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Retro

Glasgow City Council decided to keep the facade to the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital on the Rottenrow due its cultural significance in the city

Remembering Rottenrow hospital and its significance

Ferenc Puskas, wearing a dress of Honved Budapest poses in the 1950s. Hungarian and Real Madrid football legend, the inspiration of the 'Mighty Magyars' national side that dominated world football in the 1950s, (Photo credit -- ARCHIVE ZOLTAN THALY J./AFP via Getty Images)
Ferenc Puskas, wearing a dress of Honved Budapest poses in the 1950s. Hungarian and Real Madrid football legend, the inspiration of the 'Mighty Magyars' national side that dominated world football in the 1950s, (Photo credit -- ARCHIVE ZOLTAN THALY J./AFP via Getty Images)

Remembering when Ranger’s Jim Baxter took Ferenc Puskás to Drumchapel

The old Archaos nightclub.
The old Archaos nightclub.

9 photos inside Archaos - last look at the Glasgow club

Photographer Barry Feinstein captured Bob Dylan walking along Princes Street in May 1966.
Photographer Barry Feinstein captured Bob Dylan walking along Princes Street in May 1966.

Remembering Bob Dylan’s chaotic first gig in Glasgow

An iconic 80s Children’s TV show that was adapted from a series of books written by Forrest Wilson. Gudrun Ure stars as Granny Smith or ‘Super Gran’ as she develops superpowers from Inventor Black’s magic ray.
An iconic 80s Children’s TV show that was adapted from a series of books written by Forrest Wilson. Gudrun Ure stars as Granny Smith or ‘Super Gran’ as she develops superpowers from Inventor Black’s magic ray.

10 Scottish kids’ TV shows that you might remember

Better Days played its first Glasgow show in the Webster’s Theatre last night, March 8
Better Days played its first Glasgow show in the Webster’s Theatre last night, March 8

Better Days: A house music play all about 90’s Scottish music culture

The Legend of Barney Thomson
The Legend of Barney Thomson

10 of our readers’ favourite films shot and set in Glasgow

A focus on the last ‘proper’ old-school pubs which are still open in Glasgow. PIC: Simon Hulme
A focus on the last ‘proper’ old-school pubs which are still open in Glasgow. PIC: Simon Hulme

10 of the last ‘proper’ old-school pubs still open in Glasgow today

Albert Einstein received an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow in 1933. (Picture: University of Glasgow)
Albert Einstein received an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow in 1933. (Picture: University of Glasgow)

In pictures: When Albert Einstein visited the University of Glasgow

A view of the Beresford building from Elmbank Street
A view of the Beresford building from Elmbank Street

The Beresford Building: The story behind Glasgow’s first skyscraper

The presenters of 'Breakfast Time', first national breakfast television programme, UK, August 19, 1983; including Frank Bough (far left) (photo: Getty Images)
The presenters of 'Breakfast Time', first national breakfast television programme, UK, August 19, 1983; including Frank Bough (far left) (photo: Getty Images)

​A look back at 40 years of early morning sleepy Breakfast television

The overgrown, boarded up remains of Golfhill Public School
The overgrown, boarded up remains of Golfhill Public School

5 lost schools of Glasgow and they came to be derelict

Picture: John Devlin
Picture: John Devlin

Remembering the lost clubs, bars, restaurants and bands of 90s Glasgow

My word, our language constantly changes!
My word, our language constantly changes!

Some of our staple sayings have seen better days.

A screengrab from the movie Obit, featuring Charlie Sheen running with Police down St Vincent Place
A screengrab from the movie Obit, featuring Charlie Sheen running with Police down St Vincent Place

Remembering Charlie Sheen’s wild night out in Glasgow 1997

Lager Lovelies: Tennent's model Penny featured on several cans showing her at different times of the day - one of which was banned by the New York authorities. Picture: Donald McLeod/TSPL
Lager Lovelies: Tennent's model Penny featured on several cans showing her at different times of the day - one of which was banned by the New York authorities. Picture: Donald McLeod/TSPL

Remembering when Tennent’s plastered ‘Lager Lovelies’ on their tins

Still from a cine film of Bothwellhaugh, the village that now lies beneath the loch of Strathclyde Country Park, Lanarkshire. The film was made by Joe Griffiths and has been restored by the Scottish Film and Television Archive.
Still from a cine film of Bothwellhaugh, the village that now lies beneath the loch of Strathclyde Country Park, Lanarkshire. The film was made by Joe Griffiths and has been restored by the Scottish Film and Television Archive.

The village outside Glasgow that was flooded to make a country park

The gallows were once a typical sight (photo: Adobe)
The gallows were once a typical sight (photo: Adobe)

The gruesome business of public execution put under the microscope

The gutted remains of the Provanmill Inn in 2010 (Pic: Robert Pool)
The gutted remains of the Provanmill Inn in 2010 (Pic: Robert Pool)

Four of the most notorious Glasgow pubs linked to organised crime

Clune Park is now home to only around 20 people living in a handful of the 430 flats.
Clune Park is now home to only around 20 people living in a handful of the 430 flats.

Ghost towns of Glasgow: Five forgotten schemes in and around the city

King George VI who made a speech to the nation each Christmas from 1939 exxcept for one year following an operation (photo: Getty Images)
King George VI who made a speech to the nation each Christmas from 1939 exxcept for one year following an operation (photo: Getty Images)

Monarch’s Christmas day speech carried on by our new King Charles III

Dave Kelly's father showing his son his old stomping ground
Dave Kelly's father showing his son his old stomping ground

The importance of oral history and family

Owner Brian Richards said that the club is gearing up for another 20 years in business
Owner Brian Richards said that the club is gearing up for another 20 years in business

12 pictures of clubbing at Bamboo in the early 2000s

The man Merlin is based off of could very well have been a Glaswegian (just a few hundred years before it became a city)
The man Merlin is based off of could very well have been a Glaswegian (just a few hundred years before it became a city)

The ancient Glasgow scholar that apparently inspired Merlin the wizard

Rachel Hamilton - known as Big Rachel - was a shipyard worker, navvy forewoman and farm labourer. In 1875, she was called up to help quash the Partick Riots. PIC: Courtesy of Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Museums.
Rachel Hamilton - known as Big Rachel - was a shipyard worker, navvy forewoman and farm labourer. In 1875, she was called up to help quash the Partick Riots. PIC: Courtesy of Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Museums.

Remembering ‘Big Rachel’: The hardest woman in Glasgow

Winston Churchill carrying out some brick work at his home in Chartwell, Kent, in 1928 (photo: Getty Images)
Winston Churchill carrying out some brick work at his home in Chartwell, Kent, in 1928 (photo: Getty Images)

Chartwell: Where you get to know the man who is behind the myth

Burlesque performer Tom Delish onstage at the Flying Duck ‘Glasgow’s sexiest ever night’ run by Pin Up Nights, which also featured Frank McAvennie
Burlesque performer Tom Delish onstage at the Flying Duck ‘Glasgow’s sexiest ever night’ run by Pin Up Nights, which also featured Frank McAvennie

16 Pictures from Glasgow’s forgotten clubs of the 2000s

Deemed to be at "high" risk, the B-listed Whitevale Street baths is just about the only historic building left in this stretch of the Gallowgate. It would certainly be a shame to lose it.
Deemed to be at "high" risk, the B-listed Whitevale Street baths is just about the only historic building left in this stretch of the Gallowgate. It would certainly be a shame to lose it.

Glasgow Heritage: These 11 historic Glasgow buildings are at risk of vanishing f...

Wiggy Clive, legendary dancer on The Hitman & Her, will lead his troupe of dancers at the new tribute night at Platform
Wiggy Clive, legendary dancer on The Hitman & Her, will lead his troupe of dancers at the new tribute night at Platform

80s nightclub show, The Hitman & Her, returns to Glasgow

A conga line in 1990.
A conga line in 1990.

12 photos of Hogmanay celebrations in Glasgow's George Square in 1990 and 2000

Arctic Monkeys were interviewed right after the release of their first EP by author John McGonagle for a Zine he was running alongside Pin Up Nights.
Arctic Monkeys were interviewed right after the release of their first EP by author John McGonagle for a Zine he was running alongside Pin Up Nights.

Clubbing in 2000s Glasgow - featuring Arctic Monkeys, MGMT, and more

The club night attracted an eclectic range of punters and guest DJs pictured from left to right is Frank McAvennie, Aidan Moffat, and Paolo Nutini.
The club night attracted an eclectic range of punters and guest DJs pictured from left to right is Frank McAvennie, Aidan Moffat, and Paolo Nutini.

Glasgow club promoter shares stories from 2000s club scene

The cast of Still Game dancing The Slosh (Pic:BBC)
The cast of Still Game dancing The Slosh (Pic:BBC)

Where does ‘The Slosh’ dance come from?

The Ruchill Tavern done up as The Clansman for filming Still Game.
The Ruchill Tavern done up as The Clansman for filming Still Game.

Remembering the Glasgow pub that served as The Clansman in Still Game

Billy Connolly performing I wish I was in Glasgow.
Billy Connolly performing I wish I was in Glasgow.

Can you remember these old Glasgow folsongs?

LNER Azuma train bearing its poppy livery (photo: Simon Williams LNER)
LNER Azuma train bearing its poppy livery (photo: Simon Williams LNER)

LNER thanks those who have served

An image taken by HiSurv during works on an older townhouse building in the West End showing what lies behind bricked off windows across Glasgow.
An image taken by HiSurv during works on an older townhouse building in the West End showing what lies behind bricked off windows across Glasgow.

What is behind Glasgow’s bricked up tenement windows?