The Barra Markets is the heart of Glasgow’s East End community, existing for over 100 years.
We went down to see how we could dress for £20 and try some of the famous street food.
We went down to see how we could dress for £20 and try some of the famous street food.
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00:00 It's a tricky one isn't it man? You've got the whole sort of like...
00:03 I don't know what that's looking like.
00:05 It's very... what's that band again man? The band...
00:07 And I will wait, I will wait for you...
00:11 Mumford and Sons mate!
00:13 We are in the east end of Glasgow to visit the world famous Barrow Markets, which has existed in the city for over 100 years.
00:18 You can find essentially anything at the Barrows. Clothes, furniture, tools, artwork, toys, even records.
00:23 You can go play a game of football, then have a tarot reading and then go for a pint.
00:26 It's very unique, but a perfect representation of Glasgow's culture.
00:30 So today myself and Liam have come here to challenge ourselves.
00:33 Tonight we are going to the 200th anniversary of Auchentosh and Distillery,
00:36 in what is anticipated to be a spectacular event in which we need something to wear.
00:39 Now we each have a £20 note, barely anything in this current financial climate,
00:43 but needs must and we're excellent hagglers.
00:45 So I will be dressing Liam and Liam will be dressing me. Let's go.
00:49 [Music]
01:12 It's a very sunny day here at the Barrows. How are you doing Liam?
01:15 It's great. It's sweltering actually. I've dressed a bit too warm.
01:18 On your challenge, I'm actually finding it hard to spend this £20 because things are extremely cheap.
01:24 People keep telling me the Barrows is gentrified, Caitlin, but I'm buying things for like £1, £2.
01:29 I just bought two items of clothing for £4 from Sustainable Fashion. I can't wait for you to try it on.
01:34 No, well there's a table up there and it's just full of clothes and everything's 50p each or three for a pound.
01:42 It is cheap as chips here at the Barrows.
01:44 Get your shell down.
01:46 [Music]
02:03 Right, so this is Liam's outfit. Liam, how do you feel?
02:06 I feel like any other folk that cut foot at the Barrows, to be honest. I don't like that out of the place, I think.
02:12 No, so I'll go through it. The vest, the shirt and this was £4.
02:18 Then we got the sunglasses for £1, the beads for £1 and then the ring was £3.
02:26 I think it's a mid-ring.
02:29 It's a middie. It's saying love right now. And I love this outfit.
02:34 [Laughter]
02:37 Right, so this is Caitlin's outfit. It cost...
02:40 I brought the boots.
02:42 It cost her a total of £4 but Caitlin has really done me dirty in that she said, "Make sure it's in the same style and it makes sense."
02:50 So I got her church's top. That was £2.
02:55 Because we're going to a DJ set tonight, it's a gig almost, I thought everyone will think Caitlin's so cool with her church's top.
03:02 And then I've got some f***ing trousers as well.
03:04 They're Zara, I believe. They were also £2. So that came to a total of...
03:08 These do not fit very nice.
03:11 So what do you think of our outfits?
03:16 Brilliant. The waistcoat, fabulous.
03:21 What else? And the glasses and the bonnet.
03:25 Who do you think is dressed better, me or him?
03:27 The bliners. I like his beads.
03:31 Thank you. I dressed him, he dressed me. We can see who likes fashion here more.
03:37 Did you watch that programme on the television last night?
03:40 What was it? BBC One.
03:42 Australian girl with her boyfriends and all that.
03:45 Love Island. Brilliant, innit?
03:47 I do like it.
03:49 Oh no, I didn't see that.
03:51 I used to stay in London with all the Australians, you know, Earl's Court.
03:55 Good luck with the masks. Come on, Aaron.
03:57 Colin!
03:59 Colin!
04:01 Put the Beatles on.
04:04 Colin, I'm filming myself. I'm filming you.
04:09 Put the Beatles on.
04:12 Do you like our outfits?
04:15 Do you like our outfits? Yeah, very stylish.
04:18 I'm filming you.
04:21 So here we are at Glasgow Barrellands. My name's Colin, this is Unusual Things here.
04:25 And we've got our good friends here, dressing up very, very stylish, very, very swagger and all that.
04:30 I don't know if you want to get a look at his waistcoat there. I mean, look at that.
04:34 Look at that.
04:36 I don't know if you want to check this one out before we go into proper...
04:39 We've got to judge these two outfits, haven't we?
04:41 You've got a Church's T-shirt on there.
04:43 Maybe you want to spin that around and check that out and see what's going on there.
04:46 Aye, I mean, right, okay.
04:48 I would say, out of the two of them, being honest with you, if it's going to be a thing...
04:55 Lexi's going, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."
04:58 Oh, it's a tricky one, isn't it, man? You've got the whole sort of like...
05:02 I don't know what that's looking like.
05:04 What's that band again, man? The band's...
05:06 # And I will wait, I will wait... #
05:08 Mumford & Sons!
05:10 Mumford & Sons, mate.
05:12 We've got Mumford & Sons tribute here. Oh, we've got Church's.
05:15 Techno, techno. Who's it going to be? Who's it going to be?
05:17 Who's it going to be? Right, left...
05:19 Oh!
05:23 Right, that's only because she's got a wee furry thing at the top there.
05:26 Otherwise, that was a total game-changer.
05:28 Hey, nice to meet you. All right, come and see us again, right?
05:30 Thank you.
05:32 Blind in. He's just blind in. Do you know what I mean?
05:35 Not out of place at all.
05:37 Yeah, we forgot about this piece here.
05:40 That was £5, actually.
05:42 £5? That's probably the most expensive item, then.
05:45 Yeah, it is. And he doesn't even like it. It's not Converse, it's BowBow.
05:49 BowBow House. Yeah, and we're about to get some BowBows.
05:52 Wow.
05:54 But this carries your phone and your wallet and everything.
05:57 I just thought this was perfect.
05:59 So this one is vegan.
06:01 Because I am vegan.
06:03 This is not that colour at all.
06:07 Back to where we started.
06:11 So this is us done now.
06:16 We've done our outfits, we've had our food.
06:18 We went to Monster Munch.
06:20 Monster Munchies.
06:22 That was incredible.
06:24 The bowl buns there. I've got vegan bowl buns.
06:26 One was broccoli, the other one was cauliflower.
06:29 What did you get?
06:31 I got squid bowl buns.
06:33 When that came, I just punched the mic there.
06:35 What was that? It was iron brew chilli sauce and teriyaki soba.
06:39 It's like a Japanese barbecue sauce.
06:41 We've also got loaded chips here, which look incredible as well.
06:44 Yeah, they do. They're really good.
06:46 I don't know how much more I can eat, though.
06:48 I'll go and get the drink while you get the food.
06:50 That's us. We've had a fantastic day.
06:52 I hope everyone enjoys their outfits at the Occantosh 200th anniversary.
06:56 Goodbye.