Taggart's Glasgow then and now

[@johnmckinlay67]

Mark was a sound bloke,very down to earth. Just a regular punter in the Queens Park Cafe down in Vicky Road back in the 80's,who was much loved and sadly missed by everyone who knew him. Thanks for this mate.

[@pm71115]

I lived in Albert rd then as a kid used to talk to him every week I only knew him as the man with the dog until my dad told me who he was, he was a nice bloke had time for everybody

[@hgoyam3813]

RIP MARK MCMANUS LOVE UR ACTING AN TRUTHFUL UR THE REAL TAGGART NO ONE COULD TAKE YR PLACE MARK

[@TalesFromTheScript]

Thanks for this. Great job and nostalgia!. Always loved TAGGART from the very beginning, and am presently enjoying every single minute of working my way through the Complete Box Set of DVDs... There's *only* 110 episodes... and, of course, there'll been dozens and dozens of murrdas to try and crack...! ;-)

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Thanks for getting in touch and I'm really glad you like the video. There are more stills on my flickr page in the description if you are interested. I keep meaning to go back and do more Taggart locations but from what I remember they started being one story per series or they were shown as mini series and I have never got round to seeing what came next.

[@Glesga_lassie]

OMG, I just left a comment on your video about the garden festival and how I have video footage. I was also in Taggart when I was around 6, my aunt was an extra on all different Scottish filmed things and my cousin and I were in an episode filmed at a swing park, I've tried so hard to find it for my cousin as his mum passed when he was 17 back in 1998. I even contacted stv but they couldn't help. I've scrolled through lots of the early episodes and can't find it unfortunately. I'll try again one day soon. I remember I got a cheque for 20 pounds and was so chuffed lol

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Thats a great story that you were in Taggart. In episode 1 there is a scene at Partick cross that shows the swing park at the back of the Tennements on Dumbarton road. Could it have been here? rewoundandfound.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Gondola-bar-1-then-and-now.jpg

[@scotgirl778]

My mum was only saying to me last week when we were driving through that there used to be a night club under that bit at the bridge, I couldn't make the name of it out but 🤔 I love seeing videos like this of my city, now & then. I was really looking forward to seeing the new Batgirl film for that reason as well. Especially since they did a good amount of filming down in the old tunnel in Botanics. I used to love walking the full thing down to kelvinbridge in the pitch black!

[@steviewilson69]

Has anyone noticed, the guy in the early shots with the camera in Milngavie and at the Cathedral is Harry, Isa's estranged husband in Still Game. He was in the episode at The Firhill Tavern, im sure Dorothy Paul played his wife?

[@joblesswideo-fb7nj]

Ronnie Letham. He blackmailed Douglas Sannachen to do away with his wife but he killed Dorothy Paul instead. The episode was called Murder In Season

[@Glenn1967ful]

0:40 a Morris Ital police car, a car few people under 50 will remember now, but was popular in the early eighties. It didn't handle very well, though, and going round a corner at high speed would probably have meant it spun round in the other direction.

[@josephd.2725]

Amazing finding all those spots... must be a native Glaswegian. A lot of them haven't really changed much up to 2014.

[@barrymontgomery408]

R.i.p. mark he was the number 1 actor in the series. I have seen most of the films in the stv series it was well made with a twist towards the end searching for the crooks behind the murders.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

thanks i love Taggart iv just watched Knife edge 1986 superb episode .

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

Best show. I’ve been watching here in America and I’m on season 17. The best were the older seasons and Mike just died! Not sure I’ll enjoy the others. I think I’ll start over with season 1.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

I think the old ones are the best, in my opinion it lost its way after Mark McManus passed away.

[@corneliusdoherty532]

As I am From SHETTLESTON GLASGOW , That was so good to see!

[@cryptohunt2552]

Fab video. Thanks for this!

[@djpaul146]

Awesome video thanks for posting 👍❤️

[@roberthunter1]

2:20 anyone know what the club was called I know it was down the river Clyde way all those years ago?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

For the show it was called Havana Joe's but in real life it was Panama Jax.

[@roberthunter1]

@@AstonishingGlasgow thanks mate

[@williamf4544]

Panama Jacks - now there"s a blast from the past - i remember it very well - I remember Ally McCoist was in there one night with another Rangers player - on the wind up as usual - asked me if thought he was good looking - i did actually - of course that was years ago when he was young - as i was

[@ZenoWatson]

Good detective work!

[@Joe_Peroni]

"Ur youze aw DUNDERHEEDS?"😜

[@relic69]

Great job awesome! Always wondering what happened to these buildings, wondering if free rein for filming was given just before knockdown. One old house was used by the character George Bryce in Knife Edge and I can only imagine what 'progress' has brought to that nice vacant land.

[@GlasgowGallus]

Tip top mate, thank you

[@bernaemckissack6298]

Need a joint fur this shit

[@richardsharpe2966]

Loved watching Grim Jim

[@Darren-wi2kt]

Please make another one of these videos!!

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

More Taggart, more Glasgow or more TV/film locations?

[@Darren-wi2kt]

BTJustice, yes more filming locations and what they look like then and now like this video.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

More on the way and remember to check out my new website at rewoundandfound.com where I will be posting all my projects with video and still pictures as well as the location details.

[@scottmcphee2076]

Not a native Glaswegian, but I have been to Glasgow as a tourist. Did Taggart make the city seem like a much more dangerous place than it is in real life?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

As with any place, perception is usually very different to reality and TV/film companies like to play on peoples perception to make a good story. Of course there are less safe areas of the city but its no more dangerous than any major city.

[@jameshanley9102]

have you lived in govan m8

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

For me? I have never lived in Govan but I have lived in Glasgow since birth and my point was that there isnt a sophisticated murder every week and you can walk the city without being killed. Glasgow is no way more dangerous than any other city of the world.

[@Syklonus]

I'm from London but I live in Glasgow now, and it's one of the most friendly and safest places I've ever been to. I've even walked through Govan at night and it was fine. The stereotypes about Glasgow and anything north of the border are all bullshit cooked up by the London-based media. Trust me, I know. I was shocked when I came here and found out that none of the negative things printed about Scotland were true.

[@williamf4544]

I feel safe enough walking the street of Glasgow - strangely enough i dont feel the same in Edinburgh it always gives me the creeps - having said that maybe thats down to ghosts

[@kervilou5905]

very good

[@johncowan1993]

Just come across this. Some places are easy to spot but subtitles on each location would have been useful.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Follow the link to rewoundandfound.com where all the locations are listed.

[@johncowan1993]

@@AstonishingGlasgow Thanks. Love your videos. Live in Cathcart so particularly love the Southside stuff!

[@neilmckay8649]

'There's been a murder'

[@williamf4544]

It needs to come back - someone should blow the cobwebs of that Blyth Duff character and get her back where she belongs - someone should start a potition - im too shy to do it

[@williamf4544]

I wish they would bring it back - ive stopped watching that River City pish since i dont like any of the characters in it all that much now - and a lot of the story lines are a bit cringey

[@engelberthumperdinck7366]

READ THE REAL GORBALS STORY NEXT BRILLIANT 😁😁😁