Port Glasgow, My hometown

A short film showing the town of Port Glasgow. The town I spent my childhood in and the footage shows the streets i played, shopped, socialised and was educated on. I made this as part of the series of films I've been doing documenting the Port as it is in 2023, as there are exciting plans to regenerate the town and its vast community spirit in the next few years in the run up to the towns 250th anniversary in 2025 and they have one mighty party planned to celebrate.
There are lots of community based plans to involve everyone and if you want to find out more about this there is a facebook page with details of the plans that are in the pipeline and ways you can get involved.
/ portglasgow2025
I'd like to give a special mention to two facebook groups that have been a bit of a lifeline for me in recent months as I've returned to live here and its a different place completely to the place I left 30 years back. The people however are still as great as ever and thats the success story of Port Glasgow, so thanks. Port Glasgow Memories and Port Glasgow Nostalgia for allowing me to share my footage with you and for the reminders of home how it was back in my day.
As always please feel free to comment and share my videos (any of them). A subscription to my channel would be great because the more subscribers the less chance of my videos fading into obscurity.
Anyway, Thank you for watching yet another one of my videos.
Music for this one
'Always with you, always with me' by Daddys Music.

[@user-ee7fi7pv5t]

In The 50s I Used To Go To Port Glasgow And Stay With My Brother- In- Law Billy Hanlons Auntie Annie Scullion, Had Some Of The Greatest Times Of My Life With Her Son Jim, Great Place, I Now Live In Australia, Have Been Here For 60Years, But I'll Never Forget The Kindness Of The People There, Real Highland Welcome, I Was In New Zealand In 1967 To 1968, And Met 2 Chaps From Port Glasgow, Ross Mc Intyre, And, Robert Tosh, We Were Great Friends And Had A wonderful Time, I Got Married To An Aussie Girl In 1967, And We Came Back To Australia, still Together After 57 Years, Still Miss Scotland.❤❤😊

[@Dubaiinit]

This was the tonic I needed, grew up there sixties, seventies & early eighties. Especially poignant thinking of my parents forging a life through tough times. Thanks for posting, I needed that. 🙏

[@droningonandonandon]

Thank you for taking time out to comment. I remember growing up in the Port in the seventies. It was always full of life with the young families and the noise of the shipyards horns.

[@Dubaiinit]

@@droningonandonandonthe pleasure was all mine, stay well my friend.

[@davidnichol6282]

Well put together with comments to.

[@cduffy4925]

Great vid, keep up the good work 👍

[@droningonandonandon]

Thanks! 👍 I've lots more coming soon. Just havent had the time lately.

[@labos7250]

Great wee town these days especially with the big shopping precinct as you drive in from the greenock end. Best town in inverclyde by a mile.

[@droningonandonandon]

Couldn't agree more!

[@user-ee7fi7pv5t]

Jim Campbell❤

[@neiltaylor8198]

Port not a bad wee town , was born there same as my wife , moved away to find work in the early 80s to Luton in England OK for working there but didn't like it one bit moved back to Scotland after nine year's then to Highlands to inverness in early 90s happy to say now we're back and settled in our own wee town off port glasgow, where the people are always friendly and welcoming wouldn't want to be eanyware els now , little towns got lot's going for it nowadays, with beautiful views off the Clyde, don't know what you've got till you've been away how lucky we are to liv here, in my early 60s now and here to stay 🌄

[@droningonandonandon]

Im in the same position. Left the town 30 years ago. Marriage ended after 30 years last year and its brought me back to the town not through choice but i'm learning to make it home again after being away for so long.

[@patmcgowan8350]

Enjoyed this thanks. Mum & Dad married at St John;s. Visited The Port this year. Still love it.

[@droningonandonandon]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AbolishTheTVLicence]

You know somebodies from the Port Toon when they call it thr Big Alley and Wee Alley. Great Video. The Toon has totally changed from what i remember it.

[@FeedbackPete1]

Came across your channel tonight this video was the first I watched. I had to share this on Facebook. I've cousins who've been living in NZ for a long time and their mum stayed in a house in the big alley on church street. I always remember my aunt always cheery leaning at the window watching the world go by. I know they will love this. I'm in the slaemuir area looking forward to seeing if your Bardrainney footage goes near. I love photography too.

[@BrendanpMccann]

My father was born here in 1912; and grew up there until he was 10 and emigrated to the US

[@droningonandonandon]

Thanks for sharing your memories and thanks for watching my video.

[@tonyross2947]

Great video mate; evokes such memories for me...good and awful...especially the opening scene which covers all four places I "lived" in.

[@berniekelly2203]

Nicely done m8

[@johnnymac26]

Top class work mate!!

[@jonriley8342]

I went there by chance a few years ago and what a lovely, friendly town it was x

[@droningonandonandon]

Thanks for your kind comments about our lovely town. Its become a bit run down and there are places that need serious improvement or demolition but the people and the characters of the town are what make it special before bricks and mortar. Please come back and visit another time.

[@brotherjohnno]

Thanks for your films, really enjoyed watching. I lived I Robert street what seems like hundreds of years ago, used to walk up clune brae and also walk to st John's school in the town Not sure if the school is still there? Thanks again.

[@droningonandonandon]

There's a St Johns primary School just off Mary Street/Highholm st its been there since around 1930/31. The original St Johns school was possibly what ended up as the St Johns church halls on Balfour street at the bottom of Highholm Avenue avenue. The site is now a more modern St Johns church hall its been there since the mid 1980s as far as I can remember. Thank you so much for your kind comments, always appreciated.

[@brotherjohnno]

Thanks for your comments. I remember Mr McGeechan was the headmaster at the time (late 1970's)@@droningonandonandon

[@SimonWallwork]

Do one of Langbank.

[@droningonandonandon]

It's next on my list. Suggestions are always welcome, so thanks.

[@jedlinnen6528]

How a pedestrian is supposed to cope facing those roads with only a handful of crossings beggers belief. These people either stay in or must get a taxi

[@droningonandonandon]

Its actually quite easy to get across the roads in Port Glasgow, there are various paths and crossings that regularly change to allow pedestrians. Unfortunately like most other towns, we have more cars on the roads these days and right or wrong, its made the roads a lot busier than ever. Thanks for your comment.