THE GREAT WESTERN BRIDGE (Glasgow) 

I remember when I was about 2 years old standing holding my mums hand at a tram stop on the bridge and we got on a standard tram and headed for Killermont St bus station. That was 62 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. So colourful. The green of the bridge and the colours, smells,clatter and swaying of the tram as it went along. It was all a big adventure back then.

Lived near by in Caledonian mansions in the late 70s and early 80s,loved my time there, the area,history and the fantastic glaswegians I met, thanks for your video

First walked across this when I was 19, 30 years ago. My then girlfriend lived in Glasgow and I used to travel up from London fortnightly. Beautiful city and great people. I love the place.

Enjoyed watching this. My dad used to carry me on his shoulders over that bridge in the mid 60's

Very interesting,I have been over the bridge many times but never seen underneath nor did I know anything about its history so thank you for that.

Sat on these steps destitute once. Had nothing. Absolutely nothing. And I cried for my Mother.

Beautiful feat of Victorian engineering. Crossed over it many times but never knew the history. Thanks for this informative video. The music is a bit intrusive and unnecessary.

I was born and brought up in Kelvinbridge. The laughs and good times we associate with the bridge itself, are too many to list. We used to get the tram, (when we had money to spare) from Kelvinbridge to Binghams Pond. Where we spent our summer days . The pond on Gt Western Rd was more than twice the size it is today. It was drained to build the petrol station on Gt western rd, beneath which was a spillover of a local Mercedes Benz dealership. Also part of the drainage scheme was to facilitate the building of the Pond Hotel (different name now) despite looking across the road at it everyday from my home, I still couldn’t tell you it’s present name!!!! The church at the south end of the bridge held many weddings, back in the day the tradition was as the happy couple left in their wedding car, there was a “Scramble” that is the groom threw out handfuls of loose change for the “assembled waifs” to fight and scramble to see who could get the biggest amount of money 😂 My best friend lived just a few doors along from the church in the terraced villas that are still there, invariably hotels I think instead of family homes they used to be. Finally, for I could ramble on for ever about the place!!!!! In 1999/2000 they made a movie where if not the bridge, then the staircase featured in the upload was in the film more than once. The film The House of Mirth set in, as far as I recall about Victorian Times starring the stunning Gillian Anderson. In one of the scenes, she and her gentlemen admirer walk up the staircase (in the movie to a train station) which in reality was to Gt Western Rd, However such is the magic of cinema, as they neared the top of the stairs, you can imagine my amazement!!!!!! Instead of a 20th century double decker trundle by, which would have been slightly out of place!! But no buses, as they neared the top of the stairs, A LARGE STEAM TRAIN CAME CHUGGING BY !!! I was slack jawed wondering how on earth did they manage that !!! Fair to say I am still in ignorant bliss. One last fact from my ageing memory, whilst the film is set in the USA or New York I think, they used the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove park for the interior shots of Grand Central Terminus. Movie Magic Apologies for wittering on, assuming anyone even reads this post!!!! PS, I well remember the old passenger station, though I am a little surprised when you said when it closed, I thought it later, I remember the wooden steps down to it, and indeed the fire. Another grim Glasgow fire that robbed us of some beautiful architecture. Oh!! Also the Gents toilet at the north end of the bridge, it was a curious little place, always spotless, however they closed it when tragicly the attendant was murdered by some moron. Not been there in an age but it may be a coffee place now???

What a lovely video.

Just love this video, I'm from Maryhill very near Kelvingrove Park.

Excellent video - informative, well paced and entertaining.

The noblest and most useful of all structures. Nothing compares with the beauty of Victorian Civil Engineering and architecture.

Wonderful part of the city, great history !

Took the family to Glasgow for a holiday and stayed just down the road from Kelvinbridge and took the kids there most days back then the transport museum was across the road so if it was wet into the transport museum then back across to Kelvin museum by which time they were a bit more subdued and easier to control yep we were all kids so we where all boisterous, happy days and our youngest daughter recently said that she really enjoyed our holidays in Scotland but my wife and I just love Scotland and Glasgow in particular and travel over from Ireland as often as we can which is usually a couple of times a year

Lovely film and area.

Where I grew up, spent my 1st 17 years growing up in Kelvinbridge

Until 1988, when I emigrated to Australia, I went with my girlfriend every other Saturday night to a pub which was a few metres along from the steps at the base of this historical bridge. Nice memories!

Spellbinding video. Thanks for this view of one of my favourite areas of Glasgow. Ye were mebby talking a wee bit quiet 'tho. John

Good video I did not know about the railway station thumbs up

Highly informative video, laden with interesting facts I never knew. Saracen Forge, Parkhead Forge for example. It’s sad to see how far the U.K. have fallen in terms of manufacturing and producing. Once renowned the world over for innovation, creativity and quality, but now no more than a laughing stock.

I learnt a lot. Thank you

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Why do you have to put loud music over the video when you are talking ? , its very distracting .

We love walking in the west end

Hello, I've recently purchased a canon md216 but I'm not sure how to transfer the footage like you did. Any tips? Many thanks.

Most informative video.

Nice sharing neo dos here

Lovely film. The recent city fathers should hang their heads in shame at what the did and are still doing to the city.

Enjoyed it, bit cheesy 🧀 but bloody good

Neo frend here dear

a good video wasted by a horrid choice of music,to loud brutal on the lugs,

Could have been a good, informative video, but I gave up after three minutes because of the excessively loud "music".

Hi, Very good video and so informative. But, can you please re-upload it without that horrid piano music blasting all the way through it...not needed, served no purpose and ruined a great subject matter...you were very quiet too !

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This is filmed in 2011 but looks lie 1999. Informative vid tho

Very informative video but could do with losing the awful 'music'.

Had to stop watching. The music became unbearable. Serves no purpose whatsoever and completely incongruous to the subject matter. And the tone of the narratiion is utterly tedious.