City centres famous trainspotting bookshop to close. We revisit the iconic locations in original trainspotting movie 21. He coined the word trainspotting, but the revered ian allan book and model shop in birmingham city centre has closed down weeks before the midland metro westside extension is due to open nearby. Jaconellis cafe is a place i had heard about for years but never actually visited, and one saturday afternoon i was attending a partick thistle match at firhill and. Renton and spud share a milkshake in cafe djaconelli on maryhill. The cafe djaconelli, where spud and renton shared a milkshake, as it is today. It has been 21 years since the iconic film trainspotting was released. Its been 20 years since trainspotting first blazed its trail on to the cinema screen and heres what the movies bestknown locations look like now. Take the trainspotting tour of glasgow glasgow live. Check out my super detailed guide to the trainspotting and t2. This brilliant place was used as a location in trainspotting, but theres much more to it than that. Cafe djaconelli 570 maryhill road, north kelvinside, glasgow, strathclyde, scotland, uk interview spud shares a milkshake with renton before his job interview.
A few hundred yards away on maryhill road is cafe djaconelli, where spud and renton share a milkshake. Cafe jaconelli which featured in trainspotting has been honoured in. An authentic taste of glasgow in the 1950s, renowned for delicious artisan icecream. Hawthorn st possilpark glasgow pre 1960s glasgow, bookshop. The scene is filmed at cafe djaconelli in north kelvin, not far from the. Times change and the bookstore is now a branch of clothing store next.
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