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Gus, I can confirm that the two cinemas did exist and were within clear sight of one another, both on the same side of the road. But sorry that I don't have any other material or info

There was a really good tv(BBC Scotland?) documentary done a few years ago on the dookit world... and a world it is. The programme showed how it has a substantial following, Glasgow for some reason seems to be a massive centre of interest (maybe from the times when wee doos and dookits were one of t...

Yes, Causwayside Street is intriguing. It's an unusually absolutely straight line. I have traced on old maps that a Smithy was located at the northern tip of it. It seemed to run south from there to link up with the London Road... maybe something was being transported down it to the main arterial ro...

Ronnie, as I know you are interested in graveyards, can I make sure you know of the 'other' old Tollcross cemetery. I think its off Tollcross Road between Corbett Street and Causwayside Street (Crusty and I have been exchanging on this site on another thread). This is a very old graveyard that was a...

This information helps clarify/correct some of mine, for example I did not realise the Tollcross mansion was was of such modern vintage as mid 19th century (I also referred I think to William rather than David Bryce. Around the Corbet Street area you can still pick the remants of original estate far...

Crusty; a bit odd this... I thought I had replied earlier to your last message but my message has not appeared. Anyway; the tunnel you mentioned was part of the burn that ran behind the Mansion and was culverted underground as it made its way down the park and under Tollcross Road towards the Clyde....

Crusty, Another one for your memory banks... do you remember the magnificant "Tollcross Mansions" House in Tollcross park? More importantly do you remember the legendary 'Cock Robbins' display kept in the folk museum in the House until the 1970s? When I worked in the local housing association in the...

I'm up for a day on this. I quite happy to go with the flow of what others want to do, but something I would quite like to include is some of the old carving above and around door entrances. I was slouching against a wall (waiting for a bus) in Union Street the other evening when I realised I was ac...

James, re the shitty Trongate. I was quite taken aback recently to see the extent of the re-development plans 'about to be implimented' according to the Council. It's a pity the Council were not able to be more successful in saving some of the priceless warhouse and commercial buildings around the c...

Dave, As I feared, I'm not having much luck tracing my previous source. One other snippet that showed up just might provide another trail for you. The huge clock that once adorned the central concourse of the St Enoch's station was relocated to Cumbernauld Shopping centre when the station was demoli...

Dave, I do not have any material but I can assure you that online images do exist. I viewed these images as part of an online thread on a now-defunct Scottish chat forum about 18 months ago. I suspect the images are from some publication, since the likes of the Mitchell (as you probably already know...

Sharon, superb, really superb. The only thing is that the photographs seem to illustrate an almost mediaeval institution from an earlier age that makes me feel ancient because I can say I can remember seeing it before it vanished! Now; I've got my anorak on for this next bit... you see the bus stop ...

Well... the legend has it that one of the condemned prisoners was gazing out from the condemned cell from which he could see only a tree. On the tree, wee sparras flirted about and chirped away. He confided to his wardens (or confessor?) that he so regreted what he had done with his life and how tha...

The lack of folklore and artifacts around the old Duke Street prison and the site it stood on has always struck me as odd. Even old retired police officers I have spoken with know nothing of it... perhaps this is part of the neglected role and place of Scottish women as it was a womens' prison? Many...

I've just discovered your excellent site. Having lived away from Glasgow through the 70s before returning I have a particular appreciation for the culture and heritage of the city. I'm a consultant working in the urban regeneration sector in Scotland. My main work just now is organising and facilita...