| Comment | I was born in 1980 so had my childhood in the 80s and grew up during the 90s.
Overall memory was of Glasgow being scarier.
My very first time being allowed into the town on my own with friends, probably 10 years old. We went to Laser Quest and then were promptly mugged on Trongate as soon as we left!
Remember something similar to Laser Quest called Quazer. Think it was in Marcos which is now West Brewery at The Green? They had a Street Fighter 2 arcade game.
Felt like you basically had to watch your back everywhere you went. On the bus, down the Main Street, in the town. There was just always an air of menace that things could kick off or some evil bastard could just turn on you out of nowhere. Even at school. Our school in Rutherglen must have had about ten different gangs, then there the fights with the the local proddy schools. People cutting about school with axes/machetes/wrenches wasn't that unusual.
The carnival at the SECC was a chance for all the gangs from all over Glasgow to challenge gangs from further afield who would normally never get the chance to meet. Castlemilk vs Easterhouse or Drumchapel vs Gorbals.
Mind getting pirated Amiga games at the Barras in the early 90s. Totally loved that. The ground was always covered in discarded mussel chells |
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