00:00It's now that we talk about immigration all the time, but back then it was immigration,
00:07people leaving.
00:08So people would leave on these ships, and they would go to, so if you were a good worker
00:14you could go to Canada for two pounds, and all the working men and women and families
00:21would go, and there's an amazing piece of footage where you can see the ship leaving
00:26Glasgow, and everyone's on the ship all very happy, all going to a new life, smiling, waving
00:32at the family and all that stuff.
00:34And then the ship leaves, and you see the mum and dad put the umbrella down and walk
00:40back to their old house without the family anymore, because they don't know the next
00:46time they're going to hear from the family.
00:48So it was an amazing, it was an incredible time.
00:52This is the original first booking office, you can see you would sit in the seats and
00:57have the picture of the ship behind you, but look at that, it's all still the same.
01:03Same lobby, same windows, same cornice, the same floor.
01:08So it's really just a continuation of the theme, you know, of making it a really nice
01:13place for people in Glasgow to come and join themselves.
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