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Postby Vladimir » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:41 pm

They could have put it in French :?:
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Postby My Kitten » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:48 pm

Vladimir wrote:They could have put it in French :?:


It was on the other side ;)
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Postby ibtg » Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:16 pm

There is a war memorial, inside , on the ground floor of the Scottish Legal building in Bothwell Street, if my memory serves me well.
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Postby Alex Glass » Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:35 pm

Found this whilst looking for something else.

Lots of memorials from outside Glasgow in Mining Villages.

http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/43.html
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Postby HollowHorn » Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:20 pm

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Postby mpcsmith » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:58 pm

there is a memorial in the foyer of the Royal College building, Strathclyde Uni. unfortunately not in Glasvegas to get any snaps.
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Postby Alex Glass » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:08 am

A couple of memorials near Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum.

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The Cameronians Scottish Rifles

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Postby Vladimir » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:30 am

The Cameronians Scottish Rifles memorial is one of the best I have ever seen, so much action going on. :D
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Postby Alex Glass » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:27 am

Vladimir wrote:The Cameronians Scottish Rifles memorial is one of the best I have ever seen, so much action going on. :D


I agree Vlad. This is my favourite memorial. Sadly the bushes around it obscure it from the public walking along the main road.
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Postby Toby Dammit » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:07 pm

Vladimir wrote:The Cameronians Scottish Rifles memorial is one of the best I have ever seen


Certainly caught my imagination as a child. I'm sure the half the time I pestered my mum to take us to "the art galleries" I really wanted to see this figure group.

The only UK memorial I have seen which eclipses it in terms of emotion and in stone and bronze artistry is Charles Jagger's magnificent Royal Artillery Memorial on Hyde Park Corner in London. Dedicated to the memory of 49,076 men.
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Postby HollowHorn » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:51 pm

Alex Glass wrote:A couple of memorials near Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum.

Haahahaha, I won't bother posting mine then :!: ::):
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Postby DMcNay » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:54 pm

Toby Dammit wrote:
Vladimir wrote:
The only UK memorial I have seen which eclipses it in terms of emotion and in stone and bronze artistry is Charles Jagger's magnificent Royal Artillery Memorial on Hyde Park Corner in London. Dedicated to the memory of 49,076 men.


Yeah, that's a nice one. It's also unusual in that one of the figures is dead. He's lying prone with a ground sheet covering him. Great image.

I had a look at the memorial in Alloa. It's my new favourite. Four figures which are arranged around an "angel" figure. They're carved to look as if they're rising out of the mud. Fantastic.

There's also this one, which I really like and is totally off-topic because it's in Maxwelltown.

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Postby Alex Glass » Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:19 pm

HollowHorn wrote:
Alex Glass wrote:A couple of memorials near Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum.

Haahahaha, I won't bother posting mine then :!: ::):


Did I beat you to these HH?
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Postby DC » Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:10 pm

When i was at North Glasgow College there was a memorial on the central stair case for those who worked for the North British Locomotive Company, am no sure if there was a stained glass windae there aswell, ye wouldnae get a photie of it cause the stair case was out of bounds for students (to save wear and tear on the carpet i think). The place was used as a war hospital in wwII. I also remember reading in the paper a few years back that there is war graves of two German POW's in Lambhill Cemetery, cannae mind how they ended up there.
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Postby Alex Glass » Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:43 pm

Hi DC

Do you think the college would allow someone to take a photo if they asked for access. It would be great to get one as I had heared about this memorial before.
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