A Street Under Argyle Street

[Lucky Poet]

But please... use a bit of common sense.

Just a bit of fun surely? Or does it not meet your 'aspirations to academia'.
Pff.

As an academic acquaintance of mine once said, piss off.

Now that's an interesting shot. Would there be one of those glass grille things covering it by any chance?

[mrbongo]

Aye, have seen those shots before...but i bet there's a lot more under that big old building than that.

[dazza]

Now that's an interesting shot. Would there be one of those glass grille things covering it by any chance?

Not that I can remember. If there were they're covered up now. It's a strange building on a steep gradient and, before additional building works led to them being bricked up, there were a couple of windows in the tunnel allowing natural light in. Obviously the purpose of the window in my photo was to spread the light further down the basement/tunnel.

[DickyHart]

Ive already asked!!

you need to write to em, havent got round to it yet, ill get on it if no-one minds!!!

dicky

letter posted today

[gorevan]

Excellent hopefully you get a reply as soon as
will deffo be up for that ^_^
nice one mate

[DickyHart]

got a reply today folks!! they will have a decision in the next few days. they haven't done these things for quite a while, and the fella is gonna check out the safety aspects etc. Keep yer fingers crossed!!

[gorevan]

EXCELLENT! This would be awesome
fingers are crossed

[DickyHart]

still no word yet!!

[oldphilosophy]

Don't talk shite. There's overwhelming evidence. Virtually everyone's got a pal whose uncle's mate was done there once.

[DickyHart]

finally got a reply!! a resounding GTF!! The usual health and safety waffle.

the fella was quite cheeky!! "central station is not a tourist attraction.....blah blah blah!!"

anyway, looks your "street" is going to have to stay hidden, even though there isnt one.

Dicky

[gorevan]

What an ass! i agree its not a not a tourist attraction. But if people who are from Glasgow and would like to see it for history purposes that should be fine?
I say we break in take it by force :)

[Fiddlestick]

These are just the tip of the iceberg. I don't think there is a city or large town in the United Kingdom which doesn't have some fanciful tales of lost Victorian streets as related to a friend of an uncle's grandfather's brother-in-law's cousin who was "down there once in the 1960's" and "saw shop signs and windows".
It's just another common Urban Legend folks... nothing more.

I took this photo deep below the streets in Glasgow, but I can assure you it was never a shop:

I've been keeping an eye on this thread over the last few months, but finally got round to registering to respond to this.

I know for a fact that there is a hidden street (several infact) in Edinburgh and I *DON'T* mean Mary King's Close *OR* the caverns under South Bridge (still worth a look though). There is a closed and sealed church across from the Bank Hotel, where North Bridge/South Bridge intersects with the Royal Mile.

Once the building ceased being a church the floor was ripped up to reveal a lost and forgotton street along with shop/housing foundations. This is not an urban myth nor is it a second or third hand tale - I saw it with my own eyes when the building was opened to host an exibition a couple of summers ago. The cobbled street is remarkably well preserved and you could walk around it on a wooden walkway above the excavations. I've not seen the building opened since then and I think I've lost the photographs that I took, but I was able to find this online:

http://www.edinburgh-scotland.net/image ... Kirk04.jpg

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I thought this might appeal to people.

Oh and the Glasgow connection? I lived there for 20 years before emigrating eastward

[Josef]

Yep, absolutely correct. I believe one of the HG mods has also seen it with his own eyes.

It's just a foot or so of the original buildings above ground level left, though, isn't it?

[Lucky Poet]

I am that mod, and am happy to confirm that it's all true

It's a fascinating thing to go and see but sadly they've not opened the Tron Kirk much in the past couple of years. If memory serves it's the remains of the top end of Marlin's Wynd. I've got photos knocking about somewhere that I'll try to dig out. Some more here if you care to look through: Clicky

[calamity]

didnt they discover bones under a street in Leith recently while making the new tramcar route, it seems it was a 15th century church or graveyard..