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Glasgow is a unitary authority - a 'city county' if you will - effectively split out from former Lanarkshire territory.

South of the border, people still say that Manchester is in Lancashire, Birmingham is in Warwickshre, and maybe even that London is in Middlesex!

Oh look... another hotel development in central Glasgow.. http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5360/Work_gets_underway_on_city_centre_Ibis_Hotel.html I remember many, many years ago (OK 20.... it was 1994) there was a second hand academic book dealer in Telfer House - freshers at Strathclyde were always ...

What's needed is better quality shops on the high street - not in the malls. I lament all the pound shops and discount stores that have devalued Argyle and Sauchiehall Street. Blame the Galleries and the St Enoch Centre if you will, but its part of a national trend I'm afraid. However, in Glasgow's ...

Before Strathclyde Uni bought the building back in 1975 it had been the offices of a tobacco company originally - does anyone know anything more about this??

Agree with comment on whether Premier Inn is indeed still 'budget'. My impression in the events sector over the past couple of years is that Premier Inn seem to have moved increasingly into that and that may be influencing their pricing strategy. Caveat on 'moved increasingly into', as it's probabl...

I read somewhere that the remaining occupied Red Road tower (33 Petershill Drive) is now empty...so I presume that means they will start stripping the asbestos out from it soon, if it hasn't already started. The blocks they've already done will come down in the summer apparently. Remains to be seen ...

you will find Reid & Todd mentioned a few times here: http://www.glasgowhistory.com/sauchiehall-street.html Mentioned in that article too was the fact that Pettigrew and Stephens, across from Reid and Todd's, was designed by John Honeyman and John Keppie and with a cupola by Charles Rennie Mack...

BTW on boy racers I was at a business do in a hotel in the Douglas Street, Pitt Street area. When we came out late the streets were awash with boys racers. Emissions pollution levels must have off the table, and I'd emphasise 'racers'. Ironic that the big polis shop is just round the corner. Even m...

I use Ibis hotels all the time in my travels across the UK and France, and have no complaints. Ibis Styles is an acronym for a normal Ibis, like the one in West Regent Street, with weird interior design - you'll either love it or hate it - with a price to pay for it :? Agreed - I've stayed in the i...

Nice Job. I can see Crossrail eventually happening.....as for idea of the second subway line, well I think we'll all be plucking our harps by the time that comes to fruition......

Another independent bites the dust. It's a shame that these family owned businesses are disappearing, because they become an institution over the decades. Yes Crocket's was dear, no doubt about that but it was one of those places where you could find stuff that wasn't the usual generic chain store m...

The name "Dunn" got me thinking - what happened to Dunn & Co - the tailors; think they were on Buchanan Street or down that way near Fraser's. When did they close down?

You have to wonder what the cost difference is between doing it this way, and ye old fashioned method: i.e blowing it down with explosives. It's more dissassembly rather than demolition.

But I suspect it's costing GHA a pretty penny...!

I used to work in the Cape insulation factory at Germiston Works (first graduate job...) - went through the tunnel every day for a year on my daily commute - remember it well!

you start getting cynical about the festive season in general. So true. I actually hate it. Am going abroad for some sun next time. Once it's all over I'm usually checking the flower beds every day for the first sign of daffodil shoots poking through and for Tesco to start stocking easter eggs, bar...