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Wee bit of a mix up there. It was a toss up between two photos, this is the earlier one with the air raid shelter directly ahead 😂
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Well this is embarrassing. It was a toss up between two photos, this is the earlier one with the air raid shelter directly ahead 😂
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
To clarify, Muiryfauld Dr cuts across the scene. The low brick buildings are air raid shelters. The tenements line Shettleston Road.
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 AM
It was in Burns Howff that Alex Harvey met with the musicians who were to become the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

The pub finally closed in 1984.

#Glasgow
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
In 1808 she married John Thomson and lived with his family in Pollokshaws. She moved with him to Langside, before returning to live in Pollok St (now Greenview St), Pollokshaws.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
She was born in Leith and then went to Dumfries where she was raised by Jean Armour, Burns' wife.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Fun fact: I once did a night shift in that shop as a student. One of a crack team brought in from the Pollok Centre to re-merchandise the shop 😂
January 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Two people now pulling me up for saying "scum" when

1. It's obviously a Star Wars cantina thing
2. It was shut down because people often left with more holes in them than when they entered
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 PM
On a side note, "stooshie" is a great word and I fully intend to drop it into conversation with American colleagues tomorrow.
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Update: the applicant claims this won't be the mural that will be painted. That's what he says now after a stooshie, but it's not what's in the planning application.
January 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I reckon it's the wee choo Choo planter from Pollokshaws West station.
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM