Archive for urbanglasgow.co.uk For information past, present & future on the city of Glasgow, Scotland, UK          urbanglasgow.co.uk Forum Index -> Glasgow From The Past LowLight Old Glasgow Maps Scanned this today. Didn't do a great job of it but anyway here it is. I was sure we had a wee thread for old maps. Couldn't find it though. Remember to check out the Google Earth Overlays Thread for all the maps. Click for larger size. Central Glasgow 1934 Click for larger size. High Street, Glasgow 1909 Click for larger size. Glasgow (East End) 1893 Click for larger size. HollowHorn Great maps, cheap as chips too. Wonderful scan btw, the must have taken a while.   Beano Handy map Pete thanks for posting....good scan to mate   cybers Great scan Pete. So George St was originally to the east of Orr St Just need some political hack to blame that on global warming too... Save the Glesga Berrs  just 3 pound a month LowLight Aye it took a good while. I originally wanted to create a Google Earth overlay. The only problem being that the image quality deteriorates the larger the image. Found a couple of programs to create Super-Overlays but that's another story...a long horrible story. Try it out and notice the difference for yourself. [Link Removed] Use link below. Alex Glass Well Done Lowlight I thought you had access to one of they large scanners.   LowLight Thanks Alex, wish I did. Finally got a super-overlay created of this thing. Worked quite well. A lot more zoomable than that last one. Glasgow Green Map 1892 Overlay Beano Good map,notice Christ church on Brook st/Crownpoint rd once had a graveyard bordering on George st (Rogart st) had enquiry about this few weeks ago. Problem solved thanks mate   LowLight Nice one, glad it came in handy. cell Excellent piece of work lowlight, that works really well. I think that sort of google earth overlays is one of the most useful things I've come across when looking into Glasgow's past. At the risk of sounding greedy could you do any of the other ones in this series? LowLight cell wrote: Excellent piece of work lowlight, that works really well. I think that sort of google earth overlays is one of the most useful things I've come across when looking into Glasgow's past. At the risk of sounding greedy could you do any of the other ones in this series? Thanks. I've got an East End one from 18xx (can't remember exact date) and a City Centre map from 1909 to get scanned. Just need to pick them up so should be done in the next few days. This time I'll get them as perfect as possible. I'm still not 100% satisfied with that one. LowLight Rather than start a new thread I'll just put them here. Could a mod possibly change the thread title please? High Street, Glasgow 1909 Click for larger size. Stuball Change it to what? You start the thread so should be able to change it by editing the first post LowLight Everybody calm doon I've only been using the internet for 12 years. Thanks. calamity       hillmanimp LowLight wrote: Rather than start a new thread I'll just put them here. Could a mod possibly change the thread title please? High Street, Glasgow 1909 Click for larger size. Lowlight Thanks for posting the map.  As a kid I often wondered where the street went that was at the side of St Enoch's station.   When I was an adult I never thought of going along there, until the memory was rekindled by the photos on this site, and it's too late now. Osborne Street!  Now I can see where it went! Imp LowLight Glad it helped you out Imp. hillmanimp LowLight wrote: Glad it helped you out Imp. Yes!  Many thanks! It might not be quite the right place to do it, but while I'm thanking, I'd like to give a general thanks to all the people on here who post such a fantastic range of photos, history, memories, etc, etc.   It's great looking at all this stuff Imp LowLight No probs Imp. Glasgow (East End) 1893 Click for larger size. Marti Lowlight...may i thank you profoundly for taking the time to scan and upload these maps of old glasgow....THANKYOU KIND SIR... LowLight Thanks Marti. Beano Lowlight change avatar too map man   keep up the great work mate. LowLight Thanks Ben. Everyone remember to check out the Google Earth Overlays thread too. LowLight Central Glasgow 1934 Click for larger size. james73 Superb LowLight. The detail on this is brillian. Bothwell Circus - dont think I've seen it called that before. James H LowLight Thanks a lot James. There's a few streets and places I had no idea about their old names. The GE Overlays are great to see the changes that have taken place over the last 100 years. cybers Brilliant stuff again Pete Whilst having no interest in the railways per-se its quite interesting to have a point of reference when James an co mention chords etc it makes them easier to visualise. falseface wee minx oooh, that looks like a wee book full, FF. falseface wee minx wrote: oooh, that looks like a wee book full, FF. aye its a great wee book here's the front cover toomse Wondering if anyone would have information on the subway tunnel that heads south from St Enoch’s Station on the map Stuball Ehh... the Glasgow Underground? hillmanimp toomse wrote: Wondering if anyone would have information on the subway tunnel that heads south from St Enoch’s Station on the map toomse Depends on what sort of information you are interested in. It is part of the Glasgow Underground system, which is basically a circle (actually 2 circles - clockwise and anti-clockwise). Here is a link the Strathclyde passenger website with some info. http://www.spt.co.uk/subway/about_the_subway.aspx Alycidon LowLight wrote: Central Glasgow 1934 Click for larger size. Superb - (GIRUY old-maps.co.uk!!!)  Any more, that map placed another couple of obscure goods stations for me, I would love to see more so that I could positively locate some east end goods stations, looking for a similar sheet for High Street/Camlachie/Bridgeton. Cheers Guys LowLight I've got an East-End, North and a later High Street map still to do. I'll get them up tonight possibly. james73 Alycidon wrote: Superb - (GIRUY old-maps.co.uk!!!)  Any more, that map placed another couple of obscure goods stations for me, I would love to see more so that I could positively locate some east end goods stations, looking for a similar sheet for High Street/Camlachie/Bridgeton. Cheers Guys Lowlight has a few more on his Flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ped666 James H LowLight I've now added all the maps in the first post. Makes it easier for people to find. toomse thanks for the link hillmanimp, found what I was looking for (should have been more specific) cell Just a wee bump for this excellent thread, Lowlight did you ever do anymore of these overlays? I downloaded all the ones you did and they are brilliant, I just love that wee fader button! pharp Glasgow Maps Overlay Great, just great. I have been trying for months to locate old addresses for our family tree. We knew were the streets were but now we can plot them. Thanks for you work and effort. LowLight cell wrote: Just a wee bump for this excellent thread, Lowlight did you ever do anymore of these overlays? I downloaded all the ones you did and they are brilliant, I just love that wee fader button! I've got a couple more to do mate. My PSU has just packed in but once I've got that sorted I'll do a couple more.        urbanglasgow.co.uk Forum Index -> Glasgow From The Past Page 1 of 1