Aye…They’re ruining everywhere…all of Britain.

Do you find today to have any similarities to how it used to be? Or is it more busy/noisy/dreary etc now? I’ve always wondered how somebody who has lived in another generation from me finds the current day compared to what it used to be.

@@rd3262 Modern technology ie computers etc have made a huge change to all walks of life. As kids we played on streets much more. Food was more basic and holidays was Saltcoats not Spain. But basic Glaswegian warmth and sense of humour same.

Im not sure if it was open as a museum when I was at school (oh-god I feel old now!) but I did visit about 20 years ago and I will go back once it re-opens.

I often took my kids to they loved it and would ask to go back often the people who play the teachers are very good and stay in character until the show is over I was given a row more than once great fun

Me too but in the 70’s. It was a great experience.

I went three times as a kid with my primary school in the 2010s

Wow, yeah I remember my school taking us down as well. Everyone enjoyed that trip.

Thanks and I am glad you enjoyed the video. The thing that always surprises me about this area is its practically the city centre. Its so close to the main retail part of the town yet so under developed. If you like this area you might like the video I made about Port Eglinton if you didnt see it already? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8-lq5R7rtS4kmQ.html

I love how you're an adopted Scot being that you live here now and the words that you use "Wee" has become a part of your vocabulary.

@@Weegie72 Aye! 😊

Brilliant bit of history. Thanks for sharing.

We went to the air raid shelters in Pollock Street and used to play in them after the war.And they were dark and stinking

I should stop writing my script on crinkly paper :-D. Glad it doesn't put you off the videos.

Duncans the yacht chandlers is still there, serving the needs of Glasgow's boating community :-D I have used it in the past when I still had my camper van. I hope to have many more episodes in the new year when time and weather allows so stay tuned.

Believe it or not, I remember going through the Kingston car wash in my mates Dad's Cavalier. He took us as a treat for helping to sweep up leaves in the garden. Im glad you enjoyed the video.

I remember the night it happened and it always crosses my mind when I am down that way. Very sad night, thats why I wasnt sure I should bring it up but I think it should be remembered.

Thanks Philip. There were 11 TBM's in total so I couldnt state for fact where the one in Calais was built. There are conflicting reports that one of the machines was driven into the sea bed when it had finished digging but again there seems to be conflicting information about that.

Thank you so much John.

Thank you VERY VERY much.

Its so low that bridge that I felt like ducking down to get under it when I was on my bike. Its probably for the best they made it a dead end.

There was a strike there recently when a recovery flatbed tried to go under the bridge with a luton van on the back.

@@AstonishingGlasgow oh dear.. I hadn’t heard that one.. I knew about the 2009 strike of the first bus, it was empty at the time luckily, the driver had accidentally knocked the left mirror off when he bumped against a bus shelter, so the bus was put out of service and he made his way back to larkfield depot… but ended up going down cook street.. 🤦‍♂️..

I believe Duke street is the longest street in the world but as yet I dont know if its claim is down to physical length or because of the prison. It was said if you walked down Duke street it could take years to get back as a euphemism for going to jail. I have touched briefly on the empire exhibition in my Garden festival video. Same problem with both subjects however is lack of photos from the period.

@@AstonishingGlasgow I think the point about Scotland Street was that it was continuous. That is, without any street or road junctions.

Was I close with what the buildings were used for while it was Howdens?

@@AstonishingGlasgow Yeah I would say you done it justice 🙂

I think I know where that was. Was there a timber merchants beside it?

Hopefully things are better now but there are still those that seem determined to cling onto these outdated prejudices.

@@AstonishingGlasgow The Orange Walk used to march along Scotland Street every summer. I was never really a fan..

I went on similar trips at school in the 80's but the best school trip was the day at the bear park. Remember that?

@@AstonishingGlasgow No, never heard of that.

I dont remember the full story but I think it only lasted a couple of years. It was near Loch Lomond and had enclosures of wild bears. Admittedly my biggest memories are not the bears it was dropping my dairylee triangle on the bus and playing on a helicopter in the picnic area.😁

I cover the canal in my Port Eglinton video, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8-lq5R7rtS4kmQ.html

I didn't have access to the buildings and in 1940 they were pretty much stripped bare of all subway equipment before they were sold. From what I was reading there was a small tunnel for the cable to diverge from the subway route. As drivers left Shields Road or West Street they had to release the cable then freewheel to let the cable turn to the winch then grab the cable again when it reentered the tunnel.

@@AstonishingGlasgow Thanks for the info, sorry I missed it earlier. That sounds very intriguing - if I was still there I might have a week poke around sometime 😂

I worked in Howdens between 1969 and 1979 and can confirm that there was a tunnel running 90 Deg to the main subway tunnel. It was one level down and used as a store. You could hear the trains pass and it had the distinctive subway smell. I image it is still there.

I was looking for that when I was making the video but couldnt find it. Closest I could get was the map view from the National library of Scotland page.

@@AstonishingGlasgow there is a history button to click and a bar opens that you can drag right/left to change to available aerial photos.

The patch I know of on Stanley street used to be the Gray and Dunn biscuit factory. It was only demolished in the last 4 of 5 years as far as I can remember.

@@AstonishingGlasgow If you banged on a certain door of the Grey Dunns factory, the women working inside would open it up and hand out paper bags of broken biscuits. I was born in Seaward St, and went to school at Scotland Street primary school.

I think you can buy a truck specific sat nav but I dont know if Google maps has any function beyond car, bike, walking and public transport.

@@AstonishingGlasgow I managed the bus garage for a small non-profit, after I retired from Corporate America. We briefly employed one driver who struggled to remember the height of the bus he was driving. Thankfully no injuries, except to the bus once.

I say ketchup but it was made by Gold star so more of a red vinegar dribble.

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This is the local nickname for the Glasgow subway. The trains are orange and run in a circle so the Clockwork orange was a name that stuck.

@@AstonishingGlasgow sorry I didnae know

Dont apologise, every days a school day and Glaswegians have a habit of coming up with nick names for things (squinty bridge, squiggly bridge, Armadillo and Hielanmans umbrella etc) so it can get confusing.

@@AstonishingGlasgowin the 70s my Glaswegian granny called spring onions ' sibees' unsure of the spelling though

You have to remember that the M8 was a great solution for the city when it was built. The city centre was gridlocked in the 60's and by building the M8 the majority of traffic could pass through Glasgow without getting stuck in the city centre. If it wasnt for the M8, Sauchiehall street, Buchanan street and Argyle street would never have become pedestrianised. Easy to look back with hindsight and say something was a mistake but it was the best solution at the time.

Glasgow was never built for the amount of traffic it has (and continues) to handle. As a driver; cyclist and pedestrian I sometimes see the downside to the Grid system Glasgow city centre operates. Roads gridlocked; one way systems, poor traffic light phasing... City by passes were the new reckoning back in the late 50s, coming to fruition in the sixties. Glasgow, however, decimated and destroyed to carve a motorway thru the city centre, not by pass it. Carchitecture was the buzz word apparently. Lessons have been learned; plans may come to fruition regards creating a walkway over the M8 at Charing Cross at the Mitchell Library. It beggars belief though, that the oldest part of Glasgow, the Mediaeval town that boasts the Cathedral and the High St still serves as an on/ off motorway ramp. Can't see the historic city of York imposing such carnage to it's historic streets. I'm unsure if I'd be happy residing in amongst the Scotland St/ West St traffic chaos. Imagine children attempting to navigate that. I note the (non) subway extension being mentioned earlier. Perhaps this could be a future episode on your fascinating channel? Given the amount of folk employed at Beardmore/ The Forge pre and post both wars, I always wondered if there was any original plans to take the track out east? Granted there was the Parkhead railway station, long defunct, but the subway has been a moot point for at least 30 years now. Can it be extended? Apparently. Will it be? Probably not. I think it's main income is ferrying passengers twixt the city centre and the west end, with the soccer traffic peppered on match days. Otherwise I can count on one hand folk who embark/ alight at West St, Cessnock Kinning Park. Nice finishing touch remembering the bus tragedy. Well done Sir! Quin.

Thank you so much Carrie.