the nearest subway to her was shields road as she live at number 17 near the paisley road always remember it seemed an awful long back to the house after being at the town when we came out of the subway especially if it was raining.
i always remember the distinctive smell which used to come up the stairs when a train came in this was from the days when the trains were hauled by steel cable and were greased the smell was from the grease used to lubricate the ropes prior to electrification, also remember standing waiting on a train to go up the town as we called it in our family (anyone else refer to it this way?) and the loud tick of the clock and nobody having a conversation for some reason maybe im wrong in this?
anyone know what the frequency of trains were in those days? i also recall two trains arriving at the same time was this a regular thing or was it only occassionally? perhaps someone who worked on the subway at that time can tell me if this is true or not.
other memories are my granpa taking me to visit his nephew in partick and going on the subway and him pointing out the bit in the tunnel where the trains were lifted into the workshop apparently jack house used to think when a small boy that the trains were carried up the stairs and loaded up on a lorry to be taken for repair
my granpas nephew always used to walk us to the subway when we were going home and would buy me a packet of poppets from the vending machine
anyone ever go on a circle which took the long route if they missed the train for the other circle?
any stories about travelling on the subway when you were younger would be interesting also any stories about the subway from ex staff who worked on the subway pre modernisation?
) and go round the outer circle many times. Travel-pass was £3.25 a week- money well spent!
