The city of Taggart; Astonishing Glasgow ep59

[@TheDriftdog]

As a child I was once at the Barras when filming was taking place for Taggart. To this day I still have no idea which episode it was.

[@seanhazlewood634]

Great programme great locations great dialogue thanks for your hard work finding the locations

[@wildscotsman1]

My dad used to drink with Mark McManus and I went to school with Alex Norton, so that concludes my Taggart history. I really enjoy your trips around Glasgow, it brings back many memories.

[@johnmckinlay67]

Mark was a genuine bloke. Had the pleasure of his company many times in the Queen's Park Cafe & Victoria Bar away back in the day. Sadly missed.

[@ianbrownlie8231]

Love your Page Back in the 1980"s I worked with the Hydro Electric board in Balfron, I regularly was in attendance on location with the Taggart Location crew, Loved it as I got to meet the man himself he was a total Gent with a dry sense of humour

[@AlanHamilton]

Born in Glasgow and many childhood memories of 1960s-1983 Glasgow. Thank you for reigniting them!

[@championkhamis12]

I have not been to Glasgow for quite a while now, I have retired to Spain. I was born in (1960)and raised in Springburn ( Petershill). I left Springburn in 1981. it used to be a fantastic place and good memories as a boy. It's so depressing looking at how much they have destroyed the place. The Cemetery also looks to have deteriorated, Anyway, there has been some good work done around the city with the new buildings. Good video mate, bye from sunny Spain.😊

[@gingersheep4566]

I'm guessing I'm like most Glaswegians who watch Taggart that most of the time I'm watching the background to figure out where each scene is filmed. Some effort finding these locations! Well done!

[@sandramitchell2719]

Loved this video! Loved Taggart as well. I used to work in Byres Road, in the 80’s. I remember one day they were filming just outside our shop. Mark McManus was sitting in front of the cop car, which then sped down to the subway, he gave us a wave in his typical dour way, classic Taggart😂 Lovely seeing Gerard Kelly in that scene, I knew him before he became an actor, his dad had a chip shop in Shettleston, where I grew up. I was in touch with Gerard before he died, and he told me that he had been in London for an audition, and his dad warned him not to be late back as he had to work the evening shift in the chip shop. Great memories, thank you.

[@georgerichardson7728]

aye Sandra, the wee chippy has long gone, I mind he used to serve in it, god i'm getting auld ! lol

[@sandramitchell2719]

@@georgerichardson7728 I remember him serving there too. His mum was so proud of him. A great chippy it was. We’re all getting auld😩😂

[@TheBuckfastwine]

Enjoyed watching. As a Glaswegian, through and through Taggart holds a special place for most of us Glaswegian folk.

[@andrewglw12345]

Thanks for the tour and historical look at Glasgow. Really enjoyed this.

[@colinmacfarlane6838]

Great Glasgow vid...read next The Real Gorbals story amazon 😅

[@nobordersnoflags9905]

Top marks. Maybe your best yet? I appreciate how much work and research went into this one.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Dressing gown in my humble opinion, you started off in my wife’s favourite Glasgow place, nice post and nostalgia

[@SpookyElectric319]

Aye, Glesga born and bred. Loved Taggart. My dad used to drink with Mark in The Queens Park Cafe, he always his wee black and white collie dug called Tam with him. I met him a few times, lovely guy with a dry sense of humour. My dad attended his funeral at the Holy Cross Chapel in Govanhill. It was packed out. Most of Strathclyde Police turned up to honour Mark. Incredibly moving. Thanks for this.

[@michaelcerkez3895]

A very BIG thank you to the Resident Historian. Maryhill Road is where my granny lived before leaving for America. It means a great deal to me to see this. Hats off to you Sir.

[@margaretsandeman1766]

Thank you very much for these little gems on Glasgow. At 83 in poor health, I can't get out much. I love my city, so it's wonder to follow your videos. They are the best on UTube. ❤❤❤

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Thanks for getting in touch and I am really glad I can be your window back into the city. Take care, Dave.

[@alanmacmillan6957]

aye glasgow has changed a helluva lot in the last 40 years big yin. gimme the auld one back anytime.

[@georgerichardson7728]

me tae, cannae recognise the place noo, us auld Glaswegians feel like we've been drapped into a time portal

[@alirobson3930]

I’ve spent the last 6 years working with Vince at Dobbies Garden Centre. He was such a lovely, genuine soul and I’ll miss him so much. I still remember walking into a shift and seeing him and thinking to myself… that guy looks just like Vincent Friell….little did I know I’d become a colleague and friends with the Wolfman. Rest in peace Vinnie 😢xxxxx

[@dmytroyermakov2286]

Great job 👍 thanks a lot for this!🔥

[@colinblack7049]

Hi Dave, it's got to be dressing goon,, great tour of ma home toon.

[@jimmyjames4372]

Fabulous work ..well done

[@davie8906]

Dressing goon. I remember seeing an old mark McManus wandering about Vicky rd with his boder collie,late 80s,he did drink in QPcafe.I think he lived opposite the park,bandstand side.(wyndford. Not windford bro.sorry to be pedantic. I hope this doesn't wynd you up 😉) I lived happily in Harland cottages for a couple years.the track goes all the way to balloch,a superb summer cycle. Do it,you'll love it. Another great episode Davie 👍 (nice of you to dedicate it to friell,a bit of legend . I couldn't place where in knew him from in trainspotting)

[@maireadrochford3579]

I'm glad I found this. I've lived in Canada for many years so it was on a visit home that I first saw Taggart. So my Christmas present that year was the Taggart series. Our Westie is called Mungo and our Scottie is of course called Taggart and he couldn't have been named better. He has the exact nature, dour and independent, as the chief inspector. What a great web site to look back on how Glasgow used to look.

[@BassGuy]

Amazing! I used to live in Maryhill 1999 to 2002. Now I live in Montreal lol.

[@TheGuvOfWythenshawe]

I visited the Wyndford Eatate and Maryhill back in August 2019 during my 40th during my stay in Glasgow!

[@manifestokabaret]

Very grateful to Colin McCredie for featuring this on X. So much Maryhill where we love living and wondered if my first episode of Taggart was Series 1 and set in the Gorbals- so love to see there back then! Well done btw it’s brilliantly made! 👏👏👏

[@itsayesfromme2669]

An amazing amount of research has gone into this episode. Well done.

[@scifirank]

Thanks Dave! That was pure dead brilliant!! My mum lives up in Kelvindale and I often travel along Balcarres ave to get to the back entrance of the Botanic gardens. So many familiar spots. 😎

[@northernengland]

Enjoyed that even though I never watched it, my Dad was from Partick, he left for ww2 and was prisoner in Poland for four years, when he came back his parents had moved to Durham.he took me there to see it and said it had never changed apart from no trams, I think he lived church St.

[@michaelcerkez3895]

Well done Sir, and the 30 minutes went by like a breeze. Great content.

[@garrywhiting8398]

Nice piece about Vincent Friel in there. May he rest in peace.

[@greenockscatman]

Taggart and Astonishing Glasgow... that's like, double Glasgow! Great vid yet again

[@robertcampbell6068]

great video thank you 👍

[@roddyk05]

Funny you said right at the end we deserve a hot bath after that - that’s exactly where I am right now watching it on my iPad! An absolutely excellent episode, I think you worried too much about it being half an hour long - it was perfect! Looking forward to your next one 👍

[@shootscotlandltd294]

Love your work....my father in-law directed lots of Taggart, Haldane Duncan, he was a director for STV..great to see...keep up the good work

[@drailsaboyd]

Excellent stuff! Great work matching up all those locations, adding in history of people and places - fascinating. And it’s ‘goonie’ 😊

[@sillycookie1982]

This was my absolute favourite programme when i was wee. Even though i was far too young to be watching it almost the whole time it was on lol.

[@riverhigh11]

Brilliant...as usual, made me laugh 👍

[@ItsAClairesLife]

Dressing gown for sure, this is also an argument in my house. Thanks for a wonderful video

[@WHITEYBHOY2]

Mark lived in Queens Drive, there’s also painting of him up on the wall in the Queens Park Cafe.

[@Rik530D]

Class video mate. I still watch taggart to this day. I grew up in maryhill, played on those canal banks went to school at what’s now a fire station, hopefully maryhill primary is still up there 🤞🤞

[@spleeeen4it]

Great stuff , really enjoyed it. Thank god for YT, these days most history shows on tv are presented by ego driven celebs or ex tory MP's.

[@williamchalmers6526]

Brilliant video, fully enjoyed it. Small note, Partick Police station was in use until about 1989 and certainly a cop shop when Taggart was shown in 1983.

[@Galwayblazer]

Excellent video , Glasgow looks like a beautiful place to visit 👍

[@TheBosmanViewing]

This is a great concept for videos and really well put together, I enjoyed watching this one 😄 happily subscribed 👍

[@TheStefmcd]

Impressive effort matching these scenes up. Thanks. :-)

[@mickwilson127]

You missed the iconic Gardner St Hill in Partick - a location which appears in the opening credits of several series. My late mother-in-law owned the ground floor corner flat on Caird Drive, and her living room window (overlooking Gardner Street) was seen in it (briefly) every episode.

[@ZenoWatson]

Fabulous work and research Dave! A real trip down memory lane on many levels.

[@MrSTravelQuest]

Excellent video, makes me want to revisit Glasgow.

[@gerardmcquade5974]

Love you content mate loads of stuff I recognise I'm from deepest darkest Lanarkshire but worked in Glasgow for more than 40 years

[@ailishbethd4033]

Excellent! I didn't know about that bike network. I need to get back to Scotland in the summer and check that all out. So gutted to hear about the passing of Vincent Friell. I was a fan from the first Taggart. R.I.P.😢 Very well researched video again. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks again for all your efforts.

[@ianhe-kensken9303]

spectacular research and production. Great job

[@dollyjrt8920]

Dressing gown! (I’m from Ayr)

[@sandiandgregh]

We just stumbled across your channel and really enjoyed this episode as Taggart fans. Time to explore more of your videos.

[@danielwilder7835]

this is crazy finding this video because back in the day i hated taggart, watching some boring cop show when i was younger was the last thing i wanted to do. I wanted to go clubbing and go out not sit at home, LOL Earlier this year i visited Glasgow and i remembered Taggart (not sure why, LOL) I've now watched up until Mark Mcmanus leaves and i've got to say that Taggart is easily one of the best TV series ive ever watched and these days i watch a lot of old TV.. thanks for this Video , very interesting.

[@TheFrogfather1]

I worked for STV from 1984 to 2000 and remember Taggart in production. For Knife Edge (S1 Ep 4) we travelled out to a waste recycling plant at Queenslie to set up some TV grade monitors both of which immediately broke down. This is where the body parts are spotted on the conveyor belt.The episode also featured a very young Iain Glen as the drummer in the band. I have some photos of the nightclub interiors in Studio A.

[@COYBIG1967]

Wonderful video thank you so much

[@alastairfinn1305]

Excellent work Dave, love watching your videos. Great info on Glasgow. I’d love to see them bring back taggart in some form.

[@garypeacock5919]

Great video. I've cycled and walked along the canal umpteen times, but had no idea about the Maryhill motorway.

[@greenjedi8]

I remember walking over the swing bridge in the first clip while they were filming a scene for a later episode. The crew weren't happy that i wouldn't go round the long way as i would have been late for work.

[@NAWYILNO]

Another brilliant video and as always, really appreciate all your efforts to bring all this to your audience. It’s brilliant for me being almost as young as you are and love these nostalgic tours around our city. Love your work 👍🏼❤️😎

[@davidcalder8210]

Brilliant mate thanks for putting in all that effort that was a great watch 👍

[@Delboy219]

This is great work. Best video I've seen on youtube this year.

[@drewzyboy]

Enjoyed the video as always. Cheers 👍🏻

[@stevewilson8467]

19.20: Is that Harvey Keitel? Fantastic episode, really enjoyed that.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

It is indeed. He was in Glasgow in 1980 making the film Death watch. You can see the project i made about that here; rewoundandfound.com/death-watch/

[@bensmith372]

Great watch👍🙌

[@Smokey2Mc]

Housecoat aw day 😂 👍...Great video 👏

[@evelynwilson1566]

Dressing goon or goonie. I really enjoyed that video. When I was a student living in a bedsit in Corunna St, the Taggart team fished a body out of our communal bin area😂. They also filmed one of the stories at Gean House, which was an hotel in my home town (Alloa). Would have been in winter 91/92. I mind the excitement at school when 'Mike Jardine' was spotted buying a sandwich in Woolies😂. I think Hannah Gordon was the main suspect. I also used to work with a former actress who played a Taggart villain, owning a dodgy IVF clinic😅. Crazy how much Scotland has changed.

[@frankyagogo]

Brilliant video realy enjoyed this 😊

[@dollyrawlins5470]

Definitely a dressing gown, im from Australia and always known them as dressing gowns.

[@davidn87]

Amazing work. Well done.

[@vinnythemackem]

One Maryhill connection from the Glasgow Harbour/Meadowside Granary is that this was the location of the last Partick Thistle ground in Partick before moving to Firhill.

[@alanhumphrey1983]

Oh man. That was great!!!! ❤ once met Glen Chandler when he was researching episode “Angel Eyes”. Nice man. Thanks for this!

[@davidhall7744]

Love these kind of ‘now and then’ videos, always having had a fascination for visiting places where stuff has happened in the past. When i was on holiday down in Devon years ago i sought out the locations of clues from an episode of Treasure Hunt 😂 (except the submarine - that would have been difficult 😉).

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

The fascination with how places have changed is what made me start my Astonishing Glasgow videos. You might like my other website www.rewoundandfound.com

[@graham_d]

great video mate ! they really should look into bringing this back, just look at how popular line of duty was !

[@TheDavros69]

Great content, thanks for these last two videos - brilliant 👏

[@lynmarieohara7571]

Brilliant 🎉

[@88watching]

Fantastic video Dave. RIP Vincent. Is there a prize for being the 1K like ? Looking forward to more Taggart locations.😍

[@ronweston9574]

Best one yet and if the STV sue you, we will crowd-fund to sue them back for (a) cancelling Taggart and (b) not telling Alex Norton. Thankyou Ron. (Thailand

[@raycroal]

well spotted, you have done well here, good video

[@johnbritton895]

Really enjoyed that mate... But I feel so old now lol.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

You and me both!

[@johnbull9195]

Those steps in the Clyde also once featured in an episode of Rab C Nesbitt too. He fished Russell Hunter out the Clyde at those steps.

[@rogerbenest3164]

Only stumbled upon your channel via The Algorithm...great work! I'm always fascinated how British series like Taggart, The Sweeney and Minder used real location shooting and much still exists.

[@PaulEcosse]

RIP Vincent Friell, I hadn't heard that. Might need another wee watch of Restless Natives, I only watch it about three times a year 😅

[@Rdott82]

Dressing gown. George Parsonage visited my class at school to do a talk about his work. Got the first 3 seasons of Taggart on DVD not had a chance to watch them yet lol

[@mywavesrecords]

much enjoyed

[@spekkyBarsteward]

Amazing vlog 🙏🏻

[@johncowan1993]

Dressing gown! I was almost in a Taggert episode when they filmed at the Shawbridge Arcade around 2001/2002. I was at the window

[@AlanHamilton]

Thanks!❤

[@G4RY1159]

What a tour, I still mind going to see Restless Natives like it was just a few months ago, lost count how many times I've seen the film, for some strange reason when I hear or see the film name I always think of Anderson Bus Station, always stood in in it with my mum waiting on our bus. I drove past the granary for years on the Clydeside Expressway, usually on my way to Faifley Housing Association or Bellsmyre, pretty certain it was Reigart that done all the demolition BUT my old memory is getting a tad rusty now. Panama Jax - WOW! Been in there a few times back in the 80's, hearing you talk about it was a real curveball, did not see that coming one bit, where did the time go ? Massive Thanks for such an amazing tour, will also pass on to a few others who will also enjoy. Cheers!

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

I'm really glad the video brought back good memories. If Restless natives brings back memories of standing in Anderson bus station you might not realise yo probably walked past the joke shop on the way to and from the bus garage. I tracked down the Restless natives locations a few years ago for my other site ;rewoundandfound.com/restless-natives/ When I posted them on a Facebook page, somebody challenged my location of the joke shop and swore it was actually in Edinburgh. Vincent Friell actually joined in that conversation and in my defence he confirmed it was Glasgow and said they brought a Lothian bus from Edinburgh to drive by the window for effect.

[@G4RY1159]

@@AstonishingGlasgow I know just about ever line in that Film, even bought it for a few people that had never heard of it, defo the most watched Video I've ever watched. I bought an English mate Restless Natives and the film ''Orphans'' back in Christmas 2022 Got the same English mate right into Limmy too, then Burnistoun, he always says Denim Jaisket now PMSL 🤣 Thanks again!

[@robertsinnott9325]

What a great video..cheers!

[@williamf4544]

They should bring it back - The lovely Blyth Duff is sitting waiting on her close up and big come back

[@riverhigh11]

Thanks

[@laurenceegan6136]

My nana - who was from Sighthill, where a number of the scenes were filmed - once spotted Taggart hunkered down outside the mortuary by the Saltmarket with a half bottle in his hand. "Aw, Taggart", she said. "You look just like ye dae oan the telly!" "Aye", he called back. "And jist as f***ing ugly!" She was delighted.

[@lumsdot]

Is a later episode he visits the ferry masters house/pub at.yoker ferry. West end side, which is on the cycle path to clyde bank. Looks like the cycle path/canal was a favorite filming location. Phone box was fake, just a prop

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

It must have been after series one that they went to the ferry ramp. Remember that season one was a pilot and 5 2 hour episodes and once it was received well they reduced the episode length and made more. Some day I may track down later episodes as this video has been really popular.

[@Torilady]

This is brilliant, but now I'm on a taggart worm hole on the stv app, trying to guess the locations! "We don't do ligatures in Maryhill!"

[@b5ndy]

I met Vincent Friell in 2007 when he owned a book shop at the bottom end of Byres Road on the very day he was closing due to the landlord r wanting the property back. He also played, “Pete the Jakey’s” dad, a Chris Howden in the episode, (Who’s the Daddy).

[@BigGoucho]

From memory, when Taggart started, people only watched it to see which parts of Glasgow they had been filmed in.

[@craigm6878]

Thanks, great video. Bye the way I’d like to see you do a wheelie on your bike like the guy on his bike at 4:48

[@martincalvey6987]

Thanks!