasgow area before emigrating to Canada in 1975. Thanks for your comment.

@ligametis Год назад

@@comedywriter8408 Bus is a progress. Softer, quieter, more versatile, often faster.

@OlafProt Год назад

Yes a real shame. Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’t it. But they could have modernised, instead of just scrapping for the petrol guzzlers.

@brianartillery 2 года назад

What a brilliant broadcaster Fyfe was. One of my late father's favourite TV personalities. And what a great sound those trams made, too.

@lordpitnolen2196 2 года назад

I hope that Glasgow Riverside Transport Museum have this video on regular display. If not, it maybe should be.

@kaitlyn__L Год назад

Didn’t see it when I was there. A shame, as they had TVs for other displays. Perhaps people should write-in!

@grahammcdonald 2 года назад

Feels like quite a modern piece of reporting.

@asd36f Год назад

Auchenshuggle is such a great place name!

@BooksMusicMe17 2 года назад

Seeing these in the Riverside Museum, I always wondered why they got rid of them, but hearing how loud and rattly they are I understand!

@-GlasgowsLastTram 2 года назад

Only four Coronation Trams remain , one of which is being restored back to running condition at Summerlee Museum Coatbridge.

@hoofie2002 Год назад

Ffye Robertson was a treasure. Buses still say Auchenshuggle on the destination board and to a young boy growing up in Glasgow Auchenshuggle sounded exotic😁

@TopOfThePopsFan 2 года назад

Fyffe Robinson, I used to do an impression of him. Great to hear his voice again.

@WDH59510 Год назад

Attended the High School of Glasgow as I did.

@fenellainnis7216 2 года назад

Aww that was a nice wee blast from the past ,although I’m too young to remember the trams ,it was nice watching Glasgow through the windows and trying to guess where they were.

@user-ig1xo3om2x 10 месяцев назад

I was actually at the running of the last Glasgow tram car, just round the corner from my Dad's then house (and the old shed still exists as a theatre "The Tramway").

@naly202 10 месяцев назад

Found out about him from listening to The Men from the Ministry where he was frequently parodied as Forth Robertson. they did a pretty good job at capturing his delivery, yet, i never expected him to have such an interesting angular face. Reminds me of Vincent Price.

@swanvictor887 2 года назад

Many of those Glasgow trams actually ended up in Hong Kong and are still in service to this day! Pre-1997, many British bus companies sent their old buses to HK, KL and Singapore.

@johncox2284 9 месяцев назад

None of the Glasgow trams went to Hong Kong. The trams running in Hong Kong were built there. Many of the trams from Glasgow did end up in museums in the UK like the National Tramway Museum in Crich. A couple even went over to the USA to the Seashore Trolley Museum.

@swanvictor887 9 месяцев назад

@@johncox2284 I'm not sure about that, John. I've ridden on those HK trams and there are identifying labels on the bodywork identifying the bodybuilder and chassis maker. Yes, like the Buses, many were 're-bodied' and fitted with a local-style body over the original chassis, but a lot of them were pretty much as they looked in Glasgow, just a lot cleaner lol. I will, however, dig into this a bit as I am a big Bus fan, but not really into trams as such. I know there are many, many books and videos about the HK trams available. I will get back to you.

@matthewfarmer6830 2 года назад

Awesome video, the old ones in the vault are really special, like a time capsule. thanks for sharing.👍👍🎥

@thomasm1964 2 года назад

So pleased I have ridden trams in Blackpool, Beamish and Hong Kong. Love them!

@WDH59510 Год назад

I rode a Glasgow tram in 1988 at the Glasgow Garden Festival, 26 years after they officially came off the road for good.

@wombatlittle1 2 года назад

Double Decker trams who knew? We use to have lovely trams in Melbourne Australia so sad to see them go.

@jasonayres 2 года назад

Similarly eccentric conductors, too. I remember travelling through Melbourne half a dozen times in the 80's. Colourful characters. I vaguely remember one conductor enjoyed singing opera music on the trams. The public must have loved it, too, I imagine.

@markwolstenholme3354 2 года назад

They still run double decker trams in Blackpool, North West Coast of England. They are known as Balloons. Most of the heritage trams run alongside the new trams along the promenade from Star Gate in Blackpool to Fleetwood. One of the oldest is Bolton Corporation Tram, no 66.

@wombatlittle1 2 года назад

@@markwolstenholme3354 Now that would be quite a ride.

@anthonybanchero3072 2 года назад

W-Class?

@TheLostProbe 9 месяцев назад

we still have tons of trams here in Melbourne, I don't really know what you're talking about. even the old W-class trams still run on the City Circle route

@Yu-hx5jo 9 месяцев назад

trams make cities have less traffic, it's not about nostalgia but efficiency

@Rog5446 2 года назад

Good grief, Robertson was only 60 when this was made, yet he looks old enough to be my father, and I'm 74!

@johncarlisle621 Год назад

thanks for uploading, I never tire of watching this very talented man

@simonlunt353 2 года назад

It’s funny how they got rid of all the trams and now they want them back 🤣

@andrei19238 2 года назад

bring them back

@DaraM73 2 года назад

What a mistake

@Ross.Cavendish 2 года назад

It's Fyfe Robertson or Fourth Robinson as he is referred to in The Men From The Ministry!

@hellie_el 2 года назад

❤️❤️❤️

@gerrypowell2748 2 года назад

As a biker I was happy at least and of course the Bubble car legion🤣

@irenemaymorrison8549 2 года назад

I remember travelling on a tram with my aunt flora. I was only four and I was in her care when my lovely mum was in hospital having my sister Elizabeth. I remember, at that young age, feeling a bit odd as my aunt had taken me to a hairdresser and had all my lovely curls cut off. Not quite the right thing to do. It was awful for my mum to see. What a wicked aunt.

@fidelcatsro6948 2 года назад

1.57 His story ends in tragic anguish for 1000 tragic mothers?

@jourwalis-8875 2 года назад

Never seen a double decker tram before! We don´t have these in Gothenburg!

@DTD110865 2 года назад

I was under the impression they were still fairly common in the UK and Hong Kong.

@andrei19238 2 года назад

@@DTD110865 they arent sadlyx

@tablettwentytwo1750 2 года назад

Auchenshuggle. Can anyone enlighten me as to whether it was a bygone village of yore? The old tram/ bus terminus point appears to be along London Rd, and not too far from Tollcross. I read ages ago the name was perhaps made up (by the corporation), but I've yet to see any photo showing the name or place.....

@-GlasgowsLastTram 2 года назад

Auchenshuggle really does exist ! Tram route No 9 ran between Auchenshuggle and Dalmuir West.

@tablettwentytwo1750 2 года назад

Splendid. I plan a day trip sometime soon. Is the fare still halfa ha'penny, I wonder.....

@-GlasgowsLastTram 2 года назад

@@tablettwentytwo1750 Keep an eye oot fur Oor Wullie ; )

@tablettwentytwo1750 2 года назад

@@-GlasgowsLastTram Do I take the Shooglie tae Shuggle; or the Shugglie tae Shoogle!? I recall years back as a callow youth, walking thru Glebe St , across from the Royal Infirmary in the hope of seeing Maggie Broon. Wasted days and nights indeed! Jeemy Ken's best, I'm advised. C'moan Get Aff...😑

@Steeyuv 10 месяцев назад

‘Well-lit roisterers of no primness at all’ - what use of language he had.

@davids8449 2 месяца назад

Politicians Do not have to live with their intentional mistakes...but simply move out

@AliRaza-bv5zl 9 месяцев назад

Ali Raza the best

@wheelwonderland 2 года назад

Its ironic the government went all out to close all the tramways saying petrol and diesel was the future. Now we are told trams and electric vehicles are the future. Its all about money.

@comput3rman77 2 года назад

Except now they will be powered by expensive batteries that cost more than half the cost of the entire vehicle.

@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou 2 года назад

Fife Robertson, here aged 37. People did age quicker in those hard days.

@link77ism Год назад

public transport is still here most democratic form of transport!

@jack_timber 2 года назад

I remember watching Fyffe as a nipper, couldn't understand a word he said.

@dapdapbamban Год назад

Wow, electric public transport and not a Musk in sight!

@kitcapri3608 Год назад

A huge mistake, my bus service in glasgow sucks, its 2023 and yet the app times along with the stop times never match up , even times it doesnt even come. Bring back the good olde days where you could work an honest job and buy a house. Scotland is doomed to follow the others into decline. Tech is overrated

@raycarter4030 2 года назад

glasgow people are warm people. lol. ok. maybe to each other, try being English.

@scottishwildcat 2 года назад

Thousands of English people live very happily in Glasgow. (I'm married to one of them.)

@alhiggs9819 2 года назад

Mibbe is more do wae being an c**t!

@philiprufus4427 2 года назад

My late father came from Plymouth. Sent to Rosyth during The Second World war,he married my mother whom he met in Glasgow and who had Yorkshire a father.My grandmother was from Glasgow and had sisters. Consequently,I grew up In Glasgow and Broughty Ferry having lots of lovely Scottish aunts. I never heard a Scot say a word against any English person in my family. Those were the 'Real Scots'in those days,sure of themselves.

@kaitlyn__L Год назад

You didn’t happen to say anything to disparage the city or the country did you? That’s literally the only times I’ve seen English folks get any hassle at all.