I see a lot of comments here about people finding it surprising that Paisley was so busy. It was like that right up to the mid 90s and it went downhill with the pedestrianisation of the High Street, Moss Street and Gilmour Street and the opening of the Braehead centre. I went into the Paisley centre on Christmas eve (about a month ago) and i was literally the only person there other than those that worked in the few shops that were there. I genuinely nearly cried. My old town, to coin a phrase, has left the building
Thank You. The film reminds me of being a boy of 10. So much of the coverage is familiar even into my teens as a pupil at 'The Porridge Bowl' from 1964 onwards. Thanks again!
Grew up near Paisley, so sad to see the town down at heel. As a child you think of your environment with a sense of permanence. Then change comes, and the pace of it quickens. Suddenly your detached from the feeling of permanence. When you stop to visit the past, you realise how much you miss it. Maybe it's just your youth you miss? Good video. Thanks for sharing.
Not a native but I arrived in Paisley early 1990s after my mum and brother moved there while I was working abroad. I recall being on leave shopping in and around the Cross/ High Street for the first time and like so many here remember how busy and vibrant it was and not only at weekends - especially remember Arnotts because even by the early 1990s that shop had long ago disappeared from my home city of Glasgow. Yes it's profoundly sad what has become of the town and yes you can lay the blame on the double whammy of out of town shopping centres ( which are themselves struggling in 2024) but mostly on internet shopping which followed closely behind and killed so many town and city centres the whole length of Britain ( anyone been in Glasgow city centre recently?) Decades ago I saw a sign on a small shop somewhere and the sign said " Use It or Lose It ". Never a truer word.
Thanks for a terrific video I was born in Paisley in 1957 went to St James’s then one year at St Mirrens Academy before moving to the United States My Mom worked at Marks&Sparks and my Dad was the foreman at Aitkens Dairy 🏴
Absolutely amazing. I was brought up in Paisley in the 1970's, and remember, just as the video shows, how busy all the streets were. Not just the High Street but Moss Street etc. Changed days now of course, what with internet shopping and shopping centres. I remember catching the bus from Foxbar, getting off just outside Woolworths on the High Street.
What a beautiful film you have made of Paisley Town and the people just going about their day. I'm very proud to be a Buddie. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. X
Born in Paisley in 1955 and grew up there , went to St Fergus primary school and used to run around with Grant and Frazer McIntosh and Alex and Davey Wallace.🏴🇦🇺
Great video. My dad was a Paisley Buddie and would've loved to see this. I used to take one of those red double deckers to Paisley Ice Rink for my lessons with Gladys Jagger. Someone told me the ice rink had been razed, but I've not been able to find any videos of it.
It looks as if it could be 1960 or 1962 & I wasn’t born until mid 1969. Though some of the vehicles were not in manufacture until at least 1963 such as the locally made Hillman imps in the film & so many of the vehicles were produced in the 1940s or 50s in the clip too I would hazard a guess at circa 1963-1965.
Great video..when Paisley was a great place for everything.!!..now its a damn disgrace and a dump! closed shops everywhere now, they need to get it back to that kinda way, as its a dead zone with a lot of foreign beggars..sad its decade and went hugely down hill these days..
These days the town is turning into a shadow of it's former self...it's a shame to walk through the town & see so many empty shops. Something needs to be done & quick, I've also noticed a rise in vape shops & dessert shops....just what the town needs, a rise in overweight kids... lol
I see a lot of comments here about people finding it surprising that Paisley was so busy. It was like that right up to the mid 90s and it went downhill with the pedestrianisation of the High Street, Moss Street and Gilmour Street and the opening of the Braehead centre. I went into the Paisley centre on Christmas eve (about a month ago) and i was literally the only person there other than those that worked in the few shops that were there. I genuinely nearly cried. My old town, to coin a phrase, has left the building
I'm watching this n can just imagine my mum n dad n family walking about. Proud to be a buddie, thnx for this.
Thank You. The film reminds me of being a boy of 10. So much of the coverage is familiar even into my teens as a pupil at 'The Porridge Bowl' from 1964 onwards. Thanks again!
Grew up near Paisley, so sad to see the town down at heel.
As a child you think of your environment with a sense of permanence.
Then change comes, and the pace of it quickens. Suddenly your detached from the feeling of permanence.
When you stop to visit the past, you realise how much you miss it. Maybe it's just your youth you miss?
Good video. Thanks for sharing.
No industry there anymore, that's what made Paisley do well. So much wasted talent in Renfrewshire.
It's only with age that you acquire the gift to evaluate decay.
Not a native but I arrived in Paisley early 1990s after my mum and brother moved there while I was working abroad. I recall being on leave shopping in and around the Cross/ High Street for the first time and like so many here remember how busy and vibrant it was and not only at weekends - especially remember Arnotts because even by the early 1990s that shop had long ago disappeared from my home city of Glasgow. Yes it's profoundly sad what has become of the town and yes you can lay the blame on the double whammy of out of town shopping centres ( which are themselves struggling in 2024) but mostly on internet shopping which followed closely behind and killed so many town and city centres the whole length of Britain ( anyone been in Glasgow city centre recently?) Decades ago I saw a sign on a small shop somewhere and the sign said " Use It or Lose It ". Never a truer word.
🙏 Thanks to whoever posted this, it meant a lot seeing some of the streets from that time.
Thanks for a terrific video I was born in Paisley in 1957 went to St James’s then one year at St Mirrens Academy before moving to the United States My Mom worked at Marks&Sparks and my Dad was the foreman at Aitkens Dairy 🏴
Hello John and family hope your all safe and healthy and prosperous 🏴🇦🇺
Absolutely amazing. I was brought up in Paisley in the 1970's, and remember, just as the video shows, how busy all the streets were. Not just the High Street but Moss Street etc. Changed days now of course, what with internet shopping and shopping centres. I remember catching the bus from Foxbar, getting off just outside Woolworths on the High Street.
What a beautiful film you have made of Paisley Town and the people just going about their day. I'm very proud to be a Buddie. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. X
Born in Paisley in 1955 and grew up there , went to St Fergus primary school and used to run around with Grant and Frazer McIntosh and Alex and Davey Wallace.🏴🇦🇺
Great video. My dad was a Paisley Buddie and would've loved to see this. I used to take one of those red double deckers to Paisley Ice Rink for my lessons with Gladys Jagger. Someone told me the ice rink had been razed, but I've not been able to find any videos of it.
Cant believe how busy the streets are with people. Unfortunately, it's like a ghost town now.
Canny believe how busy it was then.
Thanks for posting 😎👍
It's so weird to see the west end so busy.
That woman in the red coat fair gets about.
She must have known the camera person!
I think it’s Super Gran
I had a saturday job in Smith the butcher in the west end around 1966. Walter Smith was a good man. Tommy Stevenson.
It looks as if it could be 1960 or 1962 & I wasn’t born until mid 1969. Though some of the vehicles were not in manufacture until at least 1963 such as the locally made Hillman imps in the film & so many of the vehicles were produced in the 1940s or 50s in the clip too I would hazard a guess at circa 1963-1965.
Great video..when Paisley was a great place for everything.!!..now its a damn disgrace and a dump! closed shops everywhere now, they need to get it back to that kinda way, as its a dead zone with a lot of foreign beggars..sad its decade and went hugely down hill these days..
Don't think it's 1962. I saw a Hillman Imp in the footage, and that wasn't in production in 1962. Great video, though, and very much appreciated. 👍
Hillman Imp first revealed May 1963
That's how I remember the High St and the West End, absolutely mobbed !
They don't build timee machines,guess this will have to do, x
cool first
Sad to think all the old people here are dead
A whole maybe two/three generations in this and probably 2 gone. Reflection 🥲
That was a nice town back then. Full of empty shops of high rents now.
They waens at the start'll be pensioners now... :-/
pensioners we are now
I was just thinking, those kids at the start were probs about my sisters age and she retired two years ago
These days the town is turning into a shadow of it's former self...it's a shame to walk through the town & see so many empty shops. Something needs to be done & quick, I've also noticed a rise in vape shops & dessert shops....just what the town needs, a rise in overweight kids... lol
I grew up in gallowhill in the 80s and 90s before moving away,so sad to see and read that the town has gone downhill since my younger days
Typo 70s /80s