#glasgow

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113403328990801968 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - This memorial in Glasgow's Southern Necropolis, is known as The White Lady, and she is said to have otherworldly powers. Local legend has it that she'll turn her head to watch you pass, but whatever you do, don't catch her eye, or she'll turn you to stone. People leave silver coins and small keepsakes at her feet, so who knows what other powers she has for those who believe in her.

#glasgow #southernnecropolis #graves #thewhitelady #cemeteries #glasgowhistory #locallegends #halloween

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113345494520876709 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - I came across this unusual upside down T-shaped keyhole on the door of a Victorian townhouse in Glasgow today. It's for an Odell Night Latch Key, of the type shown on the right. Patented in 1792, they came in a wide variety of different shapes and you put them through the cross bar of the T and then lifted them up. They'd only open the latch if their shape fitted the inverse shape of the mechanism in the lock itself, which sat on the other side of the door.

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#glasgow #doorfuriture #keys

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113364531153228244 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Love this threshold at the entrance to the Old Black Bull pub in the Parkhead area of Glasgow. There's been a pub with this name on this site since 1760. In the 1860s, it was run by Andrew Stout who also made his own aerated water and ginger beer. He sold this side business to A.G. Barr, the makers of Iru-Bru, Scotland's other national drink, in 1887.

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#glasgow #glasgowpubs #parkhead #mosaic #tiles #glasgowhistory

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113080386745887229 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - I love this sculptural group above the entrance of the 1906 Argyll Motor Works in Alexandria, especially the car in the centre with the details picked out in silver. As far as I can work out, this is an Argyll 10/12 HP Tonneau, which was made at their previous works in Bridgeton in the East End of Glasgow in 1904.

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#glasgow #architecture #alexandria #argyllmotorworks #sculpture #motoring #cars #industrialheritage #scottishhistory

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/112548717827985832 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Aurelius by Malcom Robertson. Positioned on the line of the Antonine Wall behind the Lambhill Stables, this giant head looks out from the site of a former fort across what was once the northern frontier of the Roman Empire and into the barbarian terrritory beyond.

#glasgow #lambhill #sculpture #romans #antoninewall #lambhillstables

tpq1980@iviv.hu
taz@squeet.me

Sänger von The Jesus & Mary Chain: „Entweder Trauma oder Aufruhr“

Die schottischen Indierock-Ikonen The Jesus & Mary Chain veröffentlichen ihr neues Album „Glasgow Eyes“. Sänger Jim Reid über Schottland und Saalschlachten.#Schottland #Glasgow #Lärm #Musik #Kultur
Sänger von The Jesus & Mary Chain: „Entweder Trauma oder Aufruhr“

mikhailmuzakmen@pod.geraspora.de

#music #punkrock #garage #glasgow

V.A. - Groucho Marxist Record Co​:​Operative

  • This LP compiles the four 7”s released between 1979 and 1981 by the label which was small but perfectly formed. The label, run by printer Tommy Kayes a member of a Clydeside Anarchist group, openly nailed its politics to each release with ties to Rock Against Racism and a strong anti police sentiment.
anonymiss@despora.de
sol_o_o_l@diaspora.psyco.fr

Former ambassador and Assange advocate Craig Murray detained under UK terror laws

#Former #ambassador and #Assange #advocate #Craig #Murray #detained under #UK #terror #laws #Scotland

"The former diplomat’s detention is just the latest example of #British terror laws being used to #harass and #intimidate #dissidents, while brazenly prying into their private affairs.

On the morning of October 16, counter-terror police in #Glasgow #Airport detained #journalist, whistleblower , human rights campaigner, and former British diplomat Craig Murray upon his return from Iceland. After grilling him intensively about his political beliefs, officers seized Murray’s phone and laptop. "

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mlansbury@despora.de

Claims council cuts and LEZ ban deepen Glasgow rat crisis

SCOTLAND'S biggest council has been warned that cuts to the number of street cleaners and major problems with refuse vehicles failing to comply with the city's Low Emission Zone is deepening a problem with rat infestation.

Of the 1,615 vehicles owned by the council some 616 are non-compliant meaning they are no longer allowed inside the new #LEZ

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23725268.claims-council-cuts-lez-ban-deepen-glasgow-rat-crisis/

#Scotland #Glasgow #ClimateEmergency #CriticalThinking #rats #vermin