SIXTY years ago today, on February 6, 1973, the Glasgow Herald’s Ian Archer reported on new Scotland manager Willie Ormond’s first squad selection, which was for the Centenary International against England the following week.
NOT so long ago, every department store worth its salt would hold its own fashion show. Here a wedding dress is modelled in the Glasgow branch of Frasers in February 1972.
A hardy youngster in gritty garb - short trousers and wellington boots – waits to cross Argyle Street while a snow plough does its work in the winter of 1942. Unlike now, such vehicles were not routinely named. Suggestions are invited.
IT’S wartime – June, 1943 to be more precise – and women are taking over many traditionally-male roles. Here Inspector Harry Drewett gives some tips to trainee tram drivers in Glasgow.
THE era of the “super store” came to the Cowlairs area of Glasgow with the arrival, in June 1972, of the Cowlairs Co-op store in Springburn Road. Boasting around 50,000 sq ft of sales floor, the opening day was quite an event. The official ceremony was performed by STV personality Bill Tennant, and there were demonstrators on hand – including Benson and Hedges’ Gold girls, who were giving away free cigarettes with every 80 bought.
