Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:41 amBrilliant stuff Glasgowken. Does anyone know why they did not go ahead with the relocation of the tower?
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:41 amRe: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:06 pmThey were saving up for the Commonwealth Games.
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:14 pmSuperb stuff GK a real Hidden Glasgow find. I read somewhere in a book (or it may have been on here) that they had considered moving it. The images you have posted are fascinating.
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:47 pmCheers, I got the full report off Ebay (bit too dear tbh 
) but it's probably also in the Mitchell.
I'm not one for change but it actually looks quite good in that new position
) but it's probably also in the Mitchell.I'm not one for change but it actually looks quite good in that new position
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:47 pmI agree. It really opens up the view to the High St.
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:14 amglasgowken wrote:I think these have been shown before, they are from a 1915 report on the future of the Tollbooth steeple.
One idea was to dismantle the steeple and move it across the road where the Mercat building is.
Does onnybody know what BEAT-LETTING is? Something to do with fishing rights?
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:33 pmThanks very much for sharing these photos. They are fascinating.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:29 amFossil wrote:Hand but buy the looks of it prob a rubber mallet
Carillions are hand operated. Like an organ. Only you have to really smack the hammers hard. It makes a tremedous clatter!
You can get some which are hand AND foot operated, depending on the number of bells involved. There was a programme on BBC4 not long ago which featured one which had foot pedals as well.
The wooden paddles used to play the carillion is called a clavier, incidentally. Really fascinating instrument, I had no idea there was one in the Tolbooth and I'd love to hear it played.
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:58 amIt's Carillon, btw. Carillion is a construction company.
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Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:28 amJosef wrote:It's Carillon, btw. Carillion is a construction company.
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That's me telt!
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:06 amLet that be a lesson to all you non pedants.
He has a point though, it is important to know these things, we owe it to history (when we can) to get it right.
He has a point though, it is important to know these things, we owe it to history (when we can) to get it right.
Re: Tolbooth Steeple and the Mercat Cross
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:08 amThis place is actually a bit of a rush. This place used to be one of the best places you want to be at. But now the traffic alone has made it one worst place where no one would want to be at.
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