FOR many primary schoolchildren in Glasgow, summer term means lessons in the sun, sports days and cycling proficiency test time (or Bikeability, to give it its 21st century name.)

Invaluable road safety and bike maintenance lessons are part of the deal – and it was the same back in 1953, when these children at Garrowflat Primary in Rutherglen were put through their paces by local cycling club member John Kerr.

City transport always sparks lots of fond memories for Times Past readers – do these images bring back any for you? Get in touch to share yours by emailing ann.fotheringham@glasgowtimes.co.uk or write to Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times, 125 Fullarton Drive, Glasgow G32 8FG.

Watching the trains at St Enoch Station. Pic: Herald and Times

Watching the trains at St Enoch Station. Pic: Herald and Times

Trainspotting at St Enoch Station in 1957 was a relaxed affair for these boys, lounging on the platform watching the locomotives pass by.

This one, according to the caption on the back of our archive photograph, was heading ‘doon the watter’ to one of the Clyde’s holiday hotspots.

Switching from tram to bus because of road problems in 1939. Pic: Herald and Times

Switching from tram to bus because of road problems in 1939. Pic: Herald and Times

Meanwhile, who has not heard the heart-sinking phrase ‘a replacement bus service will now be available’ on train travels around Glasgow or beyond?

It’s good to know we are not alone – previous generations of Glaswegians have also encountered the pain of road problems in the city.

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These passengers in 1939 had to switch from trams to buses because of subsidence in Duke Street at Hunter Street. “Transport will be maintained by a system of changeover from tram to bus across the damaged section of the street,” we reported.