21 photos taking you back to Glasgow during Capital of Culture year in 1990

By David Mclean

Published 24th Apr 2020, 16:45 GMT

Updated 8th Oct 2024, 14:23 GMT

Nineteen-ninety was a memorable year for Glaswegians as they celebrated their city being crowned the European Capital of Culture.

We’ve scoured the archives at Scotsman towers to bring you 20 photographs to take you back three full decades to Glasgow in 1990.

Here are some of the best images from Scotland’s biggest city taken during that year.

13. Glaswegian newspaper vendor

An elderly Glasgow man in a tartan bunnet selling the Daily Record in August 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Allan Milligan

Interior of Princes Square shopping centre in Glasgow, August 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Allan Milligan

A couple chatting in Buchanan Street underground station in Glasgow as the train comes in, August 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Allan Milligan

Rangers celebrate during a Rangers v St Mirren football match at Ibrox in October 1990. Final score 5-0 to Rangers. | JPIMedia Photo: Jack Crombie