Bishopbriggs Anti-Aircraft Base

[BananaCustody]

You would never see me in there, looks abit dodgy and abit scary. Imagine being chased through there at night, when junkies and everything else is there and its a foggy october night. Phone lines are down and the place is haunted or something. Scary-as

[MrGordonbleu6]

The bluebell woods was the nuns convent that was bombed in the war where we played two man hunt and the place was haunted with a nun. This video is an army barrack

[MrGordonbleu6]

Pringle loved that music and that place was up at lowmoss prison ya numptys

[24nov67]

whereabouts in bishopbriggs is this? i live in b'briggs and never knew this was there.

[MsBluecat]

@24nov67 if you follow Balmuildy road up past the sports centre it's down behind the bonded warehouses in the woods.

[24nov67]

@MsBluecat ok mate cheer,s yeah we used to call them bluebell woods haven't been up there since the seventies. thanks again pal.

[MsBluecat]

@24nov67 No worries, hope you find it okay :-)

[Layney59]

there was a huge one in the woods in alexandria we went there when we were kids, council knocked it down 10 yrs ago coz junkies used it and left their crap about. grrrr

[arturborucfan]

love the music to that

[hammy2k]

its down behind the whisky bond it the tap of bishopbriggs

[fleminem1]

it has been knocked down, or so i heard :(

[zetecs99]

were about in the briggs is this m8?

[weerajyboy]

can u make a new vid showing how to get there please

[mckay94]

hey

how dyou get to there?

it looks like a really interesting site!

[achillies20]

wat part the briggs is tht situated at

[yassyadik]

how do you get in to it went up to it the day and culdnt find a way in cheers

[ianrobertson01]

I have lived in Bishopbriggs for over 40 years and never knew that place was there.

[MsBluecat]

Same here, I grew up in Bishopbriggs and only found out it was there a few months ago. It's amazing some of the things practically on our doorsteps that we know nothing about.

[ianrobertson01]

So did I. I went to Bishopbriggs high school from 1975 to 1979. I feel sad that it will soon be no more. It would be good to see a film about the life of the school and then some footage of it being demolished. I went back for a final look around a few weeks ago and that was the first time in 30 years I since I walked out of the door that I went back in again. It was a strange experience for me. It was like going back in time. Do you remember the old army barracks on Westerhill Road?

[MsBluecat]

I also went to Bishopbriggs High, but haven't been back since leaving in 1986. Have you any idea when it's scheduled for demolition? I assume it's lying empty now?

I don't remember the old army barracks, where exactly were they?

[ianrobertson01]

Sometime in Nov I hear.

[v12dot]

I was at the High school from 75 to 79 too :) Was that the barracks out beside the skid pan ?

[ianrobertson01]

I must know you then if you were at BB high from 75 to 79. Were you at the reunion there before it closed down? Did you hear about Mr Pringle? Anyway, Yes the barracks was next to the skid pan at the end of Wester Cleddens Road heading towards lenzie.

[petermcq]

good mushie field plus bomb shelter lol

[petermcq]

good music pink floyd been there bishy boyz lol

[bermudal]

where is it in the briggs?

[MsBluecat]

Follow Balmuildy Road up past the Sports Centre, and when you get to the top of the hill follow the road round and take the first turning on your right. At the end of that road you'll see three large dark brick warehouses. It's in the woods behind them.

[DrJimmyStickleback]

Good, well taken video. If only the person designing the anti-aircraft battery was as talented; There is a clear architectural fault, building a high wall in front of the guns emplacements. How on earth were our brave heroes supposed to get the jerry menace? No wonder we lost the war....

[MsBluecat]

Hello again Dr Jimmy Stickleback - time to take your medicine now... ;-)

[coastkid71]

cool film,good match on the background music