This just popped up 2023. Had to relisten when the chap said he was 98. He looked extremely well for his age. Great listening to these stories. What a guy ☺
I'm a 60s baby and Irish . I remember we had the same in Dublin as this man describes. Clothes seems to be in short supply in those day's, I don't know why this was 🤔☘️hard times
My first 5 years of life was in Glasgow early 1950's and it was pretty much the same. No hot water, communal toilet etc. I never knew any other life existed at the time.
0:50 his sibling dies of burns: no national health service until after WW2. Both of my parents had siblings die during 1920’s of what were easily treatable conditions - if you had the money to pay for it.
This man might have played in the street with my great grandad. So incredible to hear a man from all the way back then bringing that world with him into this one through his memories
Top man, very articulate & interesting & probably never sent a text message in his life let alone record everything he’s done on a phone just to show everyone else rather than enjoy the moment
I remember all of these memories from when I was a child in the 60's. The gorbals was just the same then, as it was in this gentleman's memory from the 20's and 30's
There was a book I read by a man called Glasser called a Gorbals boy at Oxford. I seem to remember he cycled to Oxford from Glasgow(!) I guess he may have known this gentleman. Extraordinary times.
What a great gentleman. I can remember when I was at school, when it was home time, the Protestants would get out of school earlier than the Catholics because the Catholics would lie in wait to fight with you. It was also the same when my mother was at school in the 1930s and also she said that her Catholic pals would batter her on St Patrick's day and then the next day they would want to be friends with her again, she actually thought that that was how it worked, that she was supposed to get battered. This happened in the Hamilton area of Lanarkshire, there is still a strange relationship between the two religions in this area, it is in our blood.
I'm from AIRDRIE,Lanarkshire , and went to Chapelside School, the Catholic kids only played with their own,not the Proddys as we got called,they wouldn't even play football in the Airdrie schools cup, they were invited too, yes back in the 1950,s sectarianism was rife,not as bad now but it's there , especially when it's an Old Firm game,it all comes out.. . Something I hate ,but it's ingrained ..
Very posh for a gorbals boy, but the games were played by older boys in my youth. I remember it led to lots of fights as they usually had a few bottles lanliq wine.
The Gorbals is now unrecognizable from its hey-day - a misnomer if ever there was one . The Gorbals originaĺly housed professionals and well to do families during the 19th century but when the buildings fell into disrepair the wealthy families moved out and the poor moved in - gentrification in reverse . Now it has come complete cycle .
Very interesting. Pity there isn't more from this man. Razors gangs carried Pearl Buttons which were of course the name of the razors they carried. Brigtonians also referred colloquially to their open razor weapons as Pearl Buttons. Pitch penny is also known as ,chip n toss. Billy being the good old Billy Boys. Billy or a Dan referring religious street gangs.
@@mnhyti every place had slums ,ive seen some bad houses in Glasgow and Aberdeen too 100 years ago , but one of the worst described places was new York , at the top of the building were the richer sometimes owns who installed inside toilets and the pipe went down to the basement and poured out in to it , and there were poor people living there till they moved out , the effluent pilled up and spilled on to the side walk till there was a 4ft wall of human waste on the side of the road , immigrants to new York lasted 2 weeks till they died , it took a doctor to get the town and owners to spend the money in getting the sewage pipes hooked up to a main pipe under the street and away poss to a river or treatment plant ,it was on youtube ' filthiest cities , I saw it on bbc , god imagine a toilet waste pipe going down to the basement , unbelievable , and people walking through it on the roads
@@belladonnanightshade2332 Irish immigrants going from the frying pan into the fire lol. . .Ireland was recovering from the famine which was actually an attempt at genocide by the British and Dublin was compared to Calcutta at the time.
@@mnhyti if you look at glasgow city slums away back they would have been hard to beat. They were recorded as the worse in aeurope at a cwrtain time. Not to say Dubli wasnt as bad probably much the same these 2 cities had it hard in cwrtain quarters.
The written commentary is very annoying as the person writing has not got a proper grasp of the English language or what is being said. The commentary really detracts from the interview which is interesting. Get rid of the ignorant commentary it would be an improvement.
Hi Marlene. When I uploaded this, I put on a well edited accurate sequence of subtitles. Unfortunately since then You Tube has changed various addons, and the original subtitles have been lost. You were watching these dreadful computer generated subtitles which are often confusing and very inaccurate. They can easily be switched off using the subtitle tool on the tool bar.
This just popped up 2023. Had to relisten when the chap said he was 98. He looked extremely well for his age. Great listening to these stories. What a guy ☺
What an eloquent gentleman. To have had such perfect recall and good humour at 98 is wonderful. So glad his memories were captured for posterity.
Extremely clear articulate and dignified. A pleasure to listen to. Hats off to this gentleman!
Pat gorbals story
My grandfather was born on spring lane between commercial st and south Wellington Road in 1920.
south Wellington Street
Quite wonderful. Thank you, to you and Mr Cohen.
I'm a 60s baby and Irish . I remember we had the same in Dublin as this man describes. Clothes seems to be in short supply in those day's, I don't know why this was 🤔☘️hard times
My first 5 years of life was in Glasgow early 1950's and it was pretty much the same. No hot water, communal toilet etc. I never knew any other life existed at the time.
the rag and bone man would give you a balloon!
Like the sound of the clock . beautiful
Great listening to that guy. We still played some of those gambling games in the late 90 and 2000s
Glad to hear it
Lovely man and great video.
💞
0:50 his sibling dies of burns: no national health service until after WW2. Both of my parents had siblings die during 1920’s of what were easily treatable conditions - if you had the money to pay for it.
My grandad was born in Govan in 1914, it’s fascinating listening to this guy born not far away in a similar era
This man might have played in the street with my great grandad. So incredible to hear a man from all the way back then bringing that world with him into this one through his memories
Amazing for 98 year old
Interview was 2013
So 98 then now 2019 6 years later he be 103-104 if he is still alive I wonder
@scottwebb1978 Did you get an A-Level In Maths 😂
Top man, very articulate & interesting & probably never sent a text message in his life let alone record everything he’s done on a phone just to show everyone else rather than enjoy the moment
He obviously got out early, lol. But great to hear from that gentleman. Brilliant!!
Wits fur ye won't go by ye 😜
I remember all of these memories from when I was a child in the 60's. The gorbals was just the same then, as it was in this gentleman's memory from the 20's and 30's
celticd
There was a book I read by a man called Glasser called a Gorbals boy at Oxford. I seem to remember he cycled to Oxford from Glasgow(!) I guess he may have known this gentleman. Extraordinary times.
Marvellous very interesting and informative and well told thank you for putting this gentleman on
Incredible stories.
What a great gentleman. I can remember when I was at school, when it was home time, the Protestants would get out of school earlier than the Catholics because the Catholics would lie in wait to fight with you. It was also the same when my mother was at school in the 1930s and also she said that her Catholic pals would batter her on St Patrick's day and then the next day they would want to be friends with her again, she actually thought that that was how it worked, that she was supposed to get battered. This happened in the Hamilton area of Lanarkshire, there is still a strange relationship between the two religions in this area, it is in our blood.
Iam surprised Jewish families lived in the gorbals
@@margaretdyer7472 yes many of them my da used to get a penny to light their fires on there sabbath linda w
I'm from AIRDRIE,Lanarkshire , and went to Chapelside School, the Catholic kids only played with their own,not the Proddys as we got called,they wouldn't even play football in the Airdrie schools cup, they were invited too, yes back in the 1950,s sectarianism was rife,not as bad now but it's there , especially when it's an Old Firm game,it all comes out..
. Something I hate ,but it's ingrained ..
Very posh for a gorbals boy, but the games were played by older boys in my youth. I remember it led to lots of fights as they usually had a few bottles lanliq wine.
The Gorbals is now unrecognizable from its hey-day - a misnomer if ever there was one . The Gorbals originaĺly housed professionals and well to do families during the 19th century but when the buildings fell into disrepair the wealthy families moved out and the poor moved in - gentrification in reverse . Now it has come complete cycle .
Well said
I lived in wolsey st and we where in a single end😢
I remember visiting my grandparents they had a outside toilet without toilet paper you had to use news paper cut into square's my age 70yr old
Very interesting. Pity there isn't more from this man.
Razors gangs carried Pearl Buttons which were of course the name of the razors they carried.
Brigtonians also referred colloquially to their open razor weapons as Pearl Buttons.
Pitch penny is also known as ,chip n toss.
Billy being the good old Billy Boys.
Billy or a Dan referring religious street gangs.
n brickets and the rag n bone man
How many clocks have you got in there?
1 😆
❤ 😊
This man is right on the button got bless pal
Sorry i meant God bless pal
What part of the gorbals does that accent come from 😂
You been doon there recently? Shitehole
He's not from glasgow, more like Bearsden or milgavie
Or Kelvinside.lol
Or he picked up his parents ‘english’ accent, they may have spoken yiddish at home.
The accent has changed over the years. His own probably too.
Or maybe he just made a success of his life - a lot of great people came out of The Gorbals - in his day
There’s no bigger snob than the butler 😘
Great storytelling.... READ THE REAL GORBALS STORY NEXT BRILLIANT BOOK 👍
Ah... good old religion, dividing the Scottish public for more than a century.
One century......two centuries
READ THE REAL GORBALS STORY NEXT BRILLIANT 👍👍👍
ive been to many countries and none compare to the scottish.... hardcore
Try Dublin . .had the worst slums in Europe, fact.
@@mnhyti every place had slums ,ive seen some bad houses in Glasgow and Aberdeen too 100 years ago , but one of the worst described places was new York , at the top of the building were the richer sometimes owns who installed inside toilets and the pipe went down to the basement and poured out in to it , and there were poor people living there till they moved out , the effluent pilled up and spilled on to the side walk till there was a 4ft wall of human waste on the side of the road , immigrants to new York lasted 2 weeks till they died , it took a doctor to get the town and owners to spend the money in getting the sewage pipes hooked up to a main pipe under the street and away poss to a river or treatment plant ,it was on youtube ' filthiest cities , I saw it on bbc , god imagine a toilet waste pipe going down to the basement , unbelievable , and people walking through it on the roads
@@belladonnanightshade2332 Irish immigrants going from the frying pan into the fire lol. . .Ireland was recovering from the famine which was actually an attempt at genocide by the British and Dublin was compared to Calcutta at the time.
@bobby love And you're all the toughest maddest bastards in the world. .. .am I right?
@@mnhyti if you look at glasgow city slums away back they would have been hard to beat. They were recorded as the worse in aeurope at a cwrtain time. Not to say Dubli wasnt as bad probably much the same these 2 cities had it hard in cwrtain quarters.
The written commentary is very annoying as the person writing has not got a proper grasp of the English language or what is being said. The commentary really detracts from the interview which is interesting. Get rid of the ignorant commentary it would be an improvement.
What written commentary?
I never got any commentary. Must be certain versions that pop up.
Hi Marlene. When I uploaded this, I put on a well edited accurate sequence of subtitles. Unfortunately since then You Tube has changed various addons, and the original subtitles have been lost. You were watching these dreadful computer generated subtitles which are often confusing and very inaccurate. They can easily be switched off using the subtitle tool on the tool bar.
puts shame on the youth of today moaning about mental illness
You might have had a Scot do the transcribing, you've made a terrible job and it will not make sense when read. Spoils a great video !