Glasgow Memories TIME Tunnel

11/01/2024

I need some time out from social media folks…My heart attack really has taken it’s toll on me feeling depressed and anxious. I am sure it will pass but just need more me time.

11/01/2024

10/01/2024

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10/01/2024

Remember The old butchers shops around Glasgow with sawdust on the floor and cows hanging on hooks...folk would faint if they seen that now.

09/01/2024

With the colder weather fast approaching us do you remember the slides we made ?
We sure where fearless running as fast as we could to get that long slide only most times falling on our arses, some children getting broken arms or mostly big bruises. Hours of fun until some adult pours sand over the slide. I have not seen children attempting this for many a year.
Short story by Michael Francis.

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08/01/2024

I posted this around two years ago on my other page just thought I would share with you all again.
It’s a wonder we survived our childhood folks....Cuts,bruises,fractures,fights,getting chased by stray dogs,soaked to the skin,falling out trees…
We all survived playing outdoors to all hours of the day only coming home when your hungry or your mother shouting you in.

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08/01/2024

Seven killed in 1950 tram crash In Glasgow city Just opposite the Heilanman’s Umbrella.

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07/01/2024

Happy birthday to the University of Glasgow. It was founded on this day in 1451. The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the UK. Over the last five centuries, it has fostered the talents of seven Nobel laureates, two Prime Ministers and Scotland’s inaugural First Minister. The University has a rich history of changing the world, from the father of modern economics, Adam Smith, to the pioneer of television, John Logie Baird.

06/01/2024

Where would you go if you could time travel folks ?
For me it’s the Victorian Times…



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06/01/2024

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06/01/2024

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06/01/2024

Foggy Buchanan Street, Glasgow..1961.
It sure reminds me of the days going to school wondering if they could be something spooky hiding in the fog, while peaking through my scarf wrapped around my face.

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05/01/2024

Remembering the old fruit shops around Glasgow where you picked up your tatties and apples, bananas, cauliflower, tomatoes and the odd spider 🕷️

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04/01/2024

The January sales in Glasgow where folk battle for that bargain …I personally haven’t done this but I am sure many of you have. What’s the best bargain you ever had folks?

03/01/2024

The penny tray...Spending ages wondering what to pick then going for the wee Chocolate tools or the penny dainty. What did you pick folks ?

01/01/2024

As the last light of the old year fades away
We leave the door open to let it pass through
To raise a glass and stare into the dark of the new one to dawn
To search for the hope in the days to come and the path that lays before us.

As today turns into tomorrow, as the old year turns into the new.

01/01/2024

Tak Tent O' Time: Above this window of an outbuilding behind J.J. Burnet's row of 1880s townhouses on University Gardens in the West End of Glasgow.

It's an old Scots phrase meaning take care of time, and is a reminder that time is precious and shouldn't be wasted.

30/12/2023

I have always admired the Mock tudor lodge with a Roman style porch at the entrance to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens on Great Western Road. Built in 1894, it was designed by A.B. McDonald.

29/12/2023

Just love this photo of Central Station, Glasgow. …1955.
Everyone looking smartly dressed.

27/12/2023

S***f Mill Bridge, Glasgow.

The date of the bridge's construction is uncertain but it was probably erected in the 18th century using masonry from an earlier one. A few yards south of the bridge stood a corn and wheat mill and next to it stood Millholm Mill. Originally built as a paper mill, Millholm was converted into a s***f mill at the height of the to***co trade. When the to***co boom years were over Millholm reverted to its former use and by 1835 was once more a paper mill.

23/12/2023

Christmas shoppers at the Barras in Glasgow…1959. Unfortunately I don’t think it will ever be like that ever again.

22/12/2023

George Square lights , Glasgow…1962. Said it before and I will again the Christmas decorations where far superior back then they are now..leave a comment if you agree folks.

21/12/2023

This is the balloon arch my wife donated to our local children’s hospice. She has her own business making all sorts of balloons but the arch is her specialty. I am so proud of her.

21/12/2023

Early 1900s red sandstone gushet Glasgow tenement overlooking Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1870s Sixty Steps in North Kelvinside.

20/12/2023

Christmas lights are erected on Buchanan Street in 1962.
I wonder where the twins who are watching are now ?

19/12/2023

A plaque in Central Station marking the site of the Alston Street Theatre in Glasgow. Built in 1764, it's generally taken to be the first permanent theatre in the city, but it was actually outwith the then city limits. This was because Glasgow's magistrates would not allow a theatre to be built in the city itself. Instead, one was built in the nearby village of Grahamston. Designed by the architect John Adam, it featured a statue of William Shakespeare on the front. It burned down in 1780, and was replaced by the Theatre Royal on Dunlop Street, which opened in 1782.

The site of the Alston Street theatre is now lost beneath the city's Central Station, along with the rest of Alston Street and indeed most of the village of Grahamston. It's replacement on Dunlop Street was itself demolished in 1869 to make way for the construction of St Enoch Railway Station.

19/12/2023

Great early image of the University of Glasgow, before the addition of its spire, from Kelvingrove Park, …1870

Credit Glasgow Archives.

18/12/2023

Opened by Pasquale Verrechia in 1918, The Univeristy Café has been a fixture on Byres Road for over 100 years with the art deco sign dating back to the 1940s.

16/12/2023

'The Snowman.’ This timeless story has become a much-loved part of Christmas, a family tradition that signals the start of the festive season.