Memories

Burton's Tailoring and Dance Hall on Union Street kicks off our memories today from 1959.

This splendid Easter bonnet was being sported by Christine Stewart at Cathkin Park back in 1986.

All aboard for Cathcart– these days we’re all used to driver-only buses, but back in 1965 the idea was still a novelty after years of clippies and conductors.

These young baton twirlers were pupils at Quarry Brae primary school in Glasgow in 1989.

This queue formed before opening time outside Lewis’s department store in Argyle Street in October 1953.

Before the days of washing machines and tumble dryers in every home, the weekly wash was a social affair at the public baths or ‘steamies’. The Parkhead baths were built in 1905, but as recently as 1986, these ladies were gathering for a stint doing laundry - and the chance of a catch-up.

There was a buzz around Glasgow’s Hampden Park in the 1920s as a massive crowd arrived for a match at the National Stadium

Massey’s provisions shops were a Glasgow institution since the 1870s and were famed for the quality of their bacon and ham. Here, a shop assistant slices some for a customer at the Union Street store in 1951.

It’s always exciting when a big new store opens, and this was the choice on offer on the first day as Woolworth opened its Dumbarton Road store in Glasgow, the firm’s 944th shop nationwide at the time.

It was a time for giant fun when this photograph was taken. Big Rory helped East Kilbride Development Corporation managing director George Young, left, and chairman Allan Denholm to launch the festival ‘Big Rory And His Oversized Responsibility, Wee Malky’.