ALBION Street, no longer a main thoroughfare in Glasgow, used to be one of the city’s busiest streets. Here it is in 1955, clogged up with vans delivering, or collecting, produce from the fruitmarket.
The Herald reported that there was a plea by produce growers to have the market opened up at 5am instead of 7am. It seems that lorries were arriving as early as five anyway and sitting there until the seven o’clock opening.
The merchants in the market resisted the idea, pointing out that there would be no public transport to get their staff into work for five so there was no point, and suggested the tomato growers in the Clyde Valley wait until the afternoon to make their deliveries.
The city council did what councils often do and dithered about it for years, until finally a new market was built out at Blochairn beside the newly constructed motorway, and Albion Street could finally calm down.
Away from that hurly-burly, the top right picture shows some lads from Hillhead High School having a snowball fight in Botanic Gardens in 1952. A parkie has been dragged into the picture as well and look at just how smart he is in that coat and hat. Far more stylish than wearing a hi-viz jacket these days.
And the school caps? Unfortunately we Hillhead lads had to wear them until the end of third year.
In fact, they look almost old-fashioned enough to fit into the third picture, which was taken in Woodside Library, not far from Hillhead School in 1939. The war has just begun and these young men had to carry their gas masks in haversacks while browsing.
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