I am an old Aberdonian in Canada, I still love to see my old toon! Union Street is memorable. In 1950 we used to walk the ‘ Mat’ does anyone remember that? It was to meet a ‘Lad’ or ‘Lassie’ Or a Loon, and Quine!!🤣I lived in Kirkhill, also Bedford Ave during the war! Cheers to all, and my old hometown!🏴🇨🇦👍🏻🙋♀️
I have read many accounts of what a weekend on Union Street was like...they are similar to other places in action and reason. Seems a really common occurrence, especially when people didn't go far afield.
Thanks for the vid! Spent a good few years in Aberdeen from 2009 to the end of 2012. havent been back since. Planning to visit soon! Great to see the city council finally doing something to revive Union Street (which i was told has been in the pipeline for many many years). Exciting times! cheers from KL, Malaysia.
I spent some time in KL myself...loved it there too, as well as Penang. As far as the council here, they're trying, but seeing how other councils have gone about making changes and upgrades, they seem slower and haphazard here. I hope they get it right, especially since it will be closed for so long.
@@Sp0oney1 Thank you! I'll keep you posted as I make my way around the city. Union Street has a "working wall" like I used to see in China on construction sites when I lived there. I should be in the area in the next couple of days to shoot the progress, assuming I can actually see any.
it'll take more than18 months if we take Union Terrace Gardens as the template. Every time I passed the 'workers' had their feet up on the dashboard of their digger texting or watching Tik-tok.
Probably run from there. I've seen companies providing services here from Ellon, Stonehaven, Oldmeldrum and other places. Services contracted by tender. Lowest price wins.
Given what I know now about that time, the number of offshore workers would have been quite high. It was a good place to work and be, by all accounts I've heard. Know people who worked deep sea and called Aberdeen home
Born in Scotland, raised in Canada and have a background in radio and television (on air and technical)...also spent 14 years teaching in China. I suppose it is a blend of Scots and from western Canada. Thank you very much.
@@baphomet66and6 you’ve projected your own insecurity onto my comment. Appreciating the mellifluous quality of one accent does not imply disdain for other accents which may not have a similar cadence.
Aberdeen, officially voted the most miserable city in Europe. Union street, vape shops, pound shops and charity shops, well that is what the taxi driver said in Glasgow, lol.
Not surprised someone in Glasgow said that. I'm waiting to see how long the Union Street work will take. I actually saw something happen yesterday. First or second time since the barriers went up.
This will decimate the remaining shops on the mile long street. Ok there will be some access. So much for the foresight of ACC. So this disruption, the bus lanes and LEZ will take its toll on business.
@@scottg2754 Union St and the other streets were the traditional shopping thoroughfares. But like it or not folk prefer a range of shops et al in these centres. In the toon centre or the outskirts.. That's modernity for you. Not to mention the Internet. It's a hard one. To try to please everyone. You can't force businesses to take up the shops on the street, unless ye offer rates relief. There are some well known shops that love that, exploit it fully and move on. I'm happy to trek up and down Union Street myself, the few times I now go to the 'deen. Can't say I'm a shopping centre fan. I rarely dally in Union Square. Less it's passing through, bus to train station.
@@baphomet66and6 I don't spend a lot of time in Union Square either. I do find myself on Union Street almost every day. You're also right about the expense of rental rates on Union Street itself. The higher they are, the harder it is for a business to manage. The vacant shop fronts tell the real tale. Whether it's towards Castle Gate or Holburn, there are a large number of empty shops.
@@scottg2754 those who slag off Union Street are the same ones happy to shop in the likes of Union Square et al. Crossing Union Street now is so easy. Well till the disruption really starts. Folk are never happy. But then I don't really see the point in shopping say further afield. I make do locally or the deen and.... Online.
@@baphomet66and6 being in Aberdeen I shop locally here and almost never buy online. I may be a rare person, in the sense that I like Union Street and the surrounding streets.
@@TravelAbventuresUnbound totally understand that. I spent 14 years in China and it was the same. I've also been to Japan a couple of times and noticed the same attention to detail and problems.
