Welcome to my wee photoblog on Glasgow, where we feature the joys and unjoys of walking and cycling through a fascinating, beautiful and often badly run city. For the blog's origin and an alphabetical list of posts see the 'Introduction' post - For later Gorbals entries, see Gorbals 2 Gorbals 3 ![]() |
This is us heading down Cathcart Rd towards Gorbals from Govanhill on the afternoon of the Scottish Cup final 15 May 2010; see http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/govanhill.html and http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/hampden-park-dundee-united-v-ross.html Note The Glasgow Boys poster on taxi for the exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum - fab exhibition |
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Actually, we'll still be in Govanhill for a while, but a Govanhill with no houses. Railway building on left |
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Road expansion going on |
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Railway tracks (obviously) |


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Red, white and blue cranes - is someone making a point? |
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On our left: this will be a road some day |





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View back |

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No idea what this is - it clings to the ground like the alien on John Hurt's face |
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'Dalmarnock' - more of a Mordor than a Shire word |
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Some forms of martial art make a thing about being essentially peaceful. That's probably not what's going on here. |
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Aikenhead Road |

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This is 'the Gatekeeper' |


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There's a few of these sculptures on the wall - think they're called 'birdcatchers' |
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The fabulous Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Caledonia Rd church. This shell is all that remains of one of the greatest church buildings in the world. See http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/alexander-greek-thomson.html |

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Now in Gorbals St. . . |
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. . .a building screaming for renovation |
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. . .Gorbals multistories. . . |
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. . .and The Citizens Theatre - see also Taggart |
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The Citizens Rose Garden |
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Now in Norfolk St |
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Glasgow Centre for the Deaf |


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A Rangers pub, in case you were wondering |

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Bridge St heading towards City Centre |
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Bridge St Undergound - single to Kelvinbridge, please |
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/gorbals-2.html
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