Gregory's Girl | 1980
- Locations |
- Scotland
- DIRECTOR |
- Bill Forsyth
The fictional Scots town of ‘Climackston’ in Bill Forsyth's beloved coming-of-age movie is Cumbernauld, a new town founded in 1955, just northeast of Glasgow to cope with overspill from the city. It's a half-hour train journey from Glasgow Queen Street Station.
Gregory’s (John Gordon Sinclair) school was Abronhill High School, in the Abronhill district, northeast of Cumbernauld town centre. It’s already been demolished, in 2014, and the site developed as housing.
The most famous location is that huge clock which stood in the New Town Plaza, by which Gregory waits. The plaza has, yes, since been redeveloped.
This was St Enoch’s Clock, originally installed in Glasgow’s old Victorian St Enoch Station, which was closed in 1966. The station was demolished in 1977 and the clock was presented to Cumbernauld – then turning 21 years old.
Don’t worry, you can now find the clock in the Antonine Shopping Centre on Tryst Road – although Glasgow is now regretting its generosity and is lobbying to have it returned.
