March 2012 Blog Posts (3)

Dublin

Been on a recent trip to Dublin and thoroughly enjoyed it. Was my first visit to the city and it was beautiful weather. The St Stephens park area is nice and I thought O'connell st was erm, disappointing, trashy and downmarket which surprises me given its history. Would Argyle St and I can think of good few more, be the Glasgow equivalent? Gets me thinking about why so dispersed in Glasgow city when these shops were a plentiful on O'connell street. Makes me wonder why so different and how is…

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Added by Dr Carol McKenzie on March 28, 2012 at 22:00 — No Comments

respectfully thankful to this site4 most of the pictures uploaded here by me and if youre interested in the history of the westend of glasgow then you cant go wrong by starting your search here fi…

respectfully thankful to this site4 most of the pictures uploaded here by me and if youre interested in

the history of the westend of glasgow then you cant go wrong by starting your search here first

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Added by greg hitman on March 28, 2012 at 2:07 — No Comments

Student Dissertation - Oatlands, Gorbals & Govan

Hi there everyone!

I have recently been familiarising myself with the work of the NGS, through the Red Road exhibition and then one of Alistair Fyfe's tours....its all been very interesting.

I am doing a student dissertation at the moment, and am looking to speak with people from Oatlands, Gorbals and Govan. It would probably be 30 - 40 minutes, discussing your history in the area and how you have become attached to living there over the years (I am intrested in new…

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Added by Neil McKenna on March 22, 2012 at 12:20 — No Comments