Old Glasgow Photographs - Anderston Streets and Dates - Lost Glasgow 

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That's similar to my mum and dad's background, mum is from Anderston and dad is from Gorbals. I'm a big fan of both areas, great history and people and stories to hear ✔️ thanks for your appreciation buddy 👍

My mum was born in 28 Grace St 1939 my gran was also born in 14 Grace St. My mum left anderson marry my dad, and they both moved to the gorbals .

Yeah the old Anderston Centre with all the shops on Argyle Street, that's all completely changed now. No shops at all and the high flats are hidden by a new modern apartment style blocks, with the Anderston Centre still showing signs of the past with all its derelict Shop fronts. Very sad to see!

I remember that wee bit very well, loved it down there before it became the new builds ✌️

Well to the contrary lots have changed, the main things being fresh air, space, gardens, parks, and above all Greco-Roman buildings that cannot be replicated today. Though I agree with what you're saying, but lots have changed for the worst. It's called post modernism and we are all being played. In regards to manky, pollution, overcrowded Glasgow well that's fairly new. Evolving from the early industrial period, before that Glasgow was a purified oasis of hills filled with vegetation, fields of plants and trees, rivers of trout and salmon including the Clyde. Hydepark in Anderston was actually a park, right by the Clyde which could be walked over as you pass by people fishing on multiple islands within the river. Bird baths everywhere, gardens, public toilets, old world tech... I could go on but in essence we have been played by an unknown enterprise.

Are you proud of Glasgow in 2023 ? Sure ,there are beautiful sections but the neglect and underfunding of my city are far more prevalent than these . Can you actually say that Glasgow today ,visually , is a first world city in a first world country ? Comparing Glasgow with any post war modern European city breaks my heart . Where is the evolution of the infrastructure ,as an example ? Planting sapling trees in Sauchiehall St ,just does not do it for me . There has to be more ...much ,much more ! The kicker being it's going to cost tens of millions , which the city does not have .

@@johncopeland3826 modern Glasgow is a shambles yes, doesn't incite pride nor enthusiasm for how the city is today. It's the collapse of the industrial revolution, its crippled nearly every town in the UK that can't adapt to our modern world. The fact that it's shaking up the cities is not too bewildering. Look at all the empty shops/buildings, homelessness, crime rate rising, poverty, we can list these problems all day but it would be good to discuss potential solutions. My task for the meantime is to highlight the strengths of Glasgow and its history as one of the most proactive and culturally significant city's of our modern world. I have lots of surprises to showcase that will hopefully enlighting our people of what has already been accomplished and persevered 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Not sure whether I’m classed as a Glaswegian born in rutherglen 1954 Dad was born 1932 grandad the late 1890s I think about them roaming the streets. My mother is English so we moved to Cambridgeshire when I was eight years ago. After all this time I’m still proud to call myself a scot and they are my people. Thank you for posting this video.

Truly mind boggling, tragic and devastating to see how much cultural infrastructure has been totally obliterated. A pattern is found in the Greco-Roman, old world types specifically being demolished and swept under the carpet... one can only wonder why 🔍

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I am a Glaswegian, but life's circumstances meant that I moved to London and became absorbed in that City's history and character. However, you never forget your roots, and I still remember in detail the Glasow of my youth. These photos instantly take me back over the years. I completely agree with what you say about the urban motorway tearing the heart out of the old Glasgow. It is heartbreaking to look now at the City in its aftermath. Planners were obsessed with a vision that should never have been allowed to come to fruition. As for the exodus of the population, there was great faith in the New Towns that were developing in the 1960s. Cumbernauld was the closest one to Glasgow and many Glaswegians moved there. The decline of shipbuilding and heavy industry in Glasgow hastened the exodus of the population. Glasgow has many fine sandstone tenement buildings, and it's a great pity there wasn't a thoroughgoing refurbishment to give them a new lease of life. You mention Argyle Street, and I remember as a child often travelling the length of that main thoroughfare on the tramcar. It was a key route, now sadly consigned to history and to old photos. Thank you for your interesting and thoughtful comment!