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Neighbourhood car and walking tour. Begins with a passenger-seat journey on the M8. The handheld camera follows the ride from the Southside of Glasgow, over the River Clyde, past Charing Cross and Maryhill flats, and along the motorway towards what appears to be sections of the West of Glasgow or parts of the River Kelvin/Canal (?). The sound is distorted by the wind rushing past the outside of the car, faint radio play and conversation. The car ride journeys back to Garnethill. The cuts in footage become more frequent and pronounced as the walking tour around Garnethill neighbourhood begins. A man sweeps the steps leading down from Dalhousie Street, workshop sheds and a tenement are quickly entered and exited for lack of light source. There are shots of Cowcaddens Subway underpass, local streets, undeveloped park areas, West Graham Street, the former Savings Bank at the bottom of Scott Street next to what is now the underpass of the M8 and Stow College, a crossing guard at the corner of Scott Street and West Graham Street, abandoned buildings, Buccleuch Street, and Garnethill Street (?). The camera also pans around the neighbourhood to reveal pedestrians, children playing, stray cats and general city life. The footage darkens as the night comes on and streetlights appear. Busby meets a group of children and men loading goods into a lorry, engaging with them in laughter and conversation. Ends with shots of tenements and the round of a bend of what might be Hill Street. The tape tracking skips, scratches, freezes and cuts out to static.