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Thanks guys.

I'm due a visit back to Glasgow in a week or so and wondered if anyone could recommend a pub where I could catch some live jazz? I'm not overly fussy on style but preferably not 'trad'. Anyone remember Frank Pantrini's regular Saturday slot at the Curlers?

A few recently observed signs: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Cch0agXZxLU/UAyFx3RmncI/AAAAAAAAAYE/H0SgfWJgJ2Y/s640/DSC_0380.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yktWbZFQpm0/UAx8HuAqKkI/AAAAAAAAAYE/Jb5e9uyESz8/s640/DSC_0403.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9CbFLYuvi1Q/UAx9LiYcfII/AAAAAAAA...

Hi Doug, thanks for cofirming the name of the store, I was in there often so probably bumped into you at some time. And, yes and no- in some ways it seems a long time ago, in others it seems like just yesterday. Don't worry, the record player served me well, all the way from Slade to Sex Pistols and...

Doug, I've been trying to remember the name of that store under the flats, was it Jolly's (or something similar)? I got my first record player from there and I remember that there was a box of 45s singles on the counter where you could pick up recent, ex-chart records for 1/2 price. Ahhh, happy days.

Good to see such positive comments about Britain from Above. I have the pleasure of working close to the team involved in producing these images, they are keen for people to engage with the images on-line so please do contribute on the BfA website (if you haven't already).

congratulations to all involved, Doorstop. Twins are in the news today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18767549

an elderly Ilford Sportsman, bought from Charlie Jeffries stall in the barras c1975. I think I've still got it- somewhwere.

nice one. I'd almost forgotten all about Men at Work.

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

took this last week on a stroll around the eastern edge of the city centre.

see some more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_photosavage/sets/72157629250780829/with/6848835587/

spotted this beauty the other day near Argyle St

I remember that! Must have been early 70's, I cut the article out and took it into school to show my pals. Freaked me out for years too.

Barns in Sweden are traditionally painted red for the same reason:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falu_red

I think the Val D'Oro is on London Rd. The chippy on Gallowgate, if it's the one I'm thinking of under the railway bridge, is the Coronation.

"See that sista, sho wuz fine 'fore she
started drinkin' wine
from the bottle."

I was fortunate enough to see GSH at the Jazz Cafe in Camden a few years back, one of my all time favourite gigs.
RIP sir.