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Scotland as CNN's 2013 Top Destination

A good 2013 New Year start for Scotland. CNN on it's website travel feature has rated Scotland Scotland as its' 2013 Top Spot World destination - don't know that I would describe Hogganfield Loch as 'pristine', but let's not quibble :wink: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/01/travel/top-destinations-20...
by escotregen
Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:34 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Scotland as CNN's 2013 Top Destination
Replies: 0
Views: 163

Re: Duke Street Prison

An, whilst Duke Street prison was the national centre for executing capital punishment, the bodies were reputedly buried with in the precincts of the walled prison grounds (convicted murderers being denied Christian burial on consecrated ground. From what I previously gleaned it seems likely that th...
by escotregen
Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:26 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Duke Street Prison
Replies: 99
Views: 22453

Re: That Sinking Feeling

Brilliant! BTW you would not now recognise the current building for what it was at the time the film was made.
by escotregen
Thu May 24, 2012 9:32 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: That Sinking Feeling
Replies: 5
Views: 592

That Sinking Feeling

I've posted this elsewhere but thought it would be well appropriate to post on HG: STV report this pm that a sinking tenement at Bridgeton Cross to be demolished . I can remember being in the part of this building that was used for GEAR offices back in the late 80s (GEAR the regen project, not GEAR ...
by escotregen
Tue May 22, 2012 1:04 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: That Sinking Feeling
Replies: 5
Views: 592

Re: tunnels

I was posting this topic elsewhere when I remembered this thread back in Hidden Glasgow. It’s not quite really ‘tunnels’ but it is something of the sort. I was at today’s presentation on the Red Road demolition programme at the GHA Academy (really first class facility by the way). I discovered that ...
by escotregen
Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:17 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: tunnels
Replies: 395
Views: 108502

October (throughout) Black History Month

A full month of events run by GARA (Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance). Quite a lot that focuses on Glasgow including: Glasgow Black History Walking tours every Saturday and Sunday. “A historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past and examines the connections with tobacco, slavery and the abolitio...
by escotregen
Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:26 am
 
Forum: Forum Archive
Topic: October (throughout) Black History Month
Replies: 0
Views: 233

Re: Old Govan Police Station and Burgh Hall Development

The completed Orkney Police station conversion will be part of Open Doors this weekend: Orkney Street Enterprise Centre is taking part in the country-wide 'Doors Open Day'. The building will be open to the public this Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 4pm and everyone is welcome to come along. There w...
by escotregen
Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:55 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Development
Topic: Old Govan Police Station and Burgh Hall Development
Replies: 54
Views: 15947

Re: Duke Street Prison

Chuppazzee the bodies were indeed buried within the prison walled area. The bodies of executed persons could not be buried on consecrated ground (that is Christian consecrated). Hence their burial within the prison confines. I have come across a version of where the graves are sited that differs fro...
by escotregen
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:25 am
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Duke Street Prison
Replies: 99
Views: 22453

Re: Duke Street Prison

dmf yes thanks I had picked up on those stories.It's important that we always take an opportunity to collect this type of story and anecdote, so thanks again for mentioning them.
by escotregen
Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:33 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Duke Street Prison
Replies: 99
Views: 22453

Re: Duke Street Prison

A recently joined HG member was signposted to me becuase of my enduring fascination with Duke Street prison. I thought it appropriate to copy most of my pm reply here as a sort of recap. The Hidden Glasgow thread on Duke Street prison is about the best and most accessible source of information on Du...
by escotregen
Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:15 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Duke Street Prison
Replies: 99
Views: 22453

15.11.2008 Govan Gaelic Heritage Celebration

Sorry about the belated notice, but I have only just learned in the pub on the way home about what sounds like a bit of a once-in-a-lifetime shot tomorrow. The bunf is: Sparr is an exciting community project about the shipyards of Govan, its history, the community and the spirit of the people. Spàrr...
by escotregen
Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:48 pm
 
Forum: Forum Archive
Topic: 15.11.2008 Govan Gaelic Heritage Celebration
Replies: 1
Views: 366

Sat 11th Oct car boot sale Govan - funds to After School Pro

SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER

NETHAN STREET AFTERSCHOOL
(NEXT DOOR TO HILLS TRUST PRIMARY)

10.00-1.00

£10.00 PER CAR/TABLE

SPACES AVAILABLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE

SPACES CAN BE BOOKED
(CALL 425 1739 AND ASK FOR PAM OR JACKIE)


ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE CHILDCARE CENTRE




ALSO TEA AND COFFEE
by escotregen
Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:53 am
 
Forum: Forum Archive
Topic: Sat 11th Oct car boot sale Govan - funds to After School Pro
Replies: 1
Views: 408

Re: Bombs over Glasgow in WW2

Dexter I appreciate you're holding a torch for the guy... but I cannot make any sense out of what you posted :? I mean why the heck would anyone want to use the language of circa wartime 1940s (if that's what you meant?) in a topical and ongoing discussion? You are anyway getting into pretty extrane...
by escotregen
Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:18 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Bombs over Glasgow in WW2
Replies: 653
Views: 158220

Re: Bombs over Glasgow in WW2

Whiffy indeed Dugald. You have maybe missing another point above :) … but meantime, I’m sure you appreciate that it is your term ‘brethren’ that is gratuitous. Interesting, your other expression; ‘ensure that the Germans are properly varnished’. It’s at the very least also ambiguous and open to all ...
by escotregen
Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:38 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Bombs over Glasgow in WW2
Replies: 653
Views: 158220

Re: Wartime Glasgow--Excluding bombing.

No-ones asking any of you to pay for it so what the hell is the problem? The people killed on this ship were not the ones out fighting for the Fascists, they were civs like us, some of whom were actually refugees fleeing persecution, just to get caught in the cross-fire again. Their nationality, or...
by escotregen
Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:04 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Wartime Glasgow--Excluding bombing.
Replies: 116
Views: 19558
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