Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

[sds]

There's one at 306 (or thereabouts) Dumbarton Road just now -- I just didn't have time to stop and take note! Looks like they're doing a fair amount of work on the inside at the moment...

[Ally Doll]

There's an interesting one on the Gallowgate too, near Charlotte Street. Saw it from the bus!

[Fossil]

There's an interesting one on the Gallowgate too, near Charlotte Street. Saw it from the bus!

thats an old one ally. in fact over 4years old

[Vinegar Tom]

The Classic Cafe at Allison Street has surfaced for a short stay.

[cell]

The burglar alarm is the real find here "Rely-a-bell" classic!
I take it the "CEN" part of the phone number refers to central Glasgow, if so when did it drop out of use?

[dazza]

The burglar alarm is the real find here "Rely-a-bell" classic!

I've seen quite a few of those. In fact, there's one outside my flat.

[Buzby]

The burglar alarm is the real find here "Rely-a-bell" classic!
I take it the "CEN" part of the phone number refers to central Glasgow, if so when did it drop out of use?

Didn't really 'drop out' more a crowbar in 1964 when Glasgow and Edinburgh became the only two Scottish cities to become 'Director' telephone areas with the introduction of all-number codes for the introduction of STD - Subscriber Trunk Dialling. All the Glasgow exchanges (DOUglas, CITy, CENtral, BELl, SOUth, WEStern etc etc) were allocated new 3-digit codes, which didn't match up to the old Alpha-dials for their numeric equivalent. This was at the same time Glasgow got its STD code 041 and Edinburgh 031, and the A/B payphoine kiosks which ised to take 4 x 1d coins for a call of unlimited length were converted to new boxes that made the same call for a 3d piece, but the calls were timed with the introduction of 'pips'!

[cell]

Thanks Buzby, that's useful dating info, any idea when it was introduced, presumably I would have only needed the CEN prefix if I was outside the central Glasgow area, much like I only need 0141 if outside Glasgow?

[Dave]

I thought there was a thread dedicated to this dialing prefix topic but seems I'm wrong.

I did find this though in the Past and Present thread

[Vinegar Tom]

Newly uncovered near my old flat in Govanhill. This used to be Doors & Floors at 616 Cathcart Road , next door to Charlie's (Vivo's).


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[Vinegar Tom]

Argyle St:

A bit of destruction going on at the Finnieston Station Bar yesterday


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[johnnyanglia]

Good to see the 616 Cathcart rd sign and Calder st "Fish restaurant" signs exposed. I meant to photograph both but did not have a camera handy.

[dolkin]

thats the two ways rab c nesbitts pub

[Rucola]

This may be a bit obvious, but the Finnieston Station referred to is the nearby Glasgow City and District Railway station which closed in 1917, not what is now Exhibition Centre station.

Anyone know what ESB stood for?

[Vinegar Tom]

Turriff Street at Port Eglinton - demolition of the Colhouns Castle Bar. There's a lettered sign above , but it is beyond my level of being bothered to untangle it without looking at directories and the like



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