My favourite Architecture Rennie Mackintosh 😊

Yeah, traditionally, when you thought of 'Blyzey...', you thought of the 'ladies of negotiable affection...'.. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Absolutely riveting stuff love glasgows history, well presented mate

I worked in a solicitors office at Lion Chambers in the late 80s and had to hand deliver many letters to different locations, one of which was in Blythswood Square. I dreaded these deliveries as I was always followed and propositioned even though I was armed with letters or packages.

Wow never knew that thank you 😊

Your first sentence had me laughing. Used to walk up that way when we were teenagers from Anderson bus station to Sauchiehall street. I no longer live in Scotland but Glasgow remains my home town in my heart and soul.

The Blythswood square is my favourite Scottish square.

The druggists was in Helensburgh and they first met in Rhu. The debate whether she was innocent or not still goes on online today. I was privileged enough to live in the converted stables of the Smiths Family home in Rhu for some years. There is still a lane at the back called Lovers Lane. As she died aged 81 it’s be quite something for someone to write the next episode of her story of her life in America. That unique result of ‘not proven’ still makes one wonder. Thank you so much for such interesting videos.

Ladies of the night 🤣🤣

ECTO 1 👏👏👏

Wow amazing history all packed into one tiny square, my bank has been there for years and apart from Dodgy hill starts and prowling meter maids it’s fascinating how much you don’t know love this show ❤️

excellent choice of calendar!

Thanks

Your knowledge of old Glasgow is amazing. It gave me chills seeing where Madeleine lived and then showing the sketch straight afterwards with her passing out hot chocolate to Pierre. I've only seen two episodes of Astonishing Glasgow up till now but am hooked. Im also whatsapping your link to the rest of my family. Keep up the good work.

Loved this......

How wonderful, thank you for your time and effort in doing what you do it is much appreciated

I have been in the automobile club decades ago. The gents was the most amazing old fashioned toilet. Fabulous fittings. Must use the super thanks soon.

Mad how I used to walk there all the time and had no clue about any of this.

Thanks for the video. Fascinating story about the square.

Keep up the good work, everydays a school day. Did I hear you are a postman?

Another interesting film on the City. I took my son to one of the Clydebank starts of the Rally and wonder if it will return to the City. I didn't realise the connection to the RSAC or that was in Blytheswood Square. Every day is a school day.

Thanks and keep doing what you do. Love this channel ❤️

Thanks for bringing my attention to the William Harley plaque, & the black doorway, which I have never noticed before. Very interesting video.

Thanks for making these videos really enjoy your content stay safe

oh i have been looing forward to this one . great video

Loved the Blythswood Square episode. Fascinating! Thanks, Richard & Lindsay.

I was really hoping to learn more about number 2 and 4 Blythswood Square, now the Head Office of Chivas Brothers.

another amazing video, all the best mate

Hi could you do one on Ruchill I have never been able to find anything other than the hospital would like to know like the one you did on Maryhill

The West of Scotland Agricultural College was based in Blythswood Square from 1900 to 1974. The Auchincruive Estate near Ayr was gifted to the college in 1927 by the Hannah family , to be used as a teaching and demonstration farm, with a Poultry School and a Dairy School. The campus at Auchincruive was greatly extended in the early 1970s with labs and a lecture theatre allowing teaching in Blythswood square to be discontinued. I started the first year of my HND Agri course in October 1974 and that was the first year to be wholly based at Auchincruive instead of partly in Glasgow city.

Faaantastic !

Excellent Dave, as usual a very informative video. I don't know if it's hearsay, but I always associated Blythswood square with ladies of the night.

Just recently started viewing your channel. Very entertaining and interesting...wee gap in the market you have identified. Congrats to you and delighted to subscribe.

Thanks for that buddy I enjoyed that 👏

Awesome keep them coming dude 👍

Thoroughly enjoyable video. Thanks.

Can’t believe you have the automobile club sign, that’s awesome! The new book on Blythswood is great, if you haven’t already read it. There’s copies in the libraries. Thanks for keeping me company as I do some Saturday morning chores, your videos are brilliant!

Very interesting video.

I actually love this channel, the start gives me old school video tape vibes for some reason and despite the video being two weeks old has a hint of nostalgia to it. The hotel is gorgeous inside, I used to study tourism and long story short my class was split into groups to do tours and my group tried to get an appointment and they weren't too good at getting back to us so we went in on the day to try our luck and got to see the inside and it was fancy.

Loved that intro

Great video, thanks.

Nice one dude.

We had our wedding lunch in the RSAC, oh, a long time ago!

Brilliant video

I remember visiting the square about 1940 to see a Junkers 88 Dive Bomber which had been brought down only lightly damaged and put on display inside the garden area. We were allowed to go inside, which was a great thrill for a young boy. It may have been brought down on the river Forth raid but my memory is too vague to confirm this. Perhaps you may be able to find more details. Some info can be found on Google. Enjoy your Glasgow ramblings.

Informative and well put together video. We would go up there as weans to …well you prob know why 😊

There certainly were some very fine " working ladies " in the Blythswood Square area in the early '70s.

It's now in Newton Mearns, but in the 1970s Italy had a consulate in Blythswood Square. Even then, it was a dodgy district full of prostitutes and the consulate reflected this. Some students had removed the brass plaque from the front door and the interior reeked of wine and parties. Squaters lived on the second floor and the place did little to promote the good name of Italy.

Thanks!

cheers bud.

Excellent stuff. Have you seen the old black n white movie 'Madeleine' (1950)? Which is about Smith and L'Angelier. It shows it age, but it's a a bit of fun if you are interested in the case, and the court scenes give a good idea of what it would have been like in the High Court at that time. Jenny at Random Scottish History did a very in-depth investigation in to that and the other murders at that time, recently. Edit: I really should watch the whole video before commenting 😂

Hi, loving the channel. Was wondering, could you do something on the old Parliamentary Road, I've tried to trace any remains but I'm unsure.

In the post war era, Blythswood Square also became notorious as a place where prostitution could be found. This was well known in Glasgow, so I'm not sure if this is common knowledge today, since you didn't mention it, or perhaps considered it indelicate, but it certainly added to the more salacious aspects of this area and its reputation at that time.

Aye

Think I saw you in the wild today bro. Gower Street near Munch?

I tried to leave a wee gift don't like going through the Google thing, it may help to have a PayPal link

Mad how you could go to a drugist and casually buy arsenic😂