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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Bus Tour of Glasgow - Photo Tour
glasgow college of commerce:
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glasgow cathedral:
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cathedral square:
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high street:
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trongate:
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the winter gardens:
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the people's palace:
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the whistlin' kirk - pub named after first church in glasgow to have an organ
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scotia bar - oldest in glasgow?
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st. enoch centre:
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stockwell street into argyle street
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-stockwell street - comes from william wallace's war against the english, when they dumped bodies in the well.
-argyle street - named after some lord argyll but when it came to naming the street someone added an "e" by accident and it stuck.

bleak from bus:
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same bleak walking past:
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italian centre:
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italian centre:
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banner hanging in george square:
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christmas lights - the symbols of the city:
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city chambers:
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bleak?
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bleak:
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"the armadillo" concert hall:
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science centre:
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tall ship:
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the rotunda:
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-there is one of these on either side of the river clyde, apparently they represent two ends of a tunnel beneath the river, which lowered material up and down using horse power.

arc bridge:
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the rotunda again, and in the background, a new bridge across the river, which was built to link one side of the clyde to the new offices of the BBC on the other side.

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the goat:
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kelvingrove museum:
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glasgow univesity/hunterain museum:
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glasgow museum of transport:
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sauchihall street well, tilted to the right due to subsidance:
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cineworld:
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-formerly the UGC cinema, one of the tallest cinemas in the world. situated in glasgow's "theatre district".

holiday inn:
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-an old merchants house, with a boat on top to represent the connections round the world.

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