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Hutchesons Hall

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Amazing history behind stylish Glasgow restaurant

Pinkston Cooling Tower

Pinkston Cooling Tower

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The Glasgow area which was once home to Europe's biggest power station

The story of Glasgow's links with Ireland as city gears up for St Patrick's Day

The story of Glasgow's links with Ireland as city gears up for St Patrick's Day

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The story of Glasgow's links with Ireland as city gears up for St Patrick's Day

Major retailer reveals it will REOPEN its Glasgow store this WEEK

Major retailer reveals it will REOPEN its Glasgow store this WEEK

Buchanan Street

Major retailer reveals it will REOPEN its Glasgow store this WEEK

Jacqueline McLaren

Jacqueline McLaren

The story of Provost's lamp posts in Glasgow after £17k controversy

A Glasgow locomotive is loaded on to a ship

A Glasgow locomotive is loaded on to a ship

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The Glasgow people and industries which had an impact around the world

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Middens and midgie-rakers: Glasgow's grimy past revealed

Child evacuees at Glasgow Central

Child evacuees at Glasgow Central

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Remembering when Glasgow children had to flee city during war

A family crowding into a Glasgow tenement

A family crowding into a Glasgow tenement

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City archives reveal grim tales of 'night inspections' in Glasgow's poorest areas

Bombs leaving Shieldhall factory

Bombs leaving Shieldhall factory

'Clyde-built': How Glaswegians prepared for war

Celebrations in George Square brought in the New Year in style

Celebrations in George Square brought in the New Year in style

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How Glaswegians celebrated New Year from socialism to parties in the Square

Kelvin Hall Motor Show, 1965

Kelvin Hall Motor Show, 1965

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The famous Glasgow venue that narrowly avoided a grim war role as 'mass mortuary'

Stevenson Street, Calton around 1925, before the improvement scheme (many of these buildings pictured were demolished)

Stevenson Street, Calton around 1925, before the improvement scheme (many of these buildings pictured were demolished)

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'Unrecognisable': The historic Glasgow area demolished to make way for new homes

Lincoln Avenue, Knightswood

Lincoln Avenue, Knightswood

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Pictures show the Glasgow schemes built by thousands of city men

Rouken Glen Park in 1963

Rouken Glen Park in 1963

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The amazing story of the Glasgow park that's outside the city boundaries

Glasgow's old High Court buildings on Saltmarket

Glasgow's old High Court buildings on Saltmarket

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‘Bodies were buried there’: The story of the Glasgow High Court building

Shops in Anderston on Main Street, 1890

Shops in Anderston on Main Street, 1890

Anderston (Area of Glasgow)

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The 'powerful' Glasgow suburb that once had huge wealth and its own council

The F. & F. Palais de Danse, 201 Dumbarton Road, Partick, 1940

The F. & F. Palais de Danse, 201 Dumbarton Road, Partick, 1940

Remembering Glasgow's fantastic ice rinks and roller skating hubs

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Drug consumption room 'will help save lives' with plans due within weeks

The lodging houses and model tenements paved the way for other cities to follow

The lodging houses and model tenements paved the way for other cities to follow

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How Glasgow led the way in creating lodging houses to clean up city

Inside Glasgow Central Station, 1936

Inside Glasgow Central Station, 1936

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Amazing pictures show early days of Glasgow Central Station

Glasgow Rotary Club welcoming American counterparts on reciprocal visit

Glasgow Rotary Club welcoming American counterparts on reciprocal visit

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'I prefer Glasgow': Letters reveal what Lord Provost and wife really thought of NYC

John Wheatley, father of social housing, grew up in Baillieston

John Wheatley, father of social housing, grew up in Baillieston

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Remembering Glasgow housing hero who opposed city plan for 'cottages for monkeys'

Crown Street, Gorbals, 1912

Crown Street, Gorbals, 1912

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The Glasgow neighbourhood that once had its very own police force

City Bakeries, Union Street, 1938

City Bakeries, Union Street, 1938

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The story behind Glasgow bakery loved by city for almost 100 years

Rottenrow Maternity with, inset, Dorothy and John in 1973

Rottenrow Maternity with, inset, Dorothy and John in 1973

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'He was my rock': Woman shares memories of Glasgow's Rottenrow and late brother

Anniesland Cross

Anniesland Cross

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The story of Glasgow's historic public loos now hidden from view

King's Park c1931 and inset John Mactaggart

King's Park c1931 and inset John Mactaggart

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The Glasgow housebuilder who gave city a park for free

The fire in 1962 devastated the St Andrew's Halls

The fire in 1962 devastated the St Andrew's Halls

Dramatic pictures of Glasgow 'flagship' venue destroyed by fire

Millbrae Bridge, left, with the Langside Monument, top right and below, Langside House

Millbrae Bridge, left, with the Langside Monument, top right and below, Langside House

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'Lost village': Is this the Glasgow neighbourhood which changed the most?

The Tolbooth, Glasgow

The Tolbooth, Glasgow

Glasgow Cathedral

Seven of Glasgow's earliest buildings and why only two remain

Glasgow College of Building and Printing

Glasgow College of Building and Printing

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'Glasgow's Eiffel Tower' or ugliest building? History of post-war city revealed

Gardner Street, Partick

Gardner Street, Partick

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Do you live on one of Glasgow's 'hills'? Here's how these areas got their names

Crowds in 1887 celebrate the jubilee of Queen Victoria (inset)

Crowds in 1887 celebrate the jubilee of Queen Victoria (inset)

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Glasgow's love affair with Queen who named it 'second city of the empire'

Jenny Hall at Bridgeton Cross, 1967

Jenny Hall at Bridgeton Cross, 1967

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The history of the famous road crosses from Glasgow to Shawlands

Two salvagemen on top of rubble in the aftermath of a fire on Robertson Street, 1900

Two salvagemen on top of rubble in the aftermath of a fire on Robertson Street, 1900

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Remembering brave Glasgow men who kept city safe from fire