Glasgow 1850 - 1950 Glasgow in its old glory 

Barbara 1 //// Saint Enoch station and the Saint Enoch hotel . What were they hiding eh .

ZOO Scott I don’t get you???

Barbara 1 they buried a TRUTH there .

ZOO Scott what do you think they hid there

Barbara. Most of the buildings that were demolished were not structurally worth saving. Infact I would say none of them could be saved. The buildings , even when new were poorly built. It's not remembered or maybe understood, that the poor got dealt a difficult hand from the begining. Their housing ,wasnt particularly well built from the start. I know because I was a building student in 1974. My first job was a planner with a contractor, we looked at estimating refurbishment work. It was difficult enough saving the properties the council asked us to price. We talked to insurance companies since they had records of old buildings without proper foundations. Some walls were built with very weak cement. And also our labour were not house or tenement builders. I was a student and the project manager was a senior carpenter. It was a difficult time. The men incharge were quantity surveyors, only interested in prices. And like it or not no one wanted to loose money. The prices went in and sometimes the work didn't get the go ahead. My great grand father was manager of either Buchanan or Queens Street Station ftom about 1900 till 1920. His eldest son and daughters all grew up and lived in Glasgow. Their families, my cousins and I lived in Glasgow. That's why I was drawn to this video. Both maternal and paternal great grand parents worked and produced offspring who all lived in Glasgow. Some of them are still living there. And everyone of us know that the Glasgow of today could never have been any better. The ship builders left, sold their yards. The men who had jobs in these yards were out of work. I learnt building construction from civil engineers not builders. We've discussed this every Christmas for fifty years. Without the ship yards Glasgow could not afford to rebuild. The city planners needed something to replace them. Regeneration has come slowly. Starting with new roads, New schools New housing paid for by central government. Not from Holyrood. If we were to build a ship repair yard or a deep sea naval yard we couldn't. The labour has gone, the skills have not passed onto the best generation. We are a city of services. Restaurants, bars, shops, offices, schools and colleges. The Dutch have a ship servicing industry. We have great Hotels, Museums, Art Galleries but dont have a highly skilked workforce. We have highly skiĺled doctors, scientists, virologists, historians, lawyers, accountants, bankers but not builders.

Rab Young I wish things were still like that today. But now the thought of going into your neighbours house is kind of scary for children and terrifying for parents.

@@shugthehornyhaggis Can you focus on Millarbank Street, Springburn ... please? Stay free, Shug. Rab 🍻😎

I was born in 1949 and love seeing these videos and miss those days. Lewis's and Goldberg's all gone plus so much more. Still love Glasgow though and it's beautiful architecture.💖💖

Streets were littered with drunks,especially on the bridges

Englishman?

@@shugthehornyhaggis Sounds like it, he probably read that sensationalized book No Mean City and he's an expert now🙄

*Dae ye want Seggs wi' that Stiletto Special, pal?* Stay free, UF. Rab 👠 🍻😎

Your so right

It certainly looks like it!

Shug: Was the ‘temple’ on a side road close to Sauchiehall street? I can remember a night club there about 40yrs ago but haven’t ever seen the building again, it was a beautiful building the stone was very black with pollution/smog...

Shug: I’ve heard similar regarding the corruption of council officials, money buys their approval on building permits, development, licences and whatever else they can get their sticky mitts on.

@@jixuscrixus1967 I think this was called 'Cardinal Follies'?

@@richardbradley3684 that’s it, I’d forgotten the name!

Sorry about that

@@shugthehornyhaggis than you I will

@@shugthehornyhaggis thank you.

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jazzman that was good your dad had the insight to do that. we regularly took the subway from st George's cross to shields road to visit an aunt in Pollok st.. I was so sad when I did the same a number of years ago to discover there was no Pollok st. raised to the ground . so sad. my mum's house was raised to the ground at st George's cross for motorways. turns out they built new houses there.

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lucky you getting out. I was robbed in Govan 1985. didn't know u couldn't leave your car for a minute to ask for directions.

Where/what is 'Goven'?

Might be wrong could be the Empire tower in Bellahouston park, 1938 exhibition built in record time, torn down as it might have been used by German air force as a landmark, only thing I can think of that was built so different in style.

it was next to kelvin urbanglasgow.co.uk/archive/exhibitions-in-glasgow__o_t__t_3345.html glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4958&p=0 hope this helps

glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4958&p=0 urbanglasgow.co.uk/archive/exhibitions-in-glasgow__o_t__t_3345.html hope this helps it was in kelvingrove

Great help

@@shugthehornyhaggis really enjoyed that video mate. I'm 41, originally a Dennistoun boy and I love seeing the way the city used be and if i honestly had a time machine.... Screw historic world events, i just want to go here and experience real glasgow.

@@shugthehornyhaggis I'm on it right now. My mate actually deployed all the pc equipment in there recently. I was so jealous, I'd love to get deep down in there!

alan moore you’re missing the point, he’s just saying here it is!

@@helloalanframe Yes.

wasfuking manki,hes a crakpot,fuk him pal

At some point I'm going to go about the town and get some pictures

@@shugthehornyhaggis Thank you, Shug, and also for your swift response. Anything you can glean regarding old Springburn will be more than welcome. A wee donation from my State Pension is forthcoming, with total appreciation. To yours and you, from mine and me (including my Paternal ancestors). All the best. Rab 👋 🕊

Shug: I cannot find how to send you a wee donation. Please advise, thank you. Rab 🤔🤔

No thanks mate, I can recommend looking up the Mitchel liberty online and searching directly for your street or area they now have water marks but if you wish you can donate there and get them without Please support the Mitchel library they do fantastic work. hope you have a good one

@@shugthehornyhaggis Message received unwrapped, Shug! Wilco! Thank you. R 👋

Eh this is now that was then doogle

Majority lived in deprived places

How is it painting the dear green place in a bad way???

im not i don't know who or what this person is all about i might have been feeding the troll though

mibbe it would be called "assasins creed fitba shenanigan warfare" haha