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Buchanan Street
Buchanan Street was named after Andrew Buchanan, a Tobacco Lord, who envisioned that Glasgow would spread westward. With this in mind, on the 15th of February, 1763, he acquired the first portion of...
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Sailing Down the Clyde: “Doon the Watter”
From the Broomielaw Wharves on the north bank or from Clyde Place Quay on the south bank, we begin our journey down the River Clyde, or “Doon the Watter”, as Glasgow folk would say. This will be a...
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Glasgow Cross
In its earliest days, Glasgow was a small fishing village by a shallow and easily forded River Clyde and it remained this way until the Sixth Century AD when Saint Mungo founded a religious settlement...
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An inebriated Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cabbie to show him around the city. Naturally, the cabbie is happy to oblige and the visitor gets to see Glasgow...
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Here is a film of shipping activity on the River Clyde in 1938. There are scenes of excursion steamers heading “Doon the Watter” and into the Firth, the launch of a new vessel, a ship being coaled,...
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Renfield Street
It was Archibald Campbell of Blythswood who gave Renfield Street its name. He used to own the land on which it stands and named the street after his estate of Renfield, near Renfrew. He was also...
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Trongate
The Trongate was originally known as St. Thenew’s Gait because it was the way to St. Thenew’s Chapel, named after the mother of St. Mungo, and situated where St. Enoch Square is today. It should be...
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A quick note to say that I’m continuing to add photographs and descriptions to the current Chapters while I’m working on new ones. I’m also endeavouring to reply to as many of your comments as...
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The Railways
Coming from a family with service on the railways dating back to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and possibly even to the London & North Western Railway (LNWR), I could not resist...
View Article“The Elizabethan” Express
Ever since railway companies were established there has always been intense rivalry between them, on land and even on water, and this was especially true for destinations on the Clyde. Fast trains...
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This website was partially disabled late last year following a WordPress update that was applied by the hosting company. The index on the right-hand side of most of the pages disappeared and the...
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Memories of the Grand
Memories of life at the Grand Hotel by Neil McPhee This is a wonderful site of Charing Cross and especially the Grand Hotel. I worked there as a page boy alongside my brother (second head porter) and...
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Glasgow Cross
In its earliest days, Glasgow was a small fishing village by a shallow and easily forded River Clyde and it remained this way until the Sixth Century AD when Saint Mungo founded a religious settlement...
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Glasgow’s Crosses
In the course of collecting old photographs and postcards of Glasgow I realized that the City has many Crosses, key intersections and road junctions which, because of their importance, were given the...
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Glasgow Police Public Call Box
Another First for Glasgow – the Police Public Call Box This postcard shows a police public call box on Hyndland Road, circa 1905. Glasgow was the first place to install such boxes in the British Isles,...
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From the Top Deck of a Glasgow Tramcar
We are in the Trongate approaching Glasgow Cross from the west on the top deck of an open-top tramcar, circa 1900. Facing us, is the statue of King Billy ( William III, Prince of Orange ) upon his...
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Express Boat Train to Wemyss Bay
An express boat train from Glasgow Central bound for Wemyss Bay is passing through Cardonald Station on the fast line in June 1922. Looking at this photograph, I am reminded of the fierce competition...
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Ever since railway companies were established there has always been intense rivalry between them, on land and even on water, and this was especially true for destinations on the Clyde. Fast trains...
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Memories of the Grand Hotel
Memories of life at the Grand Hotel by Neil McPhee This is a wonderful site of Charing Cross and especially the Grand Hotel. I worked there as a page boy alongside my brother (second head porter) and...
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