My father john wilson lived in Fordneuk st in the 50s i lived in Dunn st and Bernard st now live in Colombia South America went to dunn st school and Queenmary st school this video brought back lots of memories
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.
Love these old photos. I remember and miss so much the derelict house from the 60's. As young kids, we used to spend hours in these houses with the wallpaper hanging off the broken bricks and the rubble and broken floorboards. it was so exciting discovering these houses. We used to play mum and dad and sleep on old mattresses and pretend to cook in the old kitchens (sculleries) . We were so happy in those days even though it looks bad compared to todays standards! I still remember the damp smells.
It was always fun playing and finding peoples items they left behind. Then taking them home and getting told off! Today kids would not be allowed near old building due to H&S. We never had any cares every day was fun and it was great, come the Summer School Holidays.
Brilliant stories and great memories for myself, brought up in the tenements in Clydebank, Singers, John Browns, Kilbowie Road, I’d have that lifestyle anyway, where we all played and interacted, nowadays theses no social skills developing nowadays, especially how children are brought up in this technology. Give it 100 years, and we shall dearly pay the price. Hope also the politicians can see what they have done to the country. God help the next generation.
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.
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
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.
I was born in 1948 on Alexandra Parade between Wishart St and James Orr St, we played in places like some of those photos and we had "lucky middens" where we would find great things that people threw away. Went to Golfhill School and then later to Onslow Drive. Moved along the Parade when I was 12 to a red sandstone building where there were no lucky middens at all and i didnt like it, I ran away in 1966.
Hi Andrew just spotted your comment on the short 'Then and Now Glasgow' U-tube film. My name is Tom Workman and I knew your vet brother Peter from days at Dennistoun Baths. Don't believe Peter would ever have gone about raking bins. Toffty Ally Parade people had back greens to play on but in Aberdour Street further along the road we had rough back courts where looking for lucky middens was always an adventure. Thanks for reviving old memories.
Thomas: I never had a brother and the Tenement on Alexandra Parade was at number 128 at the Castle Street end behind the Royal where we played in the Coupe and the old air raid shelters and searched the lucky middens, it was when I was around 12 that we moved along the Parade to number 507 near the top of Whitehill Street where they were no middens let alone any lucky ones. I didnt know any other people called Blackadder except a Butcher shop on Duke Street. Its my middle name and not my surname.
I remember well the Millarbank Street, Springburn, 'Lucky Didgies' along the backcourts of adjacent Morrin Street. I/we occasionally found some wee Corgie cars that had all four wheels intact, if most slightly skew-whiff. This was late 1950s. Good times. Bad times. Stay free, A. R 🍻 😎 🌠
That laundry....mums scrubbed it by hand, and had no washing machines like we had now... really we don't realise how lucky we are not having to scrub clothes and wear our hands to the bone like our grans did.
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!
I lived st Peter's street near st George's cross. we had the lucky middens too and an old woman used to chap her window to get us away from her middens lol.
I remember well the Millarbank Street, Springburn, 'Lucky Didgies' along the backcourts of adjacent Morrin Street. I/we occasionally found some wee Corgie cars that had all four wheels intact, if most slightly skew-whiff. This was late 1950s. Good times. Bad times. Stay free, J. R 🍻 😎 🌠
My late dad James Andrew Wilson was born at 43 Cramond Street on 1.2.1901 (demolished I'm led to believe in the 1970's), emigrated to South Africa in 1922/23 and passed away in February 1957. Are there any photographs of that street available. Thank you.
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
I was Born AT 35 Mckinlay st , 1937,, till i was 12yrs old I hated living there RATS RATS middens ,, I moved to Perth Australia when i was 22yrs as i was not wanting to bring my 2babies up in a Tenament ever GRIM ??? ,
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
at 2.35 there is a picture of a tenement collapse. do you have any further details of this picture ?. my family were living in dalmarnock in the 60,s and I think this may be a collapse my brother caused ,would be late 60,s we were living either in Baltic street or nuneaton st at the time. M y bother was picking away at brickwork with a knife myself and another brother narrowly missed being crushed. no one in the family except me seems to remember the event. any info on the photo would be most welcome Joe
V4Vauxhall...I have told the authorities, and your Brother will get the bill for the rebuild, you naughty boys :) Seriously, if a couple of lads could do that. the building was bloody dangerous and needed to come down.
I think as a kid he probably thought he had caused it but its rather unlikely more of an unfortunate co-incidence - i hope he didnt live the rest of his life feeling guilty the poor wee soul
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
Great memories lived Bridgeton Fordneuk st in the 50s happy times .....thanx.
My father john wilson lived in Fordneuk st in the 50s i lived in Dunn st and Bernard st now live in Colombia South America went to dunn st school and Queenmary st school this video brought back lots of memories
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.
Love these old photos. I remember and miss so much the derelict house from the 60's. As young kids, we used to spend hours in these houses with the wallpaper hanging off the broken bricks and the rubble and broken floorboards. it was so exciting discovering these houses. We used to play mum and dad and sleep on old mattresses and pretend to cook in the old kitchens (sculleries) . We were so happy in those days even though it looks bad compared to todays standards! I still remember the damp smells.
It was always fun playing and finding peoples items they left behind. Then taking them home and getting told off! Today kids would not be allowed near old building due to H&S. We never had any cares every day was fun and it was great, come the Summer School Holidays.
I too loved exploring derelict houses in London and finding old abandoned stuff...yes, and getting told off for bringing it home :)
Brilliant stories and great memories for myself, brought up in the tenements in Clydebank, Singers, John Browns, Kilbowie Road, I’d have that lifestyle anyway, where we all played and interacted, nowadays theses no social skills developing nowadays, especially how children are brought up in this technology. Give it 100 years, and we shall dearly pay the price. Hope also the politicians can see what they have done to the country. God help the next generation.
Thank you for this amazing video. I can remember scenes like these as a child of the 60's
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.
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
As one that was born in a hole in the wall,fantastic memories.
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.
I was born in 1948 on Alexandra Parade between Wishart St and James Orr St, we played in places like some of those photos and we had "lucky middens" where we would find great things that people threw away. Went to Golfhill School and then later to Onslow Drive.
Moved along the Parade when I was 12 to a red sandstone building where there were no lucky middens at all and i didnt like it, I ran away in 1966.
Hi Andrew just spotted your comment on the short 'Then and Now Glasgow' U-tube film. My name is Tom Workman and I knew your vet brother Peter from days at Dennistoun Baths. Don't believe Peter would ever have gone about raking bins. Toffty Ally Parade people had back greens to play on but in Aberdour Street further along the road we had rough back courts where looking for lucky middens was always an adventure. Thanks for reviving old memories.
Thomas: I never had a brother and the Tenement on Alexandra Parade was at number 128 at the Castle Street end behind the Royal where we played in the Coupe and the old air raid shelters and searched the lucky middens, it was when I was around 12 that we moved along the Parade to number 507 near the top of Whitehill Street where they were no middens let alone any lucky ones. I didnt know any other people called Blackadder except a Butcher shop on Duke Street. Its my middle name and not my surname.
I remember well the Millarbank Street, Springburn, 'Lucky Didgies' along the backcourts of adjacent Morrin Street. I/we occasionally found some wee Corgie cars that had all four wheels intact, if most slightly skew-whiff.
This was late 1950s. Good times. Bad times.
Stay free, A. R 🍻 😎 🌠
@@RHR-221b : I used to go through Springburn on my way riding my Bike from Toonheid to Bishopbriggs where my cousins lived.
@@abw48 Thanks for that reminiscence, a.
All the best. Stay free. R 🍻😎 🕊
lived sunnylaw street myself possilpark in the 1960 to 1966 love pictures ta
this is a great educational video
GREAT VIDEO
Agreed, T. Btw, I am subscribed to your intriguing YT channel. Stay free. R 🍻😎 🌠
That laundry....mums scrubbed it by hand, and had no washing machines like we had now... really we don't realise how lucky we are not having to scrub clothes and wear our hands to the bone like our grans did.
*The Talk of the Steamie.* Stay free, O. R 🍻 😎 🌠
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.
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!
I lived st Peter's street near st George's cross. we had the lucky middens too and an old woman used to chap her window to get us away from her middens lol.
I remember well the Millarbank Street, Springburn, 'Lucky Didgies' along the backcourts of adjacent Morrin Street. I/we occasionally found some wee Corgie cars that had all four wheels intact, if most slightly skew-whiff.
This was late 1950s. Good times. Bad times.
Stay free, J. R 🍻 😎 🌠
My late dad James Andrew Wilson was born at 43 Cramond Street on 1.2.1901 (demolished I'm led to believe in the 1970's), emigrated to South Africa in 1922/23 and passed away in February 1957. Are there any photographs of that street available. Thank you.
wish I could find pics of beltaine st in anderston, of the old tenements, was there in the 70s
Have you check the Virtual Mitchell
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
Forgot too say Mc Neil Street Gorbals
My mum lived at 26 McKinlay St, Helen Hughes, her brother kept pigeons, remember it well, grim but such happy days!
I was Born AT 35 Mckinlay st , 1937,, till i was 12yrs old I hated living there RATS RATS middens ,, I moved to Perth Australia when i was 22yrs as i was not wanting to bring my 2babies up in a Tenament ever GRIM ??? ,
I was born at 19 McKinlay St,I remember the Hughes family, I lived there from 1945 till 1953 great memories.
Hi, I will let my mum know, she might remember you! X
at the beginning, is that Dunn Street
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
Good catch, it doesn’t look like any view of Glasgow I’ve ever seen either.
yeah it is a photo of nyc
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
2 of the pictures are flats near my school
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at 2.35 there is a picture of a tenement collapse. do you have any further details of this picture ?. my family were living in dalmarnock in the 60,s and I think this may be a collapse my brother caused ,would be late 60,s we were living either in Baltic street or nuneaton st at the time. M y bother was picking away at brickwork with a knife myself and another brother narrowly missed being crushed. no one in the family except me seems to remember the event. any info on the photo would be most welcome Joe
V4Vauxhall...I have told the authorities, and your Brother will get the bill for the rebuild, you naughty boys :)
Seriously, if a couple of lads could do that. the building was bloody dangerous and needed to come down.
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Haha
How rude!
I think as a kid he probably thought he had caused it but its rather unlikely more of an unfortunate co-incidence - i hope he didnt live the rest of his life feeling guilty the poor wee soul
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