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This was the first time I had heard about Smudge! If you do a quick Google there's an article about her published in an Ohio newspaper from 1988 - she truly was an international phenomenon!

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PJFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o1EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6050%2C6315406

The Glesga Pals website has a few small photos of when the place was open.

http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/green/innonthegreen.htm

I'm quite chuffed I got it right in the end - was worth spending the afternoon at work peering over the photo!

I think I have it now... Sharon - I've sent you a PM to see if I'm right to save spoiling the fun!

Hmmm... is it something to do with the legs? They seem to be quite ornate up until a point where you would think they had been extended up to support the roof. Did they come from another bandstand in Glasgow?

Did the bandstand once stand somewhere in Glasgow and was then moved to Dumfries and Galloway?

I was reading in Urban Realm that Holiday Inn have submitted plans to Glasgow City Council for a 112 bed hotel on the site of 'The Inn On The Green' at Glasgow Green. The current building is Grade B listed so the plans involve façade retention and a new build property filling the rear and the gap to...

Just found this thread by accident and thought I'd post an update on how the place looks now. I guess it's a matter of opinion on how you think the building has blended into the landscape - but I can say that the views over the city from the window as the sun sets are awesome! :P http://farm9.static...

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Hello Everybody! I've been lingering on the forum for a while now as a guest but thought it was about time I registered and said hello! I was a member many moons ago when I was young and daft - believe I ended up getting myself banned over an argument about computers, of all things, but hopefully no...