Polmadie martyrs; Astonishing Glasgow Ep42

[@championkhamis12]

You should check out Fenwick Churchyard, incredible history in Fenwick and the Covenanters.

[@Iain1962]

Very interesting.

[@elainethomson7146]

Every episode is really interesting, and I've learnt so much fascinating history. Thank you

[@jug3435]

Used to play in that graveyard over 50 yrs ago. Grandparents lived top of manse Brad and parents lived opposite then when I was born and bit older at bottom of kilmailing road. Happy memories. Loved the Queen of Scots video, Court Knowe and Cathcart Castle were old haunts. Left Glasgow in 80s so great to see this these, thank you so much!👏

[@toryglen]

Oh the things I don't know about my own city. Should be part of the Glasgow City Schools curriculum, if it hasn't been added already. Never knew of 3 Old Cathcart Churches. Was one of them hit by fire, about late 1980s early 1990s ?

[@charcolew]

"Resurgam" on the graveseone at the end = "I willl re-emerge". The moss and the stone tell us that we're still waiting. This is such a good series, I'm learning about the place I've lived in for seventy years!

[@davedoogan6650]

Fun Fact 10:39, on the site of Polmadie fire station is where Joe Yule, better known as the American actor Mikey Rooney's Father Joe Yule snr. lived up a close.

[@GrahamDallas]

Another great episode, you never fail to astonish. Cheers

[@mrsuperger5429]

Superb, mate. I'm ashamed that I know almost nothing of my home city.

[@Dreaming5]

Loved the jumping the wall! And really cool seeing the merged photo of the church in its prime, and it’s now ruined condition. I haven’t spent any time in Cathcart, so will need to have a wander!

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Well, if you need a tour of Cathcart let me know.

[@marielowrie5631]

Great to see inside this cemetery and hearing the history for the first time despite having lived locally since childhood!

[@williamcathcart7994]

I am a Cathcart from Charleston, South Carolina USA. I enjoyed your tour. As an old man, I find old grave yards fascinating. All though, I do side-step the shadows and keep a weather eye out for the shades.

[@robertbell2524]

Fascinating stuff! You certainly told the 'story' very well indeed. I will have to watch your video again, & again, in order to absorb your facts.

[@frasermathers2287]

Great video. Been past this many times when I used to work as Transport Manager with Haldanes Of Cathcart coaches in Delvin Rd

[@moeszyslak7304]

How was life working there? I remember the tragic story of the owners who went on holiday and never came back.

[@frasermathers2287]

@@moeszyslak7304 The Haldane's were a wonderful family to work for. I started in the workshop and worked my way up to transport manager which then allowed me in later life to have a wonderful career and eventually my own businesses. It was tragic what happened to David, Moira and a family friend and took its toll on the wider family, but I will always be thankful for the opportunities they gave me. Thanks for remembering them!

[@moeszyslak7304]

@Fraser Mathers wonderful insight Frazer, thank you...

[@moeszyslak7304]

@Fraser Mathers I recently seen plans to built a high end watch manufacturing facility on the site.

[@sandym432]

That was great, thanks 🙂 How about Snuff Mill area next?

[@paulsmith-rm4kj]

Excellent. I’ve always wondered what was behind those locked gates. Answer - quite a lot.

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Facinating. THank you again.

[@kensharonyoga]

The cafe on Garry Street closed down recently! The same family had the Royal Cafe in Cathcart Road, near Aitkenhead Road corner, which closed when Govanhill was destroyed by Glasgow Corporation in the 70's.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Well done for watching right to the end. I think Sams cafe on Garry street has been shut for 4 or 5 years now, I mentioned it in the hope of triggering some local nostalgia about the area.

[@hashburystumble8808]

It was called the Cafe Roma in the late 60s@@AstonishingGlasgow

[@stevenconnor4221]

Thankyou very informative im just up the road and always wondered about that church as there was one across the road? Adams and greek thomson structures just down the road, superb. As im led to believe there was a covenantera reading in the old St Mary church in Rutherglen Main st. Its mental the things that happen because of religion.

[@robertthomson8037]

Thanks, really enjoyed your content and humour.

[@ailishbethd4033]

Excellent content! Very well done. I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Im really glad you enjoyed it and thanks for getting in touch. I hope you have had a watch of my other videos as if you liked this one there are another 40+ like it on my channel.

[@ailishbethd4033]

@@AstonishingGlasgow yes I've seen most of them, but I hadn't received any notifications for a while. You do a great job there.

[@fredoconway6894]

I love your content buddy. Please never stop.

[@michaelquinn7711]

Very good , I have passed old Cathcart a million times and never gave it a thought…..just as a side note the covanters formed the the Cameronians SR Regiment a famous Scottish regiment who’s museum is in Hamilton.

[@jimlittle588]

i was named after my dads brother k i a with the cameronians s r . 19 years of age, my dad never got over it, god bless all at home in scotland, jim little, bristol

[@billsawers9462]

I stayed in the Southside of Glasgow for 18 years and drove all over this area. Thought I had a good knowledge of the place, but this video has taken it to a whole different level. Well done.

[@michaelodwyer7308]

I have just discovered your channel and watched this video - excellent content and very interesting, thank you very much indeed - eagerly looking forward to watching more of your videos very soon.

[@wboyle9721]

Great information on the southside history well done

[@MissTeeFy]

I grew up in Fairfax Ave and went to St Fillans Primary in Crompton Ave. Our playground looked onto the Old Cathcart Church. I remember telling my friends ghost stories about the tower. I don't know if someone told them to me or I was just making it up, it was 50 years ago lol. Very interesting to see the old stomping ground again. Not that I've gone very far, just to Battlefield.

[@Jimmie16]

I grew up on Holmlea Rd until I was 13 happy days. Cathcart Cemetary on Brenfield Rd is interesting. I loved the Couper Inst especially the Library where I spent many happy hours.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Depending on age we way have crossed paths. I went to holmlea primary.

[@thomsonkerr5928]

Absolutely enthralling a brilliant education.as they say.every day a school day,highly enlightening full of historical interest,how about an episode about st enochs rail station

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Thank you very much, I am really glad you found it interesting and hopefully you will watch some more of my videos. I am sure St.Enochs station will get an episode at some point but given the list of videos I want to make and the lack of time I have to make them it may be a while.

[@dough740]

I lived near there for years and knew none of that. Fascinating Have you done anything on the Aikenhead Estate? Did Mac Mick buy it for all their housebuilding in the area? They seem still to have land there. The house itself in the park was always boarded up when I grew up there

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

The house is now converted into about 12 flats and having delivered the mail I can confirm that the common area that would have been the hall of the house is decorated similar to how it would have looked when it was one house. I need to look into the history some more of the house but I did put this picture together a few years ago; flic.kr/p/e33WBN

[@dough740]

@@AstonishingGlasgow Kings Park now looks so much smaller than it did when I was growing up lol

[@paulmckenzie5775]

We used to play in Aikenhead House in the early 80's when it was a dilapidated ruin. Great to see it now re establisbed as flats.

[@lionelmerbles9375]

Canmore is a great resource 👍🏻

[@paulmckenzie5775]

Great video,would be good to see one about the Battle of Langside,and it looks like you are local enough to do it😊

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Its on the ever growing list, I may get to the end of all the ideas by the time I'm 150.

[@IainRossWallace]

Given that this is a sub-circular graveyard, similar to Govan Old, it is possible that the churchyard is much older, and may date to the 6th Century, as it is reported to be dedicated to St Oswald.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Absolitely possible. I believe that an archaeological survey a few years ago found there to be 6 levels of burials in places.

[@dougieross1042]

Stan Laurel's mum buried there, Margaret (Madge) Jefferson.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Not this one. It gets confusing again that this is Cathcart Old parish cemetery and Stan Laurel's mum is buiried in Cathcart cemetery.

[@alangrahamcouk]

Loved this one - I can remember discovering the longsword gravestone when we were having a slightly drunken wander around there one summer in the early 2000s. We decided it was the resting place of a Templar Knight, which I know sounds ridiculous, hahaha. It was probably just some dude who liked swords ;-)

[@CMenzy]

I went to KP secondary just up the road and in younger days played all around the area. I didn't know the history like this was a stone throw from my childhood home in kings park

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Glad you enjoyed the video. I was at KP as well but in the tough old days when the windows didn't shut properly. Its all fancy now with double glazing.

[@CMenzy]

@@AstonishingGlasgow yip the treck up and down the hill in winter, then to go up to Mrs Jacks math class and be frozen.. And memories of skipping school going into the Lynn petting zoo which is no longer there or the rememants of cart castle before they took the whole load down .the good old days. Loving the videos and the history

[@AlexMcGinlay]

I have some relatives coming soon and would love access to the graveyard without climbing the wall - they're in their 70s - do you have a contact number to contact to get into the churchyard?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

The keys are held by the current Old parish church over the road. I dont have a phone number but it may be available online. If you have no luck, contact me through my Astonishing Glasgow facebook with dates and I will try and drop into the church and find out the arrangements. Let me know when you are coming if you want a tour guide and I will pop across if Im not at work.

[@AlexMcGinlay]

@@AstonishingGlasgow You're an absolute star. I'm up at Mount Florida(only since August last year) and didn't know about this place until your video.

[@douglasfindlay3497]

The best so far, introducing interpretation of biblical truth (myth if you are atheist ) had to research some of the issues you raised

[@hashburystumble8808]

I lived in the older tenement top flat in Kilmailing Road which overlooked the graveyard from 1976-86 & spent many a sunny afternoon in the graveyard. There are no bodies buried at the Martyr's Stone.

[@moeszyslak7304]

Great video. What does the skull and crossbones mean ?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

A lot of old gravestones have skulls, bones and skeletons on them. I think it is just a symbol from a time of illiteracy to show that its a grave.

[@goatsdontshave1840]

Live just down the road from there and can also see the tower from my window. Great video again

[@lagomorphia9]

I have a question... as a child, when at my granparents house in Cathcart, I used to walk to a very small cemetery that was basically an entry way in wall toward a church that was lined on both sides with lots those large iron caged crypts. Ive seen it online decades ago exactly as in my memory but cant find the website now. So, Im wondering if this is perhaps another entrance to this cemetery or another altogether. Does anyone know... or names of others I can look up...

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

I have been wracking my brain since yesterday incase I am forgetting about somewhere else in Cathcart but I think the Old parish church is the only graveyard in Cathcart that matches your description and you will have seen this in the video. What you see in the video is the full extent of the graveyard, its not very big. The iron cage crypts are known at mort safes and were usually built to prevent body snatchers. I will keep thinking this over incase I can think of another graveyard nearby that matches your memory.

[@paulmckenzie5775]

I used to work in that graveyard when I worked with the Parks Department many moons ago and im sure you could enter from the back at the part of Kilmailing Road which is now fenced off. There is still a little stone sentry box there,maybe to stop the grave robbers entering back in the day? Perhaps this is the way you entered the

[@paulmckenzie5775]

..graveyard as a child when at your Grans?

[@anderson357]

I thought Stan laurels mother was buried there

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

She is buried in Cathcart cemetery. Very confusing, but thats a different graveyard.

[@RevoeLad]

I have a video on a 6th century Anglo Saxon church with a Viking tomb stone. It’s amazing near Lancaster.