In April 1960, Allan Hailstone – known on Flickr as Allhails – photographed life in Glasgow.
In the Gorbals, Glasgow, 18 April 1960
9 firemen were killed in the Cheapside Street bonded warehouse fire on 28 March 1960.
BEA Viscount at Renfrew Airport, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Renfrew Airport, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Argyle Street, Lewis’s huge department store in the background.
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Lewis’s Polytechnic as it was originally known and the St.Enoch Hotel is also visible and so is Timothy Whites. Where the person is crossing over Argyle St. is the site of the famous Boots store or Dissy corner. Note too the Arnott Simpsons store at this time is not the large imposing building that it was to become.
Wee Minxy 6y
Oh my goodness…fantastic 🙂
Robert Pool:
Robert, Lewis’s was originally John Anderson’s Royal Polytechnic untill it sold out to Lewis’s in 1937. As far as l am aware Lewis’s never used the ‘Polytechnic’ in their name of the store. The Boots store was previously the Adelphi Hotel and before that The Argyll Hotel and it would have been to the back of the photographer.
Stilucan: The gent is crossing the road from Union Street (Boot’s corner). The tram lines and traffic lights are quite clear at junction Argyle/Union/Jamaica. Boot’s is not built yet – the buildings on the left were demolished between Union and Mitchell to accomodate new Boots.. The latter cannot be seen in this pic. Boots and Arnott’s were both built within the same 2 year period. I was an apprentice in construction of both.
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Argyle Street looking west towards Anderston Cross
John Robertson:
Argyle Street, the Schweppes sign is on Central Station, above the tunnel underneath it. this was called the Highland Man’s Umberella.
The noise in there, caused by trains above, and trams could be deafening. The buildings on the left are long gone!!
Alan Morrison:
as are the buildings on the right, now (2010) replaced by the Radisson Hotel
Paisley Cross, Scotland, 19 April 1960
Buchanan Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Glasgow, 19 April 1960
St. Enoch Underground station is now (2010) a Caffe Nero.
Glasgow, 19 April 1960
St. Enoch Underground station is now (2010) a Caffe Nero.
Argyle Street, Glasgow city centre.
Note the Mark 1 Coronation Tram.
After the fire, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
This hugely destructive fire in the centre of Glasgow attracted wide national publicity.
After the fire, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
The Cheapside fire. Brownie Bear: Yhe fire broke out on 28th March 1960 and continued to smoulder for the best part of a week. 14 members of Glasgow Fire Service died and 5 members of the Glasgow Salvage Corps also died.
Illegal betting shop, Glasgow, 19 April 1960.
I obtained this photo by looking behind a door where I saw suspicious characters entering and leaving. If I had been noticed, no doubt my camera would have been taken from me.
Robert Henderson:
Clyde Street with the SS Carrick and Glasgow Bridge in the background. A former clipper she was used as the RNVR club in Glasgow for many years.
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
George Square, Glasgow, 19 April 1960
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