East Kilbride Town Centre Memories

Memories of the East Kilbride Town Centre as it *used* to be. Most of these pictures are not mine, they've been found online through various sources. I've tried to credit where possible, but if you find one of your pictures on here and you're not credited, please let me know and I'll do so ASAFP.

The reason I've used annotations instead of burning text onto the pictures is for two reasons: First, because you can turn them off to get a really good look at the pictures, and secondly so the slideshow can evolve with time. If I've got something wrong, or I've forgotten something, or YOU have a memory you'd like to add, I can keep adding to it with additional annotations.

Thanks for checking it out. If you've not seen the clip of BBC Scotland's "The Mad Death", which features some great footage of the The Plaza from 1981, do so. There are links inside the video.

Also, if you happen to have any old pictures of East Kilbride, and the Centre in particular, I'd love to see them. Send me a message through You Tube, or leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Thanks!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• east kilbride
• EK
• town centre
• the plaza
• the olympia
• prices mall
• princes street
• the centre

[smidiuk001]

I remember most of those changes taking place while I was growing up. My mum used to work in the shoe shop Timpsons that is now McDonalds. We used to go to the Saturday morning roller discos in the Olympia. My old man worked on the refurbishment of the plaza while the Olympia as we now know it was under construction. I’m sure one of the pubs was called Memory Lane but I’m not sure if it was the round one, I will need to ask my uncle as he used to go there when we where kids.

[wilbasee]

@superstrut75 i remember that myself a himshie boy through and through jumped out at bottom of lickprivick after putting my feet through said windows and legging it through troon to my native sandpiper

[Gillanov]

Bravo ! Not easy to find such photos on the web.... :-)

[buidseach]

ive got some footage of the taxi fair with Glen Michael waving to them as they went past from 77 in the plaza car park, I grew up in EK and loved it, used to sneak into the multi storey car park at the back and race round on our bikes, ah happy days.

[iaink51]

Loads of memories there: I was in EK from 62-74 and the old town centre was very familiar to me. The Mushroom; the concrete scuptures, with their lovely cool smooth cementyness. I saw David Cassidy - of Partridge Family fame - stand on the ledge of the Olympia one afternoon, but he didn't jump! I played in the cinema when it was being built: couldn't believe the hugeness of it and had many many Saturday afternoons in there for 12p: Playing tig mostly!

[THEPIRATESEYE]

Also remember going to EK sports in 1987 to meet Super Ally and get his autograph.

[THEPIRATESEYE]

I used to stay in Greenhill's and my maim memory of going to the town centre was watching Airwolf through Glen's Hutchisons, Robertson and Stepek window, on about 20 tellies haha.. This would have been about 87/88. Me and my old man did this every Saturday whilst my mum got the messages.. Happy Days

[1978Allanc]

its amazing how you can spend millions of tax payers money to make a piece of shit an even bigger piece of shit , fuck EK !!!

[lynsey230509]

i think its at the start of the princes mall next to east kilbride bus station if u look at the top ryt hand side it looks like the clock tht is still there at the entrance of princes mall

[BADMONKEYNOBANANA1]

@ArsenalLiviEwan yes it is.....my family were the fifth family to move into greenhills in 1972 and believe me....from then EKOK went from no a bad place to a shithole full of twats...hence....i seen the light and got out, still full of many happy memories for me....but face it....its a shite hole