scottie
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Somewhere in the City 1958these were in a film marked "orange walk" and "queens visit"
scanned from negatives
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Stuball
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First one is easy... Hope st with central hotel on the left, waterloo st on the right. I've never seen that Royal Bank building before... amazing to think that was demolished and the replacement recently demolished
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Chief Inspector
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Second one has Watt Brothers Department store to the right hand side
so It must be Hope Street at Sauchiehall Street .
Keep posting them photos scottie, they are special !!
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sputnik
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the second one is the corner of hope st and bath st.looking up towards charing cross.
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Jock58
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Excellent photos & you guys 
The knowledge of Glasgow that you show on UG never ceases to amaze me.
Jock58
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james73
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Re: somwhere in the city 1958 | scottie wrote: | |
That's Springburn Road.
James H
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Scary
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| Stuball wrote: | | First one is easy... Hope st with central hotel on the left, waterloo st on the right. I've never seen that Royal Bank building before... amazing to think that was demolished and the replacement recently demolished |
The Royal Bank building was the Corn Exchange, I read a bit about it, but can`t find it right now. It was white marble or gratine built in circle upon block upon circle, it would have been an outstanding building in its day, but in the pic I saw it had been blackened by the smoke from the Central Station.
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neilmc
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The last two are also Springburn Road - I think Smith's became the Kerry Inn?
Love the Austin A40 pick-up, and look at the size of the gent escorting the wee boy across the road.
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Scary
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Re: Somewhere in the City 1958 | scottie wrote: | these were in a film marked "orange walk" and "queens visit"
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Right wee man remember wit ah telt ye... dodge the burd wae the bairn an ye ok.
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kev
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Re: Somewhere in the City 1958 | scottie wrote: | these were in a film marked "orange walk" and "queens visit"
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Thats the corner of Fleminton street and Springburn rd... James did a recent past /present taken from McNees the chemist which is to the left of the picture
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falseface
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belters scottie
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LowLight
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Re: Somewhere in the City 1958
Past/Present composite.
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james73
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Cracker LowLight.
James H
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LowLight
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Thanks James.
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HollowHorn
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I think that polis has spotted yir shananagins, best go along quietly.
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kev
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Nice view of Lewis,s..check out the sign above the door saying "you can be x rayed at Lewis,s"
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LowLight
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Beauty Kev.
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trolleybus
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| kev9 wrote: | Nice view of Lewis,s..check out the sign above the door saying "you can be x rayed at Lewis,s"
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Think the Lewis,s x-ray advert is about the 1950s TB scare.
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tombro
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Trolleybus could be quite right altthough, since I was only a bairn at the time, I don't remember that 'X-Ray' sign.
The trams indicate the picture to be late 1950's, but I'm sure there must be some enthusiasts who can narrow it down even more by identifying the cars.
The ERF truck on the right would suggest to me that it is definitely the late 1950's.
Tombro 
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neilmc
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Well spotted Tombro: That particular ERF has the original version of the distinctive 'KV' cab, which was actually unveiled at the Scottish Motor Show, Kelvin Hall in November 1953.
Since the ERF seems to be the most modern vehicle in that photo, I reckon it could have been taken any time from around 1954 on...... 
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glasgowken
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Yep, can't see anything that would change that.
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trolleybus
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Re: somwhere in the city 1958 | james73 wrote: | | scottie wrote: | |
That's Springburn Road.
James H |
Behind that wall on the right of Springburn Rd was the area of Sighthill cemetery that i,ve heard say many moons ago was the paupers grave section.
Last i looked there did,nt seem to many headstones around that section.
Could be that the headstones had fallen down through time and the area had been kept tidy by the council.
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Scary
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Re: somwhere in the city 1958 | trolleybus wrote: |
Could be that the headstones had fallen down through time and the area had been kept tidy by the council. |
If it was paupers graves then there may have been no headstones to begin with
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kev
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Re: somwhere in the city 1958 | trolleybus wrote: | | james73 wrote: | | scottie wrote: | |
That's Springburn Road.
James H |
Behind that wall on the right of Springburn Rd was the area of Sighthill cemetery that i,ve heard say many moons ago was the paupers grave section.
Last i looked there did,nt seem to many headstones around that section.
Could be that the headstones had fallen down through time and the area had been kept tidy by the council. |
view taken about 1980 from the main one.. looks like a paupers section
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