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Amazing photos. I think i will be another one buying the book. I look at the trams and think "Yeah fair enough". But what really amazes me is the cars. They are absolute works of art. The 50's/60's Fords and Vauxhalls are the epitome of brash flash. They really look incredible. The fashion are amazi...

Would it be Aileen Smart author of "Villages of Glasgow Vol 1&2".

Hi, Im 38 and and in 3rd year at Caley Uni in Glasgow having completed the Architectural Conservation course at GCBP. I love 20th Century buildings(Pre 1960)and classic Ford motor cars hence my name.

If it is the Dick Barton who had rented flats throughout the city he once done me out of a £100 deposit on a bedsit i was staying in. Lovely place rooms sub divided with gyproc walls and bars on the basement windows !.

Physical Age 38
Mental Age 12

I collect 50's and 60's car literature and any other junk that takes my fancy.

Always favoured Ichiban and Mono in King's Court myself.

I remember the ginger haired and bearded tramp wandering around Glasgow in the early to mid 80's. Someone told me that he had seen his Wife and children burned to death in a house fire. They said he had been a successful business man and lost the plot. I think and certainly hope the story i was told...

Was it not called "Concept of Kentigern". Why not check out the excellent "Glasgow City of Sculpture" website.

Personal favourite seen in Dalmarnock "P.C. Fat controller is a gay fascist fuckpig".

37,Male,Southside Glasgow

Castlemilk definately had a bundy. It was a bus stop on one of the main road's(Castlemilk Drive). I never remember a clock being there but their was at one point a little brick toilet which the bus drivers could use near by which required a key.

How do you post photos on the site. I know of some cracking street furniture. Does anyone know how to get a hold of any street furniture. I have one sign but i would love to get some more stuff.

It was to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the founding of Glasgow. I managed to smash mine on the way home from School.

The windows are pretty cool. I got a guided tour when i was at College. Unfortunately they cost £17,000 each which is bloody ridiculous like the cost and crookery of the whole project.