Glasgow Guide: This is Springburn

Glasgow Guide: This is Springburn
Second in a series of 'This is...' slideshow videos about Glasgow, music by Deacon Blue and Del Amitri.
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About Springburn:
Situated to the north of the city, Springburn grew and declined as the railways, and in particular the Cowlairs depot, grew and declined. In its heyday, Springburn employed over 8,000 men in locomotive building and exported to over 60 countries and was Britain's major railway centre. However with the onset of diesel and electric trains, and an inability to move with the times, the first of the builders, the North British Locomotive Co., closed and within 20 years, locomotives were no longer part of the industrial base of Springburn. The last of the works at St Rollox closed in 1988.
Demolition of tenement flats has left Springburn with few areas of housing, with the result that most of the resident population has moved to the high-rise flats of nearby Balornock.
In nearby Sighthill cemetery is a monument to John Baird and Andrew Hardie who were involved in the so-called Radical Rising of 1820.
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[@jjroberts4115]

Wow nothing left of springburn child hood memories gone but not forgotten

[@craigporteous6053]

I lived in mansal street for 5 years I actually liked the place a lot of good people in springburn

[@4YaPloNo1]

i stayed 14 up in the balgrayhill rd flats...dont miss the place...14 years ago we moved out but now im back at springburn college and its no changed...my dad, mick, worked in the caley as a turner, he stayed in erm memol st or however ye spell it lol got pulled down years ago anyway...great vid

[@maryfleming1925]

I was born and brought up in Kay Street great wee street and neighbour's swimming baths and steamie was there. So sad there is nothing left. I and my sisters went to Elmvale school and then Albert Senior Secondary. Great place to grow up. Mary T.

[@twinman009]

brilliant video , ive lived in springburn the past 25 years , angus St , place is way better that a lot of people say it is , forget the buildings its the folk that make this place so good

[@scotmac5143]

You are 100% correct mate.its the ppl that make a community, not the buildings.

[@jamierourketen]

were are the photos of the neds and junkies!

[@catherinefleming3112]

This is certainly NOT the Burgh I was born in grew up. Schooled and left Its a completely ghost town to me now. Its as if I've NEVER entered this place in my whole life. Such a pitiful place now, to what it once was. The flyover in Springburn Road does absolutely nothing for the Burgh . The place was once bursting with shops excitement and happiness. Now it looks like a sad place, certainly NOT the little Burgh I was born and raised in all those years ago. All the memories of my birthplace have now disappeared since my dear hometown had changed its welcoming feeling. We all.go back once in a lifetime to.see our place of birth. Well!! its certainly a different place for me.

[@DivMuzza]

This is a class wee video

[@markeeledge]

Albert Primary :) I went there 1974-79. Now all shops are gone, demolished, where the statue is now. I used to buy my crisps there, 4 1/2p or 5p each. Cameron's I think the shop was called and a there was a Woolworths. They sold toys in Cameron's, a plastic boat for 50p. I went to my Ganny's up on Balgrayhill high flats after school and Grandad would drive me down in his taxi and my mum met me there after work, she worked in Teachers whiskey for 15 years! That's gone as well. Boo HOo HOoo....

[@holly2kaii9matee]

God when was this video taken ?? because the statue in 1.05 still has its arms :P :)

[@alecahauf]

The school at the beginning was demolished just last week

[@stuarty72]

Springburn used to be really busy during the 70’s everybody went there for their messages woolworths city bakery’s the new yorker chippy kay street swimming baths go for a haircut at Geoffrey n joes go to the toy shop next woolies play in the swing park the smell a teachers whisky bond the fountain thats ootside the shopping centre used tae be next tae the vulcan bar at the underground toilets at springburn cross where the co op used tae be but its a shitehole noo shopping centres dead mostly fulla junkies n alky’s should tear that centre doon once aw the shops sterted getting demolished it just tore the heart oota auld springburn

[@evelynbain8201]

Your sooo right it used to be great palce, a mess now

[@martiboy367]

stuart rusk:- that’s exactly how I remember it, before the shopping centre was built there used to be a bike shop on the corner of wellfield and (the auld)springburn Road. Grew up in barmulloch, but went to the old Albert secondary an spent many a dinner time at santi’s chippy, and the auld springburn cross in Woolworths . I left 30yr ago, an ive only returned a few times since, and aye it’s changed to unrecognisable in places .

[@scotmac5143]

Same as most towns across Scotland, junkies and alchys always ruin the place and our memories mate

[@heatherbruce4496]

Least the sun's out

[@69nisab]

what is the statue at 1.05?

[@gempenguins1]

here mate they hooses wirny there before:S?

[@raoulmoat8961]

yhaaaaaaasssss springburn yt

[@truebro77]

maybe 30 year ago

[@TheFergie23]

wow, those primaries aren't there anymore, although they are nice picks it doesn't show how spring burn really is

[@RHR-221b]

A dive, TF23? Stay free ...

[@TheFergie23]

R F What ?

[@RHR-221b]

@@TheFergie23 I grew up in Springburn (42 Millarbank Street) in the 1950s. It was never the best of times (including the incessant paedophilia and heavy domestic violence et al.). Nowadays, in my humble opinion, Springburn is even more of a rotting corpse of its previous self ... malevolent undercurrents notwithstanding. I hope that answers your question, viz.: 'R F What ?' Stay cool ... 👋

[@Kelly14UK]

Was Mo Johnston from Springburn? Something i may have picked up years back. Ta.

[@paulbain7711]

No, Sighthill

[@1gerard47]

His mother stayed in petershill road ,came into Joe's Cafe and let everyone know who her son was ,he would visit her in a white porche 924 had a chauffeur as he was done for drunk driving if I'm correct .

[@1gerard47]

@@paulbain7711 maybe that's were he was brougt up,his mum stayed in petershill road opposite Petershill motors/J C Bennits and auto electrical services, I remember as if it was yesterday, she would come into Joe's all dressed up just after 12 o'clock when I as an apprentice mechanic was waiting with other apprentices for the guys rolls and eggs cigarettes etc.

[@scottt923]

Sprngburn Academy Best School

[@chuckmcmicheal558]

Who is the face behind the music is all I need to know!

[@martiboy367]

Chuck McMicheal first song is deacon blue dignity, 2nd song is del amitri- nothing ever happens

[@scottt923]

Did ye, aye?

[@heatherbruce4496]

Springburn academy used to be albert secondary even the teachers were frightened to go in in the past. Dump

[@totalwipeout117]

is this before it became a shite hole

[@kennybhoy79]

wtf,come back et the weekend ya tool