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Glasgow then and now

Santa has been good to this pair of lads on Crown St, Gorbals back in December 1970, bringing astronaut suits and space hoppers down the lum for them.

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Looking east along Sauchiehall St in Glasgow at Christmas time in 1969.

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Christmas lights receding into the distance on Argyle St in Glasgow back in 1965.

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The Granary at Shawlands Cross was looking affy festive last night 🎅🌲

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Enough to give every red sandstone boy and girl Christmas nightmares. Eric Watt's stunning image from 1972 of an exposed gable shows the circuitous route Santa would need to take to visit every flat in the close.

📷 Eric Watt

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Christmas time at Glasgow Cross back in 1987, with the Tolbooth steeple lit up in the background.

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George Square lit up for the festive season back in 1958.

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The Christmas lights at George Square, photographed on a rainy December day back in 1962.

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Strings of Christmas lights recede into the distance, illuminating the gloom on a traffic-choked, pre-pedestrianisation Buchanan St back in 1961.

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A bit of present day festive sparkle on a bustling Buchanan St in Glasgow on Friday night 😍

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