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This Is My GlasgowThe temperature might only have been nine degrees yesterday here in the west of Scotland, but as it was what felt like the first sunny Saturday of spring, it seems like everyone decided to hit the beach anyway - and some even braved the water to go for a swim!<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/irvine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irvine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/irvinebeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irvinebeach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sunshine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunshine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hitthebeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hitthebeach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a>

This Is My GlasgowModern flats looking very pretty reflected in the Forth and Clyde Canal im Glasgow, and demonstrating that new housing developments don't have to be characterless, generic boxes.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/maryhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maryhill</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/forthandclydecanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forthandclydecanal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/reflections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reflections</a>

This Is My GlasgowSaint Mungo and the robin on an exposed gable of the Scottish Renaissane style early 1900s Bell o' the Brae tenements on High Street in Glasgow. The mural was created by Smug and was painted in 2016.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/stmungo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stmungo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowmurals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowmurals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowstreetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowstreetart</a>

This Is My GlasgowTownhouses in Glasgow's Park District. Primarily designed by Charles Wilson, these houses were built in the 1850s, 60s and 70s.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/parkdistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parkdistrict</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/parkcircus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parkcircus</a>

This Is My GlasgowSandstone and sunshine on Crow Road in the west of Glasgow.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/broomhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broomhill</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowtements</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sunshine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunshine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a>

This Is My GlasgowAllegorical figures of Speed and Science flanking the entrance to the North British Locomotive Company building in Springburn, Glasgow. They were sculpted by Albert Hemstock Hodge in 1909.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#springburn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/publicart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe turrets and towers of Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow at the end of a sunny spring day (with the spire of Glasgow University sneaking into the shot, too).<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kelvingroveartgallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kelvingroveartgallery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowtoday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#towers</a>

Steven Lawson PhotographyWhat's the probability of finding a mathematics building covered in equations? Quite high if you're at Glasgow University. <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FensterFreitag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FensterFreitag</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/WindowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowFriday</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematics</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Glasgow</a>

Steven Lawson PhotographyA riot of reflections <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/StreetPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StreetPhotography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Glasgow</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/reflections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reflections</a>

This Is My GlasgowAnother photo from my trip out of Glasgow last weekend, this time from the slopes of Ben Lawers. Scottish mountains in the spring sunshine are really up there with almost anywhere in the world, and you can reach the closest of them within an hour's drive from the city.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/benlawers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#benlawers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hillwalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hillwalking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hillwalkingscotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hillwalkingscotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/visitscotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visitscotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishmountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scottishmountains</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe eastern terminal pavilion of Glasgow's Royal Crescent. Designed in a Classical style by Alexander Taylor, it was built between 1839 and 1851. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/royalcrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#royalcrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buildingphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buildingphotography</a>

Vintage BusesAll you vintage vehicle enthusiasts, feast your eyes upon the treasure trove of the Bridgeton Bus Garage, where the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust store these magnificent specimen of publc transport from years gone by.Click on the photo to enlarge it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gvvt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gvvt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagebuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagebuses</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a>

This Is My GlasgowTownhouses on Park Circus in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Charles Wilson, they were built in the 1850s. I love the way blonde sandstone glows golden in the early morning. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/parkcircus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parkcircus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetscape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/victorianarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#victorianarchitecture</a>

This Is My GlasgowA sculpture of the prow of a boat projecting from the facade of the 1880s Clyde Navigation Trust building on Robertson Street in Glasgow <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a>

This Is My GlasgowLuma Tower on Shieldhall Road in Glasgow. Designed by Cornelius Armour in a Steamline Moderne style and built in 1938, it's one of the best preserved Art Deco buildings in the city. It was originally constructed as the Glasgow headquarters of the British Luma Co-operative Electric Lamp Society.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/artdeco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artdeco</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowarchitecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buildingphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buildingphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/artdecoarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artdecoarchitecture</a>

This Is My GlasgowOne of the great things about living in Glasgow is how close you are to some truly wild places, and with the promise of a rather wonderful sunny Spring day ahead, this morning I got up early and headed out of the city. This a tree I came across at Firkin Point on the west bank of Loch Lomond.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lochlomond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lochlomond</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishlandscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scottishlandscape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/visitscotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visitscotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowtoday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springsunshine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#springsunshine</a>

This Is My GlasgowBy the 1940s, 20 million packets, all made in this factory, were being sold each year around the world. In the 1970s, they ramped up their advertsing with an advert featuring the Miseries, cartoon characters drawn by Roger Hargreeves, the creator of the Mr Men, and featuring the slogan 'Askit fights the Miseries'. Running unchanged until the mid-1990s, this was one of Britain's longest running and most successful advertaing campaigns. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/possilpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#possilpark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/askit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#askit</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe former Askit factory on Saracen Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow. Designed by William B. Whitie, it was built in the 1930s. Invented by the Glasweigian pharmacist Adam Laidlaw in the late 1890s, Askit Powder contained a mix aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine, and was sold as a cure-all for many types of minor ailments such as headaches and colds. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/possilpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#possilpark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/askit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#askit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/askitfightsthemiseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#askitfightsthemiseries</a>

This Is My Glasgow1880s blonde sandstone townhouses on Kingsborough Gardens in the West End of Glasgow.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a>

This Is My GlasgowAs it's International Women's Day, I thought I'd post these lines from a poem called Wild Geese by the American poet Mary Oliver. I came across them today on a sculpture just outside the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, which I'd never noticed before.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/internationalwomensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internationalwomensday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wildgeese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildgeese</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/maryoliver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maryoliver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottisheventscampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scottisheventscampus</a>

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