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I agree about the architectural merits of Hyndland station, given the size and scale of these towers, way out of proportion to their location, my main concern would be the impact on the look of the area. For a number of years Netowork Rail had on their 'wish list' a suggestion to move Hyndland stati...

Network Rail have a planning application in for lift towers and a footbridge at Hyndland station. The good folks of the West end should look at the hideous structure at Dalmuir and start their campaigns and petitions now.

The Jolly Giant was run by a guy called Jack Lees who ran a toy wholesalers in Glasgow at the time.

He had been to America and seen the Toys R Us setup (before they opened in Britain) and came up with the Jolly Giant concept.

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There are iPhone apps that will use a photo to identify the font.
It's no more a weirdo question than some others posted here and it's hardly a warm welcome to a new member.

This shop was the original Argyle Street branch of Woolies, later divided up and trading as Dixons/Currys/Tesco and Benny Hamish tailors upstairs. As I understand it, even though the shop hadn't traded as Woolies for years, their property division still owned it and when Woolies went bust their prop...

Surprised to hear D and F suggest mail order, I've always found them very happy to order for you. As for Harburn Hobbies, it's a good shop but expensive, you'll nearly always pay full retail price amd can save around £40 on the price of a loco by going to Hattons, Rails of Sheffield or The Signal Box.

According to the Allmeeja Scotland website, the SPT are looking for 'premium brand' businesses to run the Subway kiosks, including a new one at Partick. Presumably this means that the local traders who run Govan and Buchanan St at present will be out the door and that 'premium brand' means being rep...

I see from last week's planning applications that Tesco have applied for permission for Woolies in Byres Road, given that they have a store in Partick and as far as I know are still going through the planning process for the 'Tesco Town' in Beith St. this is probably a Tesco too far, but It wil be g...

If you have NTL/Virgin Meeja then you should have the ITV Audio Description channel (853). The ITV Network feed from London is on that and you can happily watch all the programmes that the miserable STV have ditched like The Bill and Midsummer Murders. Even though the channel is called Audio Descrip...

I have some video of the Empire sign that I shot for a college project, when I get the chance I'll digitise it and put on a link to it.

I have a memory of visiting this one evening in the early '70s, it was in a dimly lit room and full of cages and tanks and was quite creepy.

Can't really recall any detail, just impressions, it was rather unsettling and we didn't stay long.

Browsing the website of the British Railways Board (as you do) I came across their list of property For Sale/ To Let including a number of the tunnels discussed on HG. Botanic Gardens Tunnel/Great Western Rd Tunnel G-GCL-256-1 Kelvingrove Tunnel/St Vincent Street Tunnel G-GCL-256-2 Tunnel from Crath...

Looks like Govan to me

Bad memories of trudging up Maryhill Road and Bilsland Drive in winter to Ruchill Hospital to visit my father who eventually died there.