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My Glasgow Photos

Glasgow got its first glimpse of the new underground trains. A display was set up in George Square. - 25th June 1977

Thousands of people passed through the new underground carriage. - George Square 25th June 1977

Having a pint in the Muscular Arms with my mate, West Nile Street. - 24th September 1977

Inside the Muscular Arms, West Nile Street. - 24th September 1977

Gaslight in a close in Maryhill - 1978

My nephew David standing in a gaslit close in Maryhill - 1978

Bus stop on Argyle Street. - Friday 29th June 1979

Drunk guy on Argyle Street, well, it was the start of the Clydebank Fair and he looks as if he started celebrating early. - Friday 29th June 1979

Fire engines on Argyle Street, probably heading to one of the many bomb scares we got at this period in time. - Friday 29th June 1979

Glasgow fire engine on Argyle street. - Friday 29th June 1979

Looking down Argyle Street. - Friday 29th June 1979

Shops on Argyle Street. - Friday 29th June 1979

Looking down Argyle Street towards the Trongate. - Friday 29th June 1979

The famous Boots clock on the corner of Argyle Street where many a first date used to meet. I met my wife there for our first date in the 60s. - Friday 29th June 1979

A quiet George Square. - Glasgow 2nd July 1979

A police van answering a call. I was sitting on George Square when I heard the siren, turned round and took the photo quickly, hence the pole spoiling the shot. - 2nd July 1979

Cenotaph and the City Chambers. - 2nd July 1979

Bomb scare in Queen Street, you can see the suspect object in the bin on the bus stop. - 2nd July 1979

We had a lot of bomb scares in the late 70s and early 80s. You can see the big Lewis's store at the end of the street on Argyle Street. - 2nd July 1979

My nephew, David, at his work in Glasgow. I popped in to see him and took some photos. - 2nd July 1979

David was sample room manager of a large whisky company. It was David who got me interested in 35mm photography and he was one of the three members of our darkroom. - 2nd July 1979

David did the sampling by nose as he doesn't drink spirit which is just as well, surrounded by it all day! - 2nd July 1979

This is a photo of platform nine & ten in Central station Glasgow. As in Harry Potter, in between would be platform nine & three quarters and the little boy looks as if he is going for the Hogwarts Express. - 1979

The Duke without his Cone... The placing of the traffic cone on the statue's head is believed to date back to the first half of the 1980s, if not before. - May 1980

Firemen on a callout at Summerston. Check out the Chopper bike. - Saturday 17th May 1980
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