I travelled to Glasgow with a friend a few years go, to walk the West Highland Way, which starts there. On arrival at the main station, I asked the station master, where I could get the train to Milngavie, mis-pronouncing the name. He replied with a smile and advised me that in general, the local people pronounce it Mill-guy. It was such a dry, beautiful and polite correction and I smiled back. I had a wonderful two weeks and the beauty of the walk is just amazing and all the people we met, without exception were charming.

@katherinewilliamson7670

2 жыл бұрын

Glasgow is an enigma for lots of reasons..post industrial but blessed with outstanding parks and urban woodlands...but the people are its hidden treasure warm. humorous.and always keen to meet visitors for a Blether ..i agree the west highland Way is jaw dropping...Crainlaroch..and Rannoch moor..i remember as a child climbing the easy route up Ben Nevis...i had a transcendental experience..looking over this magical mystical landscape..there is a earth energy all around the Highlands that is unique and .spiritual..soo glad. you enjoyed your time up here in our wee hidden jewel.....Haste ye.back

@paesan0460

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah I called it the same thing my brother told me it’s pronounced mull-guy the other day and I’ve lived in Glasgow my whole life

@jonnyward9560

2 жыл бұрын

Young mull derry on top non stop YMD till a die

@moragcampbell3577

2 жыл бұрын

@@katherinewilliamson7670 Well said 👏👏👏

@marjoryross2754

9 ай бұрын

I love the staff at Glasgow international airport. They are the friendliest in the world.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

I lived in Glasgow from 02 to 08... loved it. Its a city that knows what it is. Its rough. Its industrial. It's artistic. It's full to the brim with talent. It doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is. A phenomenal place.

@clairemcmahon9392

3 жыл бұрын

A shit hole more like, try living here permanently.

@Michael-yz4mc

2 жыл бұрын

Defo a hole

@tommyknox854

2 жыл бұрын

Haha brilliant i was thinking the exact same thing born and bread in Glasgow still living here now its this its that nah its just a shite hole

@jodziebear665

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of replies from people who dont seem to appreciate where they live. Glasgow has so much opportunities such as education, more employment. Appreciate where you are, maybe the area you are in is the issue, not the whole city.

@Magpy93

Жыл бұрын

honestly the most accurate description of Glasgow I have seen

I was born in the Salvation Army hostel on the great Western Rd and stayed in Govanhil before moving to what at the time was a luxury apartment in Toryglen. 9 of us in a 3 bedroom apartment. Me, my mum and dad 2 sisters and a brother together with an uncle and my grandad. We didn’t know we were poor, everyone was the same. Looking back, now 69, I loved it

We moved to Glasgow in 1973 from Huddersfield. Glasgow beats every other city simply because of the beautiful and family loving people. Bridgeton will always be in my heart.

@amsodoneworkingnow1978

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a West ender from Kelvinside Glasgow who became a youth worker within my faith group The Salvation Army in Bridgeton. The locals took the Mic at my ***posh *** accent but I've never seen such kind, caring committed people in my life. I moved on to work in the armies homeless addiction services again in city centre / East end of Glasgow where I spent the years till I retired. I loved my job. Today I remain a member of the Salvation Army and choose while living at the other end of Glasgow I worship still in the East End at Parkhead Corps.

My name is Thomas Kidd.I lived totally in the middle of the video !Aged 5 ,I moved from Camden street s old sand stone building,to the Cumberland Street high rise flats, I lived there til 1983 ,got married ,moved away and returned in2000s to watch Cumberland Street be blown down! I later bought a house in what they called the new Gorbals,! Itt was never the same after this ! I'm not happy that time changes so quickly now! ,And miss how life was then!!!!!

@fontybits

17 күн бұрын

My parents lived in Hospital Street in the Gorbals. In 1952 my mother went into the Royal Maternity, Rottenrow, to bring me into the world. Some neighbours' keys unlocked each other's doors, and while my mother was in hospital, her neighbours accessed her tenement flat and redecorated it for her before she came home. My mother said she never ever had better neighbours than those in the Gorbals. 🙂

I was born in Glasgow, Stayed in Partick, I remember the old back courts, Moved to Livingston in 1972, To have your own bedroom was a Luxury, I’m back now, staying just outside Glasgow, but Partick is always in my heart, lived those old photos,

Back in the 60s when they cleared the whole area from Tradeston to Kiningpark, I grew up in it, living on the Paisley Rd, where now the Kingston Bridge stands. The first thing to say is that, the people wanted to knock all the buildings down. They believed there was a better life, than living up a close with an outside toilet and a trip to Baths once a week to get a bath. I was 21 before I ever stayed in a house with a bath. It was 1975. I am not saying I wasn’t happy. It was a harsh life but there was still plenty of happiness. I had childhood full of wonders, play and adventures. At 8 climbing up the stairs, 3 stories, of dark strange close, could be terrifying as your imagination took hold. Climbing over broken walls and playing in rubbish bins, might seem to monochrome photo viewer as hell, but it was not. It was just home and at the end of day, you came home hungry, tired and happy, to what ever your Mum gave you for your tea, and in your bed you slept like log under your pile of eiderdowns and coats.

Thank you for this. I was born, raised and live in West London, but I lived in Glasgow from the early to mid 90's and made the best friendships and was made welcome. I remember the city with warm memories and still visit to this day and hopefully to the end of my days. I love the city.

@5eviexe466

3 жыл бұрын

Where in West London are you?

I'm 57 and was brought up in Glasgow. I don't live there now, but have some amazing pictures from the 70s that my mother captured on a simple camera. I returned there in the 90s and added my own pictures of a changing Glasgow Scheme.. Thank you for sharing this on your channel..

@starrchild254

3 жыл бұрын

My mum has some stunning pictures of a hot air balloon race seen from our vantage point 20 up in queen elizabeth flats and of the flats being blown up

That was beautiful. I wish my late brother could have seen this. Our family left Glasgow in the early 60’s. I returned with my daughter in 2008 and it still felt like home even though I was a little girl when we left. Can’t pin down why it’s so special.

Looking at 1800s photos of the Glasgow architecture is just absolutely astounding. It’s almost hard to believe men from those times could built such glory. My ancestors trace back to Scotland and it’s where I’ve always wanted to go most. Never been out of America. As a photographer of historic architecture, I’d be in heaven in Glasgow. Cool video. Cheers

@adambritain5774

2 жыл бұрын

Men of those times built glory all over the world. When you do something to the glory of God you tend to make a good job of it.

@russell9378

2 жыл бұрын

Youl like Edinburgh tae

@jestinrobinson5115

2 жыл бұрын

@@adambritain5774 Yes. Very few people today can fathom someone’s thought process and motivation from those times. The work ethic, the dedication, the pride. Fascinates me to no end.

@RHR-221b

2 жыл бұрын

When men were men, and women were glad of it, jestin. Stay free. R = Oldish Springburn man (now 70 Earth years ...). 🍻 😎 🌠

As an American Glasgow Uni alum, this made me miss the city so much man. Haven’t been back since I graduated but hoping I can go in 2021.

I was born at home in springburn in 1957 moved to ruchazie in 1962 and then to cumbernauld in 1971. I still consider myself as Glaswegian. So it saddens me to know that the house i was born in the house i moved to, the two primary schools and the secondary school i attended, no longer exist. But at least photographs of them and my memories of them still exist.

@katherinewilliamson7670

2 жыл бұрын

strange I was born in Bedley street in Sprinburn 1959...movevd to Torbrex in Cumbernauld in 63...loved it all...my childhood and teenage years were magical lovely neighbours..tough at times..but never felt soo alive

@mcjasper

2 жыл бұрын

The triangle shaped park in front of the bus depot. Bottom of Mary Hill.

@thomassutherland377

2 жыл бұрын

@@katherinewilliamson7670 I was born at home in petershill road diagonally opposite the school that had a side entrance to bedlay st then moved to ruchazie in 1962 then cumbernauld in 1971 . If you went to cumbernauld high you may have known my 2 best pals who were in your year.

@katherinewilliamson7670

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomassutherland377 I have many freinds that went to Cumbie high....i went to Our Ladies High..in Seafar....small world I know the school with gate onto Bedley street...my family were originally from Maryhill...then Springburn..but we moved to Cumbernauld..with houses with flat roofs...nae.radiators...spent the winters with coats on the beds lol...ala..Billy Connolly sketch...have to say loved Cumbernauld..whete did u stay Carbrain ?

@thomassutherland377

2 жыл бұрын

@@katherinewilliamson7670 I stayed in kilbowie road. I live in Seafar now after living in England for a few years

I loved my childhood in Glasgow never easy always exiting running free some would have said kids in the 70s were neglected but kids these days are over protected and modern parents are scared if our kids leave the house the media mould us into what we are the more restrictions that are put in place to make our life’s safer the more anxious and fearful we become I don’t have an answer but I see it happening more and more

@tommykidd8179

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave , couldn't agree more! Life just isn't the the same any more! We made our own fun and future then! Nowadays they all want it done for them! Although sometimes hard, Our times were much different and better!!!!!

@lesjohn534

3 жыл бұрын

Totally with you on those observations.

@williamw7233

3 жыл бұрын

Project FEAR DAVD ICKE It is assault criminal there more to it.I wish everyone good health we must look more carefully for whom we vote for

@healingandgrowth-infp4677

2 жыл бұрын

Always thot this way

@papapiers1588

2 жыл бұрын

I think you meant ‘ exciting’ not exiting such as what they done as they headed to the New Towns like Cumbernauld and Livingston. It’s not pretty and certainly not nostalgic. It was brutal.

I’ve lived in England for 25 years but the first half of my life was Glasgow - born and bred. My daughter now studies at Glasgow University and loves the city. This video was at times haunting; often beautifully so. I am a particular fan of the work of Oscar Marzaroli. His book ‘Shades of Grey’ perfectly captures Glasgow in the 50s-80s and showcases my home city as a place of contrasts ... sometimes quite stark contrasts.

I photographed Glasgow over one glorious summer weekend in 2018. Extremely photogenic. Loved the place. I am in New Zealand. Yeah, bits of G. To be fair. My ancestors btw sailed out the Clyde in 1867. Of course I photographed the glorious deserted docklands. I will exhibit them next year. I am slow! I enjoyed this immensely. Thanks.

@lesjohn534

3 жыл бұрын

Will you be putting them on YT? I would love to see them.

@macjim

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be very interested in seeing how photography... Where do you intend to exhibit them? I remember those shipyards from visiting my aunties and uncles as many lived overshadowed by John browns yard etc. I remember the hull of the QE2 looming over us at the back of my aunties home at the back of the yard where my uncle worked and being shown around the unfinished ship not long before it was launched into the river Clyde - families of the workers were allowed to be shown around before she was due to be floated, and sent to the finishing dock. All have been swept away, the tenements, John browns and much of Clydebank too... All that remains is the old Caledonian Railway station that is now a house...

Really enjoyed watching this. Wasn't expecting the narration but it turned out to be a wonderful surprise. Thank you for creating this collection

@Belta-kw2bm

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh me too my friend. Have a blessed day

I was a small child from London visiting my mother’s mother in the 1950s , who lived throughout her entire life in the tenements in the gorbles of Glasgow . The experience of that summer has stayed with me ever since.

@Steampunksaly

2 жыл бұрын

You should seek a good therapist, hopefully you will recover.

A wonderful candid collection, thank you. Greetings from an ex pat in Ireland 🇮🇪, Anna x

Respect the past, live in the present and quietly look at and plan for the future. Stunning images and lovely story. Makes me sad hey happy. I’m Romanian. Moved to Glasgow 2 years ago. Loving it. People do make Glasgow still and I hope they will continue to do so.

This is stunning - my son is at University of Glasgow and has adopted Glasgow as his forever home having been there a few years now - he also takes stunning pictures of the city with an impressive set of eyes - thank you for these

@UofGlasgow

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

I love the image at 3:13, 3 wee boys wearing their mammys high heels!! Brilliant 🙂

@jameswilson3991

3 жыл бұрын

by oscar mazzarolli its called the glasgow boys i was photographed by him standing with my granda watching the tenement buildings being bulldozed in the gorbals 60 years ago linda wilson

Fantastic. I always find it haunting seeing pictures such as these.

More of this please. Brilliant

Glasgow will forever be a home I miss to go back to one day❤️💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Powerful piece this, really enjoyed it. I grew up in Glasgow in the 80s and early 90s and have fond memories, i miss it. Westminster's conservative party decimated Glasgow and to a greater extent Scotland. Scotlands wealth built Canary Wharf and the London skyline we know today, imagine what it could have done for ourselves. Scotland is the only oil rich nation in the world having to use food banks. Didnt mean to get all political but some of those images hit hard.

@jenniferrada1099

2 жыл бұрын

American here to tell you Scotland is DEFINITELY not the only oil rich nation with people having to use food banks. It's a crying shame.

Melancholic and beautiful.

Thank you for posting this. I've never been to Glasgow but found this fascinating. The photos are well chosen and I've never heard of Marzaroli and I was very pleased to be introduced to his work. The commentary is passionate and intelligent and I love Chris Leslie's photos. One of the best photography videos I have seen for a long time. Best wishes from Hull.

In addition, I remember my late mother telling me a story. Very glamorous, she had been dancing at one of the many dancehalls in the late 1950’s, and she and a boyfriend were invited to a party in the Gorbals. This was when there was still tenements, the traditional Gorbals. She was shocked to arrive at the flat to see a coal fire burning, a flat immaculate and highly polished brasses on the fireplace. It was so welcoming.

Something I care about deeply, and building my body of work over the last two decades too. Great video and soul felt photos of our City of Glasgow.

@annamaria1929

3 жыл бұрын

I remember you from Flickr! I loved your photos. Greetings from Ireland, Anna x

@ZenoWatson

3 жыл бұрын

@@annamaria1929 Wow, Anna the Flickr days, that takes me back. I hope you are well. I am still shooting and can be found on Instagram zenowatson

As a child I remember areas of Glasgow in the 1970’s that were ruined. Waste ground, raised buildings, rubble, litter. Half derelict tenements, rooms opened to the air. Scary and sad. I wish we could go back and do what we do today. Sandblast the tenements, new windows, new plumbing. Clean them up, and keep communities together. But knocked down, these areas are gone forever.

Having moved out of Glasgow several years ago i reminisce about my life there. I grew up in the Old Gorbals where decent folk were harassed on a daily basis in those giant tenement blocks. Moving to Maryhill seemed like an escape but in reality it was the same. But it is still home, regardless of the poverty and the crime and the violence. It is a city where humility and respect has been earned. A city where life is brimming and hardship will forever be endured. I miss the people, the lifestyle, the landscape. I miss my home.

Beautifully narrated and the pictures speak volumes.

A love my city 🥺 This was... beautiful Chris

I started working life in C&As in Trongate in 1972, the only recruit ever to ask for Glasgow. A brilliant city, and many happy memories outside work. "Glasgow's Miles Better" - the best ever city slogan, and still true today.

As someone who lived in Glasgow during the 1800’s I can honestly say life was harder, but somehow everyone seemed happier. Maybe it’s just my memory.

@annamaria1929

2 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing you didn’t live in Glasgow in the 1800’s?..

@pduffy421

2 жыл бұрын

Your memory is confused with the century. Funny though.

@Teeb2023

2 жыл бұрын

Happy 230th birthday Chris. 😂

@josephberrie9550

8 ай бұрын

do you mean eighties

I love vids like these and I'm glad someone did this for posterity. I grew up in Glesga but moved doon south in 1994 - absence make the heart grow fonder.

Work of art mate .. Well done.

The stark contrasts are just amazing.

That was put together brilliantly. Really enjoyed that and thanks for posting.

These photos are fantastic.I can stilll smell the ditinct "Glega air".a mixture of smog,decaying tenements and whisky being ditilled.I attended Glasgow School of Art in Renfrew Street and although I was born and brought up in Dumbarton during the 50s,60s70s I am proud to have called Glasgow my home..in the words of Billy Connolly ."Glasgow gave me more than it ever took away,and prepared me for life on the road".....

Loved this - words and visuals about a wonderful city and it’s flaws and real beauty ❤️

Stunning work

Excellent video! We (My parents, sister & I) lived in the old Gorbals, at the top floor of our old blackened tenement, until December 1963. The following year it was demolished. I was heartbroken then, & am still pissed off even now! Ok, I was only 6, but I have very clear memories of the place. I loved it. We moved to Pollok, a fairly new suburb with a better environment for kids to play. I moved to Australia in the 1980s, but have never lost my love for the old Gorbals!

Just brilliant Glasgow .

Great watch from someone who moved here 3 years ago.

This vid is a true gem, not often you get to see the working class view of the city these days. I grew up in the Shaws flats in the early 90s to 00s and while it was a deprived area I loved it and miss them dearly.

Glasgow has gone through cycle after cycle of demolition of "slums" only to replace them with the next generations slums. Other cities conserve, protect and repair. Glasgow shatters its own communities and builds disruptive dual carriageways and roads that disconnect communities from their own historical city. Now ironically, the authorities are paying attention to the quality of housing but they are trying to repair the super-slums that they constructed on the outskirts of the city in the 1960's, ie "the scheme's". Time will tell but the quality of much of the city has been destroyed by those who were supposed to care for it. Selling cheap houses in urban jungles may be the way to revive the city but I doubt it.

@abw48

2 жыл бұрын

William Bolton : All my family and relatives lived in the Tenements, I was born in Toonhied, 1948, ran away in 1966, some family moved to Drumchapel, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Rutherglen, I left with a Ten Bob Note... You can take the boy out of the slums, but you have to take the slums out of the boy... Take a look at The Drum and East Kilbride today... shiteholes.

Best video I've seen on here for ages. Well put together.

Reinforces the importance of recording how people live in our city. Have we made progress? That is another film methinks.

@phdotsco

3 жыл бұрын

As rhetorical as that may be the answer is definitely not.

Brilliant, just Brilliant.

5.42 - That is where i grew up in the 70s. It is the pitch beside the red road flats of Petershill Road. On the other side is the railway that separates Red Road from Germiston.

This is so well done. This focuses on the Gorbals/ center of the city. My life in Glasgow was mostly in the west end, life on Buchanan st, Sauchiehall st, getting out to other parts of the city. Proud to be from Glasgow. from a Scot now living in North Carolina.

Always a pleasure to see shots of Glasgow from bygone days, Chris does a good job narrating folk like Chris and Oscar Mazzarolli gave me the idea to take shots of Glasgow as it was when I started in late 1980s and I am still taking shots, I am well out of their league but take what I see. For the past few years I have been taking whats coming down and whats going up , the changing face of Glasgow, some folk dont like it but its happening

Very good and interesting video - thanks. Sets the scene really well for today's interview with Depardon.

Can’t wait to be in this beautiful city for a whole year as a student. Thank you for sharing this history. I can’t wait to learn so much.

Thank you dearly, but this upset me deeply..as a very proud Glaswegian who has been struggling with homesickness since 1988 this made me sad and at the same time very proud of my heritage. Born in the Sou side (Gorbals) in 1968 and now living away for more than 30 years, I still hear the words of my Granda " You are not a Glaswegian because you where born in Glasgow, your a Glaswegian because Glasgow was born in you son,,,Oh how right he was. But I thanks great Glaswegians like yourselves who document our great city through your art and beautifully narrated short film, we will always know where we came from and who we are. It does not matter where in the city you where born it all belongs to us N.E.S.W. Two years ago I came home with my daughters for a week and on the flags in Buchanan Street it said "The People make Glasgow" how very true, and thats what I miss the most. Thanks for the great work and keep on educating.

Lovely vid & photos. As someone who lives down south, I’m pleased that I visited Glasgow, but was genuinely shocked at the genuinely third world look of some of the back street old stone darkened tenements, with their washing line strewn clothes & rubbish blowing in the street. Loved the MacIntosh school of Art hidden on its steep slope & the grandeur of George Square. There was a definite hostility toward the English accent though, which I can only assume has worsened in recent years, sadly. I hope Glasgow finds itself on the up these days.

Brilliant piece of historical documentary and some wonderful photographic work from Chris Leslie.

Thank you. Gritty Glasgow, ever adapting. Love the city, its people, the river. And the problem of housing for all is such a puzzle.

Fab video

Just shared it on Facebook youtube photography page.

wonderful video

These pictures are so memorable and heartbreaking to see the way they had to live in god bless them all

Beautiful portrait of a beautiful city!

Fantastic photographs and great video presentation. Thank you.

Absolutely First Class. Thank you 😊

Beautifully put together and narrated. Thank you.

Excellent. Thank you for a great narration and wonderful photos.

Beautiful, thank you!

Raymond, Great video mate, the narration, music, the story and of course the photos of an ever changing city. The Wegies are the best people in the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This is, quite simply, superb. Well done.

Absolutely lovely, thank you.

Great photos, and narrative, thank you.

Thanks for this wonderful video.I was born in At Francis's in Maryland street and raised in Penilee.Love Glasgow and it's fantastic architecture plus the friendliest of people.Live in East coast now but always longing to go home to Glasgow so do so as often as I can.🤗🥰🥰

Well done

My pal and I used to wait outside the gates of that very shipyard on the day the men would get their pay pokes ( packets to non Glaswegians). We were only about 7 and the men would quite often drop half pennies . Between us both we could get enough for some sweeties. I remember the Govan fair too. Beautiful big cart horses striking sparks on the cobbles as they passed in the procession. It wasn’t a bad childhood at all.

Have to say, I consider that it was an absolute act of desecration that the University of Glasgow demolished the home of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh ; Southpark Avenue, number 78. I lived in Southpark Avenue as a student.

@gilliandouglas7606

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Very sad to read about this :-(

fantastic look at Glasgow and documentary photography, thanks for this upload

Good work

Beautiful!

some fantastic photos ,thank you

This is fantastic. Wish I could travel back in time maybe for day.

Wonderful , very moving

Fantastic video. Many thanks for sharing.

Utterly captivating, well done.

Wonderfully put together. Cheers.

That was lovely . thank you

I'm not saying I'm in the same league of those photographers shown in this interesting film, but I'm one of those unseen ‘street photographers’ that are in and around Glasgow recording the lives of those who live, visit and share our great city. I'm a Glaswegian who ‘migrated’ into the overspill new town, Cumbernauld as a child, but I still consider myself a proud Glaswegian. I'm often in Glasgow (and other places in Scotland) recording the activities of the ordinary people of Scotland going about their daily business... Whether that's the street performers and their audiences, or the independence marches, or the demonstrations in George Square, or a mother and her child dressed up as Buzz Lightyear, it all adds the character and life of Glasgow. Some, like myself, are interested in everything that catches our eyes (people, murals, street performers etc) and others are purely interested in individuals (street portraits) but in all, we are recording the heartbeat of the city of Glasgow... The people. Those of us ‘working the streets’ are more fortunate than those mentioned in the film, as we have means of getting our work seen more easily than what was available back in the 1800s, the fifties, sixties etc as we have the World Wide Web to show our work on (Flickr being one example), but even though that is true now we are mostly unknown to the general public just like those who came before us.

@Xerthios

2 жыл бұрын

How do I find your work?

Loved this. Thanks.

Good memories thanks

So touching...

Enjoyed that, thank you x

8 minutes well spent... fantastic photography, fantastic narrative and wow, what a voice... :-)

This is a great short - amazing photographs too.

Fascinating clip...

Great work!

I love this, thank you ✨

Thank you.

Beautiful.. I wonder who will take the next set of photos and the stories and lives that have lived up until then