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Best
Laid Schemes: Best Laid Schemes lets you watch full
films from the Scottish Screen Archive online, on demand.
You can see important, striking, powerful films from six
decades of Scottish cinema. Also includes a documentary
of The Bruce Plan. |
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TheGlasgowStory:
As told by some of Scotland's best writers, and illustrated
with thousands of images from the collections of the city's
world-famous libraries, museums and universities. From football
to fashions, Auchenshuggle to Yoker, you'll find it all
here. |
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Clydebridge
Steelworks in Cambuslang, at the East End of Glasgow,
was one of the giants of industrial Scotland, and its' steel
plates were formed into many of the most famous ships built
on the River Clyde (and elsewhere) including the Lusitania,
Mauretania, Queen Mary, HMS Hood, Queen Elizabeth, QE2. |
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The aim of Port
Glasgow for You is to tell you about the history of
the town, it's buildings and people. Next to Greenock and
over looking the River Clyde and it's wonderful views the
photo galleries will guide you through the past and into
the present. |
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A website
for families and pals all over the world to share memories
and photographs of Glasgow's eastend and especially Bridgeton.Take
a walk down memory lane with Old Glasgow Memories, childhood
memories, Street & School photographs, games, food and
songs of bygone days of yor. |
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The
Joy of Concrete celebrates modern architecture in Glasgow,
touching on buildings like St Peter's Seminary, Ruchhill
hospital and the Gorbals tower blocks. |
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Confused and bewildered by what
goes on around you? Well join the gang your not alone. CITY
STROLLS is a web site born out of listening to the endless
hyperbole given out by faceless public relations and the
advertising machines that claims to speak and act in our
name on maters and decisions concerning our city and our
liberty. |
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St
Andrew's in the Square is a beautiful 18th Century restored
church right in the heart of Glasgow. The main gallery provides
an amazing auditorium awash with natural light. |
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Thursday, 9th July 1857 - The
atmosphere outside the High Court in Edinburgh was charged
to fever pitch as the crowd awaited the verdict at the end
of the most sensational trial of the century. Hanging in
the balance was the life of Madeleine
Smith, attractive 22 year old daughter of a prosperous
Glasgow architect. |
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It's a miracle that the Glasgow
Network has survived. Though it was in use as far back
as the Bronze Age, its original purpose has been forgotten
and nowadays millions of people walk over it every day unaware
of its existence. Centuries of housing and industrial development
have obliterated surface traces of Glasgow's first settlements,
but we now know that special sites in the area 4,000 years
ago were placed in alignment with the surrounding hills.In
the tree-covered wilderness of the Clyde Valley this helped
you find your way back to them |
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The
Glasgow Guide: Great collection of information and images
of all things Glasgow and the busiest Glasgow Boards I've
came accross. Worth a visit. |
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Glasgow
Museums have finally got it together and released their
website, its been a long time in coming. Has some information
on each of the museums. I hope that it develops over the
coming years with more materail made available online. |
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The Glasgow
architecture website is focused on contemporary architecture.
The guide aims to be both informative and critical on architectural
issues: it is also a valuable resource and archive.
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The
New Glasgow Society provides information on developments
in building and architecture in historic Glasgow. They are
always looking for anyone who is interested in taking an
active role in monitoring planning developments in Glasgow. |
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House builders and
estate agents in Scotland call them traditional or modern
apartments however flats in Scotland's cities are known
as "Tenement Flats". tenements.co.uk has an excellent selection of pictures
and stories regarding these Victorian and Edwardian architectural
wonders. |
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Cinema
City and Beyond- Surviving Cinemas and Theatres. Comprehensive
guide to cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond!
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This is a new site set up using
rare colour pics of the 1938
Empire Exhibition. No one else seems to have any in
colour. |
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The
Great Eastern Hotel, located on Duke St. Glasgow was
a hostel for homeless men. Closed in 2001 to "guests",
this site gives
a completely unique glimpse of the innards of one of Glasgow's
must known but unknown building. |
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Glasgow's
Mitchell Library has an ongoing project to make its
resources more accessible, a selection of photographs
and other images of the city has been digitised. If you
want photos of Glasgow this is where to find them! |
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Downward
Spiral offers up a great - and well ordered - collection
of photographs of Meadowside Granary. |
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Gerry Blaikie shows off his amazing drawings of buildings
from both Glasgow and Edinburgh. |
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Artist Tom
McKendrick has produced some fantastic and informative
works. For example the Clydebank blitz. |
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Glasgow - City of Sculpture represents the culmination
of over fifteen years of original research into the specialised
subject of the history of sculpture in Glasgow. |
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Clyde
Shipping is a fantastic source of information about
the goings on on the Clyde. Great forums! |
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Glasgow
International Exhibition of 1901, an amazing demonstration
of Victorian self confidence which proudly displayed the
great progress made in industry, science and art during
the nineteenth century. Interesting p[age put together
by Glasgow
Uni. |
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Empire
Exhibition in 1938 held at Bellahouston Park. |
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The Britannia
Panopticon Music Hall is most famously for being the
theatre in which Stan Laurel and Jack Buchanan began their
careers. In l 906, A. E. Pickard took over the theatre
and changed the name to Britannia and Grand Panopticon.
He turned it into an entertainment
centre, offering such diverse amusements as Zoo's, freak
shows, fortune tellers and wax works, in addition to the
existing variety and cinema entertainment. The Britannia
Panopticon survives on Glasgow's Trongate, sealed
up and remarkably well preserved. |
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Enjoy
this wee
peek at Townhead, Germiston and The Garngad - otherwise
known as Roystonhill. |
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A bit
of the history of Glasgow
Green put together by the cooncil. |
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A survey by Glasgow
Uni shows us just where exactly World
War 2 air raid trenches could be found on Glasgow
Green. |
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A selection of materials
from the collection of Springburn Community Museum and
the initial foundations of Springburn
Virtual Museum |
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Excellent historical
information about
Govan, along with a good selection of photos make
this worth a visit. And coming soon will be the Glasgow
Story. |
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Part of the Govan
Story features the Graving
Docks. Good selection of photos. |
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Grahamston
is a forgotten piece of Glasgow history. It vanished beneath
the foundations of Glasgow Central Station more than 100
years ago, but its memory lives on in buildings, in street
patterns and not least in the urban legend of an abandoned
village beneath the platforms of Scotland's busiest railway
station.
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Glasgows
Southern Necroplolis was opened in the year 1840 the
burial place of over 250,000 contributors to Glasgow's
history. From Greek Thomson to Wee Willie White. The many
characters from within the lairs cover so much of our
city's rich and varied culture. |
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Great
photos and video clips of some of Glasgows sights and
sounds. Features the Necropolis. |
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The Merchant
City Townscape Heritage Initiative is a five year
grants programme aimed at regenerating the built environment
at the historic heart of Glasgow. |
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Glasgow's
West End: Pat's guide to what's best in the West
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The Glasgow
Police Museum is the Museum of Britain's First Police
Force 1800 - 1975
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Tongs
Ya Bass! A potted history of the Glasgow gang movement
from their origins in the 1840s and before.
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So .. I like trains
.... but Sharon doesn't care. Nice pics of the Glasgow
electrics. |
TRANSPORT
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David Miller's photo
tour along the M8 through central Glasgow, starting
at the north end of the Kingston Bridge, at J19/18 and
working north and then east to J14. |
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London Underground
are ridiculously precious about their abandoned tube stations
- most requests to visit the stations fall on spoilsport
ears. So for those who have wondered what those old stations
look like Abandoned
Tube Stations was kindly created. |
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Railway
Bridges, Viaducts and Tunnels is a good collection
.... it has some sort of secret tunnel pictured! |
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Dewi
William Glasgow
pages feature loads of fantastic old photos and the
more unusual
George Bennie Railplane/Monorail. More on the Railplane
can be found
here. |
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This
website presents a history of Scotland's railways.
Lines are referred to by their original company name. |
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Subterranean
Glasgow: Glasgow
Gasworks Tunnels. Glasgow Corporation's Dawsholm Gasworks
were situated adjacent to the currently closed section
of North British Railway line running between Maryhill
and Anniesland. The gasworks had main line links to both
the North British and Caledonian railways, as well as
an internal 2' gauge railway of which no trace remains.
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So .. I like trains
.... but Sharon doesn't care. Nice pics of the Glasgow
electrics. |
HUMOUR
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Rab
Corbett... good for a laugh. |
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VIRTUAL TOURS
SCOTLAND / RESEARCH
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Panoramas
and Virtual
Tours of familiar sites in and around Glasgow in particular
and Scotland in general. Infinite-Eye seem to churn this stuff out at a tremendous
rate! |
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The Royal
Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of
Scotland (RCAHMS) records and interprets the sites,
monuments and buildings of Scotland's past, and presents
them by means of publications and exhibitions. |
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ScotlandPast
aims to bring you a taste of Scotland's history, scenery
and culture using virtual reality images, 3D graphics
and historical articles. There's something for everyone
at ScotlandPast
- you can discover the key moments in our nation's history,
or just enjoy the view. |
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SCRAN
is the award winning history and culture website providing
instant access to images, sounds, movies and learning
resources. It contains over one million records from museums,
galleries and archives.
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The National
Library of Scotland has a brilliant online collection
of old maps - definitely have a look. More and more of
the Library's most intriguing items are being digitised,
and a selection of them can be seen in this section. |
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CANMORE
is the name given to the searchable database of the National
Monuments Record of Scotland, providing information on
architectural, archaeological and maritime sites throughout
Scotland, along with an index to the archive collections
held in the NMRS. Fantastic Resource! |
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The
Rampant Scotland Directory brings you links to all
things Scottish: 10,000+ Scottish-related Links, regularly
updated. 2,000+ Web page features on Scotland and the
Scots. It speaks for itself! |
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The
Scotland Guide: online encyclopaedia, with articles
about many towns, villages, famous buildings and the countryside.
Biographies of well-known Scots will also be included
as well as articles on the history and culture of the
country. |
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The Scottish-Mining
website. These pages were designed to provide an online
resource whereby those of us researching our Scottish
mining ancestors and history can share information and
other resources. |
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The Archaeology
Data Service (ADS) has lots of good search features,
and some online collections. |
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UK - and other!
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The
Modern Antiquarian: A massive resource for news, information,
images, folklore & weblinks on the ancient sites across
of the UK & Ireland. |
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The Williamson
Tunnels are a labyrinth of tunnels and underground caverns
under the Edge Hill district of Liverpool in north-west
England.
They were built in the first few decades of the 1800s under
the control of a retired tobacco merchant called Joseph
Williamson. |
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Psychogeography
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socialfiction.org
carthographic sadism. gabber avant-gardism. disco socialism.
peripatetic hedonism. autonomous spacetravel. |
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A
company of Vagabonds - A blogspot
which is an ongoing exploration of subterranean Glasgow
as well as some of the hidden corners of the city. (and
further afield) the intention is to explore the city in
a physical and a subjective sense. |
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URBAN EXPLORATION
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Urban
Exploration in Scotland! Mostly delving into the underbelly
of Glasgow and Ayrshire. Features
Ravenspark Asylum, Glasgow Zoo, British Telecom Tec, Winston
Barracks and much more ...
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Infiltration
offers a mix of the practice and theory of urban exploration
in areas not designed for public usage. This site is the
online companion of the paper zine about going places
you're not supposed to go. Well maintained site that will
keep you busy for a while! |
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Urban
Adventure features images and info about aspects of
Urban Adventure, drain exploration, college tunnels, abandoned
buildings, catacombs and other Urban Exploration around
the world.
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Odd
Objects probably doesn't strictly belong in this section,
but artist Paul Cosgrove has been to some odd places finding
them! reminding us all once again to look with our eyes
open. |
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London Underground
are ridiculously precious about their abandoned tube stations
- most requests to visit the stations fall on spoilsport
ears. So for those who have wondered what those old stations
look like Abandoned
Tube Stations was kindly created. |
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Abandoned
Places - Beautiful photography of abandoned sites
in Belgium - definitely worthy of a visit! |
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The Jinx
Project is a global intelligence organization, not
affiliated with any government but engaged in a permanent
struggle with the enemies of freedom. The project's core
values are anti-totalitarianism, humanism, and unnecessary
risk-taking. |
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Paris
catacombs: Who would of thought all this was under
Paris! |
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Modern
ruins brings us people's stories and recollections
about these ruins when they were alive as well as to help
us better understand why people are fascinated them. |
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Hack
Hull? from ... well Hull I suppose. They have a nice
selection of social engineering projects. |
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Urban
exploration in the UK. |
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Protect
and Survive is an archive of old Govt. civil defense
material. Not exactly in keeping with Hidden Glasgow's
content ... but we did think it was good enough for inclusion
... enjoy! |
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For whatever reasons,
like buildings, some web sites are eventually abandoned
... Abandoned Web Sites has archived some top urban exploration
sites. |
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This
website presents a history of Scotland's railways.
Lines are referred to by their original company name. |
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Subterranea
Britannica is a society devoted the the study and
investigation of man-made and man-used underground places
especially Cold War bunkers. This site is simply great
... I will be joining their club!! |
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This FAQ
of the newsgroups used for the discussion of underground
space in the UK |
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New
York based urban exploration...and other strange happenings! |
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Urban
Dialectics is a photographic platform that represents
the city as a place of transition, a dialogue between
humankind and its environment. |
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Kitty
Empire: subways, hospitals, brewerys....Kitty gets
around! |
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The Urban
Explorers Network is a place for fellow explorers
to find and share information about the built landscapes
around us. |
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Urban
exploration in Alberta,
Canada. Loads of photos. |
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