GLASGOW has an impressive track record of music stores, many of them long gone.
Who recalls Disc-count One, at 488 Sauchiehall Street?
This picture was taken in 1970, when the shop proudly described itself as “Scotland’s biggest bargain record store.”
A closer look at the window display reveals who was top of the pops in those days – Doris Day, Ken Dodd, Glenn Miller, The Hollies, Connie Francis…
Times Past took a wander down some of Glasgow’s most famous streets in the 60s and 70s to bring you this fascinating collection of storefront images.
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Who didn’t love City Bakeries?
A hot bridie and a French fancy for afters was the lunch of champions. This Trongate branch, pictured in 1970, complete with mouthwatering window display and the adjoining sit-in café, The Light Bite, was a popular stop-off for hungry office-workers and students.
Perhaps you can recall Churchills on Gordon Street (pictured here in 1973), for every discerning man about town?
Although if it was a thermal vest you were after, Millets menswear, sportswear and camping gear shop on Sauchiehall Street was the place to go.
In the picture of Millets, taken in 1961, you can also see Galloway’s butcher, immortalised in Tony Roper’s play The Steamie, of course, and supplier of mince to Glaswegians for generations.
In 1971, Miller’s art shop on Stockwell Street was getting a new sign – our photographers captured the workers in action.
And for those of a certain vintage, Menzies Bookshop on Trongate (pictured here in 1964) was a treasure trove of classics and more.
Which Glasgow shops do you miss the most? Get in touch with Times Past to share your stories and photographs.
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