Glasgow Razor Gangs Documentary [1968]

Documentary filmed in 1968 about Glasgow's infamous razor gangs
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[@cuggyboysmith81]

I was once in a 'Razor Gang'. Unfortunately due to cuts, we had to disband

[@stewesl]

daniel titmus sounds like you had a close shave 😩😩

[@divinedarknesslefthandpath1311]

you weren't the sharpest blade in the tool box maybe?

[@Watson1973]

I heard you were not too sharp

[@1kushal1]

Wow Quite a Hairy situation you'd put yourself in

[@terenceoconnor4399]

Wow and just in the nick of time

[@allwrighty100]

I was in quite a nice gang, we only used safety razors. It was called the Gillette GIIs, not the greatest but at the time, the best a man could get.

[@williamgoldsmith3796]

A wiz in ra dinky toy gang.🤣🤣🤣

[@markjenner7199]

You were obviously a cut above the rest😊

[@paulwally9007]

Hampered by Woke ideology.

[@DasTubemeister]

I was in the Philips Posse. We could only operate within range of a shaver socket.

[@jeffratz]

Health and safety 1st then the glaswiegen smile

[@pauldunneska]

What a great thing KZbin is showing these social history documentaries. Where else would you get it,this was shown 50 years ago on television and has probably never been repeated on television,but KZbin and other social media and the internet in general you can watch it anytime to your hearts content. I wonder have any of the people shown in this Razor gangs episode seen themselves on KZbin as the 17 year olds are all about 67 years old now.

[@jayboy009]

Paul Dunne Was that you?

[@pauldunneska]

jayboy009 No i was born two years later in 1970.

[@daphuk8399]

Fuck up

[@pauldunneska]

da phuk What are you trying to say to me?

[@bnns1219]

still goes on today

[@cillianfeore7726]

"Pontificating from vacuums of inexperience" - beautifully put and the hobby of most of us these days!

[@hmu05366]

@@jamesmcindoe5190 - you are a big tube

[@paramidge8935]

Such intelligence and decency from Mr. Webster - real action is what we need right now - self management and mutual aid. His observations on the wilful destruction of community which was later completed by that vicious, treacherous, uppity, chav Thatcher as root cause of the problems shown here and prolific today was sadly prophetic.

[@mistershepherd6808]

Cemetery’s are full of tough guys.

[@alsbigsmoke]

So are the jails

[@JayJay-hv9mc]

Mugs game.

[@markhemming318]

Full of soft guys too. Everyone dies, eventually.

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

@@markhemming318 if we die eventually,why we born?

[@markhemming318]

@@stayrospaparunas3062 Google the question.

[@yellowjackboots2624]

I read a book about the Dieppe battle in WW2. The author states that a number of the Commando's were recruited from Glasgow razor gangs. Sometimes violent men are needed to fight violent men.

[@faithworks217]

Personal choice and taking responsibility for one's actions is key. My ex grew up in Glasgow in a run-down area. He scurried around like a little alley cat in the backstreets and through holes in fences to avoid the violence. When he was sixteen, he persuaded his parents to emigrate to Canada, citing economic reasons, as they earned only enough money for rent and groceries. But the real reason, which he never told his parents, was that he was being pressured to join a gang. When he came to Canada in 1966, he was still on high alert against attack, but he soon realized that it was a lot more peaceful and nobody wanted to pick a fight with him.

[@allwrighty100]

He didn't play ice hockey then?

[@gab99]

Personal choice and responsibility? You mean his mum and dad had the financial wherewithall to move 3,000 to another country? There were areas in Glasgow back then where the average life expectancy was around 50. Personal choice?

[@faithworks217]

@@gab99 Yes, personal choice. His family was poor. For weeks on end, all they had to eat was chips and eggs. Sometimes they had no coal to heat their home. But little miracles happened for them to supply their needs. Ian's father was a farm labourer, working for a man who bought estates, improved them, then sold them. Later, Jan worked as the custodian of a church in Glasgow. He couldn't read or write, as he was dyslexic. But my mother-in-law was a woman of faith. God told her many years before that He was going to send her as a missionary to some Indians and showed them to her in a vision. She was willing to go to India, but she thought those people God showed her were odd-looking Indians. It turns out that her mission field was in Canada to the Cree tribe in Alberta. It was God who moved on Ian to want to leave Scotland. It's always good to have the kids on board with a decision to move to another country. It seemed like there was no way in they would be approved for immigration due to his parents' health issues, but Ian's mother figured it was worth a try. Their health problems did not show up on the medical tests. They sold their furniture. One way or another, the money came in for the family to afford the fare on the Empress of Canada. A job was obtained for Ian and his father the day after they arrived in Canada, on a stud farm, which was terrific because Ian loved animals and had always taken good care of his pets. He was a hard worker, too. His boss wanted to pay for him to train to be his farm manager. Ian did not want to be obligated to the man his whole life, though, so he turned down that opportunity and worked in a mill, then in construction, and eventually as an iron worker before he retired. Ian and his father gave up their job on the stud farm because God told his mother that they were going to move and their new job would pay only half what Ian and his father presently earned. So, his father gave notice and their boss tried to persuade them to not leave. They got packed up and, three days from the end of the month, they still did not know where to go. But Ian's father got a phone call that day from a man in Alberta who owned a turkey farm and said he was desperate for help. He was shocked when Jan said that they were ready to go. It was as Mary said; they were paid only half of what they previously earned. But their new home was right next to a Cree reservation. The chief and his wife were Christians and gave Mary permission to visit the natives on their reserve. She ministered there for many years. Everyone has the opportunity to be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ and ask Him for help with what they need. He is willing, able, and eager to help. The Bible gives guidelines for how to ask and what to ask for.

[@pauljames1258]

hope his kids persuade him to come back before they are forced to change gender

[@davebarber9510]

I’m ex forces from 80 s I know how to look after myself all these people want is a tribe a pack a sence of belonging and a faith in directions catch them young and spare them the misery God bless all. We all want to belong

[@desmondmccann782]

I was a junior doctor in Glasgow Royal infirmary in 1978 to 1979 . I say many razor and knife wounds . The worst time by far was Saturday evening after a Celtic Rangers match . I would see as many as 12 to 15 razor and stab wounds . We even had a clinic solely for patients who had been stabbed . GRI’S proudest boast a “ Stab injury returns clinic . I think it’s miles better now . D

[@ozdorothyfan]

@desmondmccann782 I think I read somewhere that the Southern General was a world renowned head injury hospital, because they saw so many cracked and broken heads. I think they devised the Glasgow coma scale which has been used globally.

[@MrAgbxl]

What a fantastic programme. Thanks so much for the upload. Top stuff

[@spaghettieast]

Brilliant piece of history. Thank you for uploading.

[@jacqueshughes3085]

6:56 the coppers drag a kid (just smacked another kid) back into the club - a few seconds later, he's dragged back out again in cuffs completely unconscious. Those were the days!!

[@jasonm7973]

Yeah I bet you love it when your rights get violated by the police. You probably purposely speed to get pulled over so you can get your rocks off by consenting to search.

[@daviewales]

He fell lol

[@wullieman]

That was nothing. Compared to what you were getting back at the cop shop if you were unlucky enough to be arrested lol

[@TheScottishSprayer]

@@jasonm7973 comparing speeding to punching someone in the face???

[@delanodegenie6970]

Jason M is obviously a pink and fluffy lefty bless!! ‘Mummy the nasty Policeman roughed me up a bit.. Waaaaah!!’ 😂😂😂

[@alanbbrady8196]

Once i worked alongside two retired CID Officers. They're insights and recollections regarding this era were fascinating. Thank you for furthering my knowledge with this upload.

[@Macthe67]

🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@saints16o5o87]

Criminals In Deed. Hope you got your "cut" of their take. You weren't likely to get promoted to DC back then unless you were willing to do as criminals would.

[@trsrctab7019]

Bloody hell..the mods were alive and kicking still in 1968 Glasgow !!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

That's nothing ! Teds were still a thing in Fife up till recently. Middle aged guys with quiffs and winkle pickers was a common sight in some pubs. Probably still is...?

[@marccarter1350]

The rest of the world was taking massive amounts of decent Acid, getting into peace and love, listening to Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix. Meanwhile in Scotland :-)

[@angussoutter7824]

😂😂😂

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

Meanwhile in scotland smack and blades are rampant and the natives are restless 🙈💁

[@raywade6034]

@John Barber ha ha yes

[@andymclaughlin22]

@@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051 he cracked a good joke. You ruined it.

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

@@andymclaughlin22 Matter of opinion

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Cutting edge stuff here.

[@TheMrlister72]

A wee bitty edgy !!

[@RobbotheHighlander]

One of the great things about Scotlands youth today is that as a whole they just don’t have that violence in them. I know they still have their headbangers, but in my experience the things shown here were still prevalent through the 1970’s. Somethings changed for the better.

[@fullproof100]

That sergeant was out of touch when he said anyone could walk anywhere....this was bollocks

[@wungabunga]

He was clearly under orders to play it down. Couldn't mention 'gangs'!

[@Mat-kr1nf]

wungabunga Nothing changes😂It’s like they do these days, relabel things, so they sound more inoffensive!

[@blueoysterfishing2054]

Those guys the unspeakables with their blue vans were the worst criminals around, mostly fitting up innocent kids. You know it big Cyril McWanker was one of the worst.

[@SpookyElectric319]

He was clearly told to play it down.

[@onlyhereforddebob8978]

He wasn’t out of touch at all he was straight up lying 😂

[@jc238]

For most of the 70s my mother used to take my brother and I from our house outside London to Easterhouse to visit her friends at New Year. Imagine the fun the local thugs had hunting down the English boys, it was scary. We learned how to run fast...

[@literatureshorts9792]

Ben Dover aye fuck off ya bean don’t hear English names in Scotland it’s all Mac’s and Irish names

[@keithbald5066]

Where did u get that statistic from. Never heard so much pish, no doubt ur a brexit fanny 😁👍

[@Davidsmith-uv5op]

@Ben Dover partly indian hahahahahahahahabababahahahahahahsbsbabsbabsbshshshahahahaha no way man aye mate jokes on us😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@r2dlee953]

​@@keithbald5066 see this is why we all hate each other cause yees are all fannies I hes talking pish but then ye need ay come oot way some pish about brexit sorry but Marcus said it best ye dont care about the collar around yer neck just whos hawding it pipe doon n dont be wan ay they greeting face "remainer" pricks

[@Gsg-xh3th]

@Ben Dover fact is your country is like half Muslim

[@johnhedley866]

I went to Glasgow once for a good time it was great I came home in stitches !

[@moky1269]

The worst place I ve ever been to

[@vivianboys3]

@Moky Come tae Glesga We'll set aboot ye

[@nialloneill5097]

Better than a close shave with those razors!

[@moky1269]

Some people are proud of this,!!!!!!! enough said

[@TheGrowler55]

I ran about with the Cumbie from the Gorbals in Glasgow in the Sixties I was up to all sorts and fought with the Shamrock and the Tongs and a whole lot more, I got stabbed and was slashed by a bottle, it was just part of growing up then,changed days thank God lol

[@richmck007]

I am in teaching. Brought up the hard way in London. Moved away to get a better opportunity. I feel for these people. This video is a great insight into how life was for a minority. Obviously, the will to survive meant sticking together. The politicians sound shady! But how did many turn out eventually in life? Does life like this still exist in places like this? You say it ( the slashing & stabbing ) was part of growing up...Was there not another way? I imagine a lot of wasted lives as well as a lack of choice in life back then, thanks to the politics to a certain extent. Good to know that some people made it in life but pity not all have. A lesson learnt here in this video.

[@john5155]

A mind ma ma shoutin Cumbie ya Bass seemingly i shouted it masel oboot 3 year old

[@richmck007]

@@john5155 Yeah. Whatever you say, you must surely know! Ain’t gotta a F-ing clue wotcha ona bout but I’m agreein’ wit yu’r anyways!

[@dennisgreene7164]

For all their patronising style, documentaries like this showed something that most people didn't really know much about. Today, our documentary makers seem to afraid to talk to people who are violent or who have markedly different lifestyles. Understanding suffers as a consequence.

[@dynoshane2651]

Im a scott born in Australia, thanx for posting so I can study my heritage.

[@1nikg]

You can start by spelling Scot properly 😉

[@davidmccann9811]

Kids that join gangs always blame it on poverty, but most people that grow up in poverty don't get involved in it. It's less about poverty and more about the adrenaline rush and trying to look big in front of your mates.

[@mollyhague6546]

not dat n e 1 perfect but I think it gos down 2 environment.

[@ianmangham4570]

So true , we were taught to pick up litter if we see it and say please and thankyou, just because ya poor doesn't mean you can't be kind and not a messy gobby anti social headbanger,one family can ruin an entire neighbourhood 😅

[@2msvalkyrie529]

My cousin was the leader aff of the Car - D. ..at least , that's what he told me..?

[@Phil-gl7dh]

great documentary - never understood a fucking word

[@paulglancy3867]

Mr Orange Yeah I get you there. I could grasp what they were saying, but it wouldn't be the first time I've saw documentaries covering the same situation, but up to date in the 2000's, that have had to put subtitles up probably for the English, but I've never had a problem understanding them, apart from the odd "what the hell did he say there?" Yes had that. Well nice to have commented back to you. Have a nice day. Cheers...Paul. (Auld Skool) Well if approaching 52 in November says it, fair enough, it's only a number, I feel and look 35! That does my head in, I mean at least get close!...Paul.

[@Phil-gl7dh]

Paul Glancy - I lived in falkirk and then Stirling for 4yrs,. So I'm only kidding mate

[@peterlewis6820]

haha nice one fella,sectarian bollox they are Scots not Irish,They want to be Irish but sadly they never will as they are Scots,as for the little shit at 1.30 he couldn't knock his granny off the piss pot,hard bastard with a blade mind

[@peterorange2010]

Mr Orange and T-Mobile are you going to be a bit of a new one and only time I have a good

[@peterorange2010]

Orange cancel canc el the

[@themunk85]

"They are handing in their weapons"- cuts to young guy walking with a huge axe!

[@miniredsatan]

best documentary title ever!

[@user-nd5jc8xv8v]

thanks uploader

[@jaapseiye2246]

I grew up on the southside in the 70s, Castlemilk same problems though we didnt have to suffer Frankie Vaughn.

[@nialloneill5097]

Shame on you, you missed all the singing and dancing! Come to the Cabaret old chum, come to the Cabaret.

[@Gothic55]

Interesting documentary, great to see progress that Glasgow has made.

[@justintime1307]

Progress?? Nothing has changed in Glasgow

[@medleydeluxe5298]

Aye google Moodiesburn see how the progress is working

[@LOLCAMz]

​​@@justintime1307what a complete lie

[@hashburystumble8808]

@@LOLCAMz Why then, has Glasgow's Violence Reduction Unit been praised for their success & is now being considered by the Metropolitan Police in London ?

[@birdy-numnum6321]

I was just being born when this was made,..... but the message is still as relevant as it was 55 years back!! ❤

[@tomcochrane56]

Brings back happy memories I remember these times.

[@bhoy1013]

"The Spur from Bridgeton" Big mistake, the Spur are from Barrowfield!

[@GlasgowGallus]

Even with half a century's hindsight, it's still impossible to generalise a single cause of Glasgow's problems. Need to bear in mind that the gangs weren't newly formed in 1967: they'd been on the go for many decades before, and had mainly been spawned by sectarian divisions, reflected in the housing/ living situations of the working class. Interesting wee film, thanks for the upload...

[@herebytheway8893]

I always thought it was because Glaswegians were thick as shit.

[@annother3350]

I blame the weather

[@kevphillips02]

Skirts on men and cold knackers cant help.

[@MB-oc1nw]

Glasgow Gallus...the problem is Scots. If Scotland wasn't full of them there wouldn't be a problem

[@1Cocknose1]

I think poverty has a lot to do with it

[@ianmangham4570]

The pic is so real ,the thumbnail on his toes loving the action 🎬 ,brutal realty of 60s Glazzy

[@DasTubemeister]

A cutting edge documentary. I was aged 7 at the time, and lived in Dundee. We had a big gang culture in the 70s, but I had no wish to be part of it.

[@ianhunter6418]

I remember going to Dundee with Hearts then. The gangs always turned out. Lochee Fleet. Shimmy. Hilltown Huns. Mid. Kirkton Huns. Shams and others.

[@patenthalo7428]

my grandad was born nd lived in the gorbals, he managed to move out nd now lives in East London, got bare respect for the man

[@karlspits2113]

Fk me bet he wishes he was back hame

[@JustDaniel6764]

Talk properly then.

[@patenthalo7428]

@@JustDaniel6764 alright grandad

[@gordonm6108]

He'd probably have chibbed ye for talking like that.

[@naturalmystery]

I'm a taxi driver in Glasgow and even today some of these guys who were involved with the different gangs and are now "old men" still carry blades of some sort! (Just incase) ;)

[@julieclark8976]

I stayed in shanwick street easterhoose, loved my stay there saw a lot of gang fights as well.

[@harleyd9180]

Young men, not scared to go into the Bar L. Sad really. Last bit, I had cadets with good guys like this man and it saved me absolutely right.

[@elliotspencer6656]

I know barlinnie has ruined a lot a lives.

[@crafter170]

The Army recruited a lot of great soldiers from Easterhouse .

[@IainFrame]

Ha ha my dad was in an Easterhouse gang and joined the Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1963. He was a total madman, he would nick anything that wasn't tied down.

[@TheIamtheoneandonly1]

''I've never been stabbed, but I can imagine it being somewhat inconvenient.'' - Kevin Bridges 🤣🤣

[@markhemming318]

You're a bright spark. Must have flourished at school.

[@chilly6470]

​@@markhemming318You should check out the comedian from Glasgow, he's referring to.

[@johnbrady54]

But he could avoid all that unpleasantness, in the current financial climate for a mere pound

[@ash7640]

14:06 kid shouting out "WANKER"! lmfao brilliant.

[@johnbull9195]

I don't think that's what he's saying

[@davearthur8603]

I think it was.

[@clevername8832]

🤣 I think that's exactly what he said mate!

[@desiolle2874]

Yes!!!!!!....LOL

[@twinkle3026]

Great documentary! Thank you! ..... Wouldn't it be interesting, to see how these young people, got on, in their future lives??? I think the makers of the show, should try to track down the surviving ones, and do a documentary on what happened next! .... A bit like the uk '7 UP,' series, where a group of 7 year old kids, were filmed in, i think 1963, then every 7 years, right up to the present day! xx

[@stevebowness9435]

Great comment, yeah, would be interesting 👍

[@Actingskint]

I suspect many of them would have been in jail or dead . Stupid gang culture.

[@twinkle3026]

@@Actingskint Sadly, i think you may be right. xx

[@bigups737]

I was in barlinnie prison back then, but now here in Australia at 68 I am planning on starting my life at 70 going up to the tropics hunting and fishing,using my 2 pensions $40k+ margin loan @80%=$200k+ write monthly options 10-30% a year=$220-260k jogging, lift weights, work out....oh and over 170k stalkers over the years, now that's another amazing story.

[@twinkle3026]

@@bigups737 That's amazing! Have fun!

[@peterneijs387]

17 years old , that's middle age in Scotland.

[@TheGodParticle]

Peter Neijs lmao! Good one

[@8ightBitKid]

Idiot

[@michaelegley888]

Peter Neijs ..

[@Kelly14UK]

Peter Neijs Ah KNOW

[@Kelly14UK]

8ightBitKid Eesturhoose

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

When you wore a tie and collar if you were in a gang. Could do with subtitles though. I like the bit where the kid hits the copper, a bus goes by, and then the kid's seen being dragged off unconscious "Fell down the stairs M'lud."

[@rogerrees7483]

I got a razor ad before this, mad

[@jonniebyford]

Who remembers reading "No Mean City" about like in the Gorbals? I read it in the 70s as a kid but never knew it was written in 1935.

[@elliotspencer6656]

Aye.

[@baddog5936]

Yep. The Razor King.

[@steveward6099]

Where's oor Peaky Blinders show? Teddy boys kickin' aboot wi razor sewn in the lapels of their blazers.

[@colinhathaway9493]

Never read it but my dads mentioned it to me

[@jonniebyford]

@@colinhathaway9493 It's worth a read if you like your literature "fiction based on real life", but apart from running around carving people's faces up the worst thing the protagonist does (if my memory serves me well) is piss in the sink. Of course, for the 1930s that was utterly scandalous!

[@alanmillar5274]

Broke down in Queenslie in the 80s as a teenager… it was nearly 11pm 🕚, asked a girl with a pram if there was a phone box and she laughed out loud and said I might get one in Easterhouse next door but not in Queenslie 😳 I walked up to a few dozen kids hanging about and nobody spoke to me when I asked questions, they must have thought I was crazy. Flagged down a paddy wagon 👮‍♀️and they told me to get in the back, they took me to the AA depot that was nearby and I was relayed home to Edinburgh 😅. I hear the area is alright now 🤔

[@saxongreen78]

These Schemes were such a soulless and insulting gesture...so much needed to be done, so much still needs to be done: namely, a return to meaning and creativity for ALL...if people have meaning in their lives, community truly thrives.

[@elliotspencer6656]

Aye.

[@Mindsi]

The highland clearances😢😢😢😢

[@nialloneill5097]

Well, many estates and housing were focused around the work, which gave meaning and money, and so other enterprises sprung up around them. Many of the jobs went from the 60s onwards, especially in the 80s, when the working class died a death, as their estates were blitzed too around the same time. There are many Likely Lads in the UK singing ooo what happened to you, whatever happened to me, and what became of the people, we used to meet. It was though Britain died. Thatcher did say there was no such thing as community. If there was, there certainly isn't now, thanks to her. The t_rd of a maniac.

[@nialloneill5097]

Work and money play a key role in a thriving society.

[@michaelharrison3602]

The people who hand in their weapons in during an amnesty aren't the people we need to worry about. They truly dangerous people don't hand in their weapons

[@ALMAX65]

I remember seeing gangs fight with hatchets, swords, golf clubs, and chains. Just a typical Saturday night ….😢😢😢😢

[@boychildnew1]

Brilliant snap shot of Glasgow and Scotand then. A lot of different elements of society seen in this. The more time goes by the more these things become priceless social history.

[@FigmentHF]

Limmy trained me to understand all of these words

[@AngstRiddenAnnoyance]

Same though

[@banjopink4409]

They be wuds, nay 'words', ya dafty

[@IainFrame]

Phar-macy?

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

enjoyed the documentary

[@gonedetectinguk4578]

TREASURE HUNTING SCOTLAND ADVENTURES lol Great int it m8 ?

[@garryferguson3166]

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[@alexbowman7582]

There were 90,000 people living in the Gorbals alone a small area district close to the city centre.

[@wademcconnell1144]

At least they were smartly dressed

[@banjopink4409]

At least you're quite good looking.

[@banjopink4409]

@Jamie McDonald And you're just pretending?

[@marzomcd4683]

@@banjopink4409 dirty nonce 😂😂 get a life

[@marzomcd4683]

@@banjopink4409 where u from

[@banjopink4409]

@@marzomcd4683 Why are calling me a nonce?

[@ladygardener100]

As it happens I was a teenager in Glasgow at that time, the slums of Glasgow were filthy and overcrowded, the new flats in Easterhouse were originally welcomed, then it was realised that they were soulless, no support, no jobs. Not much has changed though standards of living have improved. I may be wrong but I think bicycle chains were carried by gangs in the 60's, the razor gangs were from the 1950's Poverty meant not enough money to buy food.

[@thomasreed49]

I would agree with you dad was born in 1932 and he always used to talk about the razor gangs. He said they used to stitch a razor blade in the peak of their caps. As much as I love the people of Glasgow I’m glad we moved to England too much violence.

[@johngilmore697]

@@thomasreed49 Bollocks

[@mcpartridgeboy]

Dont exadrerate there was obviously enough money for food lol, Britishpeople dont starve and never have, at least not since the 1600s, possibly 1700s, even in the war nobody starved.

[@josephlee4443]

​@@mcpartridgeboy are you serious. You plonker 😅😅

[@robertwillis4061]

Yeah the razor gangs were at the same time as the " teddy " boys and early rock n roll. My father worked in a tailors at the time, the gang leaders would come in for a new 3 piece suit every few weeks. They wanted a velvet lined collar, so that the motorbike chain didn't snag when drawn out. And they also wanted 2 narrow side pockets on the back of the trousers for their open razors

[@petersmith9470]

My mate's granddad used to working in the Glasgow shipyards, he used to put razor blades in his jacket lapels so if anyone grabbed them they would immediately let go and he would hit them with his flat cap that had a lead weight sewn into the back of it.

[@pauljones8218]

your mates grand daddy sounds like he is a right action man😁

[@filthymcnastyazz]

A very old tall tale

[@ShoJ369]

Glaswegian's in general are lovely people. The knife culture has and always will be part of Glasgow. I find this depressing. Although the Gallowgate is almost finished, I find it so depressing that there you still see young people with facial scars, after being cut from one side of their mouth to the next. Glasgow is a big beautiful city with impressive architecture of black and yellow sandstone. I wish the knife crime would stop and the drug problem was tackled.

[@brianmchugh7679]

Bullshit. Gangs are dead in Glasgow. There is a tiny minority everywhere, but Glasgow is an example to every other city how to deal with it. Glasgow has turned into one of the safest cities in the world.

[@bobafettywap6706]

@@brianmchugh7679 agreed man you'll only find a handful of mouthy pricks sometimes but never any real gangs with real danger.

[@colinhathaway9493]

@@brianmchugh7679 feels safe as fuck mate. Been coming to Glasgow a hell of a lot over the last six or seven years. I have friends that lived in Govanhill although they’ve moved to Paisley now. Glasgow centre feels safer than Manchester City centre where I come from for sure. Love Glasgow and will move up someday. The missus loves it also

[@justintime1307]

To tackle the drug problem we need to target poverty and corruption in government. A recent post in the Edinburgh Scotsman had given praise to a multi million concert hall development in the new town area of the city. In the Edinburgh evening news reports of a Leith community center being closed due to lack of funding along with Nicola Sturgeon stating millions in aid to the Ukraine. With funding like that for what those corrupt politicians see as more necessary appropriation of funds how on earth can we make sure our children and society prosper. At least in the 70/80s there had been community centers. Keep the poorer people in poor education, separate society and keep the peasants scared of eachother and not focused on governmental crimes

[@johngilmore697]

@@colinhathaway9493 och aye the noo Jimmy

[@daviewales]

Back when 17 year olds looked like still game characters

[@livinights]

I remember a group called scheme well known back in day from cranhill Glasgow was hard going growing up but wouldn't change it I've learned so much being brought up in Glasgow and the people are friendly it's drink and drugs that the problem no jobs prospects

[@johnwatt2999]

My family is from Cranhill too

[@hardstylemystyle1817]

They got the community centre but never got rid of the crackpots ☹

[@JohnMccart777]

We liked the ould ''GROUP DISORDERS'' in Belfast too.

[@johncairney2303Sunshine]

I was born in 442 Baltic street Glasgow went to Springfield road primary school brilliant days playing moshie playing in the swings ,the park keeper was Danny he used to bring in and sell bags of marshmallows football in the street Eddie's grocer shop kit kat cafe a mad dug called bulit denholme bakers but as we got a little older the real things became to the forefront Baltic Fleet ,Billy boys , and others and very quickly learned what feet you kicked with, my parents bless them moved out of thier I guess they knew what might lay ahead for me ,I allways remember my friends from there and pray they had a good life but I I allways remember even at a young age the razor was the weapon of choice the history of Glasgow gangs is legendary and you could make so many programmes dedicated to showing the life style of those days

[@herrickmaster77]

When i served in the army when i passed p coy we had about 5 scottish lads on the course and all of them passed theyre just headstrong people who get on with it and dont give up ,i bet the Brigade alone was about 30% scottish

[@larrywinning5183]

Aye many Jocks in 1 Para 😂🪂✌️

[@iansettle7764]

You should do a then N now with some of these guys ✌️💚🇬🇧

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

The vast majority of these gangs were NOT divided by religion. YES there were some ie. The Billy Boys but as one person has already said most were just where you happened to live on a Scheme. There could even be 3 or 4 gangs in the same Scheme. That's not to underestimate the issues in the West of Scotland with sectarianism, which was horrendous and ingrained in society.

[@fraseredkins2509]

My Scottish mother moved to Zim in 1949. Thank the Lord !!

[@harryf1ashman]

I bet she regrets it now

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

Fuckin hell if your trying to say Zimbabwe is nicer than scotland you need help

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

@@harryf1ashman nae shit mate 😅😂

[@olamsoevik]

@@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051 Zambia had a white president for a period. I think jocks in Africa are doing fine.

[@joejoe2928]

💂🙏📯VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS...WENT TO SCHOOL 1968 ..AT WOODFARM HIGH CRAPPY SCHOOL. THORNLIBANK GLASGOW..BULLYING WAS TERRIBLE .GETTING CHASED THOUGH THE PARK WITH SPEARS AND HATCHETS..HAD PTSD BEFORE I LEFT SCHOOL ....DIAGNOSED NOW WITH PTSD..

[@jeffmurray6219]

During the late 70s ❤I remember seeing guys fighting with samurai swords. That was the worst, seeing people fighting was very normal. Moved to England in 1980 it all stopped,although it took some years for me to relax around new people and to trust strangers.

[@nialloneill5097]

I met a Scots guy some 25 yrs ago, and he had been in sword fights with a gang. He was greatly surprised that he was sill alive. He was about 50 back then, so he would have been fighting in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He said they would just surprise attack a pub and wade in with their swords. He also stated that there were a no of occasions when he thought he would die.

[@KieranOD94]

Funny how even in 1968 the term 'bouncer' was classed as outdated and you still hear it being said today, 50 years later 🙈

[@seradginasuioloer8727]

Things come and go and return and go

[@nialloneill5097]

It BOUNCED back very quickly, did it not.

[@griswald7156]

What is the current term…Door Steward ?

[@sputumtube]

I wonder what those youngsters are doing now? Retired old men of course but it'd be interesting to see them view this documentary now.....

[@goalltheway-pm8xs]

Dead! Bloody fried foods.

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

@@goalltheway-pm8xs yeap fried potatoes kill more ppl than gangs

[@newforestpixie5297]

50 years later in Southern England I hear 40 - something folks whining how their delivery of super-expensive tiles for their en suite will take 3 days to appear - to enhance the hideously over priced designer sanitary ware from a bathroom boutique- and how the fellas whom actually fits the things are too expensive . That’s Misery in today’s deprived society where I live. ....☹️

[@nialloneill5097]

@@K_j_M Some people like Glasgow, others attack it. For the latter ones, it would be a good thing if they too buried the hatchet.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

“As long as he’s still screaming it’s ok.” I’m not sure the screamer would agree...

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

Its awrite.. if hes no screaming they'll phone an ambulance right away... how generous 🙈

[@thewaytruthlife1230]

Watching documentaries likes this is very educational......"the best a man can get" really. Strange days for sure. PEACE.

[@g13flat]

14:07 Ah the traditional Glasgow welcome! :)

[@clevername8832]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheGodParticle]

Looks pretty rough back then, and a decade later along came heroin and made it even more bleak.

[@Eurotrash4367]

13:05 - Another satisfied customer of the NHS dental program.

[@darganx]

This Week documentary, Thames TV 1968.

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Sharp stuff!

[@ZIGSVIDS]

17 going on 50 Wonder how many years that blokes done since 68.

[@jamesmccard5852]

2018 there are still Teams, Gangs running in Glasgow and around Scotland today, but not as bad as numerous as they were in the 60s and 70s. I know I was there.

[@darrenfry4695]

It's like that old joke." Have you seen the new Viagra eye drops." , They make you look hard.

[@iangadsby9599]

cutting edge stuff

[@jackoboymm]

I've got something to say, Its better to burn out than fade away...My Scotland.

[@edwardmcguigan1442]

Max Marshall the chive never sleeps

[@divinedarknesslefthandpath1311]

Wee Joes' logic is pure gang mentality " if ( the guy we just plunged) he is lying screaming on the ground he's not dead so he's ok and no need to worry" … " if he is screaming he's ok" …

[@KIERNAN100]

Joe isn’t right in the heed.

[@Nas-ur6lb]

Ain't nothing change but the weather... And even that doesn't change much.

[@remittanceman4685]

Watching Frankie Vaughan supervising the "weapons" amnesty, I am minded of "Radical Chic and Maumauing The Flak Catchers" by Tom Wolfe.

[@jimthecopywriter9793]

And then ecstacy came along in the late 80s and the chibbing changed to cuddles.

[@deebhoymcw2120]

😂 spot on mate

[@irishravr632]

Lmao

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

Then crack and smack came along in the 90's the those cuddles quickly shifted back to chibs 😂😂😂😂

[@broken1394]

I'm from the Midlands - I love Glasgow, they work hard and they play hard. They same goes for a lot of Northern towns.... Newcatle, Manchester, Leeds. Etc etc. Way better than the South imo.

[@Sol-Cutta]

What a gem.

[@ruadhagainagaidheal9398]

I’m a Scot from Inverness. Our accent is very different from Glaswegian but when I was young all the lads could put on a fair imitation of a Weegie accent. That accent, together with aggressively advancing scared other guys shiteless if outsiders fancied a fight !

[@SoulGnosis]

21:28 this has to win a prize as the very definition of irony.

[@luckylivingfree6273]

Glasgow 1968= London 2019

[@BreedersSyndicate]

Love it!

[@The160879]

The guy that says “The Gorbals is friendly” hahahahaha what a fucking comedian !!!!!

[@ianhorsburgh9867]

Wonder how many of these gang members are still alive, in or out of prison

[@TheMilford99]

`The Untouchables ` Loch Ness, and his heavies.

[@myradioon]

There is a great movie from the 1996 called "Small Faces" about this very time.

[@crglwr5648]

As Bailey Anderson said”I talk to gangsters a they’ll take them for a ride” I lived in cranhill during this bullshit.