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Around about Victoria Park there are lots of "Bowrie" tags. Given this is a Barhhead gang name I am a bit confused. Can anyone shed light on this. Also in the underpass under Balshagray Drive (between Broomhill and Vicky Park) some person with a marker pen and a degree of intelligence has started an...

The current cyclepath from town out to Scotstoun is a joke. Ideally it should all be along the banks of the Clyde. However, the worst bit is the pedestrian bridge over the expressway which is just not bike friendly. So some of this sounds like a good idea. Presumably, new flats only get planning per...

I know its not the same thing, but there already is a 3d map of the CC at buchanan steet and st vincent place. I am talking about the bronze relief map for blind folk. Could this provide a shortcut for you guys? Presumably the Council must have a record of the artist, who in turn must have some note...

Good idea.
However, I remember an old shipyard worker telling me that even after weeks of dredging the QE2 only just scrapped under the then new Erskine Bridge.

I am not sure if this would be an issue now.

Quick follow up re Wilton Street (G20). The old name can be found on the corner of the block at 131 Wilton Street. The old, very posh, nameplate is embedded into the building.

Newbie poster - apologies in advance. When I trained as a solicitor I spent a lot of time up in the Mitchell trying to match 19th century descriptions of property to modern locations. The best way to do this way to use the old postal maps. From memory the post office produced new maps every 3 years ...