This photo was kindly shared by Peter Leggate and is from 1981. Pictured is Glasgow Road, as police stop traffic to allow the Gala Day floats to go by. The photo looks eastwards towards Grants and Gilmour’s Buildings at the back, (near the junction of Forrest Street). Those buildings were amongst the last of […]
This is a first for this photo seen online. It is dated around 1900, but certainly before trams arrived to Glasgow Road in 1903. The picture likely celebrated the expanding Glasgow Road and in particular the new construction that was Grant’s Building in the foreground on the right. You’ll see it looks much more […]