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 -
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| Looking down Elmbank St |
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| Opposite the King's in Elmbank St is the Variety Gate building, self-described (with some justification) as one of Glasgow's 'landmark office buildings', now largely (or maybe wholly) converted into flats |
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| Moving along Bath St, we come to Holland St on the right |
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| Looking across Bath St to the Sauchiehall St end of Holland St |
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| Heading down Holland St |
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| Headquarters of Strathclyde Police on left |
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| Looking up West Regent St |
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| End of Holland St |
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| View down Pitt St |
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| Back in Bath St |
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| Subsidence is a common problem in Glasgow |
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| No left turn; or is it right? |
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| Douglas St is next on right |
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| Blythswood St next |
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| Now West Campbell St |
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| Back walking down Bath St |
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| Wellington St now |
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| Hope St now |
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| The legendary Watts Brothers store - dept-store shopping as it used to be. You may be reminded of Grace Bothers in Are You Being Served but the store survives for two reasons - good value and good service. And who needs a website. |
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| Foreshortened view down Bath St |
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| Renfield St now |
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| Looking back up Bath St |
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| Down Renfield St |
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| Back in Bath St |
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| West Nile St now |
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| Back in Bath St |
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| Quick look back |
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| The sun favoured this curry house |
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| Moving on |
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| Buchanan St now |
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| Top end Buchanan St |
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| Under the bridge heading east |
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| Queen St on right |
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| The blue shop three shops down used to be a fab classical music shop; recession victim. Queen St Station down the bottom |
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| Looking back; the pedestrian side has been blocked off on the right but everyone (in November 2010) just slides through as this guy is doing |
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| North Hanover St - Buchanan St Bus Station is up on the left |
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| Looking down North Hanover Street |
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The Christian Centre. The established churches may report dwindling congregations but the evangelicals are doing fine. See
www.thechristiancentre.com |
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| 'Catherdral' Street Kitchen. Wonder if anyone has noticed |
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| The old Registry Office building. In the late 50s I used to be down there 'scrambling' for pennies after weddings |
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| Shannon, Neve and Ryan. Perhaps not the triumverate governing body of Strathlyde University on the right |
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| We have turned right onto Montrose St. . . |
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| . . .one of the steepest city streets in Britain |
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| Rottenrow on left |
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| This facade and an arch further up are about all that remains of the Royal Maternity; my sister and two daughters were born here |
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| Now heading into Strathclyde Uni campus |
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| Heading back onto Bath St |
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| The Royal and Glasgow Cathedral |
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| Castle St looking north |
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| Castle St looking south |
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This is the St Mungo Museum, summed up in its own carefully chosen words thus:
'The aim of this unique museum - the only public museum to examine all the world's major religious faiths - is to promote understanding and respect between people of different faiths or none. The building, in Cathedral Square looks ancient, but was actually built in 1989 - in Scottish Baronial style - on the site of a medieval Bishop's Palace. St Mungo Museum is the perfect place for children - and adults - to learn about other peoples’ religious beliefs and customs, and to explore the age-old themes of life, death and the hereafter. There are four exhibition areas spread across three floors: the Gallery of Religious Art, the Gallery of Religious Life, the Scottish Gallery and a temporary exhibition space. Find out about the world's six main religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism in the Gallery of Religious Life - and listen to people of all religions talk about their faith. You can admire the awesome figure of the Hindu god Shiva, God of the Dance and reflect on the lives of Christian saints and prophets depicted in the beautiful stained glass windows that illuminate the Gallery of Religious Art. In the Scottish Gallery, you can unravel the fascinating tale of how religion shaped the culture and beliefs of people in the West of Scotland from earliest times to the present. The museum has wonderful views of the Cathedral and the Necropolis, and there’s the peaceful Japanese Zen garden where you can pause to reflect and unwind.'
See It is said that taxi drivers refer to the building as 'Fort Weetabix' but this is just one of those things that people say - 'people say' the Glasgow Underground is called the 'Clockwork Orange' but no one does. It's a museum that Glaswegians haven't taken to, I think. Far from looking 'ancient', it justs looks like a phony heritage artefact - part of the BBC River City set perhaps. Has some nice exhibits though. |
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Real history: the oldest house in Glasgow, built 1471. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provand's_Lordship
From this point - looking down Macleod St to the left of Provand's Lordship - you used to be able to see our 1st floor window in Collins St, and you could often see our cats on the window sill. Cats and home and surrounding tenements all long gone. |
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