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For generations, Glasgow has been one of the entertainment capitals of the UK with
a thriving culture of movie-going, dancing, theatres, pantomime, pubs and
other formal activities.
Do you have treasured memories of an artist or venue, or a really special night-out? We'd be glad to hear them!
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There are currently 15 stories in this category. To read a story click on its title.
| Uploaded | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 16/10/2005 | STV Who remembers "The One O'clock Gang" from the Theatre Royal? Larry Marshall and Dorothy Paul hamming it up as... | tazza (tazza macleod) |
| 21/08/2005 | The Late Chic Murray How many of you remember the late Chic Murray? One of the funniest guys on the planet. I remember seeing... | tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley) |
| 18/08/2005 | Glasgow's Empire Exhibition, 1938 1938 was a great year in Glasgow's history. It was the year of the Empire Exhibition, an exhibition which brou... | Dugald (John Milloy) |
| 09/08/2005 | Lucky Number 17 "Aw ye're dancin?" "Naw it's the way ah saunter," and "This tram gang the Barraland? "Aw Naw, this tram canny ... | peter.howden (peter howden) |
| 04/07/2005 | Stars in Their Eyes 1947 Style In 1947 a then famous show business personality named Jack E Raymond decided to hold a special kind of show i... | tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley) |
| 03/06/2005 | Don't Forget the Wireless Although the Cinema was by far the biggest form of entertainment in Glasgow, it was by no means the only one. ... | tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley) |
| 13/05/2005 | Lobey Dosser & Co Who among you remembers Lobey Dosser I wonder? With his brother Dunny Dosser and all of his compatriots. His ... | tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley) |
| 12/05/2005 | "The Pictures" Street games were all the rage during the summer months. We would play all night after school until darkess p... | tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley) |
| 09/05/2005 | Stars at the Glasgow Empire From 1947 until 1951 my uncle John, my mother's half brother, played clarinet and saxaphone in the Glasgow Emp... | tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley) |
| 18/03/2005 | Radio Highlights Marion Quillan's "Radiograms and Other Wonders" struck a few chords and rang a few bells as well as tugging at... | Rockajock (Tony Jaconelli) |
| 09/03/2005 | The Baths It may not have been the warm sparkling waters of The Gulf of Mexico, but it was "The Baths". Living in Ruc... | punnaburra (Wee Bertie Toms) |
| 19/02/2005 | Radiograms and Other Wonders Our radiogram was the size of a small sideboard. We loved it. The pick up head was 2 inches square with stee... | marion.quillan (marion quillan) |
| 03/02/2005 | Glasgow Corporation Transport Pipe Band In a new 21st century, when pipe-bands from all over the world proliferate and World Championship trophies are... | Aonghas Mor (Angus MacPhee) |
| 14/01/2005 | The Forties - My Time for Play It is hard to imagine now that we could entertain ourselves without the aid of television and radio, yet bored... | Rockajock (Tony Jaconelli) |
| 12/01/2005 | Tommy Steele At The Glasgow Empire You didn't want to be part of "Freddy Bell and The BellBoys", not really. They were never going to win. Oh, th... | dougie99 (doug heath) |
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