Sweet. Thank you. Great to see so much of Seafar. It looks so new. I was born in 73. My parents lived in Allanfauld Rd from 1964 to 1971 and then Braeface Rd where my mum still is (dad departed for the great garden city in the sky in 2013). Had a wee greet watching it.
Braeface Road! My address was 46b. We moved there when the houses had just been built in 1963. Everything had such a new feel, and there was lots of greenery which I liked. Still, I was a boy of 15 so I was quite adaptable. The town centre was being built in phases, but the early phase suited our needs well enough. I wonder what Braeface Road is like now.
Great original vid Martin - 1966 was also the same year we moved to the 177 block maisonettes in Stonylee (@5:30) and brings back many memories of place. Worked part time on weekends in newly built Watson Bros garage(@5:10) serving petrol /operating the car wash 1970-72
Hi, nice video, Seafar is still a great place to live, with the woods and the playing fields nearby and the town centre just up the hill. You don't appreciate Cumbernauld until you've been away and lived in a cramped city or town that wasn't planned out so well with people in mind. The only place that reminded me of Cumbernauld was Stirling University's campus with its green spaces and nature with the 60s style student accommodation surrounding the main University buildings.
these are great video's its amazing what it does to you, i was getting little sparks of images in my head from memory but i just could'nt hold them,as quick as a spark they are gone.most of them seem to be in my dad's old hillman driving about the town centre. god i'm ancient
Good to see what it was like when built. Just moved here and some areas are improving (less crime, houses getting work done, council always around cleaning etc) Really quiet and children always out playing.
Is it the film or a wee tear... seems so blurry in this HD world? Just joshing. Great archive of what the bravest newest toon was like back in the 60's. Nice to contrast it and link in with the formal 'staged' C'nauld stuff; even Magnus Magnusson got roped into that! Can't beat the familiar to me footage and the actuality of learning to ride a bike.
Brilliant stuff. My family moved to Kildrum that year. Seems like most of this was Seafar and "Toonie". Looked really close to the Snakey bridge that led over to Stuart house? Thanks for sharing Martin!
Thanks for uploading Martin. I was brought up amongst these images and not too far from where you lived. If I'm not mistaken you had a sister called Joy and a very cheery Mother who had an english accent ? I think she ran a catalogue too, from which my Mum used to order things. I was the Paper Boy in McGregor / Liddel Road and I worked on the Ice Cream Van,Bill's Ices :-) I seem to remember you as a very scholarly kid :-) Anyway thanks again for the upload and the fitting music.
Sweet. Thank you. Great to see so much of Seafar. It looks so new. I was born in 73. My parents lived in Allanfauld Rd from 1964 to 1971 and then Braeface Rd where my mum still is (dad departed for the great garden city in the sky in 2013). Had a wee greet watching it.
Braeface Road! My address was 46b. We moved there when the houses had just been built in 1963. Everything had such a new feel, and there was lots of greenery which I liked. Still, I was a boy of 15 so I was quite adaptable. The town centre was being built in phases, but the early phase suited our needs well enough. I wonder what Braeface Road is like now.
Great original vid Martin - 1966 was also the same year we moved to the 177 block maisonettes in Stonylee (@5:30) and brings back many memories of place. Worked part time on weekends in newly built Watson Bros garage(@5:10) serving petrol /operating the car wash 1970-72
Hi, nice video, Seafar is still a great place to live, with the woods and the playing fields nearby and the town centre just up the hill. You don't appreciate Cumbernauld until you've been away and lived in a cramped city or town that wasn't planned out so well with people in mind. The only place that reminded me of Cumbernauld was Stirling University's campus with its green spaces and nature with the 60s style student accommodation surrounding the main University buildings.
these are great video's its amazing what it does to you, i was getting little sparks of images in my head from memory but i just could'nt hold them,as quick as a spark they are gone.most of them seem to be in my dad's old hillman driving about the town centre. god i'm ancient
Good to see what it was like when built. Just moved here and some areas are improving (less crime, houses getting work done, council always around cleaning etc) Really quiet and children always out playing.
Is it the film or a wee tear... seems so blurry in this HD world? Just joshing. Great archive of what the bravest newest toon was like back in the 60's. Nice to contrast it and link in with the formal 'staged' C'nauld stuff; even Magnus Magnusson got roped into that! Can't beat the familiar to me footage and the actuality of learning to ride a bike.
Great to look back. Thanks.
This is a brilliant video. Thanks for posting it.
Cumbernauld looks awesome back in the day but i do miss plastic pat
Mr Jefferson Lolz! He was always saying “nae offence nae offence”. Is he still going? Still in the Asda car park?
Brilliant stuff. My family moved to Kildrum that year. Seems like most of this was Seafar and "Toonie". Looked really close to the Snakey bridge that led over to Stuart house? Thanks for sharing Martin!
Nice music
Thanks for uploading Martin. I was brought up amongst these images and not too far from where you lived. If I'm not mistaken you had a sister called Joy and a very cheery Mother who had an english accent ? I think she ran a catalogue too, from which my Mum used to order things. I was the Paper Boy in McGregor / Liddel Road and I worked on the Ice Cream Van,Bill's Ices :-) I seem to remember you as a very scholarly kid :-) Anyway thanks again for the upload and the fitting music.
Hi. Yes that was us. Except the scholarly bit, LOL!
amazing video -
yes, it was. well spotted !
I once asked a guy directions up there (the town centre) and he lured me into the public toilets and sodomized me! This was back in 1974.
i bet you loved it!
it does seem utopian when compared with mid 60's glasgow tenement life
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Seafar Primary School. Long since demolished. Now a car park for the Town Centre and some sheltered housing.
@@martinistakis1825 i remember it when it was ruined, accross from papa docs about 1992ish