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Today saw the first South Side Festival in Queens Park.

We went along and had a good time - a couple of beers , food , fighting ( simulated ) and most importantly old Glasgow livereyed buses.

Blurrey crowd just after the procession:


Brass Monkeys playing "Shaft"


Brass Monkeys


T-Rex tribute band man


Have you clocked the shoes


View North


Clan Society Men


Clan Men


Axe to the groin


Castlemilk Bus


2 Buses


Bus


Buses

wasnt bad for 1st time, it can only get bigger & better

Nice buses.

Vinegar Tom: Great photo's. Any idea which clan society the group is from? They forgot to use their targes as they are lying in the background.

The group are called Clann according to the South Side Festival website.

They did manage to use at least one targe , with the one in question being pierced by maces , smashed by swords and eventually being destroyed by a battleaxe. Here it is after a "maceing" as they inspect the holes:

Vinegar Tom wrote:The group are called Clann according to the South Side Festival website.

They did manage to use at least one targe , with the one in question being pierced by maces , smashed by swords and eventually being destroyed by a battleaxe. Here it is after a "maceing" as they inspect the holes:

What do they think they look like?

evening times

AROUND 8000 people turned out to celebrate the first Glasgow Southside Festival and they had a day to remember.
Revellers enjoyed treats ranging from live bands and fun fair rides to seeing some of Scotland's most famous battles.
Although hit by the rain, a brief sunny spell in mid-afternoon saw families flock to Queen's Park to take part in the fun.
As bands played in the Glasshouse, excited children were given the chance to ride in a cart pulled by two huge Shire horses.

I took to these fellows, and I loved the incongruity of them doing all this hip-hop dancing while trying to make progress up Victoria Road in front of two corporation buses and a fire engine.