I remember seeing this film in primary school in the early 70s. I always loved Telstar by The Tornadoes and watching this film planted a seed in my head about 'The Glesga Caurs'. I know have various books and models of trams, buses and The Underground. Many thanks Glasgowwest for all your videos. You made me feel old but very happy.

@Bigfinlach Trolleybuses were, for a long time, seen as the answer to public transport. They were said to combine the advantages of trams, i.e cheap, clean electric power, with the manouverability of the bus....they could ...to an extent.....move about on the road. But they were routebound just like the tram as they relied on overhead cables and trolley poles to collect the current. Most cities abandoned them in the fifties and sixties.

Any chance of seeing the last bit? I'm intrigued to see how it ended.

I love the way that just as the narrator talks about "bugs in the electronics", the video goes all glitchy.

I used to go to school by tram. Woolwich to Red Lion Lane. These were the days when public transport drivers could smoke while they worked.

Thank you for that Glasgowwest. I remember the last night very well even though I was only 4. Argyle Street and St Enoch Sq were packed and it seemed that most of Glasgow had turned out.

This video makes me so proud of my roots. I left Glasgow as a 10 year old in 1985 and i remember being a wee boy on these trains. We just don't have these in NZ.

Magnificent!

Tramways are now the future... what if all those networks weren´t closed on the first place? A lot of money saved, and a better public transport for all...

I love the old blue Leyland Leopard at 8:18!

Great video, thanks for posting. I'm fairly sure that the person at 0.42 sitting next to the two women is me - I was 16 and a half at the time and a student at Hillhead High (the passengers are getting on at Hillhead). The subway shut down in May 1977 to get ready for modernisation.

Yes, i have to agree, the music is class.

and not a safety helmet or ear defender in sight!

Im from Bolton England and have over the last 3 years been visiting Glasgow a lot socially. Glasgow is absolutely fabulous and this film has brought a tear to my eye it is superb. I can't wait till my next visit. xx

The reason the tram system in Glasgow was made reduntant was due to the fact overhaed powerlines had to be replaced . The corperation in thier wisdom deemed this to expensive .They replaced the corpy with the city council and they are still making woeful decisions to this day .

I LOVED IT!!! 5/5 stars.

they never just built it lol, they just updated it, imagine building something like that in victorian times

except ours actually got finished lol

Bring these trams back to Glasgow. They were absolutely grand.

This is an absolutely tremendous film, thanks for posting it. Am I right in thinking it was called "9 Dalmuir West"? If it is, I remember certain reviewers being a bit snotty about it - "filmed in the modern style, too arty" etc. Twerps. Looks like a certain amount of drink had been taken at the farewell party, don't blame 'em. Let Glasgow Flourish!

I say keep on modernizing. Don't stop there, keep on doing more.

Wow, what a difference from old old victorian trains and stations.

Wow, the old old victorian trains.

I agree

'There's an impending sense of loss, of desolation in the air'. 'It was one of the few amenities they could afford, and one of the few pleasant memories they retain...' Bit earnest and patronizing?

I can remember attending this when I was 13 years old . God what memories

I can remember them ! my dad drove one and my mum was his clippie,thats where they met. A life time ago . thanks for posting x

where did you get this film? brilliant I travelled on last trams in Glesga, god I'm getting old

sheffield and manchester have great tram systems,why did glasgow give them up?

you are so wrong,the people of glasgow where never so happy to live in the tennements,a great sense of belonging.the hippy labour planners decided to rip the heart out of the glasgow psyche by building horrendous housing estates in the middle of nowhere,but if they were smart they could have saved a lot of money by modernising some of the beautiful victorian "slums" as you call them.

For the age of the film, its surprisingly well put together with some really well shot footage

Telstar by the Tornados

Brilliant !

It's well seen that they never took the Queen to Govan or some of the rougher Subway stations. Thanks for adding this!

What year was this footage taken?

Sounds like Pulstar to me.

What was the name to the piece of music used from 7mins on wards, it was also used for the North tonight theme!! in 1980!

Thats fascinating! I love the Glasgow Subway :D

An uncovered escalator? How does it not get wet??

Was this footage taken from a home movie from your collection, or has it been commercially released?

great work, left Glasgow in 1975 as young boy but fully remmember the red trains and the smell that was the subway, my local station was Govan

Thanks for an amazing trip back in time. Superb.

Fantastic! At 4:48 wasteground is now Sir John Moore pub and across the road the Radisson Hotel.

Gota love that smell.

excellent but some sound would have been even better. Social history is made of this

Still smells the same...

The carriages interior actually look nicer in this clip

God man this is grate please tell me where i can download this, my grand parents would love to have a copy of this on DVD.

We'll never see that again. Now id like to see a video on modernising London if only they could.

Great Video and not a hard hat in sight.