Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with our selection of old Glasgow photographs from 1980 – many of them showing just how much city has changed since then.
Scroll through our photo gallery and prepare to be amazed.
1. Singer factory workers
Workers leaving the Singer sewing machine factory in Clydebank, a major employer in the Greater Glasgow region, which finally closed down in 1980. Photo: Gordon Rule
2. Charles Kennedy covered in soup 1980
Future leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Charles Kennedy was president of the Glasgow University Student Union when broadcaster Reginald Bosinquet (right) conducted his campaign to become rector in October 1980. Part of the rectorial was a soup-throwing competition. Photo: Allan Milligan
3. Billy Connolly sponsored cycle 1980
Scottish entertainer Billy Connolly leaves Glasgow on a sponsored cycle ride to Inverness in August 1980. Billy sets off from a rain-soaked George Square. Photo: Bill Stout
4. Jim Watt v Charlie Nash 1980
Jim Watt beat Charlie Nash for the World Lightweight boxing title at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, March 1980. Photo: Brian Stewart