My mum grew up in Castlemilk on Dougrie Drive but moved to Southampton when she was in her 20's and had me and my sisters. My grandad still lives there on Ardencraig Road... I'm going to be living there for a while next month :)
Part 2 Andy.. 2:07The new shops(The old ones now!)Community Centre & fish van!C/Milk Dr @Ardmaleish.The Old Garage.Birgidale?Grange school from old 46 bus terminus.The Factors!Machrie?C/Milk east church.My old doctors surgery.Shops from P.O. C/Milk Dr @ the square.M/Hill flats. Glenacre shops ? Glenwood school.Machrie shops.Glenacre mid C/Milk Dr. 5 Apps @ Scarrell?Old Stables.Cavin?Swimming baths.Stables again?Shops @ Glenacre. Old Glenacre. How'd I do Andy ? : )
Fabulous video, I was rared in the 5's on Tormusk Drive, loved the sneaky wee pic of the Ziigy at the top of Tormusk Dr, brought back so many memories of the games we used to play, Two Man Hunt, Letters, Chap The Door Run Away.... and fightin wi the Macharie Fleeto lmao..... good times xxxx
Amazing video.Went to Mitchelhill. Stayed in the Square at the top of Castlemilk Drive(born in the hoose, STILL THERE!)until I was 10 then shipped out to Irvine. Never the same. Still got family in Ardencraig. Went back a few years ago. Lokks brill. Really good vibe about the place as well. Miss it still.
Great work Andy, I'm just sad you didn't put my street on it where I grew up. I lived in the 5 apartments in Barlia Drive. You brought back many memories.
I can't agree Castlemilk was/is a s*"!hole, but I do recall some of my neighbours, my first school teacher at St Dominique's and one girl in particular at the "Big School" Maggie's were right shits and another kind of hole.
they aint pouring millions in as you say so shut the fuck up idiot ,we pay rent the same as everyone else ya fkn retard ,bet youv never been in the place ya donkey .............
my granny stayed top flat at 24 birgidale avenue for 32 years until they tore it down,i spent the happiest part of my childhood there,,loved it to bits
Oh my god, this is where i was born and brought up, i ve live in Croftfoot Quad, went to casetleton primary and danced in the community centre.. i love this place.. live in northampton but never forget where my best memories are held...in this gorgeous place.. love Castlemilk forever.. Debbie MacFarlane
PS loved the looking Glass and RS mcCollys...good time xxxxxx
lol i used to stay in glenacre terrace. the tenements tae the left eh the shops it 4.31-4.36. that wis 13 year ago noo theyve knocked doon aw eh the tenements apart fae the wan a satyed in haha ma nana still stays ther the noo. brings back emeories.
I was from 79 Dougrie Rd. (opp. Castleton Primary) The close isn't there now. They knocked a few closes down to build houses in our back courts.
That was an adventure playground. One day it was a scene from a cowboy picture the next it was world war 2. The grass was long and was good for sniping on Germans. :-)
I also remember getting an annual (Beano or Dandy) sitting on it on a roller skate and flying down Birgidale and roon the bend at the bottom. Before skateboards were invented.
Ardencraig cres was called 'baby land'. Before it got demolished we took all the doors out and made a five storey den over in the 'wids'. No sooner had we filled it with hash smoke then the thing collapsed. It's just as well naeb'dy wis killed!!
Nice to see so many ppl who have moved on from castlemilk still remembering their roots, i'm out in Spain now and i will forever be proud to be able to say that i was born and raised in Castlemilk! Andrew Molloy (moyes )
i used to pass that bookies in machrie every morning on my way to braeside primary in the eighties. I remember when they closed it down, and all us wee torag weans broke in and ran riot as kids did to derelect buildings back then! There was even a picture of the haunted house we used to go to on our lunch break across the woods in tormusk area. Brought back some memories mate, thank you!
This is brilliant,brought back so many memories. We moved to 214 Ardencraig Rd when I was 7 yrs old in 1974 and moved to Croftfoot in 79. My old close is in the 2nd pic, first close on the left next to the old 37 bus terminus. My gran lived in the mitchellhill flats opposite.
I've lived in England for a long time now and I hear most of the old Castlemilk has been torn down so it's amazing to see these photos. My mum and dad met as they both lived in Scarrel Dr, my dad will love these! Thanks!
Hey Andy great vid, I'm another one of Castlemilk's weans and it was great to see the old streets and schools etc...Been in Perth, Western Australia for 10 years, but one of my sisters still lives in the C.Milk, another sister - Susan did Castlemilk History and Stable block stuff too. Well done I have Happy memories of my Castlemilk childhood
thanks andy i lived in 95 glenacer drive for 28 years i went glenwood sec i left c/milk in 1983 my name is stuart taylor i am 42 now i had the best days there thanks very much
hi you must remember the mcmenemies and the donagheys familys from dunagoil also the cassidys wee mitch and jim and mick . castlemilk was one of the biggest housing schemes in europe at 1 time .........
I was born in "Chateau l'ait" Birgidale road..went to St Maggies Primary and sec>
My grandparents lived in the Mitchellhill flats...recognise lots of streets, shops,community centres...fabulous...well done M8 a truly documented pictorial history of ane of the biggest housing estates in Europe.
I remember when Castlemilk was brand new. The building of the Dougrie and Mitchelhill flats, library, polis station even the shopping centre. Windlaw PS was new when I went there. Left 40 years ago and would live in the Mulk in a second.
dont think youd like to live here noo m8 cos its full of cardboard gangsters and wee neds ,i`d throw them into the army give them some `RESPECT`WAE A QUICK BOOT TO TAM McGRAWS
Having lived in Castlemilk from Dec. 1956 till Sept 1962 I watch this video on a regular basis as it brings back the happiest memories of my childhood. I moved to Tormusk Drive when I was 8 and left when I was 14. At that time I think it was one of the best places for children to grow up in.
that's for putting this up... i used to live in the flats at 1:20 back in 94-96.. but i forgot the name of the place... i went to thomas primary school.. im Malaysian... still remember kids used to called us paki's... but were not... lol.... thanks 4 putting this up wee mannn...
the balantay drive.? but as far as i can remember it's called scarrle terrace... still remember miss bennet driving her fiat punto back in the days... Thomusk primary...
Left Castlemilk and Scotland in 1970. Visited Castlemilk in 1990 and got the shock of my life, a right slum. Great to see the old place is getting a face lift.
They just looked a bit similar and if you compare the two then they look alike. :)
Great stuff, all the same. Is that the wee fish van shown just off the Drive down from the auld Swimming Pool or the ice cream one? Some of my my family live just across from it and it looks as if you've taken the photo from where they are.
I know the shops in Fernhill well. It just looked like them with the shutters down.
I was born in Birgidale Road when there was a working farm across the road back in the early 60s. I remember staring out over the veranda. Recognised Arnprior Street too! Good to see the renovation. The Castlemilk people were always the salt of the earth so the renewal was well deserved.
ma auntie stayed in bogony terrace,loved gon up there,the big s bend,ma burd grew up in the bogony flats,never ending story,s about the flats,mad ones,funny ones, she loved growing up there
Thanks a million,a great place where great people once lived. Like myself many have moved to more exotic places but still yearn for the banter. Thanks Andy.
Castlemilk does seem to have improved more than many other areas of a similar makeup. Too bad the large gangs of neds still run wild in many parts of the area, and within 10-15 year will probably look like a slum.
that was strange a used ta live in mitchell flats yrs yrs ago block 3 the place is totally diffrent now cheers for uploading this brings back alot of good memories
great photo`s andy, i left the "milk" 45 years ago and the changes in that short time are phenomenal, the machrie shops snap brought back some memories, was the bookies not the first fish and chip shop in castlemilk, back about 1960?, my family were one of the first to move there in 1955, croftfoot drive
wow, that jerked me a tear, nice to see the bookies and the shops, i remember my maw getting in there to buy her wool at old SAUNDERS next to the chemists.... that was fantastic. i`m now living in Spain. BYE!!
Hi Andy,I was back in Castlemilk for the first time in 17yrs last may,and the changes shocked me.But i'm glad they are for the best,Machrie was a complete shock to me.Seeing that all the old Tenements were gone and you could look straight down onto castlemilk drive and Croftfoot.I must have taken at least 100 pics around my auld close.
Thanks for your comments, the first pic is actually ardencraig road just across from the chapel, the bookies and shops are now gone and new housing are in their place.Check out the castlemilk demo or castlemilk stables video, you may like them too.
come to think about it,the first pic has my auld close on it.would the first pic be of Castlemilk drive just across from Machrie Dr. 10 out of 10 for a great vid Andy.
Thanks for the comments, where do you live now? We are in the middd=le of regenerating the old stables in Machrie, Have alook at Castlemilk stables or castlemilk demo.
class m8
elliottdaily1985 7 months ago
My mum grew up in Castlemilk on Dougrie Drive but moved to Southampton when she was in her 20's and had me and my sisters. My grandad still lives there on Ardencraig Road... I'm going to be living there for a while next month :)
kaz160289 8 months ago
1:34 is Birgidale Avenue with Castelton School bottom right.
3:56 is Downcraig Drive
aladon1965 8 months ago
brilliant andy > johnny fae bogany
bhoyjohnny 10 months ago
Part 2 Andy.. 2:07The new shops(The old ones now!)Community Centre & fish van!C/Milk Dr @Ardmaleish.The Old Garage.Birgidale?Grange school from old 46 bus terminus.The Factors!Machrie?C/Milk east church.My old doctors surgery.Shops from P.O. C/Milk Dr @ the square.M/Hill flats. Glenacre shops ? Glenwood school.Machrie shops.Glenacre mid C/Milk Dr. 5 Apps @ Scarrell?Old Stables.Cavin?Swimming baths.Stables again?Shops @ Glenacre. Old Glenacre. How'd I do Andy ? : )
johnmckinlay67 1 year ago
Right Andy..here goes !! 1-3 Ardencraig Rd. near M/Hill flats 4 Ardencraig Cresc(Babyland) 5 C/Milk Drive @Cavin 6A/Craig Quad??? 7 Ardmaleish Road(MY OLD PLACE !!!) 8 Downcraig Road ? 9 Carmunnock Rd @ Babyland 10 Dunno..Hoddam or Ballantay ?11 Ardencraig @ Birgidale/Downcraig 12 OAP'S @ Ardencraig(Possibly Barlia Drive too)13 The Quad14 top of Birgidale15 mid Birgidale16 Blaeloch shops17Blaeloch ?18Machrie? 19C/Milk Dr @ Lenihall/Bogany20shops @ I'm running oot of space!Crackin'Video mate!!
johnmckinlay67 1 year ago
great vid good to see the old holmbyre shops ma da had a shop there i stayed in blaeloch for 27 years
azzageht 1 year ago
cmilk lol :D:Dx
Jacquelinexx1 1 year ago
@Jacquelinexx1 castlemilk was a mankier place in the 70s coal fires nae mobiles nae internet and 3 channels on the telly ah halcyon days.
gartnait1 1 year ago
Brings back so many memories!! Grew up in the cresent and ardencraig road... went to St margaret marys.. wicked times!!
scottishkevmc 1 year ago
1980-85 i lived there. What a 'colourful' place.
saturn1returns 1 year ago
Fabulous video, I was rared in the 5's on Tormusk Drive, loved the sneaky wee pic of the Ziigy at the top of Tormusk Dr, brought back so many memories of the games we used to play, Two Man Hunt, Letters, Chap The Door Run Away.... and fightin wi the Macharie Fleeto lmao..... good times xxxx
ghettolady1970 2 years ago
Amazing video.Went to Mitchelhill. Stayed in the Square at the top of Castlemilk Drive(born in the hoose, STILL THERE!)until I was 10 then shipped out to Irvine. Never the same. Still got family in Ardencraig. Went back a few years ago. Lokks brill. Really good vibe about the place as well. Miss it still.
mercboy169 2 years ago
Great Video,,Iam an ex Holmbyre boy stayed there for 20 years
stretchmulligan 2 years ago
live in melbourne noo. 35 years here. woz 10 when i left. memories of a kid. so good.lol
kevbhoy05 2 years ago
spent my 2nd last day/night there.b4 i left scotland. that woz in 74. never been back. thanks for taking me home.great vid.
kevbhoy05 2 years ago
I Lived in the Mitchelhill flats and went to the Grange Secondary school way back in the mid 1970's. Lived in Govan afore that. Good Video TY
Glesgagirl 2 years ago
Great History ! An old castlemilk boy who stayed in mitchellhill now in EK up the road!
Ronzomac 2 years ago
This brill mate ! an old castlemilk boy from mitchellhill living in EK
Ronzomac 2 years ago
BRING BACK THE 80S GROU UP IN GLENACHER
petermcq 2 years ago
Great work Andy, I'm just sad you didn't put my street on it where I grew up. I lived in the 5 apartments in Barlia Drive. You brought back many memories.
jreavey38 2 years ago
certain bits of castlemilk are shit holes but maste ae it isny a used tae stiy there
and btw am alana minis wee cuzin dnt no if ye no him ( lee sutherland )
weeace123 2 years ago
pureinvisible wits ure name cause a used to go to st dominques nd maggies
shantelled714 2 years ago
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pureinvisable 2 years ago
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pureinvisable 2 years ago
kiwifruitt
Castlemilk has always and will be a shit hole. do you live in castlemilk and if so where kiwi???
homerbhoy1 2 years ago
I can't agree Castlemilk was/is a s*"!hole, but I do recall some of my neighbours, my first school teacher at St Dominique's and one girl in particular at the "Big School" Maggie's were right shits and another kind of hole.
pureinvisable 2 years ago
why are they still pouring millions into rebuilding this failing community?
underworld371 3 years ago
they aint pouring millions in as you say so shut the fuck up idiot ,we pay rent the same as everyone else ya fkn retard ,bet youv never been in the place ya donkey .............
homerbhoy1 2 years ago
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pureinvisable 2 years ago
my granny stayed top flat at 24 birgidale avenue for 32 years until they tore it down,i spent the happiest part of my childhood there,,loved it to bits
blowbubble78 3 years ago
Great pictures thanks for the memories. Was born there 1961. It was a great place to grow up. Still keep in touch with my school pal from primary
Jeaniebert 3 years ago
Oh my god, this is where i was born and brought up, i ve live in Croftfoot Quad, went to casetleton primary and danced in the community centre.. i love this place.. live in northampton but never forget where my best memories are held...in this gorgeous place.. love Castlemilk forever.. Debbie MacFarlane
PS loved the looking Glass and RS mcCollys...good time xxxxxx
diamontedebs 3 years ago
Its all changed now pulled down and rebuilt and a different breed of people growing up there now (ned city)
timmygravel 3 years ago
@diamontedebs hello wot age r u i went to casetleton primary am 44 now
sandrastuart 1 year ago
Castlemilk has always and will be a shit hole.
kiwifruitt 3 years ago
Andy I took a pic of my old house on Birgidale Ave in 1996. It has since been tore down. I would like to send you ther pic.
lafflikefuck 3 years ago
lol i used to stay in glenacre terrace. the tenements tae the left eh the shops it 4.31-4.36. that wis 13 year ago noo theyve knocked doon aw eh the tenements apart fae the wan a satyed in haha ma nana still stays ther the noo. brings back emeories.
dek1916 3 years ago
I was from 79 Dougrie Rd. (opp. Castleton Primary) The close isn't there now. They knocked a few closes down to build houses in our back courts.
That was an adventure playground. One day it was a scene from a cowboy picture the next it was world war 2. The grass was long and was good for sniping on Germans. :-)
I also remember getting an annual (Beano or Dandy) sitting on it on a roller skate and flying down Birgidale and roon the bend at the bottom. Before skateboards were invented.
aladon1965 3 years ago
Ardencraig cres was called 'baby land'. Before it got demolished we took all the doors out and made a five storey den over in the 'wids'. No sooner had we filled it with hash smoke then the thing collapsed. It's just as well naeb'dy wis killed!!
onebutnotthesame 3 years ago
I grew up in castlemilk! the mitchell hill flats
derrenfan 3 years ago
Nice to see so many ppl who have moved on from castlemilk still remembering their roots, i'm out in Spain now and i will forever be proud to be able to say that i was born and raised in Castlemilk! Andrew Molloy (moyes )
does anybody remember the looking glass shop?
salouidols 3 years ago
I remember the looking glass shop...they used to have really cool display cabinets that u pressed a button on top and the contents rotated! lol
Spent lots of pocket money in there!! :)
GLD78 3 years ago
i used to pass that bookies in machrie every morning on my way to braeside primary in the eighties. I remember when they closed it down, and all us wee torag weans broke in and ran riot as kids did to derelect buildings back then! There was even a picture of the haunted house we used to go to on our lunch break across the woods in tormusk area. Brought back some memories mate, thank you!
Andrew Molloy
salouidols 3 years ago
This is brilliant,brought back so many memories. We moved to 214 Ardencraig Rd when I was 7 yrs old in 1974 and moved to Croftfoot in 79. My old close is in the 2nd pic, first close on the left next to the old 37 bus terminus. My gran lived in the mitchellhill flats opposite.
I've lived in England for a long time now and I hear most of the old Castlemilk has been torn down so it's amazing to see these photos. My mum and dad met as they both lived in Scarrel Dr, my dad will love these! Thanks!
lorraine199 3 years ago
Hey Andy great vid, I'm another one of Castlemilk's weans and it was great to see the old streets and schools etc...Been in Perth, Western Australia for 10 years, but one of my sisters still lives in the C.Milk, another sister - Susan did Castlemilk History and Stable block stuff too. Well done I have Happy memories of my Castlemilk childhood
crobins26 4 years ago
thanks andy i lived in 95 glenacer drive for 28 years i went glenwood sec i left c/milk in 1983 my name is stuart taylor i am 42 now i had the best days there thanks very much
sandrastuart 3 years ago
great job well done ! will always be my home dunigoil terrace 1970-74 windlaw school
screamingscot 4 years ago
I went to Windlaw from it's opening until 1964
lafflikefuck 3 years ago
hi you must remember the mcmenemies and the donagheys familys from dunagoil also the cassidys wee mitch and jim and mick . castlemilk was one of the biggest housing schemes in europe at 1 time .........
homerbhoy1 2 years ago
Great stuff!!
I was born in "Chateau l'ait" Birgidale road..went to St Maggies Primary and sec>
My grandparents lived in the Mitchellhill flats...recognise lots of streets, shops,community centres...fabulous...well done M8 a truly documented pictorial history of ane of the biggest housing estates in Europe.
Respect!
Madtrain1888 4 years ago
I remember when Castlemilk was brand new. The building of the Dougrie and Mitchelhill flats, library, polis station even the shopping centre. Windlaw PS was new when I went there. Left 40 years ago and would live in the Mulk in a second.
lafflikefuck 4 years ago
dont think youd like to live here noo m8 cos its full of cardboard gangsters and wee neds ,i`d throw them into the army give them some `RESPECT`WAE A QUICK BOOT TO TAM McGRAWS
homerbhoy1 2 years ago
lol what a shithole cmilk was
looks alot better nowadays
mikala2k8 4 years ago
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pureinvisable 2 years ago
Aww am onli 18 but the memories r brill and yeah castlemilk is safe just dont cause trubo n ul b ok :D
clairelovesscott 4 years ago
Having lived in Castlemilk from Dec. 1956 till Sept 1962 I watch this video on a regular basis as it brings back the happiest memories of my childhood. I moved to Tormusk Drive when I was 8 and left when I was 14. At that time I think it was one of the best places for children to grow up in.
torfootlass 4 years ago
Is Castlemilk a safe place nowdays?Is it possible to live and survive after 10p.m on wekends?Are people friendly?
przemoluz 4 years ago
that's for putting this up... i used to live in the flats at 1:20 back in 94-96.. but i forgot the name of the place... i went to thomas primary school.. im Malaysian... still remember kids used to called us paki's... but were not... lol.... thanks 4 putting this up wee mannn...
kokulaa 4 years ago
the balantay drive.? but as far as i can remember it's called scarrle terrace... still remember miss bennet driving her fiat punto back in the days... Thomusk primary...
kokulaa 4 years ago
Left Castlemilk and Scotland in 1970. Visited Castlemilk in 1990 and got the shock of my life, a right slum. Great to see the old place is getting a face lift.
alison4 4 years ago
I love the video mate but around 01:39 is that not a snapshot of the shops in Fernhill Road that comes under Rutherglen ?
Bloodlustness 4 years ago
NAH! sorry..definatly Blaeloch, the shops in Fernhill have acanopy sticking out and the house windows above stick out in a 'V' shape.
Andy433 4 years ago
lol
They just looked a bit similar and if you compare the two then they look alike. :)
Great stuff, all the same. Is that the wee fish van shown just off the Drive down from the auld Swimming Pool or the ice cream one? Some of my my family live just across from it and it looks as if you've taken the photo from where they are.
I know the shops in Fernhill well. It just looked like them with the shutters down.
Bloodlustness 4 years ago
I was born in Birgidale Road when there was a working farm across the road back in the early 60s. I remember staring out over the veranda. Recognised Arnprior Street too! Good to see the renovation. The Castlemilk people were always the salt of the earth so the renewal was well deserved.
taxidude 8 months ago
Excellent. Do I win a prize if I can tell you every street name ? lol
Well done. :)
Bloodlustness 4 years ago
what a great trip down memory lane! Cheers!
magicboxmistress 4 years ago
haha =]
Loved it
my old street was on it and my grans house >_<
thanks =]
xx
CandieTrash 4 years ago
ma auntie stayed in bogony terrace,loved gon up there,the big s bend,ma burd grew up in the bogony flats,never ending story,s about the flats,mad ones,funny ones, she loved growing up there
magicmushy2007 4 years ago
Thanks a million,a great place where great people once lived. Like myself many have moved to more exotic places but still yearn for the banter. Thanks Andy.
tommyraejnr 4 years ago
Castlemilk does seem to have improved more than many other areas of a similar makeup. Too bad the large gangs of neds still run wild in many parts of the area, and within 10-15 year will probably look like a slum.
LaughinBot 4 years ago
that was strange a used ta live in mitchell flats yrs yrs ago block 3 the place is totally diffrent now cheers for uploading this brings back alot of good memories
ukandoittowithkandoo 5 years ago
great photo`s andy, i left the "milk" 45 years ago and the changes in that short time are phenomenal, the machrie shops snap brought back some memories, was the bookies not the first fish and chip shop in castlemilk, back about 1960?, my family were one of the first to move there in 1955, croftfoot drive
gussypegs 5 years ago
wow, that jerked me a tear, nice to see the bookies and the shops, i remember my maw getting in there to buy her wool at old SAUNDERS next to the chemists.... that was fantastic. i`m now living in Spain. BYE!!
SKIRVING 5 years ago
Hi Andy,I was back in Castlemilk for the first time in 17yrs last may,and the changes shocked me.But i'm glad they are for the best,Machrie was a complete shock to me.Seeing that all the old Tenements were gone and you could look straight down onto castlemilk drive and Croftfoot.I must have taken at least 100 pics around my auld close.
witshisname 5 years ago
Thanks for your comments, the first pic is actually ardencraig road just across from the chapel, the bookies and shops are now gone and new housing are in their place.Check out the castlemilk demo or castlemilk stables video, you may like them too.
Andy433 5 years ago
come to think about it,the first pic has my auld close on it.would the first pic be of Castlemilk drive just across from Machrie Dr. 10 out of 10 for a great vid Andy.
witshisname 5 years ago
its a very good film andy. 10/10
rabi2006 5 years ago
Thanks for the comment, have you seen castlemilk demo or castlemilk stables vid?.
Andy433 5 years ago
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gartnait1 1 year ago
Wow that brought back so many memories. Just shows how much Castlemilk has changed through the years
valentine75 5 years ago
Thanks for the comments, where do you live now? We are in the middd=le of regenerating the old stables in Machrie, Have alook at Castlemilk stables or castlemilk demo.
Andy433 5 years ago
Got to see alot of ma auld neighbourhood,thanx for those great pics.Especially of the bookies on Machrie ma Dad used to work in there.
witshisname 5 years ago