Lost Glasgow
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Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese ambassador to the UK, is in Glasgow, and took time out to take his Paddington Bear to meet our Hyndland Paddington, who has been keeping watch over the West End for 45 years.
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese ambassador to the UK, is in Glasgow, and took time out to take his Paddington Bear to meet our Hyndland Paddington, who has been keeping watch over the West End for 45 years.
Fish is for Fridays...
It's 1933, and we're up in Bardowie Street, in Possil, where fishmonger and poulterer William Thomson is setting up for the day. I love the Art Deco lettering of the shop's name.
Pic: Daily Record
It's 1933, and we're up in Bardowie Street, in Possil, where fishmonger and poulterer William Thomson is setting up for the day. I love the Art Deco lettering of the shop's name.
Pic: Daily Record
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Fish is for Fridays...
It's 1933, and we're up in Bardowie Street, in Possil, where fishmonger and poulterer William Thomson is setting up for the day. I love the Art Deco lettering of the shop's name.
Pic: Daily Record
It's 1933, and we're up in Bardowie Street, in Possil, where fishmonger and poulterer William Thomson is setting up for the day. I love the Art Deco lettering of the shop's name.
Pic: Daily Record
When the boat comes in...
Three views of this now vanished Broomielaw boozer.
Pic 1: Duncan McCallum
Pic 2: Harold Storey etching, early 1900s
Pic 3: Tom Maxwell etching, 1920s
Three views of this now vanished Broomielaw boozer.
Pic 1: Duncan McCallum
Pic 2: Harold Storey etching, early 1900s
Pic 3: Tom Maxwell etching, 1920s
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
When the boat comes in...
Three views of this now vanished Broomielaw boozer.
Pic 1: Duncan McCallum
Pic 2: Harold Storey etching, early 1900s
Pic 3: Tom Maxwell etching, 1920s
Three views of this now vanished Broomielaw boozer.
Pic 1: Duncan McCallum
Pic 2: Harold Storey etching, early 1900s
Pic 3: Tom Maxwell etching, 1920s
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain.
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain.
"Here, Wullie, have you seen this - says we're going to appear on Lost Glasgow..."
Shipyard workers Harry Cargill, Larry Hannan, and Willie McCallum take a break, ahead of the launch of the SS Waroonga, from the Barclay Curle yard in Whiteinch, in 1957.
Pic: Newsquest
Shipyard workers Harry Cargill, Larry Hannan, and Willie McCallum take a break, ahead of the launch of the SS Waroonga, from the Barclay Curle yard in Whiteinch, in 1957.
Pic: Newsquest
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
"Here, Wullie, have you seen this - says we're going to appear on Lost Glasgow..."
Shipyard workers Harry Cargill, Larry Hannan, and Willie McCallum take a break, ahead of the launch of the SS Waroonga, from the Barclay Curle yard in Whiteinch, in 1957.
Pic: Newsquest
Shipyard workers Harry Cargill, Larry Hannan, and Willie McCallum take a break, ahead of the launch of the SS Waroonga, from the Barclay Curle yard in Whiteinch, in 1957.
Pic: Newsquest
Tom Waits - Hope I don't fall in love with you
YouTube video by Leg Channel
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February 12, 2026 at 4:50 AM
The Pretenders - 'Jimmy' Honeyman-Scott SOLO - Original Lead Guitarist
YouTube video by leechcup
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February 12, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Eight bass strings - that's a weapon.
And why does she look like the UK accountant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDK6...
And why does she look like the UK accountant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDK6...
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Eight bass strings - that's a weapon.
And why does she look like the UK accountant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDK6...
And why does she look like the UK accountant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDK6...
We all need some of this - there is a Glasgow girl in this choir.
Patti is...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
Patti is...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
Choir! Choir! Choir! & Patti Smith sing "PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER" in NYC with Stewart Copeland
YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir!
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February 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
We all need some of this - there is a Glasgow girl in this choir.
Patti is...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
Patti is...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
All I Want
YouTube video by Amy Rigby - Topic
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February 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
