Old Castlemilk Housing Scheme Memories
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2013
- A collection of old Castlemilk Housing Scheme Photographs.
And many thanks to everyone who contributed to the collection... :)
Enjoy!
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I was a bus driver for 30years and castlemilk was the best route I had the privilege to drive through, most of the people who lived there were decent hard working people who had a hard life bringing up their family's the biggest majority of their children grue up to be decent people and a great respect for one and another and a great example to future generations, thank you very much to everyone who lived in castlemilk, many a winter's night if my bus broke down there was always some kind sole whoud bring me a cup of tea and some sandwiches and a biscuit, and even a hot water bottle, you never got that kindness in places like bearsden or the other snotty places in and around the city, so God bless and thanks again, lang may your lums reak ,castlemilk you canny beat it.
HELLO,WAS A DRIVER AT LARKFIELD GARAGE ON BUTTERBIGGEN,S ROAD AND CASTLMILK WAS PART OF MY ROTA, THE 4 ,5,66 ROUTES
GOODAYS❤👍GREAT WATCH
Those speed bumps are a bit rough though.
Clatty bastards
Hi Susan. At 1:14 on the video is where I grew up. (The last close on Ardmaleish Road.) So sad to see it like this. My old neighbour,Mr McLean,had a beautiful garden right there on the corner.
Hi John, yes, sad, even though, the houses were unsatisfactory, as kids, we loved the place. It's happy memories for us, but bittersweet at the same time... x
What a marvellous video! I've been looking for a photo of Castlemilk at 2:08 for years. This is Dunagoil Road and I lived at number one (1) at the top house. I came from the tenements in Bridgeton and I was 7 when I moved to Castlemilk. I lived there from 1957 to 1971. I went to Windlaw Primary school just behind the back of the houses and in 1963 I went to Kings Park Secondary in Simshill. My pal Brian McAndrew stayed at the bottom house and his father was a keen gardener and was always working away in the garden. He had it immaculate but moved to London when Brian was 12. The guy who got the house couldn't care less about the garden and just let it go. It ended up much like the photo in the video. I had a wonderful childhood in Castlemilk and that's me 70 now. I wish I could do it all over again.
Thank you zybbok glad you like it... I was also brought up in Castlemilk and brought my kids up in Castlemilk in Birgidale... It has a special place in my heart.. have you seen our Castlemilk History Facebook Page? Lots more to see there... facebook.com/Castlemilk-History-116432021792052/?ref=hl
If you went to Windlaw at that time, you must remember Susan McLaren? She would be around that era.
We lived in castlemilk 1959- 1971 then moved to Australia.
The bottom house was Chic,jeanie and their kids Ringo,vinnie,Donk,jeanie jnr as the corner was where i hung around & it was really cold in the winter as c/milk was way above sea level.But Bundyland was a brilliant place regards.
How did I end up here? One minute I'm looking for 'Talking Heads' Stop making sense' next thing you know I'm watching your Castlemilk upload. Great collection of photos. I lived downstairs from one of your previous commenters, Gordon Sheilds at 23 Bogany Terrace. He was a few years older than me and my mate Dougie Reid, and I have great memories of him and his mate Brian Holland teaching us how to play five stones at the bottom of the close, and the finer points of chicken with a pocket knife. Pleased to say I've still got all my toes! Really great neighbours in our street. Although I've lived in Australia since '77 I'm still in touch with most of my mates from back then. Shame they built the block of flats though. That was the end of the neighbourhood. It was a total disaster after that. The town planners of the time have a lot to answer for.
Cheers, Frank
Hi Frank, thanks for your comments... You will find much more on Castlemilk at the Castlemilk History Facebook page... Look us up... :) You might need a few spare hours though... Lol facebook.com/Castlemilk-History-116432021792052/
Watching Aus the now I bet you wish you were back in C/Milk although we couldn’t walk down certain streets still more community then now it’s all drugs
loved this video got to admit had a tear in my eye left 31 yrs ago from croftfoot great memories happy days .
Lived in ballantay Rd was miles better than mc Neil street in the gorbals ,and loved the Cathkin Braes,now living in tenerife,never even new places like this existed🌞🌞
That’s where my dad and his bro’s lived
I stayed in Castlemilk for a wee while in 2017 at 435 Carmunnock road and having been born and brought up in a tenement in Pollokshields, it felt unusually quite homely round that end and the idea of being nearer to the countryside. Although I’ve moved on, I see Castlemilk in a different light from the usual doom and gloom
amazing footage! thanks !
Lived at 16 Bogany Terrace ,Castlemilk until I left for New Zealand in 1964 - Have been back home on numerous occasions but was surprised to find the Terrace had been demolished on one of my trips - fond memories of the old Country !
we moved to castlemilk from govan in 1957 to a brand new 5 apartment at 44 ballantay road I was 5 years old then
Up till the late 1970's Castlemilk was the best place in the world (hands down).The people were great the birds were beautiful & the community spirit was high...........????? CNP
Up until the 1980's Castlemilk had NO grasses.But the twisted mcgarrigle brothers came on the scene and ruined it all.Bernie,wee Mcaulay,Harry kerr etc all got their door put in and drug squad knew everything....AGAIN...4 POUNDS OF HEROIN SOME SAY BUT IT WAS 4 OUNCES...I grassed a few to get out and ive never been in JOE MCGARRIGLE (sorry people)
48 Tormusk Rd, Loved my childhood there with my Mum, Dad and Brother......The Muirhead's. Cracking Pics and song.
I used to work all over Castlemilk in 1980 as a 16 year old, with the Department of Cleansing first as a ''Salvage Boy'' then from sweeping just about every street in Castlemilk, Cathcart, Langside, Battlefield Govanhill, Toryglen and Rutherglen as part of the ''Cabacs'' squad, also as a Road Sweeper then on the ''Bin Lorries'' enjoyed every minute of it, never had a problem with anyone who lived there, met a lot of guys from back then at Polmadie Re cycling Centre back in 2008, was amazed 28 years later a lot of them were still around I was from Easterhouse way back then, it was a brilliant for me am amazed looking back just how much of an area we actually covered, love the photos I used to travel on that number 46 bus route every day then get the number 5 bus into St Enoch Square for the dancing once work was finished, I can still remember the first day the ''Oasis'' pub opened up, broke the record in takings for a new pub in Scotland never a dull moment, great people, would help you even though they had little themselves, thank you for bringing back great memories for me, met a helluva lot of beautiful lassies as a young 16 year old teenager then, aye!!!!
Aw, thank you Chaz, very nice words indeed... It's like everywhere has their good people and only a small lot give places bad names... Most folks were/are good people eh! you can find even more photos at facebook.com/Castlemilk-History-116432021792052/ We have tons on there... Best wishes to you Chaz and thank you...
Beautiful! x
Haw WeeSue:
Just finished viewing the two video links you sent me which I enjoyed plus I found another of yours on the Historical Dig on The Stuarts of Castlemilk which found quite interesting.
Right now I reading Colin MacFarlane's book "The Real Story of The Gorbals". He really captured the The Gorbals that I remember living in. Every chapter in his book took me back to my early childhood before they started to tear the whole place down in the 60's. I was born in 1949 and before I was 8 or 9 we
moved up to Castlemilk into Bogany Terrace although my Mum called it something else when she saw all the new construction and the street filled with mud. Oor hoose had a veranda being three up and it was much better than what we had at 29 Lawmoor Street. At least we had all mod cons in Bogany Terrace. At the Gorbals place we had gas mantles for light and shared a Common WC with everybody on all three floors. We rarely had a key to the cludge so we used a Chanty Po when you
couldnae get in to the common WC. In Castlemilk we had a wally sink, bathtub and commode! Jings we hardly could believe our fortune to have such luxury! And you heated your hot water copper cistern via the coal fireplace. Before on The Gorbals it was getting a weekly wash before the fire place in an old zinc tub with all of using the same warm water!
Those were the days of living in the Tenements of The Gorbals of Glasgow and feeling like pioneers
when we flitted up to Castlemilk a brave new world of sorts,
Aye yours,
William (Gordon) Shields
William Shields William, I can so relate to what you said, it was the same for us in Florence St, we had 2 rooms but shared the WC with a few hooses, and us being we weans used the po... lol I was born in 1959, and we moved to Ballantay Road, so the pond and the Castle was in my backyard... lol, My sister later lived in Bogany Terr, in the High Rise Flats... Our house in Ballantay had a garden, which my mum loved... And I remember the old Zinc Bath... lol I was the middle child, of 5 girls, so I had to use the bath water after 2... lol And you's were Pioneers of Castlemilk All the Ma's and Da's that first moved to Castlemilk were the ones that made the rules and left a legacy of values for future generations... Have you read the book "The Big Flit"? Do you know about Castlemilk History Facebook? You will find our history stuff on there... Great chatting to you William... :)
Thanks for bringing back so many memories. I was born in Waddell St and can still remember being allowed to go to Hayfield on the day my folks flitted to Castlemilk. 1959 . I lived at 46 Raithburn Ave for 10 yrs. Went to Netherton and then Glenwood. I have 2 brothers that maybe someone may rememer. They are Nisbet and Ian Galloway
I have now lived in South Africa for 37 yrs but I had a couple of tears rolling down the cheeks watching the videos. Lovely times
+GRACE WILLIAMS You are welcome Grace... glad you had so many memories... Hope they were happy tears too... :) Take care my friend... :)
I remember your brother Nisbet (Nizzy)well Grace, he was in my class at school.........nostalgic weesue, a long time ago eh.
I'm going back to Scotland in July so I'll say hello for you.
Yeah Grace that would be nice if you did....you can tell him he was a rubbish goalkeeper, but not quite as bad as I was as a centre half lol....I might be getting this wrong, but did your family move to South Queensferry or some such place?
+Alexander Millar We moved to Inverkeithing, Fife, just the other side of the bridge. Nisbet lives in Cairneyhill.
Great video - well put together. I used to live right across form the bus terminus Number 5 and 46. Tormusk Road ! Brings backs memories ! thanks !
My auntie Jessie lived on Tormusk and my uncle had a coal Lorry ---this was in early 1960' odd .
lovely memories of castlemilk, going to visit my wee nana who lived on floor 14 of Crichton Court, she absolutely loved her wee flat and I loved the views from the living room window, Mitchellhill obviously had the reputation, but mostly I've very fond memories of it
Aw, thanks Jon... Happy days indeed... :)
Thank You for making these videos! Took me back from living the Gorbals at 29 Lawmoor Street and then flitting up to live at 23 Bogany Terrace. Like 29 Lawmoor Street they also demolished Bogany Terrace there in Castlemilk. Good memories and good Glesga folk. 1950''s to 1970's.
Gordon
Colorado Springs,CO
USA
William Shields Thank you William and you are welcome... I was also born in the Gorbals and moved to Castlemilk when I was 4 years old in Jan 1964... You might also like this video... Don't know if the link will work but here goes... ruclips.net/video/2vQLZ1fDN_g/видео.html
William Shields This is also my own personal Video of my Family tree that I made many years ago... ruclips.net/video/wzmfxbTjAUs/видео.html
Up the auld bogany mansion
I did a construction job in castlemilk about 20 years ago we where told to put the car in the compound if we where working late as there was a lot of theft, whilst we where working late one night we caught the culprits,it was the night watchman and his mate they were stealing the copper and anything else that wasn't nailed down,my mate and I told them if they touched any of our stuff there wives better love them because we would break their arms and told them it's hard to wipe your bum with plaster on your arms needless to say our stuff was left untouched only thing was the owners thought it was us because our stuff was left intact, I must say the people of the area where great to us helped us anytime we needed anything it did help as we had come from Ireland to do the contract , happy memories
A brilliant story John... And yes, the majority of the people were/are lovely people, only the odd few, like anywhere I guess that were chancers... I had a wee laugh at your brilliant story so thank you for taking the time... And thank you for helping in the construction of our dear old Castlemilk... :)
John Mehaffey it's not the best neighbourhood. But still, I'm sure many kind and lovely people. Go to manor top in Sheffield. Castle milk is probably a walk in the park in comparison
Quality wee video 👌 I grew up in Downcraig drive and went to Castleton primary, my mum met a mutant and we moved from Castlemilk to Lochcarron, which is next to Kyle of Localsh, just a wee bit different 😃
John castlemilk was a good place you good leave u doors unlock u neighbors just chap and walked in . no there was juts one shop it was one shopping centre with lots of shops. Then u had shops at the roundabout shops in ardencraig near the old bus stop and there was lots more .Castlemilk still has some great people there .its like anywhere there's good and bad every where. 'Ust admit as. A child I loved where we stay had good friends and family .what more could u ask for .xx
i remember being at my grans at 295 croftoot rd there was no castlemilk then just open fields and we used to go sledging you could walk to currmunoch as this was the only place you could get a drink on a sunday brings back so many memories also there was a pond and we could go ice skating it was beside a few shops at the top of the road thanks again maggie
Hi Tom, There was a Castlemilk, but not a Housing Scheme... Lol. Yes we have many more pictures and more on here... facebook.com/pg/Castlemilk-History-116432021792052/photos/?tab=albums
It's actually called Carmunnock
I was at Netherton Primary School in C/ Milk back in the late 1960's. No doubt it isn't there anymore.?
You'd be right @mrsuperger5429 Not there now... facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.146109278824326&type=3
Good video ....good memories ( used to work on the 46 route )
Thanks James... I'm Glad... :)
Great to hear from you WeeSue:)
Like you I was born in Gorbals actually in Rottenrow. We lived in
Hutchesontown which was part of
The Gorbals on The Southside of Gladgow. Went to Hayfield Street and Matheson Street Primary Schools before flitting up to Castlemilk. It's been donkey's years since I have been back to Glasgow and Castlemilk although from 1970 to 1979 my wife and I plus our 3 children lived in East Kilbride @ St. Leonard's before moving to Lisburn NI for 5 years and then emigrating to USA since 1984 on. My mum and her sister in law Bella kept a stall in The Barras for years. Both of them did
their backs in humphing claes and leather goods as Hawkers. They would sort and repair everything they picked up for nothing or very little and sold them in their stall doon the Barras!
Cheerio The Noo
William Gordon Shields
Son of Wullie and Maggie (nee MacKechnie) Shields
Originally 29 Lawmoor Street
The Gorbals
William Shields Och William, I was born on Florence St in the hoose... lol My aunty 'Gillie Gilliland' was a hawker at the Barras too, they prob new each other... It's a small world... Did you see the 2 video links I left in the last comments? Nice chatting to you William, thanks for taking the time to comment... :)
Jings WeeSue!
My Auntie Annie (nee MacKechnie) Strachan lived on Florence Street before flitting to Helensburgh. My uncle Wullie and auntie Bella MacKechnie lived in Cumberland Street. What small world we live in!
Yes and your Auntie Gillie Gilliland probably knew my Mum and my Auntie Bella too. It was a tight knit community of Hawkers doon The Barras. Very hard work humphing claes and leather goods etc from door to door. They would go all over the place looking for stuff to buy and hawk at The Barras.
I remember my Mum going into the areas
where "The Toffs or The Upper Crusty's" lived looking for anything that folk needed to get rid of and yes sometimes they saw notices saying "No Hawkers" at the front door.
Sure Hawkers were the first recyclers of gently and not so gently used clothes and leather goods!
Those were rough and tough times, but those days were magic. I have loads of happy days lived
in The Gorbals and in Castlemilk. My older brother and I or at least I did went to temporary schools in
Castlemilk that were originally built as new hooses but were converted into schools due to all the overcrowding in the area. Too many school kids and not enough established schools to take them all in. Streets were not completed and there was mud and glorr everywhere. Not enough shops for
the thousands if families who flitted up from Glasgow to places like Eadterhouse and Castlemilk.
We always went back into Glasgow on the Corporation Bus # 5 to St Enoch's Square of getting #37 or #46 if we missed the #5 bus back up to Castlemilk Road. I remember standing at the back of the bus to jump off backwards and hoping that you landed feet first and still upright! dangerous behaviour.
Do you remember running
behind cars and lorries to get "Hudgies" off them and hoping that you survived the trip or survived getting skelped from your parents or a neighbour who saw you trying to get Hudgies?
All the best aye yours,
William (Gordon) Shields
I drove for the Corporation Transport in 1973-74. Including out to Castlemilk on the 37 route. I was 21 years old.
Did Castlemilk ever have 'better days'. As I recall , they built the place with 1 shop for 10,000 people.
I remember the magic buses driving past my papa's down in Spittal
I was brought up in castlemilk, from 1954 to 1974. I had a wonderful childhood. I even saw my old house on this video.I had a good cry, simpler times.
Same here Ann, I loved my childhood in Castlemilk... Yeah, to have those days back again eh! ❤
My Mum stayed @ 217 Castlemilk drive, Just at the high school I think. All changed now. I showed her clips on RUclips of the area the night before she passed away suddenly. I had spoken to her about coming back up to visit, It never happened unfortunately.
Aw, Condolences Kevin....
Sublime, stayed here way back and would say grew up and learned. That 46 comes two at a time. Great saying 👍
Castlemilk is my spiritual home - best childhood ever in Tormusk Road !
we were in Tormusk rd..from early 50s. loads of fun going down the hill on a bogie or a xmas annual tied t a roller skate :)
I grew up there too...no 52. In the block next to you...
Thanks sandycorgi... :)
I drove the No 46 castlemilk Birgidale , to cranhill , I worked in parkhead, bus garage in 1968, went to many a guid party in both. Good people.
Went tae Mitchelhill Primary, 83-90, Sanfy wis in ma class❤️, ma wee maw still lives oan the drive. Rumour has it God is fae the Chateau....
Just Got a flashback looking at the pic of Bogany terrace lovely wee memory of my wee auntie Mary Who passed on a couple of weeks back. Thanks :)
Haw Billy:
What address did your auntie Mary live at on Bagany Terrace? We lived 3 stairs up at number 18 and then when my Mum had a heart attack with Angina we move to a low down flat at number 23. Mind you it could have been the other way round memory gets a wee bit fuzzy sometime. I went to Mitchell Hill Primary before taking the Qualie that sent me to Battlefield Junior
Secondary School at Langside over close to The Royal Victoria Infirmary. My first job after leaving school with the Scottish Leaving Certificate was as an apprentice Jeweller and Engraver for Messrs Radford and Duncan there on St Enochs Square next to McColls.
Cheerio and all the Best
William Gordon Shields
Formerly of 29 Lawmoor Street The Gorbals and
18 and 23 Bogany Terrace Castlemilk
Think it was number 3, she was a teenie wee woman, always runnin to the bookies to put bets on for her man Paul.
Thanks Billy:
Then number 3 Bogany Terrace was right on the corner of Bogany Terrace and Castlemilk Drive? Talking about Bookies there was a man called John Blue doon the Gorbals at Lawmoor Street who would put bets on horses and greyhounds for those living in tenements. We would keep a lookout for him and warn him if the Polis was coming up the street. We would eat some of his pieces with spam or bacon on them leaving him with just the crusts left in wrappers.
I think it was a Wilma Loaf waxed bread wrapper. I can still hear him cursing about us boys stealing all the insides of his sannies!
Happy Days lived doon The Gorbals and at Castlemilk. Thanks for your reply Billy:)
William (Gordon) Shields
Formerly lived at:
29 Lawmoor Street in The Gorbals and
18 and 23 Bogany Terrace Castlemilk from 1958/1959 on .
Billy Allan i stayed next close to your Auntie Mary
I lived in Crofrfoot, and always thought that Castlemilk on one side and Toryglen on the other brought the riff raff to the respectable south side of the city.
a lot of good people came out the Schemes the best ! and me ?
It was brilliant until the mcgarrigle bros started police informing
Coming from Dennistoun , i thought castlemilk was one of the corners of the earth, mind you i was only 7
I lived in Glenacre Drive in the 60s, and attended Arnprior and Glenwood, brilliant memories of a great place.
I lived in glenacre Drive in the 60s john. My dad was chick Glen. Margaret glen was my mama name. 2 brothers Charles and john. 2 sisters maureen and Margaret
@@davidglen1608 Did you live at 58 David, above the Galloways, MacDonalds and Keenans ?
@@donnie1326 . Yes 58
@@davidglen1608 I was at No.60. Top, next door to the Hamiltons. Good times.
@@davidglen1608 I lived in Ardencraig Crescent and attended Netherton Primary School in the 1960's.
Aw, James... :'(
A video I made of my childhood home...
Believe in Jesus, l left Castlemilk in 1971, for Australia, missed all extended family in Glasgow. God bless all Glasgow people.
I have never lived in castlemilk but it's looking good now that the old tenements have been knocked down. My friend used to live in castlemilk but now he lives in his own flat outside the area where he grew up in. Ýears ago there was a bus service from rutherglen to croftfoot and then youths started throwing things at the double decker bus this was in dougrieroad castlemilk the driver and I were very lucky that night we could have been killed the vandals don't give a toss of course that innocent people die just because they're bored.
I lived at 245 Castlemilk drive and looked at Google to see the old house but it seems different now ?
I used to visit my Nan in the 70s she lived near a golf course if I remember correctly
That would be Drakemire or Raithburn area near the Linn Golf course...
There was two golf courses,one at Tormusk Rd which was called Blairbeth and the other was Cathkin Golf Club .
I knew Stewarts who lived in Hoddam Ave they had two girls called Margaret and Janet (cat nip)
L used to live in 123 casltemik drive but l moved next my big son high school so he doesnt be late
the five fingers of death, mitchelhill flats
uch aye ‘‘twas braw , Tormusk and Grange 66 - 77 🎯 💥 ✅
castlemilk ya bass
Was that the guys at c sharp?
The Guitardude yes it was... ;)
I wonder if anyone can tell me what happened to glenacre quadrant in castlemilk ? We lived there from 1955, when it was still being built, to 1960 ,when after a family tragedy we moved to Thornliebank, Boydstone rd..and then moving to England a few years later. A few years ago my brother and I went back and could not find any trace of it even though the row of shops that formed the bottom end of the quad was still there. We even asked at the local police station but drew a blank. we had a great time as kids there for a few years and I would love to know why it was pulled down
Hi, I lived in Glenacre Quad from 1971-1993. They pulled them down to make new houses. Took then a few years to build them though. We were the last in our close to go. Still remember lots about the place, and even when I walk through there I can still feel the old houses watching me. Lol.
Posh as fck , u get me bruv
You looking it ma burd
Old bus term up top of the drive Mitchell hill came down looking glass still ere
i stay here man im 10 its suprisinge for me
Hi Alan it must be surprising for you, as you would never have seen the old houses, lots and lots of them, looking the same... Lol... Nice houses now... Thanks for your comment... :)
@@weesue Hi I commented this 2 yrs ago thanks for your reply definitely subscribing
I was very young when I stayed in Castlemilk and remember gangs from Tormusk and the Tay fighting. Did these gangs take their name from the roads they lived on?
I also remember there was swings across from where the Tay were based and my Da going off his nut finding out I'd snuck up to these swings and tellling me to keep away from there.
Like I say I was about 5 or 6 at the time.
Hi,
It was the Tay and the Fleet who fought down at the bridge beside the lake their was no Tormusk gang.
There was swings at the 5 bus terminus and also in Hoddam Ave were I was born in 1959 and lived there until I was 16.
I had the best pals way back then oh for a time machine,those were the days nobody had much but we all managed to get by.
Any Windllaw school things
Hi John, if you go to this link on Castlemilk History Facebook Page... facebook.com/pg/Castlemilk-History-116432021792052/photos/?tab=album&album_id=146064118828842
Tormusk Drive brillaint place to grow up Tay ya Bass 😂
I grew up on Ballantay too... 😂 Luved it... ❤
weesue So ypur a Tay person too 👍😂😂😂
weesue standing at the pond fighting then Machrie fleet
@@briancampbell3038 I know, but back then, the gangs would stop fighting to let older people get by safely... lol... I can't condone the fighting, but it was a sign of the times... Tay all the way... lol...
@@briancampbell3038 #TayRule 🤣
I lived in Ardencraig Crescent in Castlemilk back in the 1960's. I was only a kid, but I loved it. Its a shame that the people themselves ruined the area.
Thank God I never lived there.
It was actually a good place to grow up... I never had any trouble my whole life there. There are little pockets of badness everywhere. I am proud to belong to Castlemilk...
@@weesue Pockets of badness everywhere? The whole city is a cesspit. I drove First buses through these 'lovely' places as you refer to them but they were a nightmare to me.
@@markcaldwell2831 The quality of the houses were very bad, I admit, and there was very little for kids to do, not that I am justifying any bad stuff that went on... But it is so different now, people are taking pride in the place... The majority of the people were/are a lovely group of people. You always get a small element spoiling it for others... On the whole it is very much improved...
@@weesue Well so I see as I now work with Silver Fox Coaches and occasionally drive kids up to the swimming pool and I've looked over the history of the place including videos and photos and I've seen the change. Sorry to have taken a pop. I take it you're a gal from the area yourself?
@@markcaldwell2831 No worries Marc, everyone has a right to an opinion... I am one of the local Historians for Castlemilk. We have researched right back to 600 years ago, long before the housing scheme. and I was brought up in Castlemilk and brought my children up in Castlemilk... They are good upstanding citizens, all with jobs. I am glad you gave an opinion. I at one time was really unhappy in Castlemilk, but not because of the majority of people, just the condition of the houses etc. But they are moving on and I'll keep researching the history... lol... There are more videos (3) here on my channel of the early days of the History group when we got an archaeological dig at the old Castle Ruins... Have a wee gander Marc, and thank you again... take care my friend.... :D (If you click on my name above and go to videos, you will find the Castlemilk dig ones in there, among all the other stuff)... lol...
Castlemilk is one of the roughest areas in Glasgow to live in.
It's not that different from anywhere else, I lived there for 36 years and enjoyed every minute of it... There are a lot of lovely people live there, I never had any trouble at all... Did you ever live there @Henry_Quinn? Why would you say that?
@@weesueUnfortunately I've had to go there quite a few times. The place is full of neds and junkies. A few times when I've been standing at the bus stop there, minding my own, waiting to get a bus back home, various have stopped by, made insults about my appearance and tried to start a fight for no reason. I've never felt save whenever I had to go there. I couldn't wait to get back to my own neighbourhood which is Battlefield. There's not much trouble here and it's much safer and more diverse than Castlemilk. Castlemilk is a dangerous place, especially for outsiders. It's full of psychopaths and nutters. You must be friends with them and that's they don't bother you. It is no different from Drumchapel, Parkhead, Possil or any other housing scheme.