Jane Sweeney: Blogging about Glasgow and its hidden gems..

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Jane is a retired adult educator, living in Glasgow with her husband Matt. She enjoys being out and about exploring the city and discovering its intriguing past. 

‘Glasgow is a city of surprises, if you look beyond the beautiful buildings to the empty spaces you find all sorts of delights…”

Jane Sweeney – Finding Mario

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Oscar Sometimes we just saunter through life; days are filled with happiness and laughter and routines keep us wrapped up in a sense of normality and contentment. Then a massive curveball is thrown your way. For me, that was losing my best friend Oscar, my rather old bearded collie cross. He had been my constant […]

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The Tale of the Hanged Man by Jane Sweeney

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Frankenstein in Glasgow – Ure and Jeffray Did you hear the one about the early 19th century blogger, an anatomist, a hanged man and a well-known author? I hadn’t until I was reading through some old writings about Glasgow. I had abandoned reading all my Christmas present cook books, my husband being too much of […]

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Jane Sweeney: Blogging about Glasgow’s hidden past and other stuff

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‘The Tale of the Anderston Grave Robber’ Most of the nonsense facts I have acquired throughout my life have been learned through books, things I have read that interest me stick. Being from a family of readers most of the debates in our house came from ideas generated by reading both the fiction and fact […]

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The Glasgow Cabbie – Glasgow’s Hidden Gem by Jane Sweeney

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  King of the Courts – The Glasgow Cabbie – raising money with the help of Andy Murray People Make Glasgow – Glasgow Cabbie’s welcome on the Tour Bus Glasgow is a city of surprises, if you look beyond the beautiful buildings to the empty spaces you find all sorts of delights, including poems! It […]

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