Those high rises lurking behind the old buildings - like aliens invading from another planet. Town planners = fail. I loathe what they did to that great city.
How can you say Glasgow has improved, it’s a mess far too much demolition, tenement buildings demolished to build high flats, then crime really started, and then those high flats were demolished due to mould..would have been far better to refurbish the tenement buildings the Red Sandstone buildings with wall tiles as you entered were lovely.. Pure destruction of History, which can never be replaced, like the absolute gorgeous Hotel at Saint Enoch Square, no reason to demolish if architects knew their jobs today there would be less destruction, with History on the outside still living on. Margaret
The football match at around 2.30 is, I think, a game between Scotland and N. Ireland played in 1969. A 1-1 draw, the crowd was less than 8000 and was, at the time, the smallest for a Home International match. The people under the big brolly were the only people in the vast Celtic end of the stadium- which at the time was capable of housing 5000 people. I think they left at half time and it was the first international I ever attended.
Makes me see how old 70s is doesn't feel like that but it is true. I was thinking how this was before any of my siblings were born even my oldest were born 71. Also even the man I love who is in his 50s now was only 4 years old then too young to grasp the world yet. And then seeing the photos of empty streets and a young man crossing the road made me think of how everyone in their 20s back then would be 70 years old now. It feels almost like looking at photos from 1800s or early 1900s but it does not feel that long ago at all... and not much has changed either... then I realised my dad and mum would have just met then working at a hospital... and my dad would have been in his 30s then and my mother in her 20s. Crazy they were the young mans age then... my mother must be 70 odds now I haven't spoken to her in years due to abuse. I still feel she should be in her 50s still.
There's a different feel about Glasgow at the present.. a lot of people have left it for faraway places..it's like a political tsunami has hit it..🎶will ye no come back again🎶?..
People from Glesga will tell you that if they were reincarnated the wouldn’t want brought up anywhere else. We had no money,no rat race,but we had a Community Spirit unbeaten worldwide. Just look at the Stars who came fae Glesga. That’s why we wrote the song Ah Belang tae Glesga. We are proud of our Heritage and we all know it was a childhood tae die fir. We even stopped people shovin their Grannie aff the Bus. Awae fir peace an sugar. Got it right up ye.
Short name is Ribhinn Og performed by Donald MacRae -this link offers a translation of the words from Gaelic (Scots) - www.celticlyricscorner.net/relativity/ceol.htm
That's a very good question. It isn't taken particularly seriously other than at times, I suppose, when formal titles are required; House of Lords and so on. MacLeods of Skye (aka MacLeod of MacLeod, MacLeod of Dunvegan) are distinguishable in origin from MacLeods of Lewis and MacLeods of Harris and within the sadly dwindling Gaelic commnuity, it would be an appropriate distinction to make. It might be of passing interest to you to be aware that, among those of us who are not Eton educated clan chief relatives, it's much more common to refer to genealogy by reference to parents, grandparents and great grandparents names. I'd typically be referred to in the third person as Callum Ceitac (mother) Ailean (grandfather) Chaluim (great grandfather) and I've met at least one person previously unknown to me who was able to reference me through eight generations which is more than I could do myself, truth be told. So the short answer to your question is that MacLeod of MacLeod is a formal title but that the reference can also be used, like Harris or Lewis, to indicate when talking to someone one's origins. If you ever find yourself in the Park Bar in Glasgow on a Friday night, it would make much more sense to you :-)
This question is for anyone in the know about either the Clan MacLeod and/ or the formalities surrounding Scottish Clan titles: I've noticed that (at least, formally/ occasionally) a person from, say, the Clan MacLeod, will either refer to themselves and/ or be refered to as (using a quote from the 1986 movie "Highlander"): "I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod". Now, of course... I am all to aware that was only a movie and (as with anything out of Tinseltown) exaggerated liberties were surely taken (especially when you have a Frenchmen playing a Scot)... however... I have seen this formal method of address used in real life... or... at the very least... when referring to Clan Chiefs. For example... the late chief of Clan MacLeod (and the father of the current chief) was formally addressed as: "John MacLeod of MacLeod". This appears a bit odd to me since we already know what his surname / clan name is immidiately after he said his surname the first time... so, to put it another way... what is the purpose or need of saying or repeating the surname / clan name immediately after it has already been stated?? Or, using another example... I will sometimes see people use or address themselves as "MacLeod of Harris"... or... "MacLeod of Lewis"... or... (odder still) "MacLeod of Dunvegan"... ...which is even more confusing since both the name/ clan "MacLeod" goes hand in hand & has its origins with the place/ location of "Dunvegan"... ...so when I hear a person saying "MacLeod of Dunvegan" or (especially!!) "MacLeod of MacLeod"... ...I'm kind of thrown for a loop because of how repeatative or redundant it sounds or at least appears. Of course... I know that Scottish / Clan Titles are taken very seriously and I certainly don't mean to sound rude or disrespectful... but I had to ask since I do not understand the purpose of this manner of address. So, again... what is the purpose of repeating the name MacLeod twice in the same breath... or... referring to oneself as "MacLeod of Lewis", "MacLeod of Harris", "MacLeod of Dunvegan"... or... "MacLeod of MacLeod"... or, to put it another way... what difference does it make (...if any)?? Is there a formality that I am missing here?? ...Just curious.
Hi - it's song called Tuireadh Iain Ruadh by Runrig. While I like this band, I chose this track because it was the backing bed which STV used before 24 hour broadcast when a list of the following days programmes would be shown before closedown. I've appreciated the feedback and I think that earlier commentary suggesting that music which came later than the pics shouldn't be used is probably correct so if I do any more I'll bear that in mind.
You can see how many parts of the city have improved since then but it's a shame so many fine Victorian buildings were indiscriminately knocked down in the 1970s.
Improved ??. have you seen to the Stalinist student housing blocks off the High St. Well done the council for approving these cheap nasty highly profitable private builds. At least with that eye sore film companies can use thema sets for cold war films.
