Barras Market — Attraction in Great Britain

My trip to the barras today was to get some stuff to decorate my house and I've been going to the barras since i was a 5yr old now more than 50yrs later and I'm still taking every chance i can as back in the day it was a lot bigger better and the pater was great shouting stall owner shouting out about the meat he was selling and you used to get packs with all different kinds of meat in and through them into the crowd that had gathered to hear his banter and he and many off the old one's have gone I even was down in my teens to my 20syrs and all my family and friends always were at the barras on Christmas Eve at 12:00ocklock the stall owners we're giving stuff away had many a Christmas from the Great old barras and the music hall above in our 16to24yrs and used to go to persons market to meeting people that used to be on the old c.b.'s for the young citizens band radio that's the mobile phone of today all the best memories are from the barras love it it's glesga my home town glesga is...

Stayed in glasgow on a city break, the hotel was fabulous, shopping in the city fabulous visited different places the Sunday decided to go on a bus tour, the woman on the bus giving us the history of glasgow was totally rude, husband said we wanted to look round the Barrass market the look didnt impress me, but we went anyway, it was really disappointing, crowded, stalls were full of what i called junk,nothing worth buying, we stopped at a trailer for a bite,which was disgusting, took a bite the hot dog tasted horrid the onions werent cooked so left it on a table, and we went out for the next tour bus, the driver was great as im on a disabled scooter, very polite helpful, inbetween we stopped off at the oldest sweetie shop in glasgow next to the barrass and it was great bought my favourite scottish tablet some brittle and mice delish totally id miss the Barras totally find somewhere of interest , pity as the history behind the...

A little disappointed to be honest. Along time ago (I was a small kid, now a big kid @ 51) a highlight to Glasgow on a Sunday was the Barras. Later as a student, I bought text books from stalls and got my degree.

Anyways: The Barras, or barrow land market. Originally the goods where sold on barrows, hence the name. Famous for selling almost anything, apart from your grandmother, though I'm sure a few grandfather's have tried :), where you can buy "cheap ciggies & tobacco - police watch - would send the vendors running, and dvds of films that have only just premiered the night before at the cinema.

Why disappointed? It was always full, bustling with crowds, the smell of chips, cries of the sellers with bargains of the century. Now it was very quiet. Most of the stalls were empty. The Barras had atmosphere, now lacking. Maybe I was too early (10:00 am) Saturday, but just...