In the gorbals there's clubs there for the waens in the old St Francis church and the play barn at the other end of Cumberland street a few others as well. When I was a teenager and 20something I can remember there was around 20 pubs in the gorbals almost all are gone now. Along caledonia rd was the blarney stone, corner bar , tuckers , trainers bar all good Celtic pubs paddy trainers bar was bombed back in the day luckily one of the punters near the door saw a suitcase being slid in the door and kicked it back out the door saving more than a few peoples lives and the pub. We all know what that was about but reduction in pubs is an alarmingly sad thing to see. I could count on 1 hand the pubs left , the brazen head ( formerly the granite) the laurieston bar and the pig and whistle ( a mainly rangers pub ) and sharkeys good Celtic pub and that's it I think. The riverside tavern has been shut for a while now. These pubs are a big miss and when they went at the time there was a huge reduction in the population of the gorbals but that's back up now , not to the numbers of the 1st (tenements) or 2nd ( high flats) gorbals though. I get what you say about people flat sharing that's been going on for ever but I'd say that it's becoming more of a family area again these days. Many people buying places close to the toon. The gorbals #3 is a pleasing on the eye place and largely quiet and nice place to live but I did prefer the community #2 provided. If you could pub crawl that gorbals a pint a pub youd have to be carried hame if it was even possible. What really pisses me off is that all the pubs have no longer any pool tables. Have to go to a pool / snooker hall in cathcart rd / langside way or in the toon the 8 balls still there above the Scotia. A few tables up there and I hope they can reopen after all that's happened. All these eateries/ type pubs I fn hate them. I'm happy with a burger. Talking of St Francis I remember the huge crowds outside at Danny McGrains wedding, there was tommy burns Kenny Kenny dalgleish whose ma still lived up the sandiefield road flats at the time Tam Macadam and pretty much the whole side were there, they locked the doors and the players left by the side . Nostalgia has a lot to do with perceptions but these new areas have a long way to go to get to the standards of the places they're replacing.