A Look Back At Glasgow From 1994

This was a small portion of a video I made for my penpal to update her all on things family related, and showed her some sights from the city. It has turned into a little time capsule, apologies for my monotone commentary!

[@JONINXBOX]

Thanks for posting this!, film like this is important not only in a historical sense but nostalgia also.. I’ve walked around the streets of glasgow for the best part of 30 years and it’s not until you see old footage you realise how much has changed (for better or worse) so again thank you.

[@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049]

I think I’m firmly on the “changed for the better” side of the fence on that one

[@jdh6752]

@@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049 🤣“changed for the better”. Have you been in the city centre recently? Can you please tell me just ONE thing which is better? (not bike lanes)

[@Cypher791]

Geez… I was 3 years old back then 🤦‍♂️… a lot of it actually hasn’t changed that much.. good to get a look at the place..

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

I was 6. Keep hoping to see my late dad in these vids online

[@gordonshaw1975]

Nice wee video with enjoyable commentary. No mobile phone zombies in those days. A different time.

[@Revolver1981]

If they had Smartphones in Victorian times they would've been just as obsessed. Don't be foolish.

[@mmtot]

9:17 ahhhh beatties the model shop. I was 9 in 94. I loved that place, and then the ELC after! I want to go back!

[@ewanmcgregor5942]

nice upload mate

[@david1731048]

My dad worked in Buchanan House for many years, I visited him loads when I was a kid. I was 9 in 1994!

[@jojofan2425]

Hows it feel to almost be 40

[@david1731048]

@@jojofan2425 Ouch! I'm only 35!

[@SimonWallwork]

The Fish that never swam, the tree that never grew, the Bell that never rang- the Bird that never flew....I think.😅

[@furymittens1910]

God I miss that city.

[@Revolver1981]

@Daood Zafar The Southside has some of the nicest parts of the city you stupid fool.

[@Diana-yr8wp]

john aitchie fuck off then go live somewhere else

[@Johnnyboy469]

@@Diana-yr8wp well said

[@roddymcniven8734]

@@johnaitchie3803 I agree with Diana. Fuck off.

[@roddymcniven8734]

@@johnaitchie3803 what are you waiting for? Watch the door doesn’t hit yer arse on the way oot

[@maxmixer]

Walked by your ''Office'' for 13 years every day just about when I was working in The Sunday Post form 83 to 96, Good old Station Bar

[@claremccann4969]

Anti gay articles in SP then such as in October 86 a lad hone after his 1st day at Strathclyde university showing his mum his student union diary which gave details of Glasgows best gay meeting places and sp said it was some start to a youngster in higher education

[@20david06]

But at what cost, yi know...BUT AT WHAT COST.

[@david1731048]

Showed this to my dad who also worked in Buchanan House. He worked in the mail room. "John Steele, he worked in finance!"

[@djsteeley]

I worked in the Mail Room in Blythswood House and Finance in there and Buchanan Street

[@Johnnyboy469]

Thanks mate

[@theholeyourin4258]

The man at the 7th minute looks like he is tweaking hard

[@christopherdrennan5819]

Hi, do you have a video of the Pollok Centre clock?

[@Diana-yr8wp]

Loved that clock when I was wee watched it for ages

[@christopherdrennan5819]

@@Diana-yr8wp Remember the lion that winked and nudged the clown that turned to start the chime?

[@PrincepsAve]

love this post more thanks ya wee shite

[@claremccann4969]

What no traffic cone on Chooky's head?

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

It was illegal back then n council removed it but due to the dangers of people climbing it over and over even after police involvement to put it back up the council only recently gave in and out it up themselves safely so to stop others putting themselves at risk.

[@eleanorduncan5067]

Looking for Robert Steele &wife Annette , retired, got 3 of my Auntie Ellen ' s grandchildren, now all grown up, aunt Ellen lived on Elizabeth st, by Bellahouston School. Hi Bobby, , & thank you for your good video JOHN.

[@johnmckee7640]

Sack the board.. Nothing has changed.. 1994.

[@bsg695]

Sack the board … how times havnt changed 🤣🤣🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@chrisj4444]

Hows that worked out for you?😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@donaldmckinney1333]

How many trebles now ? Oh times HAVE changed love the flags its all you got left

[@robertmcmillan3638]

That bit at Royal Exchange Square where the old guy playing violin or fiddle at the archway has been a notorious spot for homeless beggars for as long as I can remember. No one would dare try busking there nowadays. Oh! How Glasgow has went down the toilet 😩.

[@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049]

Really? It used to basically be Scotland’s answer to Belgrade during the war back then. Grim, grey, cigarettey, miserable full of council hi rise flats and poverty. at least it’s now a lot less rough imo and it’s been done up a lot/ redeveloped.

[@robertmcmillan3638]

@@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049 It may have been "done up" but not for the better. There's hardly any shops worth visiting now. Argyle St and Sauchiehall Street are just pure tat parades now. The place might not be as rough as it was but other areas of crime have rocketed over the last two decades (I.D fraud, sexual assaults, etc). Everywhere also seems to look like a glass and steel salute to Berlin and the European super state project nowadays as stylish and iconic buildings such as the St Enoch and Govan underground stations are gone and are now in the aforementioned E.U style which no doubt suits the never ending sea of foreigners that now reside in the city.

[@jdh6752]

a) Instead of concentrating on the modern monstrosity at the start, I wish you had turned around and filmed the old George Hotel instead. b) You were at Virginia street but didn't get footage of the much missed Virginia Galleries.

[@JONINXBOX]

I miss the Virginia Galleries.. I’ve only ever found one picture from in there online 😢 I wish I’d taken photos of it back in the day.

[@jdh6752]

@@JONINXBOX I can still map it out clearly in my head. Come in and Obelisk Books was on the right, go straight ahead and take the left beside the stairs which wound around the lift and it took you through to the Movie Memorabilia shop and the proper antiques section, which was predominately in the basement. The cafe was downstairs too. I still have furniture, clothes and comics which I purchased in the Virginia Galleries.

[@JONINXBOX]

@@jdh6752 good times.. sadly missed.

[@elizabethhanlon5447]

Get rid of the writing it puts youoff you cannot seexany thing .

[@djsteeley]

What writing?

[@djsteeley]

Maybe you ought to take off your “Captions” settings, rather than criticising?

[@Diana-yr8wp]

Dummy.......it’s the tree that never grew, the bird that never flew, the the bell that never rung and the fish that never swum.