Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Gonnagle on November 02, 2016, 12:14:10 PM
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I found it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez3Ud-ijGkY
Absolutely brilliant, a real blast from the past and very educational, well if yer a wee east end lad like myself.
Skinheads ya Bass :P :P
I thought I would stick it here in case anyone was interested in a wee brief historical snapshot of the second city of the Empire.
Gonnagle.
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Excellent - will watch this later: so you weren't havering after all :)
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Isn't the death cell of the old Duke Street jail recreated in the fantastic Peoples' Palace? http://oldglasgow.tumblr.com/post/49871872460/the-north-gaol-prisons-are-a-wonderful-place-to And for anyone interested in social history, the Peoples Palace is a real gold mine, by the way.
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Dear Jim,
People Palace, brilliant, but your Duke St reference reminded me of the wee chat I had in the Pub yesterday.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/battle-of-rottenrow-960788
It is no urban myth, it really happened.
Gonnagle.
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Dear Jim,
Ooops, the ambush is also mentioned in your link. ;)
Gonnagle.
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Dear Jim,
People Palace, brilliant, but your Duke St reference reminded me of the wee chat I had in the Pub yesterday.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/battle-of-rottenrow-960788
It is no urban myth, it really happened.
Gonnagle.
I was born in Rottenrow, some years after the events in the link I hasten to add, in the old (now closed) Maternity Hospital.