These mounted police officers had to move in quickly to keep fans in order at the August 1961 Partick Thistle v Celtic League Cup clash. Hundreds of supporters were locked outside, but look at the top of the picture as those inside the ground give a hand up to others to get them in free. Celtic won 3-2. The attendance was 33,549
This policeman could be offering a guiding hand to the driver of the trolleybus at Glasgow Cross. This was the new form of transport people would soon be making use of to get around the city.
In March 1949 the vehicles, making use of the electric cables overhead that had been installed for the trams system decades earlier, were enjoying trial runs.
They came into service the following month and carried 20,000 passengers on the first day.
However, there were complaints from some people the trolleybuses were too quiet, which meant danger for those not fully alert or taking a chance crossing the road.
The trolleybuses were at their peak in 1959 when Gasgow had the third largest fleet of vehicles in Britain, with 194 buses and more than 700 workers.
Unlike the trams, the trolleybuses did not last long. They
last ran in May 1967 ... just
18 years after they first took to the city streets.
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