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For me these photos are painful reminders of a dreadful childhood and adolescence from the 1950s in the slums of the McNeil Street area of the Gorbals. In truth, despite the nostalgia, no one should have had a start to life like we did.

Thanks, a great collection of photos.

Wonderful photos thank you

In live in rural co durham in fhe 60s my father was a long distance lorry driver so i had many trips to scotland going down to glasgow docks was an eyeopener i had never seen tenements till then kids in the street in a vest or a nappy was a shock but i must admit they always looked happy

The music makes it 😂

0:50 That’s Coventry Cathedral

Was a bus conductor on the blue buses from Milngavie garage. Loved the runs to the Drum. Good people. Now an Aussie.

I lived in Ledmore Drive, in one of the first houses built, from 1955 till 1970, when we moved to Dumbarton. Ive lived all over the world, mainly in Australia & USA, but living back in Ireland now. *I'll never forget what a great place Drumchapel was to grow up in, the wonderful kind & caring neighbours we had, and the GREAT St.Pius X school I attended.* ❤️🥰👏👏👏🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

An amusing fact,to me anyway...A McGonigal is mentioned. Financial success allowed Singer to buy a mansion on Fifth Avenue, into which he moved his second family.[18] He and Mary Ann had abandoned their joint acting company, the Merritt Players, as his inventions were more successful.[2] He continued to live with Mary Ann, until she spotted him driving down Fifth Avenue seated beside Mary McGonigal, an employee, about whom Mary Ann already had suspicions.[18] Reportedly, Singer also had an affair with McGonigal's sister, Kate McGonigal.[2] Together, Mary McGonigal and Isaac were the parents of seven children (who used the surname Matthews), two of whom died at birth, including:

Shit George Clooney is just fine i think he looks great! And Mathew Perry passed away geez!

I worked in the needle division as an engineer until it closed in 1979. Great place to work. So many very talented people. Sadly, all gone.

penalty to Rangers !

Remember it well moved from 45 Mc Neil Street too Ballantay Rd castlemilk was12 now living in Tenerife,never even knew these places existed then,a different world

Nothing ever changes with this Glasgow team.

My papa worked at singers at clydebank

My Gran stayed at 10 Heathcot Avenue, the top flat right at the end of the taller building before you go round the corner to the old Drumry St Mary's Church of Scotland. What a fantastic view she had, she kept binoculars in the living room. Grandad stayed in 10 Linkwood Drive, he won best garden in Drumchapel. Happy days. Remember the Hills Hotel, Shoppers Paradise, Woolworths with the speckled wallpaper in black and lime. Oh to go back for a day.

Heartfelt thanks, ogtah. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 🌠 💔

Can hardly recognise a thing lol lived on summerhill in 60s

This, boys and girls, is what happens when companies start building product in other countries and unions continually keep people angry and wanting more (Socialism). Factories shutter, crumble and are eventually razed... gone forever. Singer only exists in name now being bought out by a conglomerate in 1986. Now "Singer" makes cheap, plastic crap made in Asia that will last one year if you're lucky. Sad.

I served my time in John Broan’s then UCS

7-8 years old i was on they roofs stripping the lead of the chimneys. 9pence a lb no less. We were rich poor kids.lol

What's the music ? Excellent

I can’t stop laughing at 00:13

Thanks for putting in those brilliant great old Glasgow photos of how it was way on back. How it's changed over the many years till now in this time. How those times was hard and no matter what. It was about being a true family. A time when no one wasn't far to quick to bad mouth and think wrong with going judge mental. A time when many Dad's and sometimes Mums had to work very hard long ours for what was way back then very little wages. A time of food reaching. Food stamps and hand me down clothes. When many children played outside in the fresh air and in all sorts of weather. A time when many did look out for each other and no one went without. Those was those many special childhood times playing outside without any computers. No computers, phones, and a sink for a bath. Coal Bunkers. Many brilliant great outdoor games to play. The ship yards and the ferry. The many old shops and cinemas. Climbing the dykes. Kick the can. The list goes on that it's endless. Many children get far to much and more than what we got and they still complain in this time. Many places aren't ever meant to ever change. I was born in 1962. Nothing beats a good trip down memory lane with many special memories that takes us back to how it was. No amount of money or changes can't ever give you that.

Why didn't they save and refurbished those lovely old Victorian tenements after WW2, instead of demolition it?! They built ugly, unsave massive high rise flats! And were are they now: all gone due to poor building and criminality. Those Victorian slums would have been great if taken care of in time!

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I went to Drumry rd primary school 1955 to 1960 it looks like it has been pulled down I have lived in London since 1969

Great! I lived in the old Gorbals until the end of 1963, when I was 6 years old. It was demolished soon afterwards. (BASTARDS.) I could draw a map of the streets around a 1 mile radius of where I lived, in Caledonia Road. I loved the place, & the people were delightful.

My Grandfather was there carrying out bomb disposal and got one of his men to take photographs to record the awful devastation so that people would know in the future what happened. However all the photographs disappeared when they went in for developing! He remembers clambering over the ruins in Dalmuir looking for a very upset elderly lady's canary previously saying to the lady that he was sorry the whole street was flattened and there was very little chance of it surviving. On top of the tenement rubble he turned round to head back to her and he heard a cheep among the rubble. He looked over and saw a bit of a mangled cage sticking out of the rubble. He lifted the bricks and was amazed to find the canary still alive! The lady's face lit up on his return and was there the next morning with a table and her friends with pots of teas for the bomb disposal squad and every morning that they were working there on bomb disposal!

Don't recognize 01:46 as being anywhere in Glasgow - flat roof brownstone tenements rare in Glasgow - not impossible - just saying The proportion of the windows and frames is unusual - perhaps NYC. The arrangements of chimneys is not typical for Glasgow - perhaps an old demolished section

Can anyone remember the flats on top of Hill with stone walk way to other blocks of flats.trying to find pictures.hold loads of memories.

Love this place born nnbred in the drum I'm well proud x

ouch but bet he didn't feel it till day after

Are they subtitles for real?

As one that was born in a hole in the wall,fantastic memories.

My dad Iain Callender worked here in the early seventies.

at the beginning, is that Dunn Street

Great memories lived Bridgeton Fordneuk st in the 50s happy times .....thanx.

So many memories here. Thank you for sharing this.

wonder if he fell getting in to the ambulance

Amazing pictures .Glasgow is a great city and has always amazed me on visits .the people are so down to earth and welcoming .love Scottish people .x

Pretty much summed up the season as a whole: SHIT

Audio jungle

What a pity there's no mention made of the street names with regard to the tenements. My late dad was born at 43 Cramond Street (street no longer exists) February 1901 and would be interesting to see where he grew up and played. He came to South Africa 1922/23.

Wallace grassed him out no doubt

@3;32 was that the stairs leading down to the football pitch in Broadholm primary, i remember sliding down them on bread crates..and the "Big Hill" on cardboard or the arse of ma Snorkel jacket. i live in Atlanta Georgia now but this brings back all sorts of memories thanks for posting this. Anyone know what happened to the big Cannon that used to be in Southern play park?

Thank you for this amazing video. I can remember scenes like these as a child of the 60's

Trash player.

Awesome. Two of my Singers were made at the Clydebank factory! I've lovingly restored and use them. What a tribute to the talented, hard working people of Clydebank. Thank you. Ohio, USA.

Should’ve helped him instead of filming…