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james73 · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: General Discussion Thread

Urban Glasgow Collection General Discussion Thread

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westtender · Buttered roll Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

This is fab. Absolutely fascinating. There's no enough hours in the day!

You guys are doing a great job - youse deserve a medal.

Thanks HH for the heads up. Keep up the good work.

Fjord · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject:

Welcome aboard westtender feel free to add your tuppence worth to our multifarious topics

cybers · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:53 am Post subject:

So ...
After finding the time to actually view the collection properly i have to say...
That was great. A wee nostalgic trip through the toon via old photo's and looking back i was astounded to see so little in the way of traffic.
I could not help but notice how many parking spaces there seemed to be and how fashionable we looked back in the old days.
It was also amazing to notice that in some of the people photo's the swanky threads from then are seen on the kids of today and they think its the 1st time around. And we cant help but think "What would it have been like"
Well i remember having to go outside to play because there was no video or the telly needed a valve I do not think the city has suffered from change it has to move on, But what i do find slightly off putting is why some of these grander buildings had to go. Hindsight they say is a wonderful thing and nostalgia is only how you percieve it.
Thats what makes these photo's extra special as we can dip in and out of the past see what it was like and though we cannot experience it for ourselves we can at least have a wee look.

If we are totally honest would we swap our up n doon sterr back n front door 3 apt up a close wae an inside lavvy for a single end wae the cludgie on the landin or worse still halfway doon the back court ?

So to the guys and gals who put this collection together i thank you. It truly is smashing and heres hoping there is a generation behind us who view our efforts to capture a moment in time of this city with the same nostalgia and wonderment.

P.S
That extra special photo for me is the Fifti ices one on the Saltmarket lets face it was there any glesga wean who never went daft at the sound of the chimes ? (real wans)

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Alex Glass · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject:

John · Deep fried Mars bar Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1254

Finally got some spare time to see the collection at leisure and it didn`t disappoint, excellent stuff in here, hours and hours of reading.
I think cybers said it all in his post so i`m away for another browse

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HollowHorn · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject:

trolleybus · Roll and sausage Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 33

Some great posts on here.

Think what annoys us all even we don,t want to go back sharing outside lavvies is the complete destuction of inner city Glasgow.

My personal hate is the Townhead interchange.

They did,nt even get it right, funneling everything in two lanes heading for the Kingston Bridge.

Seems that on the lavvy front the last houses with outside toilets were in Govanhill pre renovation early 1990s.

My mate had a key for one in Allison St.

Did,nt share the toilet though, he was the only one left in the close.

mark831 · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject:

This site is absolutely tremendous!! Some of the photos are awe inspiring and have made me want to go and take some of my own!! As soon as I do I will be posting them for your pleasure, although I dont know if they will do justice compared to what I have seen already!!

Good job guys!!

Whitehill Lass · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:55 am Post subject:

Ok if I die of starvation I'm blaming this site

I have been up since 7.15am and thought since I got the link sent to me for the site would have a wee nosey around,but once I got started looking through the photo's I looked at the clock and it was 9.40am ,I have not even had my morning cuppa never mind my brekky .
Absolutly brilliant site and lots of hard work has went into providing the various topics etc,keep up the good work and thank you for sharing all your info etc.

cheerio the noo