Author Archives: Gordon Barr

Couple of cinema past-presents… The Blythswood, Maryhill Road / Trossachs Street1980 2007 The Seamore, Maryhill Road / North Woodside Road1957 2007   Originally published on the Hidden Glasgow Forums at http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=681&p=109215…

Thanks to ‘dimairt’ and his suggestion I have a look at the 1979 Jimmy Boyle film ‘A Sense of Freedom‘ for stuff filmed around my area, I present a special themed Past Present… First up, top of Napiershall Street, c.1974 … Continue reading →

Pics of me in a very fetching paper suit in this article on ReelScotland http://www.reelscotland.com/?p=6942 Asbestos: Down with that sort of thing!  

Just for reference, the new website header image above is taken from the following original image, as found in the cache of original paperwork we discovered in the former Broadway Cinema in Prestwick , and now safely deposited with the … Continue reading →

[A slightly adapted and updated version of an article first published in 2009 in the AHSS Magazine, this round up summarised the new and upgraded listings of cinemas in Scotland, due to a joint project between Historic Scotland and the … Continue reading →