Glasgow Street names?

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Glasgow Street names?

Postby cumbo » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:02 am

Just a wee teaser,can you think of Glasgow street names that are named after foreign countrys. I Think Scottie McClue Used to get 6or 7.No A-Z'S now!
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Postby reginekierkegaard » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:08 am

London road?
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Postby martin » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:08 am

off the top of my head..
India Street
Jamaica Street
Holland Street
Edinburgh Road
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Postby cumbo » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:12 am

It may be a plan for Ken Livingston to make London a country
I doubt Scottie McClue would agree.
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Postby caine » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:18 am

martin wrote:India Street


thats where i work, the place should be buldozed. horrid 60's buildings. :x
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Postby Seamey » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:18 am

foreign places

include Virginia Street, Otago St

there was a Havannah Street which was where the High Street Goods Station was built
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Postby kn0wledge » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:29 am

West Nile Street
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Postby Fossil » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:30 am

caine wrote:
martin wrote:India Street


thats where i work, the place should be buldozed. horrid 60's buildings. :x


:D :idea:

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Postby DMcNay » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:34 am

There's a Mafeking Road somewhere isn't there?
Too few hours in the day.
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Postby PlasticDel » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:38 am

Oh oh oh!!! I get to play!

Hannover St. Right? Where I go to school!

It's not a country, but, it's, my only answer!
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Postby Pgcc93 » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:42 am

caine wrote:
martin wrote:India Street


thats where i work, the place should be buldozed. horrid 60's buildings. :x


Depending on what side of the street you work on it will be bulldozed for that new hotel.
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Postby gap74 » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:42 pm

Bit of a mix of car markets and red light district now, but there's Melbourne Street and Sydney Street in the East End, just off Duke St.

Anyone know where the Australian connection came from?

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Postby Seamey » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:59 pm

St Vincent St,

isn't there a St Vincent in the carribean?
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Postby cumbo » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:14 pm

Seamey, not sure I know there is a Cape St Vincent
Anyone know of a Malta St? I Think it was in the Gorbals before the rebuild
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Postby AMcD » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:23 pm

Was there not a Portugal Street south of the river as well?
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