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What type of projector do you need? I have a Super 8 machine in good working order, but it's more likely that the film is Standard 8 or even 16 mm. Colin
It may well be pish but in the 1950s it was the future, and Glasgow was very much the past.... Glasgow was (in)famous for sub-standard housing, while East Kilbride offered an escape route for thousands of aspirational skilled workers - draining Glasgow of talent. Not much of the architecture is of a...
These pictures are amazing, I've never heard of this film but must get a copy. Yes, pic 10 is Rose Street from New City Road, interesing to see Milton Presbyterian Church at the corner of West Graham St, demolished in the 1990s and now to be the site of a new housing development (grab a bit of raili...
Does anyone know the location of, or what happened to, Thomas Garnett's Observatory that was constructed on Garnethill (then known as Summerhill)? I reckon it must have been on Hill Street, the highest point, but I've not been able to find any reference to it on maps. Thomas Garnett was a professor ...
You might notice a rogue sign above the doorway of the Cafe - 'Timber Maniacs' - this is the work of Glasgow artist Gregor Wright. Nice. I lived in Kelvingove for years - there used to be two great junk shops, one was called 'Crofter's Attic', sold the most amazing stuff for knockdown prices. My bes...