Ten strange things you may not know about Glasgow
1--- Bath street was the first street in Glasgow to have baths in it`s houses.
The water was plumbed down from a reservoir on Garnethill.
I lived in the Cowcaddens and did not have an inside toilet till the 70`s.
2--- St Vincent street is named after Cape St Vincent in Portugal. One of the last places on mainland Europe.
The water was plumbed down from a reservoir on Garnethill.
I lived in the Cowcaddens and did not have an inside toilet till the 70`s.
2--- St Vincent street is named after Cape St Vincent in Portugal. One of the last places on mainland Europe.
3--- West of Scotland cricket ground [in Partick] held the first International football match. 1872
4---The famous Pinkerton Detective Agency was formed by Allen Pinkerton. He was born in the Gorbals 1819. Where the Mosque is.
5---The world's last sea-going paddle-steamer, the PSS Waverley was built on the banks of the River Kelvin by A & J Inglis in 1947.
6-- Was Kelvingrove Art Gallery built the wrong way round ? This is a myth.
The main entrance faces the park. Most people enter from the back door in Argyll street. Was always planned that way.
In 2 May 1901 it was built as part the Glasgow International Exhibition.
7---The famous Teaman Sir Thomas Lipton was born in Gorbals.
He was known as ‘The King’s Grocer’ and made his fortune mainly from tea and other enterprises.
8--- Stan Laurel was born in England but made started as comic in the world’s oldest surviving music hall, the Panopticon, in 1906. He made such a fine mess of it that the audience loved his failure. He made success as one half of Laurel and Hardy.
The Panopticon has reopened. Trongate Glasgow.
9--- Sauchiehall street gets it`s name from a kind of tree--The sauchie haugh or willow meadow.
10-- Did you know Glasgow Subway [Underground] Is the third oldest in the world.
After London and Budapest.
Well that`s my top ten facts about the best city in the world.
4---The famous Pinkerton Detective Agency was formed by Allen Pinkerton. He was born in the Gorbals 1819. Where the Mosque is.
5---The world's last sea-going paddle-steamer, the PSS Waverley was built on the banks of the River Kelvin by A & J Inglis in 1947.
6-- Was Kelvingrove Art Gallery built the wrong way round ? This is a myth.
The main entrance faces the park. Most people enter from the back door in Argyll street. Was always planned that way.
In 2 May 1901 it was built as part the Glasgow International Exhibition.
7---The famous Teaman Sir Thomas Lipton was born in Gorbals.
He was known as ‘The King’s Grocer’ and made his fortune mainly from tea and other enterprises.
8--- Stan Laurel was born in England but made started as comic in the world’s oldest surviving music hall, the Panopticon, in 1906. He made such a fine mess of it that the audience loved his failure. He made success as one half of Laurel and Hardy.
The Panopticon has reopened. Trongate Glasgow.
9--- Sauchiehall street gets it`s name from a kind of tree--The sauchie haugh or willow meadow.
10-- Did you know Glasgow Subway [Underground] Is the third oldest in the world.
After London and Budapest.
Well that`s my top ten facts about the best city in the world.
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