GLASGOW Today 29/10/2024 - SAD To See This........

[@ScotsmaninTenerife]

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[@gregorleishman]

A Glaswegian here, last time I went into the city centre it broke my heart, its not Glasgow anymore, I don't recognise the place 😢

[@G4RY1159]

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[@walter77ify]

it's like Johannesburg, Hong Kong, and Karachi all mixed into one.

[@eddiebear34]

Remember.... the problem is... our strength, apparently.

[@damiencrowley2506]

​@@eddiebear34 I know exactly what you are saying and it's true.

[@dianehansma1725]

@@G4RY1159exactly and “every” once great Country is looking like the Middle East more each day!! They are everywhere!😡

[@patrickmulligan7994]

I remember Sucky Hall Street. May 1978. I visited Glasgow and stayed at a bed and breakfast on the street. As a 20-year-old American I talked to a lot of older people waiting for the bus. They were so very proud!

[@petersneddon1579]

WEF plan long term and it's all going exactly along perfectly, enjoy the horror of our societies crumbling before our eye's or get of your arses and stop these clowns before it's too late.

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

how exactly do you stop these global entities who control every government? you make it sound like its only laziness standing in the way

[@aliano117]

On the nail, it's all by design & happening across the UK to many city & town centres.

[@roseybeesley4110]

@@TimHoward-l5p I am shadow banned, my comments don’t go up because I tell people the truth. And that’s not allowed by criminals and liars.

[@barrypaton9726]

Can't bear to look at it. Very sad. I am from Glasgow. Not been back for 15 years.

[@tomwalker344]

The care and running of Glasgow City centre is totally shambolic. It's heart breaking to see the centre so depleted looking. 😢

[@finnhagan7036]

Greg's is the only shop in the country with a queue outside it. All over the country

[@lylez00]

I'm an American, and I will always love Glasgow. Best city in the world. Love of my life is there. I miss her terribly. Will always love the people there. They were all so nice to me.

[@TobermoryCat]

Since the introduction of LEZ, the charge for vehicles that haven't been dumped and replaced by new cars, we no longer go into the centre of Glasgow. I guess the shops there have lost two to three thousand pounds from us each year. Amazon must be gutting those businesses - while not paying much in taxes. The city centre is doomed.

[@julianshepherd2038]

So it has happened everywhere and started before LEZ. It is buying on line.

[@TobermoryCat]

@@julianshepherd2038 true but besides Amazon LEZ means I don't spend 2 to 3 grand a year in those shops in the centre of Glasgow. One might imagine there would be a push to bring more people into the centre of town to support shops - but no. The very opposite.

[@George-gg1ny]

​@@TobermoryCat Thanks for your honesty, multiply the thousands who have done the same as you and it's billions GBP lost! So internet not so much to blame as people actually enjoyed easy driving access free or very cheap parking and a day out shopping. Not many will read God's Word holy bible, CHRIST Revelations 13 14 - 16 is the plan. So we go into great Tribulations blind, no fight back and the greatest evil and horrors never seen before or after. Stop the one world government! Stop the beast system being implemented and the Mark being injected into the body. Those who worship ( take part ) the beast and or take the Mark will see the lake of fire 🔥 it is written by GOD

[@jeffbrunswick5511]

@@julianshepherd2038 Buying online is a big part of it, but the council should be fighting against that, not making it more difficult and expensive to enter the town centre.

[@Lucypearla]

The parking is extortionate also, and they even charge on a Sunday. No incentive whatsoever to go into city centre. I’d rather drive to a shopping centre where I can park for free!

[@carolebavidge2276]

Thanks for this video Kevin. Its sad to see how run down the city has become. Not been in that area for a long time.

[@irenemacginley6022]

Hi.....Great video. I'm from the Garnethill area. I met my Italian husband at the Mayfair disco in 1972. I've been living in northern Italy for over 40 years..... Definitely sad to see the state of dear old Sauchiehall street 😢.

[@charlottedouglas1777]

They built the Empire state building quicker than resurfacing Sauchiehall st. It's tragic what's happened to the city centre. Glasgow was always a shopping destination for those outside the City Centre, Livingston is now where I choose to shop, nothing to attract me into Glasgow anymore, which is sad.

[@Bernie61dee]

I met my husband in Tiffany's ballroom Sauchiehall st 44 years ago we've been married 40 years this year.

[@riboid]

We used to go roller skating there every weekend, great memories.

[@ScotsmaninTenerife]

Aw congrats

[@Davidlouis3]

Free chicken and chips back in the day 😂Ultrateck

[@jameskyle8092]

Spot on Kelvin, I’m glad that you put this up, I thought I was the only one who thought this.I’m born and bred here but I don’t venture into the city centre until last year. What a total shithole. I used to be proud to say I was Glaswegian, not now. Argyle St is the same . At night time you would not were you were.it’s like a third world country. Very sad face . Cheers James

[@Freddybabykeene]

I was a regular shopper in Glasgow, but I haven't shopped there since the Glasgow Low Emission Zone was introduced. I would need to take more than one bus. Unfortunately a lot of walking or carrying isn't an option. It was so convenient to pop into the car park at Buchanan Galleries or the St Enoch Centre and visit the shop I needed to go to. There must be more than me in this position and revenue lost. It would be interesting to see if the shops have suffered from less footfall.

[@grahamo2891]

I usually drive and park close to any one of the subway stations, some have park and rides.. jump on a subway you can still get to Buchanan street and st. Enoch's.. it's very pleasant experience and actually cheaper than parking in one of the city centre multi stories for a couple of hours.. Problem solved.. get out there and enjoy Glasgow city centre again!

[@Freddybabykeene]

Thanks for your reply@@grahamo2891 . Unfortunately I can't use the subway, I am very claustrophobic. It would have been the ideal solution. I do miss visiting the city centre. I go to the Fort now and other retail parks.

[@vtechead1]

It’s never a hive of activity regarding workmen actually working. They are probably making the job last as long as they can.

[@ScottKennedy-c4y]

@@vtechead1 well there doing a great job there,they be in retirement before this jobs finished,been like this for months and AV never seen any work actually getting done , ridiculous 😕

[@vtechead1]

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[@Allegedly2right]

Paid by the hour do it in 2hrs get paid 2hrs.The companies make their money on hire of the Fencing Cones Signs Toilets Machines so it suits them to drag it out.Just look at the motorways.

[@DavidBamber-m8j]

@@ScottKennedy-c4y You can't blame them, it reminds me of what the communists used to say. They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work.

[@anne9576]

Spent my Saturday afternoons shopping in Glasgow when I was a teenager loved it Chelsea girl. Freeman hardy Willis barrow land sad to see this but it’s happening all over Doncaster where I now live is like a dump full of Poundland shops and immigrants it used to be a great place when I came here in the seventies 😢😢😢

[@julianshepherd2038]

People don't like going shopping so do it on the Internet. I hated shopping and always had something better to do with a Saturday.

[@BubbaWhite-indie]

Are you an immigrant since you migrated to Doncaster from Glasgow? You would be classed as an 'incomer' as soon as they here your Glaswegian accent 😂

[@jeffbrunswick5511]

@@BubbaWhite-indie He said 'full of immigrants', he didn't say there should be no immigrants. Immigration is out of control in the UK and it has not made our society better.

[@celticdollface]

II worked in Chelsea girl as a teen ..50 years ago...

[@chriswilliamson590]

Let’s hope this wonderful street returns to its former glory. Glasgow is a great city and I always look forward to a return visit.

[@robmanabouttown3298]

Vintage 1958 here ! The Savoy Tiffany’s and Shuffles… brilliant memories. Remember dizzy corner on Argyle St at Boots ? 😂 Happy days I’ve still got the ‘red blaze’ scars in my knees from playin fitba on Glasgow Green pitches !

[@1gerard47]

How many times did you get a dizzy?

[@robmanabouttown3298]

@ 😂one less than you ya old git 😂😂👍🙏

[@BBB-sl3mu]

Recently returned to Glasgow from Australia on holiday, i wish i had gone somewhere else. The state of the city is absolutely shocking, buildings going to ruin, homeless problem on a grand scale , beggars on almost every corner , immigrants trying to push drug deals [ 3 times in 2 weeks i was offered drugs ] , Sorry to say that i will never return to the place that i grew up in , it has been destroyed and has absolutely no appeal for an ex citizen , least of all tourists .

[@Shining-Star-]

Maybe instead of complaining you could have stayed to help change things? If people do nothing together nothing changes. Actions not words.

[@ArgyllPiper90]

​@@Shining-Star- can you can share the list of your achievements to improve the city and the projects your currently working on?

[@Letskeepthingsreal]

@@Shining-Star-living in Australia now you tool, can’t you read.

[@jintsfan]

@@ArgyllPiper90Why don’t you start with your list ?

[@jintsfan]

You have to laugh when people who bu****ed off to another country lecture those who stayed behind.

[@Ronald-o9x]

Thanks for the insights. Saved me a visit. From Airdrie and haven't been in Glasgow for years and don't intend to! Done my shopping in Coatbridge retail park yesterday and has everything you want! I would rather spend my money locally than in Glasgow!! I won't be back soon.......and they're about to rip up George square again!!!

[@alexmckay5015]

Aye right ?

[@TIGA]

What shocks me, as someone who has lived in several different countries around the world, is the length of time it takes to complete such projects in the UK. The burocracy is mountainous here, as is the inefficiency, cost and time taken. I won't name the countries that could do such work in a fraction of the time, at at much lower price and just as well, if not better. Look at it....barriers eveywhere and hardly a workman in sight. The City Council revels in its enormous Council Tax, rip-off parking fees, huge salaries, its own wokenes and incompetence.

[@skooshy621]

You are correct. Just to provide an example, I will name one of the many countries I know that could do such work (and to a much higher standard) in a fraction of the time: Hong Kong.

[@TIGA]

@@skooshy621 Spot on. HK is amazing for construction.

[@JohnM...]

It's been like that for TWO YEARS - the 'building works'.

[@dianeanderson7780]

Thank you Kevin for this video.

[@Wendy-fi7yb]

In the 80’s Sauchiehall Street had a great vibe. I studied/ worked in the Dental Hospital for years and can honestly say it was a marvellous experience. Used to pop out to Tai Pan, Porter’s, Nico’s, Littlewood’s, Spud U Like and the Third Eye Centre for an occasional treat. The Furriers, up market toy shop and department store (can’t remember its name) which used to be across from Boots are all gone now. The dept. store sold everything from sofas and curtain fabric to makeup and clothes - I loved a splurge there! And Taylor Ferguson was a must for a good cut! ✂️

[@ScotsmaninTenerife]

Ah good memories

[@minty448]

Walrus and the carpenter toy shop. And trerrons dept store.

[@Wendy-fi7yb]

@ Yes!!! Thank you. It was annoying me that I couldn’t remember.

[@Wendy-fi7yb]

@ There was another department store on the opposite side of the road from Treron’s facing Boot’s but can’t remember its name. It wasn’t a huge store but was on about three levels, furniture being on the top floor. It was next door to Das Haar, hairdresser’s.

[@minty448]

@@Wendy-fi7yb it wasn’t Dalys was it?

[@rottenbskser.]

As a former busker in Glasgow Ive witnessed its rapid decline over the past few years . My home town East Kilbride has been hit much harder I still busk in Glasgow infequently but no longer in East Kilbride.. .its not worth it so few people on the street.

[@AleshaBruno]

Newsflash: nobody actually wants to listen to you. You and the other buskers are nothing but noise pollution. Go to an open mic night in a pub and stay off our streets

[@PmashWATP]

As a Glaswegian Suachiehall Street is now a complete shithole full of deliveroo drivers and vape and take away shops. Used to be jjust as busy as Buchanan Street and have a lot of nice high street shops. It's just a complete third world shit hole now and unregognisable.

[@DessieTots]

The Concert Hall end is generally busy but the Glasgow School of Art stretch is a desert 🐪. The council have destroyed Glasgow.

[@SittingBearProd]

Scotland has allowed itself to become so run down I could hardly believe my eyes on my last visit in June.

[@roseannoa5021]

Correction SNP has let Scotland down and destroyed the country 😤😤

[@celticdollface]

the whole of Scotland ?.. seriously ?.. I ask because I was planning to visit in this coming December for the first time in 25 years... will I be wasting my money?

[@walter77ify]

@@celticdollface It's still worth the visit, just don't expect too much. Although you will probably go home thinking the place has been ill-served by the politicians and Scotland is quickly becoming a thing of the past - come and see it for the last time.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

What a sorry sight. My first proper visit to Glasgow was in 1994. I remember lots of grand looking buildings with an air of affluence ab in Sauchiehall Street. It was great wandering around admiring the architecture. Was back there in 2011, and it was changed for the worse 😞.

[@camdenNW1]

My local high street happens to be Oxford St, London, its very similar. Very sad place compared to years gone by.

[@TheKatLou]

Online retailers, business rates, Covid...it is sad to see how high streets have declined 😢

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

The contractors are spining it for and milking it out for as much money as they can.

[@keef1990]

Unfortunately Amazon and out of town shopping has helped to kill city centres. Sauchiehall street has been a midden for years though.

[@grahamo2891]

First part can't argue with very true .. second part. Hmm .. bit harsh

[@whitesoulman5774]

Proud Glaswegian here living in Australia. My wife and I met in the Savoy in Sauchiehall street and my parents met in the Locarno Sauchiehall street. Hopefully it will be lovely when finished . Melbourne binned the Commonwealth games due to costs, can Glasgow afford to host them.

[@ianmuir3640]

No

[@minty448]

Of course not 😢

[@rumeunner3245]

Don't kid yourself, it'll still be a s***hole when it's finished. And the SNP would much rather spend money on woke vanity projects that benefit anyone but the native Scots.

[@ssssssscrow]

No different from every other city town or village in UK . We need to seriously rethink reimagine and repurpose our town centres!

[@leesullivan1718]

Kev the big plan for Glasgow city centre is to run it Dow and then turn it into restaurants bistros and flats and houses above hence the LEZ and the reason they haven’t built back Victorias night club ect

[@ianmuir3640]

£7 quid for a bowl of soup.no wonder they struggle for business

[@skooshy621]

Indeed. I used to love going to Glasgow city centre to meet friends in a cafe or restaurant, but I have become heart sick of below average quality food that is way overpriced, often served up by fed up and tired-looking servers, and with cheap-looking furnishings and decor. The West End and South Side are no better. I am very sorry that these places are losing business, but it is just not a pleasant experience any more.

[@walter77ify]

@@skooshy621 Poncey eateries is all there seems to be In Glasgow now - no interesting privately owned shops anymore.

[@ZL54JK8]

Wow! That was an eye-opener for me. Thank you for the tour and for such an interesting commentary. Glasgow is my home city and I grew up there after the War. I remember Sauchiehall Street with its fine shops, its tramcars and buses and it was a lovely street to walk in. St. George's Cross was splendid architecture, until the City planners thought it would be a good idea to build a motorway through it. It seems from all the work in progress in Sauchiehall Street that the intention is to create some idyllic pedestrianized haven, so it's a case of "watch this space" to see how it turns out. Life's circumstances took me away from Glasgow in my early twenties and I'm sorry to say it but I wouldn't want to live there now. I miss the Glasgow folk, though!

[@carolcr4024]

We used to live in Alexandria and used to visit the city regularly in the 80's. It was always exciting, there was a fantastic doughnut shop, they were huge and it was our first stop. It's shocking now, what have they done.😮

[@susanmcloughlin3930]

Definitely doesn't look good Kevin down to council get it sorted Kevin thanks for sharing 👍 ❤❤

[@charleslouden6600]

The snp controlled gdc are more interested in raising money through drivers than saving buisness,s and jobs.

[@danielward7008]

I had some great times in Glasgow between 2009-2011. It felt like a city on the up back then. I can't believe how shabby it's become in the last 15 years.

[@patrickmoran4171]

Kevin this is the same everywhere ,even in Dublin where big chai retailers are lising out to online shopping so not sure that will ever change ,do a follow up at Christmas time to see if there is any change ,cheers

[@celticdollface]

I was born and bred in Glasgows' west end , worked in Chelsea Girl as a teenager... and in Fred Hill jewellers almost next door. Sauchiehall street was a mega shopping empire then, everyone went there on Saturdays...M&S, Littlewoods, and so many more ... as was Argyle street with lewis's and Arnott Simpsons, and at the Trongate end , the cheaper ladies clothes store 'What every woman wants' for those who couldn't afford anything more expensive. later I went to work in Bernsteins jewellers in the Argyle Arcade. I've been gone many years from Scotland now, and I'm so sad to see what it's become..I always think of it as being the mother ship..and always will be my home wherever I am in the world..

[@Shining-Star-]

Why did you leave and where did you set up home?

[@celticdollface]

@@Shining-Star- I left beause my family moved to Southern England, I had to go or I would have been left homeless

[@Shining-Star-]

@@celticdollface How long have you been gone? Do you never go back to visit family? I grew up in the West End Athole Gdns in the late 1990’s before moving to London to go to University. I don’t see much change since then to be honest. The only differences are the old cinema and Art School buildings. It’s just as busy as it was then too.

[@josephberrie9550]

I couldnt believe how dirty glasgow was when I visited my family last year

[@Cambo33]

Thank you for a very good video. You are very honest and presenting skills are excellent. Apparently Glasgow City Council are spending £1 Billion pound on a regeneration programme. It's all about attracting tourism. It's not for the people of Glasgow. I am sorry to say that many councils throughout the UK are in financial meltdown. Somewhere in the region of £4 Billion. If you really want to know what is going on with this you will need to dig deep. A Low Emissions Zone?! You're making me laugh. Anyway great vid. Thanks again.

[@stuartgraham5045]

How can creating decent cycle paths and nice places to walk not be for the people of Glasgow?

[@Cambo33]

@@stuartgraham5045 £1billion for cycle paths and nice places to walk? Are you having a laugh?!! Come on.

[@lillymay3632]

A Beith person here now living in England: I used to love catching the bus or train into Glasgow and am very sad to see my favourite city like this. I was there last year and was shocked at the state it is in.

[@ScotsmaninTenerife]

Hope it improves soon

[@Lykelly74]

They want to bring it down to make a smart city imo

[@TravelAbventuresUnbound]

The U.K today, sad to see this. From a Scotsman who has spent the last 16 years living in Japan.

[@Messyhit]

Sad to see it looking so rundown. It’s a street that’s been constantly evolving my full life. My favourite building ever was the old Scala cinema where the sauchiehall centre is now. Seen The Empire Strikes Back and Rocky 3 in there😂 cracking video, I’d love to see it again but you stop and look up every so often. The tea rooms and some of the other buildings on that stretch are amazing, most of us Glaswegians don’t ever look up. The art deco building beside the garage is the same style as the one on great western road anniesland station aswell as the flats Kelvin Court across the road. I love how we have restored the art deco designs

[@gordontaylor2087]

Glasgow council and Edinburgh council sit in their ivory towers and spend the money on their pet projects and when the money runs out the essentials get abandoned, Edinburgh spent 2:9 million on a bus tracker that didn't align with the bus computer total numpties.toots granton Edinburgh 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍺🥃

[@rumeunner3245]

You forgot to mention when they run out of money, they - in true SNP - fashion blame Westminster for lack of funds.

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

To get to Glasgow is far more complicated than it used to be .

[@Jennifer-dk1ni]

Surely a better use of the money spent imposing ULEZ would be just build multi-storey carparks that charge for parking? If you’re really that determined to encourage less petrol cars you could even charge different prices for parking depending on the type of car. Although we all know the pollution emitted by cars in Scotland is literally less than a drop in the ocean on the world wide scale and will make absolutely no difference compared to countries like 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 🇷🇺, who create more pollution than pretty much everyone else combined. It’s really not that hard to balance lower emissions with public interest and economic well-being if you really want to. You just have to accept that net zero isn’t possible while we’re struggling like this and it wouldn’t matter much even if we did get there. To our Scottish Parliament I say put some effort in lads! Also an efficient, affordable bus service would probably help too.

[@saz1935]

I went from London to study at Glasgow Caledonian University back in early 90's. Glasgow I knew had a great buzz but this video paints a sad picture. My daughter was born in mother Queen hospital in 1992. She visited Glasgow last year to see her place of birth but she was gutted to find that hospital is shut down.

[@Barbara-u5h]

I like glasgow.my dad was born there. He was very poor and lived in the slums. But most were poor before ww11. I understood the accent in glasgow.loved that. Dad had a great,strong scottish accent. I was and still a wee lassie!!

[@AlanFraser-s9o]

Glasgow has deteriorated so much in the last few years. Argyle street is even worse.

[@samuelhutchison8433]

As you walk up to the top of sauchihall street into the west end it is much better but def not the same i used to go to a dancing there next to luaders called rooftops singl e 14:55 widowed divored a lot of good memories from that place.Nice vlog cheers mate.

[@ArgyllPiper90]

I was in Glasgow last year, used needles outside super drug!!! The irony!! I grew up not too far from Glasgow and it was my weekend town to enjoy but when I come back I really see the difference.

[@stumagoo2395]

The best ever shop in Sauchiehall Street was 'The Walrus & The Carpenter". Sadly it's been long gone. I reckon only those of us around 50+.will remember the magical experience of visiting it as a kid.

[@Coffee23]

I always shopped in Watt Brothers, M&S, & TK Maxx in Sauchiehall St., haven't been back to Scotland for a while though.

[@Earlofmar1]

spent a lot of time in Sauciehall St in my misspent youth. Every weekend you would find me in His Nibs (now The State Bar), and then into the Ghandi for a curry. Both were institutions back in the seventies.

[@RD-ox3ce]

LEZ and Rip off parking prices are killing it

[@ginamclean659]

Buchanan Street is a midden, smelly eating places and tatty tourist shops.

[@PmashWATP]

Buchanan Street?? That's the prime street in the city with all the designer shops at the bottom end. Sauchiehall Street the one this dude is on is a complete shit hole.

[@celticdaft1084]

what smelly eating places

[@Homeoftheclan]

There have been many riots in Leeds going back to 1735. Those focused on the most recent incidents oddly have no sense of their own history.

[@Lucypearla]

The BHS has been closed for over 8 years- massive building lying empty. Across from it, Victoria’s nightclub burnt down, and there’s a massive gap in the landscape as a result. As mentioned the ABC burnt down. It brought The Art School down with it (although the owners blame it on the Art School). Apparently Glasgow City Council fell out with the contractors on Sauchiehall St and they downed tools, and a new contractor came in. It was like this last Christmas and will remain like this for this Christmas. God knows how any of these shops survive. All the small businesses are away, and it’s just the chains that can survive. Mixed with all the shoplifting, I’m surprised we have any shops left!

[@redviper4621]

I take your point on the BHS building, which is a total eyesore. However, having watched the Art School fire, I can assure you it was ablaze for an age before the flames and heat caught the roof of the ABC.

[@davewilson7565]

Thanks Kevin many a good night had at the garage when I studied there

[@chestermosburger3113]

davewilson- and what did you learn after studying in The Garage?

[@doncuadrado8489]

Princes Street in Edinburgh is a shit hole as well. Tourist tat, fast food junk, phone shops, more fast food junk and cheap clothing shops. Not one redeeming feature.

[@brendanmckenna8126]

I spent my youth on Sauchiehall St. My business and career too me away. Tbh it didn't seem that bad - yeh one of two problems with under developed & mid development sites but as someone who has been in Construction - in London in Birmingham all over even in Canada - you'll always find widespread transition. You have to factor in Victorian elements etc .Large iconic Cities find themselves easily demonised. I'm old enough to recall when it's Dance Halls , bars , clubs were a battle zone between infamous gangs like the Fleet or Calton Tongs / Shamrock & like. Going for a night out ( and even during day ) required paramilitary qualities & skills.

[@MargaretClark-lz6oo]

How terribly depressing to see this.

[@WDH59510]

My late Mum maintained that Sauchiehall Street had the best shops in times gone by. The end of the roadworks can't come fast enough. What is needed is serious investment in stores which will bring shoppers into the city and a fully functioning and affordable public transport system to get them in.

[@NeilCampbell-k6i]

Used to go dancing to the Locarno and the nearby Electric Gardens, early 70s . Great times, saw Otis Redding in the Locarno 😊😊

[@glasgowgranny4447]

£6.95 for a plate of soup! You can make a whole pot for that. That’s why people are queuing at Greggs. People are having to buy cheaper and becoming more unhealthy

[@chestermosburger3113]

glasgowgranny - but I'm sure you would protest if the staff in restaurants were not paid a "living wage". Where do you think their pay comes from?

[@eddiebear34]

I was in Portugal for 10 days in summer. Just along from the hotel, there were 2 premises just at foundation level. By the end of the 10 days, they were built, plumbed, electric up and running, furnished and ready for opening. 2 full buildings in 10 days. Couldn't help but think how that would take over a year to do here.

[@garywinter6149]

A combination of online shopping, car culture removing shopping from cities and the second fire on the Art School.

[@mathias5123]

Hello Nice video for glowsgo next trip mabye i are in scotland thom from sueden

[@rockettman2025]

My wife and I were in Glasgow for a couple of days in early August 2024. It was busier then with mostly tourists although not a lot of shopping bags were being carried. My daughter and son in law live in Newcastle and there's many similarities between the 2 cities.I do prefer Glasgow to Edinburgh. Overall I think Glasgow is a nice place to visit and walk around. The lack of certain shops is common in many cities because the way people shop has changed, also money is an issue for many. You live in a beautiful country sir, been there a few times and I love the contrast between rugged beauty of the highlands to the architecture of the cities.

[@Carol-pn5wq]

I never go to Glasgow any more its awful my granny will be spinning in her grave to see this 😢

[@margaretwhyteman690]

All coffee cafés an burger joints 2 maybe 3 shops in amongst it ,,,, sad very very sad 😢

[@alisonsarahcarroll6063]

Scott I hatted the dental hospital it’s not a nice place. Scott I’m 54 years old and I enjoy your channel

[@GillianLloyd77]

Sauchiehall St doesn’t offer anything for shoppers. The Buchanan Galleries and Buchanan St itself is where it’s at. Good to see The Garage is still there. Had many a good night in there during my student days.

[@GordOfThunder]

The trick in Glasgow when you are walking around is to look at the buildings above street level shops, there you will see what the Old Sauchiehall St use to look like. Near the end you were talking about the bars that had closed and the Campus Bar, if you look across the road where you were talking about KFC to the 2nd floors above the Casino, you'll see a row of great architecture buildings, especially the Royal Highland Fusilier Museum with all it's masonry. Sauchiehall Street level it just like any other City being trashed by the same shop, bar & Chains.

[@Jill_m_x]

Anyone who says SNP have been good for Scotland are aff their heed. Im from Fife not been to Glasgow for a while heard it was brutal but here we have it. Sad times.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Royal Fusiliers Museum is still open and well worth a visit.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦

[@andrewvannan1714]

Fave place for a drink, easily driftwood Fave shopping place was the sauchiehalk centre Fave food place is bistro Thorougly enjoyed your video

[@MarkE-me]

This reminds me of Fargate in Sheffield once a thriving part of the city now just mess with works all over & shops closed

[@caroldonaldson5936]

Remember the next time you vote for SNP folks: Play stupid games - win stupid prizes!!🤷😵‍💫

[@alvarodemelo8850]

😂It was a shit hole under Labour for decades 🤣

[@walter77ify]

@@alvarodemelo8850 I disagree fromm 1988-2010 there was a great optimistic atmosphere in Glasgow and many cleaned-up buildings etc New shops, people were proud of our newly regenerated city. What the EFF happened? Answer SNP leadership in council and Holyrood. A few other things too but - no "vision". Also enforced diversity and not looking after oor ane.

[@johnredpath]

Snp council mate...no more needs to be said.

[@johnmagill7831]

The SNP inherited millions of pounds debt due to the mismanagement of the labour run council

[@johnredpath]

@johnmagill7831 ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz

[@francesbuchanan2037]

Because we can’t afford the parking fee’s

[@MegaGordyboy]

they have done the same thing in greenock town centre,its an eyesore at the start but it looks good when its done with new seating,plants,and trees.

[@walter77ify]

Kirkintilloch as well but they are using the same grey marble in every town thus making them all look the same.

[@jintsfan]

Even Glasgow’s detractors will be saddened by this. That said, the empty shop signs plaguing Glasgow is replicated in every city across the UK, probably with the exception of London. By contrast, I visited Munich recently, and there were no, ZERO, empty shops.

[@Colin32269]

New subscriber here from License 2 Chill❤Cheers pal.

[@kennethlove221]

Do we just accept this level of incompetence now? No civic impetus at all. Heartbreaking to see.

[@tiffer67]

Have you been living in an alternative universe the last decade? This is the reality in every major city in the UK since Brexit & the pandemic. The UK is dying on it's @rse & Glasgow is no different, sadly.

[@ScotsmaninTenerife]

Fair point but compare it to argyle and buchanan st

[@wolfenstein6676]

The central bankers refer to this as their Great Reset, their Fourth Industrial Revolution comes after that, which is communism on steroids. Easily researched if your interested.

[@robmanabouttown3298]

Nothing to do with Brexit. I’m vintage 1958 Glasgow. Ever since the poisonous dwarf emerged it’s been downhill. Now she’s on her last legs thankfully. Shuffles was the midweek go to place and Tiffanys on Saturday. Dizzy corner on Argyle St was busy for meeting (or not) the bird/ejit you had met in the darkness and before you’d sobered up . Happy days

[@tiffer67]

@ Vintage clearly doesn’t mean wisdom in your case. If you’re too blinkered to see the effects of brexit & the pandemic on the UK economy, particularly the high street, it’s safe to say you’re a bit hard of thinking.

[@robmanabouttown3298]

@@tiffer67 really? So what excuse has the rest of Europe got for its demise . Yes I’m not so wise but instead decided to piss off around the world on my pensions . Bye 👋 👋

[@sheenamckerral4710]

We are both blind and cannot go up Sauchiehall Street as to hazardous. Ashamed of Glasgow City.

[@riboid]

You are not missing much.

[@ScotsmaninTenerife]

Oh that's bad

[@sandywilson7068]

It has been like that in different areas of sauchiehall street for years. I worked in the area since 1996. The places that are dug up just now have been dug up several times.

[@walter77ify]

True. They only finished a previous make-over ten or so years ago, and now they are doing it again. From the look of what they have managed to do so far, it looks the same as what they are replacing.

[@AleshaBruno]

Keep the faith. Its in the middle of a big regeneration project and in a few years it'll look mint. Hopefully.

[@Superbly55]

What has happened its terrible it was amazing just unrecognisable what have they done to UK its a midden

[@corneliusboreilly9189]

Buchannan Gallery's, St Encochs centre, Princess Square, owned by the faceless billionaires, has destroyed Sauchiehall Street for many years. This has happened in many cities throughout the UK, which have introduced these centres, so it's not just Glasgow.

[@the.vale.wildlife]

Was over there remember a bus hanging out of the building! was like a night club! sorry to see it pal ! Was in O Neills before it great spot!

[@KeithBishop-t1d]

I once stayed in the Buchanan hotel I think the Gallery pub was next door..I'm talking about 20 years ago