You know the saddest thing about all this Ed? There are some people who actually think that knocking down old solid buildings and replacing them with a heap of shite is actually progress? It's not.
Served my apprenticeship in quality upholstery in Nicholas Street 1965, had my first pint in old college bar .Used to buy my records in high street tops next to the old linen bank, met some tamla Motown artists in the record shop who were in signing photos in 67, they where appearing in the Locarno, wonderful days indeed .
Ed, I have no words to describe how sad it is to loose the treasures of the past such as these wonderful buildings and the College Bar. I think I was born in the wrong century! I still have many of my family heirlooms from the 18th and 19th century. I feel the presence of my ancestors in their beauty and in my memory of the love and care given to them over the years. My Mom lived to 101, carrying forward the joy of things remembered. Thanks for this opportunity to enjoy the past in Glasgow, even though it brings on a profound melancholy. I’m grateful to you for these wonderful videos and your sentimentality. Lynn in Naples FL
The British Linen Bank is my favourite building in Glasgow. If I had the money, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Thanks for covering it Ed. I really enjoyed learning a bit more about it's history.
Thanks for posting this bit of history. My mother was born in Dumfries and the family moved to Glasgow when the depression hit. She married my father, a US serviceman after WWII and came to the US. I've never been to these towns, and her memory is not that great anymore, but seeing this history gives me a sense of her childhood.
I bought a pair of winklepickers from the High Walk shoe company, they were black with two gold diamonds incut on the uppers, what with those and the drainpipes... I thought I was the bees knees, now that I'm older I've found that my narrow waist and my broad mind have changed places. Amazing photos, thanks for all your work.
I live about 30 seconds away from where you’re filming here and walk by and around all of these parts with only a surface knowledge of what the buildings once were. Thank you for this absolutely wonderful video. What a talent you’ve got for evoking nostalgia, even when it stretches far before one’s lifetime! So well researched and presented - I’ve subscribed and I’m looking forward to more videos, Ed. Thanks!
I love Glasgow's underrated architecture. The beautiful sandstones used enhance and give the city's older buildings an even older, antique but amazing look.
I'm delighted to see that you've made a swift recovery since your last vlog. What an interesting subject. I visited the Old Linen Bank in 2016 as part of the Doors Open Day initiative. We were allowed into the building which held a small gallery of artwork, the building was untouched and full of bird droppings, which added to the surreal experience. The flat above had tenants and a room in the back held a massive safe (I'm almost certain that the door was open). I've checked and do not have any photos from that time but cannot understand why. Thanks again, Ed.
Gaurs me greet to see what has been done to our wonderful Glasgow by these modern 'architects'(???) and planners- Thank you again for a great trip down memory lane!
Fantastic video Ed, without your videos remembering the listed buildings, streets and people, we wouldn't know of them. I'm really enjoying the historical videos as much as your trekking ones too. Keep on keeping on ✊
Thanks Ed for preserving the images of the College Bar and the Linen Bank. I don't recognize that part of High Street anymore, I used to trek up and down High Street regularly on my way to my nurse training at the old School of Nursing opposite the GRI at McLeod Street. The old Linen Bank with its statue always caught my attention when I walked past and I hope it is preserved as a landmark and link to the past. I'm retired now and don't get to that part of town these days which is just as well . I don't like the direction of travel as regards the more modern architecture replacing older buildings in Glasgow. Thank you for another informative and entertaining upload, look forward to watching more now I've subscribed to your channel.
Thank you for inspiring me to research the Tradeston area, where many of my ancestors lived, worked and died. Tradeston is a much overlooked area in the history of Glasgow through shipping, rail, engineering and commerce. It was also home to two of the largest and most deadly explosions to hit Glasgow.
They’ve absolutely destroyed this part of Glasgow, loved popping into The College bar after some time in the city, for a quick one while waiting on the next train. Everyone wanted the College bar to stay but unfortunately it’s now Gone
Thank you Ed, so well researched, I feel sad by what we've lost, I remember these areas, walking through them, it kind of makes me sad, you keep it alive for us, so we don't forget what we had...
Hi, Thanks for the interior shots of the College Bar, I'm pretty sure I went past it on my travels ( I remember the Mural, with the bird, but thought it was an old man rather than nursing mother), but I didn't go in, so pleased I've seen it. I miss Glasgow.
G'day It is pity that you didn't mention Ingram Street and the world renowned fire station ( now a restaurant) that used to be there. I served there from 1978 -81. After a triumph we would pop around to the College Bar or the Bell Geordie for a quick celebration before heading home. At the corner of Shuttle street an Ingram street there was a hidden telecommunications building . 200ft underground there were cable runs with very high quality cable ware and amplifiers the size of garbage cans. Even circa 1980 the installation was obsolete and probably redundant. the tunnels were well ventilated an only a little dank. in a large part they had a greater diameter than the Glasgow Subway. One day at work we did a visitation and explored all the way from Shuttle Street to the far west end all the way at 2ooft below before getting bored and returning. We were informed that the cabling went all the way to Faslane, but this could have been a tall tale. We were also informed that the installation was completed in the 1950s and the depth was to protect the communications. Another part of hidden Glasgow could be found underneath Enoch's Sq. I recall at a fire at at shop there ,in a pub , that we found a deep basement with a cobbled street just wide enough to allow two reasons to pass with miniature open fronted shops on either side. There have been other adventures that I cant allow into the daylight. Regards Noel
Thanks Noel. That's very interesting. I did almost mention the Ingram Street Fire Station. I would have mentioned it in association with a huge fire in 1909 that destroyed buildings on Ingram Street between Shuttle Street and High Street. This link gives details in The Glasgow Story site: www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01211
My 3x great grandfather Anstruther Foote lived at 209 High street with his family in 1871 and he had a shop where he sold fruit at 241 high street. Enjoyed the video and thanks for your research.
Its sad that the building designed by Robert and James Adam was demolished in1974. In sharp contrast, most of Charlotte Square in Edinburgh was built to the 1791 design of Robert Adam, who died in 1792, just as building began. Its part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sadly, many old buildings were demolished on a whim in the 1960s and '70s. Very interesting video. 👍
Another good one Eddie , the architecture on the front of the bank is first class, the stained glass windows are worth a look if they are still there and you used to get a great pie from the butchers a few shops along , cheers
Thank you ed that was interesting but sad. It appears we have all suffered under those toffs. Such beauty destroyed in the name of progress but depressing and grey to us. Blessings ❤
I stayed in the Drygate flats 30 plus years ago. The area was well on its knees, however- the Linen bank was a fruit shop when I stayed there. I used it for a few years and one day a notice appeared stressing that they were changing to wholesale only. It didn't last too long after that. I've been in one of the flats above- as it comes up for rent every so often. Time and conversions had taken their toll. I oft wondered about Campbell's plaque. Whether it was a commission, or installed by the old corporation of Glasgow? Your video highlights what Glasgow does best. Decimate; destroy, destruct. The oldest area in the city serving as an on off ramp to the horrific M8 motorway further up the High St is reprehensible. I recall a small garage sat on spare ground as you headed west along Nicholas St. A shanty looking thing with a corrugated roof. There was a seediness to the area that I quite liked- given I was in my mid 20s. The building at the corner of High St and Duke St, shrouded in scaffolding, bears the Inscription City Improvement Trust- ( can't recall the date). Obviously in recognition of the works that were undertaken to rid High St of it's slum, squalor and grime. Further up High St on Glebe St sat the old Manx bar, there was a second bar up there too; The Royal- no doubt named after the infirmarie opposite. The wee garden you spoke of was rather pleasing, albeit I had left the area by then, but still kept up with changes to the locale. A good bit of thought and finance had went into it. It boasted a zen like quality. I believe the one further up High St at the old pump station, is a community affair, allowing High St and Drygait residents to grow their own produce, and try put the world to rights. The College Bar, The Butcher- the big Art shop on the corner of George and High St- all a hazy memory. Fantastic Video. Hari
That was an excellent video, Ed. I like to walk around Glasgow looking at the old & the new & so I have walked around that area. I once went into the old red sandstone building which you talked about; it was open on an Open Doors Day. I liked the little Garden which was up the lane & found it very interesting that you mentioned that it had now moved up the hill. I passed the new Garden earlier this year but it wasn't open at that time, so I will have to return once it is open. I like your choice of music for your videos. Thank you again for that.
Fantastic wee video. I ended up wandering around this spot last year , admiring that old building left standing on its own. Great to hear the entire version of I Belong To Glasgow. Can hear where they were ‘inspired’ for Rab C Nesbit’s monologues.
Another absolute gem of a video, thank you Ed. It became more and more engrossing so I immediately watched it all over again from the start. I don’t know this area of Glasgow so, for the second viewing, I followed it with the Google Maps app on my phone. In the ‘Satellite’ mode it still shows the Old College Bar and adjoining Gallery. Best set to 3D mode where you can move the camera angle around and up and down to gain a good sense of what the block looked like before the fire.
Really enjoyed your video Ed. Almost exactly where you started filming was a large car park area and I have a photograph from the very early 70's of my Dad helping push a car that looks stuck in mud. He worked as a car park attendant which was roughly in the grassy area that would have been facing you ( I don't know if he latterly was in charge of the larger car park) The one i remember visiting as a wee boy was very small with a small green wooden hut. He would often bring home on occasion a Scottish Daily Express van and the odd privately owned cars, wether he had permission or not i don't know lol but it got him back and forth to work. I also remember a very small garage on the corner of Shuttle Street and College street which in hindsight would be where my Dads car park sat near to the express building.
Hullo. I posted earlier on this wee stand alone garage. It still stood there when I moved into the area 30 plus years ago. A ramshsckle looking thing. You could see it from the press bar. Didn't realise the area was once a car park. Hari
Thanks Ed, never a dull moment. I noticed from old photographs that the Bank of Scotland on the corner of Water Row here in Govan used to be a British Linen Bank. Already looking forward to your next informative adventure.
Brilliant video ed i drank in tne college bar in 80s when the pub sponsored our team from the garngad St Rochs amateurs and old building still standing used to be a fruit shop in the 80s /90s and straight across from the pub used to be an old cobbler shop where I used to get my broughes souled and heeled still walk by there most mornings going to work
If I had the money I would try to purchase the British Linen building to fix it up and live in it. It's beautiful. The other British Linen building at the Gorbals looks fantastic now that it has been done up.
Love yer vids of Scotland, brilliant to watch, been following you for a few yrs now. Im from Yorkshire but my grandparents was from Scotland, keep them coming, love watching you👍
Dear Ed, thank you for this great video 🙂👍🏼👍🏼 I love the maps and the interesting stories you tell. As I live in Perth, now this city is a bit more interesting! Have the best time, Sebastian
A disgrace allowing that old shabby stone building to stand distracting from the wonderful beautiful interesting achitecture the council planners and kind private developers have given us to enlighten and brighten our days waking through the town. We should pay more council tax to increase the wise decision makers wages. I hope they enjoy their large homes in the little unspoilt villages they deserve it.
I lived in Richmond St in the forties. Saw "The Monk" standing on the corner of shuttle Street We used to get our "Seturday Tuppence" from the pub landlord every saturday morning. Live in Australia now but you took me back. Thank You
the new glass and steel monoliths built to replace the Victorian stone building have a shelf life of 50 years tops, I've built so many of them now I could do it blindfolded, they're like the 1960s construction set ARKITEX by Tiang and employ the exact same principles as that child's toy, back in the Christmas of 66 when I played with ARKITEX never did I think one day I would be doing the same thing but scaled up. . .
I work in the building opposite this, often wondered what the deal is. I like yer channel, just watched your walk up Walls Hill - I lived in Howwood for 4 year and never knew about the iron age hillfort.
I think this Campbell's work was mostly contemporary topical stuff for printing in newspapers. So widespread and well known at the time then easily forgotten.
Shame to see such well proportioned classical designed buildings replaced with featureless concrete and glass. The "Art Gallery " building is itself particularly artless, hideous actually. The brutal removal of architectural beauty that was much of old Glasgow is shocking.
This part of the city is a complete disaster, being the oldest one, it should have been a tourist gem. Instead of it, it's just a deep scar left after some utopic architectural experiments which are obviously still being carried on. The strangest thing - it's just a 5 min walk from the City Chambers.
I'm afraid not. The steeple in the old photo is the university's clock tower, which was demolished. The tall tower at Glasgow Cross is all that remains of the old tolbooth.
The Monk was a chief in a Razor Gang always wearing a dark overcoat. You could see his facial scars from George street. When i came down Portland Brae on my guidie I could see him from there. He didn't look like he was handing out blessings. I must send you my early memoirs of Glasgow C1 (not G1) "Apaches in George Square" Regards Frank
My aunt Ethel and husband john live in hight Street no bath . she looked out window her and john talk to nurse s runing to work or going home at night every one love there xmas treexsad they knocked their tenement down as on conerthe rest is still there x
its sad that Glasgow has really failed at getting buildings like the college bar LISTED so they would have been protected and had to be restored. and although its a shame we regularly tear down the victorian stuff, it turns out the victorians tore down lots of older stuff too, its been this way in Glasgow a long time.
Sometimes there's no point in trying to save old buildings as redevelopment just makes a mockery of them. The New Victoria Hospital was built on the site of an old school and it was promised they would keep elements of it. They kept the kids entrance arch in the carpark. The Plaza dance hall at Eglinton Toll suffered similar promises and ended up with part of the original entrance being consolidated into the wall.
At one time Glasgow was the second most important City in the British Empire . Because they were so important the buildings reflected that, and Glasgow had Hundreds of the finest buildings you would ever hope to see. Unfortunately Far Left extremism led to these beautiful buildings being torn down and now little evidence remains of Glasgows grandeur of yesteryear.
Great vid. Interesting but sad. Another Adams building gone. Why do councils hate them? Good ending with Will Fyffe. My dad loved old pubs like the college bar and I belong to Glasgow. Brought back happy memories.
I believe Colin beattie owned the building at one time ( or so I was told ( his son owns the Oran mor , byres rd ) & the Carmichael's had the fruit shop there early 90s ( I think )👍
The Bank of Scotland on the corner of Govan Road/Water Row used to be a British Linen Bank as well. It's fascinating watching Ed's videos, always something new to learn.
Hallo there. Yes, I've had a look on Google Street view and I can see the building you refer to. It's similar to the High Street branch but does have differences. Must have been quite a few branches of this bank in the city.
@@EdExploresScotland the one in the gorbals has been lucky as well, its been renovated, just search 166 gorbals street ,the 2nd result shows detals of renovation
If you visit Glasgow (please do, we're a friendly lot 😊) and you go for a walk look up. The most beautiful architecture can be seen with a wee raise o yer noggin! Lol 😂.
Corruption in Glasgow saw whole areas pulled down in the 60s and 70s.Demolition companys owned by a notorious gangster(now dead) got most of the work.They were going to demolish those lovely tenements at charing cross many made way for the Kingston bridge.Lots of areas were slums i dont deny that in the Gorbals and Bridgeton the people sent to Castlemilk ,Easterhouse and Drumchapel totally soulless with nothing to do apart from gang fights and appearances from Frankie Vaughn 😂.
I haven't seen it. I'll need to have a look. I know that salt thrown up from the road and pavement in winter has a bad effect on sandstone and the mortar, and I do recall seeing the outer wall for a few feet above ground-level look badly pitted and eaten away. So perhaps the rough-casting will at least protect the underlying stone.
@EdExploresScotland yeah I thought there has to be some reason behind it. Must be a protective type of covering on it. Its cream coloured.. looks a lot different now! Keep the content coming. Enjoying it thanks 👍🏻
@@drewzyboy Hi. I spoke with the masons who re harled / roughcasted the Provands Lordship. Transpires its been rendered in Lime mortar- which allows breathability to old sandstone buildings. By the councils own admission- previous works had been undertaken throughout the years using cement render. This was used from sealing roof gables, to pointing the stonework. Cement is useless for old sand/stone, as when water penetrates behind the structure- it can't get back out. Freeze and thaw then result in cracks on the external structure. Lime goes back to the Roman days, however it fell out of fashion in the thirties with the introduction of quick mix cement, that architects and builders thought it was the next big thing. Tis only now we're witnessing the effect cement has had upon old buildings. David Livingstone house in Blantyre has ongoing works, where the masons are grinding out every bit of cementitious pointing/render and re rendering in Lime. The storyboards advise of this when you take a wee visit out. The recent rendering to Provands may just be returning the building to how it was originally envisioned in mediaeval days. I always recall it as a sooty, dark affair- borne from decades of industrialisation and exhaust smog. I.m sure there exists a William Simpson watercolour that depicts the Lordship as a light coloured structure. Perhaps you can confirm Eddie? Cheers. Hari
From Australia, I only see poverty squalor and poor-quality construction in old world British cities, they are to me an eye saw, every brand-new building no matter how boring it looks with modernism is a blessing as far as I am concerned it all part of getting rid of that run down slum look of British cities.
Great stuff Ed, love that wee tower. Passed it one night pre-covid, the door was open a bit and ah keeked in. Thee was a fire in the hearth and a wee party in progress. I wished them a good night and went for the bus. 😂
You know the saddest thing about all this Ed? There are some people who actually think that knocking down old solid buildings and replacing them with a heap of shite is actually progress? It's not.
High Street is an absolute disaster with all those hideous college flats
@@John-DC60 I agree, I find so much more beauty further up Castle St where the building's are preserved and lovely to walk around.
Served my apprenticeship in quality upholstery in Nicholas Street 1965, had my first pint in old college bar .Used to buy my records in high street tops next to the old linen bank, met some tamla Motown artists in the record shop who were in signing photos in 67, they where appearing in the Locarno, wonderful days indeed .
Ed, I have no words to describe how sad it is to loose the treasures of the past such as these wonderful buildings and the College Bar.
I think I was born in the wrong century! I still have many of my family heirlooms from the 18th and 19th century. I feel the presence of my ancestors in their beauty and in my memory of the love and care given to them over the years. My Mom lived to 101, carrying forward the joy of things remembered.
Thanks for this opportunity to enjoy the past in Glasgow, even though it brings on a profound melancholy. I’m grateful to you for these wonderful videos and your sentimentality.
Lynn in Naples FL
Thanks Lynn.
The British Linen Bank is my favourite building in Glasgow. If I had the money, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Thanks for covering it Ed. I really enjoyed learning a bit more about it's history.
The Victorians certainly knew how to build, the demolition of the 60s concrete flats 30 years later is testament to that. Great video, thanks pal
Thanks Jason.
Thanks for posting this bit of history. My mother was born in Dumfries and the family moved to Glasgow when the depression hit. She married my father, a US serviceman after WWII and came to the US. I've never been to these towns, and her memory is not that great anymore, but seeing this history gives me a sense of her childhood.
I bought a pair of winklepickers from the High Walk shoe company, they were black with two gold diamonds incut on the uppers, what with those and the drainpipes... I thought I was the bees knees, now that I'm older I've found that my narrow waist and my broad mind have changed places.
Amazing photos, thanks for all your work.
Cheers Peter.
Loved this - so sad when you see what was taken from us. This is a brilliant channel. Thanks Eddie x
Thank you.
I am sure that Linen bank building will fall foul of the series of "mysterious" fires that have be fallen Glasgow over recent times 😢
I live about 30 seconds away from where you’re filming here and walk by and around all of these parts with only a surface knowledge of what the buildings once were. Thank you for this absolutely wonderful video. What a talent you’ve got for evoking nostalgia, even when it stretches far before one’s lifetime! So well researched and presented - I’ve subscribed and I’m looking forward to more videos, Ed. Thanks!
Thank you.
I love Glasgow's underrated architecture. The beautiful sandstones used enhance and give the city's older buildings an even older, antique but amazing look.
I left Glasgow over 40 years ago (job relocation) but this excellent video makes me want to see Glasgow soon again. Thank you , Ed.
Cheers Patrick.
I'm delighted to see that you've made a swift recovery since your last vlog. What an interesting subject. I visited the Old Linen Bank in 2016 as part of the Doors Open Day initiative. We were allowed into the building which held a small gallery of artwork, the building was untouched and full of bird droppings, which added to the surreal experience. The flat above had tenants and a room in the back held a massive safe (I'm almost certain that the door was open). I've checked and do not have any photos from that time but cannot understand why. Thanks again, Ed.
Thanks foe the memories. I was born at 99 Dundas Street. All those old buildings were torn down. What a shame.
Gaurs me greet to see what has been done to our wonderful Glasgow by these modern 'architects'(???) and planners-
Thank you again for a great trip down memory lane!
Fantastic video Ed, without your videos remembering the listed buildings, streets and people, we wouldn't know of them. I'm really enjoying the historical videos as much as your trekking ones too. Keep on keeping on ✊
Cheers Greig. The historical videos are definitely more popular than the walking ones.
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Your photos of College Bar are just brilliant! Thank you...
Cheers Gill.
Thanks Ed for preserving the images of the College Bar and the Linen Bank. I don't recognize that part of High Street anymore, I used to trek up and down High Street regularly on my way to my nurse training at the old School of Nursing opposite the GRI at McLeod Street. The old Linen Bank with its statue always caught my attention when I walked past and I hope it is preserved as a landmark and link to the past. I'm retired now and don't get to that part of town these days which is just as well . I don't like the direction of travel as regards the more modern architecture replacing older buildings in Glasgow. Thank you for another informative and entertaining upload, look forward to watching more now I've subscribed to your channel.
Thanks Rob.
Great shots of the College Bar interior, Eddie.
Thank you.
Thank you for inspiring me to research the Tradeston area, where many of my ancestors lived, worked and died. Tradeston is a much overlooked area in the history of Glasgow through shipping, rail, engineering and commerce. It was also home to two of the largest and most deadly explosions to hit Glasgow.
Always enjoy these videos Ed. Your research and dedication to putting out a good product comes through. Cheers.
He is a gem, so glad he produces these videos for us to enjoy. Very educational too...
Thank you.
Brilliant video! My dad was born just round the corner on George St and I have numerous family members who lived in High St and the surrounding area
Many thanks.
Appreciate the research that you put in your videos. Well done.
Many thanks.
They’ve absolutely destroyed this part of Glasgow, loved popping into The College bar after some time in the city, for a quick one while waiting on the next train. Everyone wanted the College bar to stay but unfortunately it’s now Gone
Thank you Ed, so well researched, I feel sad by what we've lost, I remember these areas, walking through them, it kind of makes me sad, you keep it alive for us, so we don't forget what we had...
Hi, Thanks for the interior shots of the College Bar, I'm pretty sure I went past it on my travels ( I remember the Mural, with the bird, but thought it was an old man rather than nursing mother), but I didn't go in, so pleased I've seen it.
I miss Glasgow.
Cheers Stephen.
Great video Ed. I've walked past that area periodically over a number of years & witnessed its changes. Thanks for documenting them so well. 👍
Thanks Robert.
G'day
It is pity that you didn't mention Ingram Street and the world renowned fire station ( now a restaurant) that used to be there. I served there from 1978 -81. After a triumph we would pop around to the College Bar or the Bell Geordie for a quick celebration before heading home.
At the corner of Shuttle street an Ingram street there was a hidden telecommunications building . 200ft underground there were cable runs with very high quality cable ware and amplifiers the size of garbage cans. Even circa 1980 the installation was obsolete and probably redundant. the tunnels were well ventilated an only a little dank. in a large part they had a greater diameter than the Glasgow Subway. One day at work we did a visitation and explored all the way from Shuttle Street to the far west end all the way at 2ooft below before getting bored and returning. We were informed that the cabling went all the way to Faslane, but this could have been a tall tale. We were also informed that the installation was completed in the 1950s and the depth was to protect the communications.
Another part of hidden Glasgow could be found underneath Enoch's Sq. I recall at a fire at at shop there ,in a pub , that we found a deep basement with a cobbled street just wide enough to allow two reasons to pass with miniature open fronted shops on either side.
There have been other adventures that I cant allow into the daylight.
Regards Noel
Thanks Noel. That's very interesting. I did almost mention the Ingram Street Fire Station. I would have mentioned it in association with a huge fire in 1909 that destroyed buildings on Ingram Street between Shuttle Street and High Street. This link gives details in The Glasgow Story site: www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01211
My 3x great grandfather Anstruther Foote lived at 209 High street with his family in 1871 and he had a shop where he sold fruit at 241 high street. Enjoyed the video and thanks for your research.
Its sad that the building designed by Robert and James Adam was demolished in1974. In sharp contrast, most of Charlotte Square in Edinburgh was built to the 1791 design of Robert Adam, who died in 1792, just as building began. Its part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sadly, many old buildings were demolished on a whim in the 1960s and '70s. Very interesting video. 👍
Many thanks. There were two of those wonderful old college structures on the High Street, one at each side of College Street. Pretty serious loss.
Another good one Eddie , the architecture on the front of the bank is first class, the stained glass windows are worth a look if they are still there and you used to get a great pie from the butchers a few shops along , cheers
Cheers John. There was a good sandwich shop as well.
Thank you ed that was interesting but sad. It appears we have all suffered under those toffs. Such beauty destroyed in the name of progress but depressing and grey to us.
Blessings ❤
I stayed in the Drygate flats 30 plus years ago. The area was well on its knees, however- the Linen bank was a fruit shop when I stayed there. I used it for a few years and one day a notice appeared stressing that they were changing to wholesale only. It didn't last too long after that. I've been in one of the flats above- as it comes up for rent every so often. Time and conversions had taken their toll. I oft wondered about Campbell's plaque. Whether it was a commission, or installed by the old corporation of Glasgow? Your video highlights what Glasgow does best. Decimate; destroy, destruct. The oldest area in the city serving as an on off ramp to the horrific M8 motorway further up the High St is reprehensible. I recall a small garage sat on spare ground as you headed west along Nicholas St. A shanty looking thing with a corrugated roof. There was a seediness to the area that I quite liked- given I was in my mid 20s. The building at the corner of High St and Duke St, shrouded in scaffolding, bears the Inscription City Improvement Trust- ( can't recall the date). Obviously in recognition of the works that were undertaken to rid High St of it's slum, squalor and grime. Further up High St on Glebe St sat the old Manx bar, there was a second bar up there too; The Royal- no doubt named after the infirmarie opposite.
The wee garden you spoke of was rather pleasing, albeit I had left the area by then, but still kept up with changes to the locale. A good bit of thought and finance had went into it. It boasted a zen like quality. I believe the one further up High St at the old pump station, is a community affair, allowing High St and Drygait residents to grow their own produce, and try put the world to rights. The College Bar, The Butcher- the big Art shop on the corner of George and High St- all a hazy memory.
Fantastic Video.
Hari
Great work Edward...
Thank you.
I love the photos you have took the time to compile, thank you.
Bloody brilliant ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks William.
That was an excellent video, Ed. I like to walk around Glasgow looking at the old & the new & so I have walked around that area. I once went into the old red sandstone building which you talked about; it was open on an Open Doors Day. I liked the little Garden which was up the lane & found it very interesting that you mentioned that it had now moved up the hill. I passed the new Garden earlier this year but it wasn't open at that time, so I will have to return once it is open. I like your choice of music for your videos. Thank you again for that.
Thanks Robert. Maybe that red sandstone building will open up on another day. Be nice to see inside.
Fantastic wee video.
I ended up wandering around this spot last year , admiring that old building left standing on its own.
Great to hear the entire version of I Belong To Glasgow. Can hear where they were ‘inspired’ for Rab C Nesbit’s monologues.
Cheers Graham. Yes, there are definitely some similarities between Will Fyffe in this recording and Rab C Nesbit in how the drunken man is portrayed.
Will Fyffe’s grave is in Lambhill Cemetery - Always see it when visiting a family grave. 🫡
Brilliant video Ed. Enjoyed the history. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Patrick.
Great video once again, fantastic subjects, clear and informative
Thanks Dougie.
Another absolute gem of a video, thank you Ed. It became more and more engrossing so I immediately watched it all over again from the start.
I don’t know this area of Glasgow so, for the second viewing, I followed it with the Google Maps app on my phone. In the ‘Satellite’ mode it still shows the Old College Bar and adjoining Gallery. Best set to 3D mode where you can move the camera angle around and up and down to gain a good sense of what the block looked like before the fire.
Cheers Will.
Another good vlog, ED thanks...
Thank you for this, i really enjoyed watching it .
Really enjoyed your video Ed. Almost exactly where you started filming was a large car park area and I have a photograph from the very early 70's of my Dad helping push a car that looks stuck in mud. He worked as a car park attendant which was roughly in the grassy area that would have been facing you ( I don't know if he latterly was in charge of the larger car park) The one i remember visiting as a wee boy was very small with a small green wooden hut. He would often bring home on occasion a Scottish Daily Express van and the odd privately owned cars, wether he had permission or not i don't know lol but it got him back and forth to work.
I also remember a very small garage on the corner of Shuttle Street and College street which in hindsight would be where my Dads car park sat near to the express building.
Cheers Jim. There was indeed a small garage at the corner of Shuttle Street and College Street. I still don't know why that area hasn't been built on.
@@EdExploresScotland Yeah its strange Ed.
Hullo. I posted earlier on this wee stand alone garage. It still stood there when I moved into the area 30 plus years ago. A ramshsckle looking thing. You could see it from the press bar. Didn't realise the area was once a car park.
Hari
Thanks Ed, never a dull moment. I noticed from old photographs that the Bank of Scotland on the corner of Water Row here in Govan used to be a British Linen Bank. Already looking forward to your next informative adventure.
Many thanks for that. The British Linen Bank must have had branches all over the city.
Brilliant video ed i drank in tne college bar in 80s when the pub sponsored our team from the garngad St Rochs amateurs and old building still standing used to be a fruit shop in the 80s /90s and straight across from the pub used to be an old cobbler shop where I used to get my broughes souled and heeled still walk by there most mornings going to work
Cheers John.
That was brilliant thank you 💋
If I had the money I would try to purchase the British Linen building to fix it up and live in it. It's beautiful. The other British Linen building at the Gorbals looks fantastic now that it has been done up.
I'd never really heard much about the British Linen Bank, but their branch buildings seem to have survived all over the city.
Love yer vids of Scotland, brilliant to watch, been following you for a few yrs now. Im from Yorkshire but my grandparents was from Scotland, keep them coming, love watching you👍
Thank you.
Dear Ed, thank you for this great video 🙂👍🏼👍🏼 I love the maps and the interesting stories you tell. As I live in Perth, now this city is a bit more interesting! Have the best time, Sebastian
Many thanks Sebastian.
@@EdExploresScotland Hi Ed, my comment is for your new Perth Video - I'm not shure, why it got here ... anyway - good videos in general 🙂
Lovin' your work, thanks a lot for sharing.
Cheers. 👍
A disgrace allowing that old shabby stone building to stand distracting from the wonderful beautiful interesting achitecture the council planners and kind private developers have given us to enlighten and brighten our days waking through the town. We should pay more council tax to increase the wise decision makers wages. I hope they enjoy their large homes in the little unspoilt villages they deserve it.
Thank you for that. Made me laugh.
I lived in Richmond St in the forties.
Saw "The Monk" standing on the corner of shuttle Street
We used to get our "Seturday Tuppence" from the pub landlord every saturday morning.
Live in Australia now but you took me back.
Thank You
Cheers Frank. Was 'The Monk' a ghost from the friary?
my grandfather used to sing this song to me when i was very small.
Nice reflections Ed
Great wee documentary it’s criminal the vandalism employed by developers 🏴🙏
the new glass and steel monoliths built to replace the Victorian stone building have a shelf life of 50 years tops, I've built so many of them now I could do it blindfolded, they're like the 1960s construction set ARKITEX by Tiang and employ the exact same principles as that child's toy, back in the Christmas of 66 when I played with ARKITEX never did I think one day I would be doing the same thing but scaled up. . .
One of the other comments attached to this video describes these modern housing towers as 'cliffs wi' windaes', a phrase I think is spot on.
I work in the building opposite this, often wondered what the deal is. I like yer channel, just watched your walk up Walls Hill - I lived in Howwood for 4 year and never knew about the iron age hillfort.
Cheers Scott.
I think this Campbell's work was mostly contemporary topical stuff for printing in newspapers. So widespread and well known at the time then easily forgotten.
Thanks for making this excellent video Ed. We loved watching it and it really moved us and made us laugh.
Thank you.
Your videos are far more interesting then the rubbish thats on TV these days
Cheers John.
Brilliant stuff nice to see the old world Glasgow , sad to see all the new crap that replaced it !!
Great video Ed. That just don’t build them like they used to. It’s as though there is no imagination when they design new buildings.
Thank you. One of the comments on here mentioned the phrase, 'cliffs wi windaes', which is spot on.
Very interesting video Eddy. Love the song at the end. ❤️
Thanks Paul.
Shame to see such well proportioned classical designed buildings replaced with featureless concrete and glass. The "Art Gallery " building is itself particularly artless, hideous actually. The brutal removal of architectural beauty that was much of old Glasgow is shocking.
This part of the city is a complete disaster, being the oldest one, it should have been a tourist gem. Instead of it, it's just a deep scar left after some utopic architectural experiments which are obviously still being carried on. The strangest thing - it's just a 5 min walk from the City Chambers.
7:01 - Is that steeple in the background now at the bottom of High St?
I'm afraid not. The steeple in the old photo is the university's clock tower, which was demolished. The tall tower at Glasgow Cross is all that remains of the old tolbooth.
@@EdExploresScotland Looked somewhat similar. Not surprised that it was demolished. Such is the way of Glasgow.
The Monk was a chief in a Razor Gang always wearing a dark overcoat.
You could see his facial scars from George street.
When i came down Portland Brae on my guidie I could see him from there.
He didn't look like he was handing out blessings.
I must send you my early memoirs of Glasgow C1 (not G1)
"Apaches in George Square"
Regards
Frank
My aunt Ethel and husband john live in hight Street no bath . she looked out window her and john talk to nurse s runing to work or going home at night every one love there xmas treexsad they knocked their tenement down as on conerthe rest is still there x
its sad that Glasgow has really failed at getting buildings like the college bar LISTED so they would have been protected and had to be restored.
and although its a shame we regularly tear down the victorian stuff, it turns out the victorians tore down lots of older stuff too, its been this way in Glasgow a long time.
Sometimes there's no point in trying to save old buildings as redevelopment just makes a mockery of them.
The New Victoria Hospital was built on the site of an old school and it was promised they would keep elements of it. They kept the kids entrance arch in the carpark.
The Plaza dance hall at Eglinton Toll suffered similar promises and ended up with part of the original entrance being consolidated into the wall.
At one time Glasgow was the second most important City in the British Empire . Because they were so important the buildings reflected that, and Glasgow had Hundreds of the finest buildings you would ever hope to see. Unfortunately Far Left extremism led to these beautiful buildings being torn down and now little evidence remains of Glasgows grandeur of yesteryear.
Noticed today there's a For Sale sign on the land next to that old building on High Street
I wonder if whatever is eventually built there will be architecturally inspiring or just another 'cliff wi' windaes', as someone else put it?
Music at the end very evocative and I felt quite emotional and pity for the poor Glaswegians disinherited of there heritage by our so called betters.
Great vid. Interesting but sad. Another Adams building gone. Why do councils hate them? Good ending with Will Fyffe. My dad loved old pubs like the college bar and I belong to Glasgow. Brought back happy memories.
Cheers Alex.
Thee's a statue of Thomas Campbell in George Square
There certainly is.
In the book, The Bell and the Tree, there is a story that says, underneath the College bar there is another street
I seem to recall reading about a cobbled surface somewhere in the pub, one that was much older than the building.
I believe Colin beattie owned the building at one time ( or so I was told ( his son owns the Oran mor , byres rd ) & the Carmichael's had the fruit shop there early 90s ( I think )👍
I confused , there is a british linen bank at 166 gorbals street, maybe there is 2, they look the same
The Bank of Scotland on the corner of Govan Road/Water Row used to be a British Linen Bank as well. It's fascinating watching Ed's videos, always something new to learn.
Hallo there. Yes, I've had a look on Google Street view and I can see the building you refer to. It's similar to the High Street branch but does have differences. Must have been quite a few branches of this bank in the city.
I'll have to keep a look out for that one. Many thanks.
@@EdExploresScotland the one in the gorbals has been lucky as well, its been renovated, just search 166 gorbals street ,the 2nd result shows detals of renovation
If you visit Glasgow (please do, we're a friendly lot 😊) and you go for a walk look up. The most beautiful architecture can be seen with a wee raise o yer noggin! Lol 😂.
Absolutely.
I looked up Thomas Campbell and i quite like what I read, as you say..horses for courses
Liking the work Ed, but you must go through some amount of camera's? You keep walking away from them.
Always a worry in big cities.
It's so sad to see that ugly council fence standing there and it'll probably be there for years to come
Corruption in Glasgow saw whole areas pulled down in the 60s and 70s.Demolition companys owned by a notorious gangster(now dead) got most of the work.They were going to demolish those lovely tenements at charing cross many made way for the Kingston bridge.Lots of areas were slums i dont deny that in the Gorbals and Bridgeton the people sent to Castlemilk ,Easterhouse and Drumchapel totally soulless with nothing to do apart from gang fights and appearances from Frankie Vaughn 😂.
Whats your opinion on Provands Lordships new look? Glasgow City Council have roughcasted it . Looks awful in my opinion
I haven't seen it. I'll need to have a look. I know that salt thrown up from the road and pavement in winter has a bad effect on sandstone and the mortar, and I do recall seeing the outer wall for a few feet above ground-level look badly pitted and eaten away. So perhaps the rough-casting will at least protect the underlying stone.
@EdExploresScotland yeah I thought there has to be some reason behind it. Must be a protective type of covering on it. Its cream coloured.. looks a lot different now!
Keep the content coming. Enjoying it thanks 👍🏻
I think you're thinking of Provan Hall, which is in Easterhouse. Provand's Lordship is in Glasgow city centre, up beside Glasgow Cathedral.
Provan Hall has had the same Harling as Provands Lordship, think that was the traditional finish for rubble built hooses.
@@drewzyboy Hi. I spoke with the masons who re harled / roughcasted the Provands Lordship. Transpires its been rendered in Lime mortar- which allows breathability to old sandstone buildings. By the councils own admission- previous works had been undertaken throughout the years using cement render. This was used from sealing roof gables, to pointing the stonework. Cement is useless for old sand/stone, as when water penetrates behind the structure- it can't get back out. Freeze and thaw then result in cracks on the external structure. Lime goes back to the Roman days, however it fell out of fashion in the thirties with the introduction of quick mix cement, that architects and builders thought it was the next big thing. Tis only now we're witnessing the effect cement has had upon old buildings. David Livingstone house in Blantyre has ongoing works, where the masons are grinding out every bit of cementitious pointing/render and re rendering in Lime. The storyboards advise of this when you take a wee visit out. The recent rendering to Provands may just be returning the building to how it was originally envisioned in mediaeval days. I always recall it as a sooty, dark affair- borne from decades of industrialisation and exhaust smog. I.m sure there exists a William Simpson watercolour that depicts the Lordship as a light coloured structure. Perhaps you can confirm Eddie? Cheers. Hari
How long will the the revolting ugly boxes last ?
Not very long, I suspect.
queer how even the postwar insertions appear finished there
I weep at the global bus stop my city has become
Centre point of banking
I despise it
There is no attempt by planners to convert and save old buildings. It’s just a mash up of new styles. Monstrosities.
Another old red-brick industrial building, I think in the Finnieston area, demolished recently to make way for flats. The destruction continues.
I say we take off & nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...😉
From Australia, I only see poverty squalor and poor-quality construction in old world British cities, they are to me an eye saw, every brand-new building no matter how boring it looks with modernism is a blessing as far as I am concerned it all part of getting rid of that run down slum look of British cities.
What a fascinating channel.
CAN YOU DO THE AREA OF MILLER STREET WHERE MY GANDMOTHER AND MOTHER LIVED.
Great stuff Ed, love that wee tower. Passed it one night pre-covid, the door was open a bit and ah keeked in. Thee was a fire in the hearth and a wee party in progress. I wished them a good night and went for the bus. 😂