All those guys working open-cab dozers and scrapers. Not much fun on a dark, wet, Scottish day in February, that's for sure.

Do you mean Bothwell railway station?

Super interesting old film. Who knew there were heated sections of roadway? Thanks for uploading.

Paul da vinci was also a session singer and sang on quite a few songs.

No worries for birds nesting then

Joseph McCarrel Death 8th August. 1918 • 8 Alpine Terrace, Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire - McCarrel name mentioned in Video

Dick Hampton earth movers. may as well called it cocky knob civil engineering

My late father, who died when I was aged 4 in 1974, was one of the many concrete foremen who worked on the M74. I doubt there is much left of the original parts he worked on, but it's good to see what he would have actually been working on.

Can you believe it we were actually Optimistic about the future in those days Oh how everything has changed

Remember it well being built. Now been driving on it constantly most days. Appreciate its original construction.

Aveling Barford dumper had a few in the Army.

Have the displeasure of a Blau Knox paver of this vintage in at my workshop at the moment😂

These people would be stunned at what things are like today

Bad quality videos lots of interference

19:07 fantastic

This is what Britain means to me...... a sense of self-sufficiency, building stuff, great minds all working together..... people knowing all over the world what we are good at

Not a tree hugging hippy in sight

Who do you drive for? Dick Hampton! LOL

No tree hugging greenies in the forest removal scenes, or were they simply run over clandestinely and secretly interred in a site near the freeway?

An alarm going off while your sleeping is been disturbed, not having your house bulldozed. "Oh I'm sorry to disturb you but you don't mind if we knock your house down".

It's a nice reminder of how advanced civil engineering was back then. Those of us under 60 don't always appreciate the skills of our fathers and grandfathers. This kind of historic recording gives me even more respect for them.

Great to see all the detail so well explained.

I love the AEC heavy tipper @ 7:47!!!!!!

Let's close the railway network and spend the savings on building roads instead, clever?

Eee, I would not like to be the guy going under the load bearing check 10:51

Pioneers in the past, that designs the future

when graft was graft. thanks for the upload , i drive here most days , what a time warp

Great entertainment, especially the 2nd part. Music reminds me of hearing that music instrument (bagpipes)! Cool host too.

What made me chuckle was the feller checking the pile stress tests, Can you imagine doing that today Elf n Safety would fall off thier perch .

My Great Granfather Patrick Ward was born Number 3 in 1910

My father drove Blaw Knox PF 90s for Roads Reconstruction, back in 1969, have never been able to find much out about that company so nice to see them in this film.I went to operate PF 90s along with other models from Blaw Knox,Bittelli and Hoes Dynapac myself as I followed him into the industry. For me Blaw Knox couldn't be beaten but no doubt the paver operators of today would look on in horror at the machines and conditions of the recent past,I would go back to them in a heartbeat!

Who new😮

You are welcome. :)

.. I'M THINKING IT'S 1976 & IT'S THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.. I'M 9 YRS OLD AND MY MATES GOT " TONKA " TRUCKS..DIGGERS.. DOZERS.... ETC BRILLIANT VIDEO 🙂🙂🙂

Excellent production is this 'film', Well presented. Thanks for the video!

Great video but @ 0:18. Geez even for a dual carriageway that’s poor planning with those bends. They should have shaved the hill of and straightened it.

5:50 'muck shifting equipment'.. only the Brits would call earth 'muck'.

Seems very advanced for the time period.

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good old days, no health and safety gobshites

1:02 What makes the most anger today are those absurd and unreliable x/y math graph to justify anything . Today we are dealing with the opposite: what load of consumption can still tolerate this tormented earth

my father worked on this and was in charge of the fourteen women who worked on it too.

I myself recently were part of the works last summer 2021. Renewing the tarmac and bridge decks as over 50, almost 60 years there had been failures in the structure and concrete due to water damage. We addressed all these repairs, new layer of water proofing and drainage systems under the 200mm layer of tar. All new bridge joints and drainage to hopefully withstand the next 50 years or so.

I guess labour costs were much cheaper in those days, NHS and benefit systems not a strain on the public purse but most of all it needed to be done at that time due to the cut in railservices and the car buying population going sky high. Still a remarkable engineeering project.

We will

Helmets, PPE and even a fall harness is for pussys

My grandparents lived at 1 alpine terrace arthur and bridget curran

Some AEC action 7:31. Look at those rear hubs! 18:51 & 22:59!! New Ford D series 26:44.

It elf and safety lol

Thanks for this. Remember a lot of those places.