Well Dave you have done it again,another piece of Astonishing Glasgow history that I didn't know,I knew about the Athenia and all the horrors assosiated with it but the JFK fact had passed me by,really enjoyed that Dave and thanks for all the effort to bring us these wee gems.
Funnily enough, I was telling my younger brother of this story only two nights ago after a performance at The King's Theatre. The SS Athenia was also only sank hours after The Second World War was declared, and consequentially many of the first British deaths of that war were onboard. They have a piece on the Athenia at the Transport museum.
The John Logie Baird television (televisior?) Signal that was transmitted down the phone lines from London to Glasgow would have travelled the telephone lines via trunk lines which back then ran along the railway lines and belonged to the GPO (general post office at the time) the phone system was still post office operated back when I was a baby and toddler ,I think it was sold off and became british telecom (BT) around 1984? Now everything is ip based going over super fast fibre optic cables right to your house, satellites and fibre... There were television stands/tables which had been gifted to Baird Hall by John Logie Baird's wife and she also opened the building as a student Halls of residence back in the 1960s
I found out about JFK staying in Baird Hall (beresford) when i was a student there back in 1999, I mentioned to the "history guy" a few years ago and he wasnt interested to make a video. There should really be a blue wall plaque on the building due to the jfk connection but theres nothing. Theres a lot of world war two history with that building as well, it was used for accommodation for the US army during the war.
It's interesting as jfk was also in London being treated for addison diease as the American doctors had not worked out how to help folks with that condition at that time.
Great video. I learned this story in the mid to late 1980's when I worked in what was then Baird Hall student accommodation, painting it every year or so, but didn't know as much detail as you provided.
Thanks Dave for this 52nd episode on J F K well done and it was good to meet you on 09/11/23 when you visited the Old Glasgow Club, Hope to see you at our Club in future. Kenny👍
What a brilliant story..I hadn't known this at all..well done..I remember skating at a ice rink in paisley when the music stopped and they announced the assassination of JFK it was so sad..he was a young popular president full of great ideas..a sad loss.
I lived in that building for two years and can fill you in on a lot of information on the Beresford building (Baird Hall Student Halls of residence at the time) it closed in 2003 and was sold to developers . There's a few interesting things that you might not know
It would be great to see inside. I think I saw a picture of the open balconies a while ago but I have never had the chance to see inside even though one of my aunts lived there for a few months.
Absolutely Brilliant Dave, I do recall this story, but it’s good to revisit these fantastic and fascinating stories of our city , with your fantastic storytelling intertwined with the archive footage. Bravo 👏 , how about a story on maryhill barracks where many a Glaswegian left to fight during the wars and when the tanks rolled into George Sq to quell the red clydesiders
I have a great story about Maryhill barracks to share on Astonishing Glasgow but as yet I have not had time to film it but it is a story I am desperate to tell so stay tuned. I am really glad you enjoy my content, it is such a brilliant city full of history that I get to share.
@@AstonishingGlasgow thanks Dave, I’m from castlemilk originally but spent all my youth as a cadet and served at the TA centre just round from your house. So I have a particular interest in all things military. Maybe a wee input about Sqn Ldr Archie McKeller 602 city of Glasgow Sqn which fought in the Battle of Britain.The Sqn has now stood up and is located at 155 Carmunnock Rd, Glasgow if you need any Info I’m happy to help. Especially fitting is the spitfire in the Kelvingrove.
In the last few seconds of the video looking at the Beresford building from the front, on the left hand side is a take away food place that stayed 100% unchanged until early 2022 when the ownership changed and it was changed, this was called "Three in one" when the building was a student halls and was very popular with the students, I used to go there for pakora or one of the freshly made pizzas that thy did really well... To the left of Baird Hall/ the beresford building was a "chip shop" ( take away french fries, battered fried fish and things like battered fried hotdog sausages- sausage "suppers" etc, for American viewers reading this comment) this fast food place was called "Mister Chips" which then was closed, sold, completely remodeled and opened selling just chips/french fries with flavoured seasoning salt, it was called "pomme frit" (french/belgian style name ) then sold again and renamed "lord of the fries" and now i think it has been sold and renamed yet again...the layout and size of the place has completely changed...a little further along was a laundrette/laundromat and a vietnamese noodle take away food place with some seats inside and also the Garage nightclub (still there, at least for now as of December 2023, as the lifestyle and socialisation/alcohol consumption habits and attitudes of people are changing quickly in Glasgow and Scotland as a whole and many people choose to holiday/vacation abroad several times a year and go to nightclubs when abroad, or they go to big ticket concerts, music shows and sports events elsewhere in scotland or the uk or even abroad) Behind the Garage nightclub was a club named "G 2" which had opened when the garage had permit issues with the city (the council) and was eventually operated as a sister venue for many years, it may be closed now (December 2023) on the right hand side of the beresford building looking from the front the building immediately next door was the Bank of China on the ground floor and empty long abandoned apartments/flats upstairs right on the corner, this had old faded white paint on the sandstone wall high up which you could see from upstairs in the Beresford building/Baird Hall and had the wording "HOTEL" so must have been a hotel as well many years ago...that building caught fire back around 2000 when i was staying in Baird Hall Student Halls (student Dorms) and after that the ground floor became a cafe then a restaurant and has changed hands a number of times since but remained a food service place... For reference across the road from the beresford was a Royal Bank of Scotland Bank which closed around 2005 and has been boarded up amd empty ever since and across from that on the other corner opposite the Garage nightclub was an "alldays" 24 hour convenience store, which was also popular with the students staying there back then...
The Beresford building was indeed a hotel when it was built for the 1938 Empire exhibition. I remember Mr.Chips well from my Garage days, when the Garage had an almost permanent "temporary sign" on the front. Used to have a drink in the L'odeon pub before it became the Blob shop when I was heading to the Garage for a gig. The Damned, Radiohead and Carter USM are some of the bands (the only ones I can remember just now) I saw there. The RBS was a TSB for a long time before it closed. The building will feature in an episode of Astonishing Glasgow at some point. The opposite corner is the Variety bar but I know the convenience store between there and Sleazys. I remember coming home from an all night party in the 90's and walking along Sauchiehall street. A van pulled up outside the Bank of China and as the side door opened and a Chinese dragon began to appear. I couldnt get my hung over head round how a 20 foot long dragon came out of a 6 foot wide van. It looked like Mary Poppins bag from where I was standing.
Glasgow has lots of history and a lot of buildings and street furniture that has history as well. I think it would be good to make a video or two about all the movies that have been made in Glasgow over the years and maybe include still photographs for a few seconds at a time in some videos so that people can pause them and have a look. The former (burned down twice) school of art along the road near hill street and the sandstone tenement building just along the road from the Beresford building towards charing cross (the big brown curved building with the clock in the middle of the roof) were used in the Morgan Freeman movie "unleashed" with jet li,Kerry kondon and Bob Hoskins-2005) where the building was used as a fictional apartment building that Morgan Freeman's character lived in
You really need to look back at my older videos. I have compiled a lot of film locations into projects and I posted them all on my website here; rewoundandfound.com/
The thing that's most "astonishing" about "Glasgie" is that anyone else can understand the unintelligible accent! It's a "linguistic zone" all it's own
Well Dave you have done it again,another piece of Astonishing Glasgow history that I didn't know,I knew about the Athenia and all the horrors assosiated with it but the JFK fact had passed me by,really enjoyed that Dave and thanks for all the effort to bring us these wee gems.
Thanks Dave, another great informative video.
Another cracking historical gem, thanks mate, how about one of the time Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West Show to Glasgow ?
Definitely on the list.
Funnily enough, I was telling my younger brother of this story only two nights ago after a performance at The King's Theatre.
The SS Athenia was also only sank hours after The Second World War was declared, and consequentially many of the first British deaths of that war were onboard. They have a piece on the Athenia at the Transport museum.
The John Logie Baird television (televisior?) Signal that was transmitted down the phone lines from London to Glasgow would have travelled the telephone lines via trunk lines which back then ran along the railway lines and belonged to the GPO (general post office at the time) the phone system was still post office operated back when I was a baby and toddler ,I think it was sold off and became british telecom (BT) around 1984?
Now everything is ip based going over super fast fibre optic cables right to your house, satellites and fibre...
There were television stands/tables which had been gifted to Baird Hall by John Logie Baird's wife and she also opened the building as a student Halls of residence back in the 1960s
I found out about JFK staying in Baird Hall (beresford) when i was a student there back in 1999, I mentioned to the "history guy" a few years ago and he wasnt interested to make a video.
There should really be a blue wall plaque on the building due to the jfk connection but theres nothing.
Theres a lot of world war two history with that building as well, it was used for accommodation for the US army during the war.
They say that, "Every Day is a Learning day" well that sure is my lesson for today. Thanks
It's interesting as jfk was also in London being treated for addison diease as the American doctors had not worked out how to help folks with that condition at that time.
You fairly do your research! Thank you.
Another great video. Had no idea JFK had been here. Keep them coming!
Great video. I learned this story in the mid to late 1980's when I worked in what was then Baird Hall student accommodation, painting it every year or so, but didn't know as much detail as you provided.
Wow. I never knew any of this.
Very interesting facts..thanks for dropping content 👍
Even more astonishing than usual!
Very interesting thank you so much. Please keep the videos coming😊😊
Thanks Dave for this 52nd episode on J F K well done and it was good to meet you on 09/11/23 when you visited the Old Glasgow Club, Hope to see you at our Club in future. Kenny👍
Thanks Kenny and I will definitely be back to the Old Glasgow Club, it was a thoroughly interesting night.
@@AstonishingGlasgow okay keep in touch with me 👍
Enjoyable channel
What a brilliant story..I hadn't known this at all..well done..I remember skating at a ice rink in paisley when the music stopped and they announced the assassination of JFK it was so sad..he was a young popular president full of great ideas..a sad loss.
I lived in that building for two years and can fill you in on a lot of information on the Beresford building (Baird Hall Student Halls of residence at the time) it closed in 2003 and was sold to developers .
There's a few interesting things that you might not know
It would be great to see inside. I think I saw a picture of the open balconies a while ago but I have never had the chance to see inside even though one of my aunts lived there for a few months.
Thanks
Thanks
Absolutely Brilliant Dave, I do recall this story, but it’s good to revisit these fantastic and fascinating stories of our city , with your fantastic storytelling intertwined with the archive footage.
Bravo 👏 , how about a story on maryhill barracks where many a Glaswegian left to fight during the wars and when the tanks rolled into George Sq to quell the red clydesiders
I have a great story about Maryhill barracks to share on Astonishing Glasgow but as yet I have not had time to film it but it is a story I am desperate to tell so stay tuned. I am really glad you enjoy my content, it is such a brilliant city full of history that I get to share.
@@AstonishingGlasgow thanks Dave, I’m from castlemilk originally but spent all my youth as a cadet and served at the TA centre just round from your house. So I have a particular interest in all things military. Maybe a wee input about Sqn Ldr Archie McKeller 602 city of Glasgow Sqn which fought in the Battle of Britain.The Sqn has now stood up and is located at 155 Carmunnock Rd, Glasgow if you need any Info I’m happy to help. Especially fitting is the spitfire in the Kelvingrove.
Very interesting. Didn’t know any of this.
In the last few seconds of the video looking at the Beresford building from the front, on the left hand side is a take away food place that stayed 100% unchanged until early 2022 when the ownership changed and it was changed, this was called "Three in one" when the building was a student halls and was very popular with the students, I used to go there for pakora or one of the freshly made pizzas that thy did really well...
To the left of Baird Hall/ the beresford building was a "chip shop" ( take away french fries, battered fried fish and things like battered fried hotdog sausages- sausage "suppers" etc, for American viewers reading this comment) this fast food place was called "Mister Chips" which then was closed, sold, completely remodeled and opened selling just chips/french fries with flavoured seasoning salt, it was called "pomme frit" (french/belgian style name ) then sold again and renamed "lord of the fries" and now i think it has been sold and renamed yet again...the layout and size of the place has completely changed...a little further along was a laundrette/laundromat and a vietnamese noodle take away food place with some seats inside and also the Garage nightclub (still there, at least for now as of December 2023, as the lifestyle and socialisation/alcohol consumption habits and attitudes of people are changing quickly in Glasgow and Scotland as a whole and many people choose to holiday/vacation abroad several times a year and go to nightclubs when abroad, or they go to big ticket concerts, music shows and sports events elsewhere in scotland or the uk or even abroad)
Behind the Garage nightclub was a club named "G 2" which had opened when the garage had permit issues with the city (the council) and was eventually operated as a sister venue for many years, it may be closed now (December 2023) on the right hand side of the beresford building looking from the front the building immediately next door was the Bank of China on the ground floor and empty long abandoned apartments/flats upstairs right on the corner, this had old faded white paint on the sandstone wall high up which you could see from upstairs in the Beresford building/Baird Hall and had the wording "HOTEL" so must have been a hotel as well many years ago...that building caught fire back around 2000 when i was staying in Baird Hall Student Halls (student Dorms) and after that the ground floor became a cafe then a restaurant and has changed hands a number of times since but remained a food service place...
For reference across the road from the beresford was a Royal Bank of Scotland Bank which closed around 2005 and has been boarded up amd empty ever since and across from that on the other corner opposite the Garage nightclub was an "alldays" 24 hour convenience store, which was also popular with the students staying there back then...
The Beresford building was indeed a hotel when it was built for the 1938 Empire exhibition.
I remember Mr.Chips well from my Garage days, when the Garage had an almost permanent "temporary sign" on the front. Used to have a drink in the L'odeon pub before it became the Blob shop when I was heading to the Garage for a gig. The Damned, Radiohead and Carter USM are some of the bands (the only ones I can remember just now) I saw there. The RBS was a TSB for a long time before it closed. The building will feature in an episode of Astonishing Glasgow at some point. The opposite corner is the Variety bar but I know the convenience store between there and Sleazys.
I remember coming home from an all night party in the 90's and walking along Sauchiehall street. A van pulled up outside the Bank of China and as the side door opened and a Chinese dragon began to appear. I couldnt get my hung over head round how a 20 foot long dragon came out of a 6 foot wide van. It looked like Mary Poppins bag from where I was standing.
Glasgow has lots of history and a lot of buildings and street furniture that has history as well.
I think it would be good to make a video or two about all the movies that have been made in Glasgow over the years and maybe include still photographs for a few seconds at a time in some videos so that people can pause them and have a look.
The former (burned down twice) school of art along the road near hill street and the sandstone tenement building just along the road from the Beresford building towards charing cross (the big brown curved building with the clock in the middle of the roof) were used in the Morgan Freeman movie "unleashed" with jet li,Kerry kondon and Bob Hoskins-2005) where the building was used as a fictional apartment building that Morgan Freeman's character lived in
You really need to look back at my older videos. I have compiled a lot of film locations into projects and I posted them all on my website here; rewoundandfound.com/
Excellent! Well researched. I didn't know this. Thanks!
Thanks
Another great video, I knew nothing of this and hadn't heard of the Athenia. I'm surprised you didn't go for a Diablo Sandwich with your Dr Pepper.
Cheers Graham, I would have a diablo sandwich but I need to get this truck of Coors back to Atlanta.
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Brilliant mate. Thanks so much for the content and insightful info.
Very interesting! Thanks
As usual top notch content, keep them coming 👍🏴
Brilliant 👍
love it, Beresford is my goto building.
Super interesting, as always.
This channel is just superb, I'm a tour guide of 29 years and I'm learning so much, thank you 👍
I'm glad you are enjoying it and as a weird twist of fate I am about to start a career as a tour guide after 29 years as a postman.
Love the videos mate
The thing that's most "astonishing" about "Glasgie" is that anyone else can understand the unintelligible accent!
It's a "linguistic zone" all it's own