Yvonne Connolly’s New York Diary
I was born and brought up in the southside of Glasgow and moved to Edinburgh after graduating and stayed there for six years. I then returned to Glasgow and bought a flat in Dowanhill in 1999. I love the westend lifestyle, but decided after three years to try something new, so I moved to New […]
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Friday, October 30, 2015 | Filed under: Travel
Ardlogie Guest House Aviemore Bed & Breakfast
Ardlogie Guest House Aviemore Bed & BreakfastDalfaber Road Aviemore Inverness-shire PH22 1PU My son has been raving about Ardlogie Guest House after spending a week-end in Aviemore. I’ll definitely be booking in if I’m heading that way. He’s never stopped enthusing about the warm welcome, lovely surroundings, fantastic service, the serenity of the surroundings […]
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 | Filed under: Accommodation, Travel
Dunoon Film Festival, 18 – 20 September, 2015
18 – 20 September, 2015 Dunoon’s third film festival aims to have fun looking at relationships between generations, confounding expectations and living life to the full whatever your age. Screenings will take place at the Studio Cinema and look out for a variety of surprise cinema spaces around the town, whilst Dunoon Burgh Hall is […]
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Friday, September 18, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Travel
Sean’s Scottish Trip Summer 2015
A Visit to Glasgow I was very happy to have my sister’s boy, Sean, in town for a short holiday from Canada. Currently he’s studying in Nova Scotia so the flight to Scotland is a couple of hours less than traveling from Toronto. So a mere four and a half hours and he had arrived […]
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Friday, August 21, 2015 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Sean's trip to glasgow
Joan Eardley’s Seated Boy at The Hunterian
Joan Eardley, Seated Boy, 1955. © Estate of Joan Eardley. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2015. Image © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow 2015. Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to The Hunterian, 2015. Donated in memory of Dr Mary Catto. The Hunterian is first Scottish gallery to benefit from Cultural […]
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Friday, June 19, 2015 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries
Glasgow Travel and Tourism
Glasgow Tourist Information Glasgow is a fascinating city with much to offer even the most blase and well travelled tourist. "Not only is a stay in Glasgow a highlight of any trip to Scotland, it’s essential" (The Lonely Planet travel guide). Glasgow is a friendly city with wonderful architectural delights,a vast array of shops, stylish […]
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Friday, May 22, 2015 | Filed under: Travel
Unlocking Maryhill – A history of its places and people by I.R. Mitchell
Glasgow’s Venice If the Dear Green Place has a Venice then it has to be Maryhill. Such a designation will surprise the hordes of commuters from Milngavie who rush the three miles down Maryhill Road to Central Glasgow each day, leaving nothing behind but the pollution from their cars for the local weans to inhale. […]
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Christina Del Balso – Travel Blog: Foodies in Cuba
March, 2015 Cuba isn’t the first choice for those looking for a gourmet meal, but there sure are some interesting taste experiences to be found. The limited availability of a variety of fresh ingredients offer a particular challenge for the best chef, and if it’s not grown raised or caught on the island it has […]
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 | Filed under: Chris Del Balso's Travel Blog
Christ Del Balso’s Travel Blog: Matanzas & Varadero Cuba
March 10, 2015 Life can’t be bad when the day begins with a fresh piña colada! Our first stop after an early start this morning was at a lookout on the Bacunayagua bridge; the highest in Cuba. The views were wonderful in every direction and as I said, we started the day off right. Highlights […]
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Thursday, March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Chris Del Balso's Travel Blog
Christ Del Balso blogging from Havana, Cuba
Havana Cuba Sunday, March 2nd, 2015, 6:30 am It’s an early morning in Havana and I’m sitting on our balcony watching the world wake up. The streets are very busy with people dashing about or waiting at the side of the road for rides. Private taxis in the guise of vintage cars (I say guise […]
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Video History Scotland: DVD Memories of Dumbarton 1940 – 1975
Dumbarton (Fort of the Britons), famous for innovation and achievement particularly with regard to engineering and shipbuilding. Examples of this include the Cutty Sark, world famous clipper ship, also the first ocean going ship built of mild steel and the first ship propelled by steam turbine. Just three of the examples of ships built in […]
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Monday, March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Best In The West, Travel
Stuart Paterson, blogging from Grez sur Loing: Tuned In.
Without wishing to sound like a Big Brother House inhabitant, I`ve been living at Hotel Chevillon for nigh on 3 weeks now. 3 weeks ago this coming Saturday, just after midday, I fell out of the Paris-Montargis train at Bouronne-Marlotte, completely unaware of what to expect, still a bit groggy from 3 days […]
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry, Stuart Paterson: Writer's Blog, Travel
Glasgow City Tours: Behind the Scenes at Glasgow Central Station
Behind the Scenes at Glasgow Central Station Glasgow’s 135 year old Central Station is Scotland’s busiest train station. In 2012 Door Open Day held tours of the station which sold out instantly. Now more extensive tours have been organised lasting 90 minutes and costing £10. Profits from the tour will help pay for improvements at […]
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Friday, November 7, 2014 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel
Bright and Spacious Apartment for Sale, Shawlands, Glasgow
SOLD 2/2, 268 Tantallon Road, Shawlands, Glasgow, G41 3JP Offers over £239,000 Bright and spacious second floor flat occupying a corner position within a lovely blonde sandstone building. The property comprises a substantial six apartment flat, which has been refurbished to an impeccable standard, whilst retining a wealth of period features. Positioned within walking distance […]
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | Filed under: Accommodation
Mary Irvine’s trip to Iona
A Genuine Island Welcome Bishop’s walk was recommended to me by friends. It sounded ideal for my planned three night stay so I rang the owner, Mrs Margaret MacDonald, and made a booking. She did explain the double room I would be in had no sea view. Fine by me. Why anyone would want a […]
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene, Travel
Birnam and Dunkeld: Perthshire
October is a lovely month in Scotland – a great time for trips into the countryside and last week Jim, John, Ryan and I enjoyed a drive up to Perthshire. Jim is designing a website for Birnam Arts and Conference Centre and had a meeting there so as Ryan was off school for the October […]
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Sunday, October 19, 2014 | Filed under: Travel
Alasdair Gray, From the Personal to the Universal, Kelvingrove, 11 October, 2014 – 22 February, 2015
Alasdair Gray Life’s Work Retrospective From the Personal to the Universal Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Opens Saturday 11th October until February 22nd, 2015 Celebration of Alasdair Gray’s work at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is delighted to be staging this major ‘life’s work’ retrospective in celebration of Alasdair Gray’s 80th birthday in December. The […]
Thursday, October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries, Pat's Home Page Blog
Guide to Woodlands and Park Area, Glasgow West End
Woodlands Road runs from the City Centre through Gibson Street where it meets University Avenue. The area is very popular with students and is near Glasgow’s Youth Hostel at 7 Park Terrace (0141 332 3004). This area suffers a little from a flux among the commercial enterprises which open and close rapidly. Walking west, away from […]
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Guide to Partick, Glasgow West End
View Jim’s Latest West End Photos ‘The lands of Partick were part of the old Crown Lands of Scotland’ this distinctive area has been in existence since the 11th century. Its traditional tenemental properties run from the Western Infirmary along Dumbarton Road and past Byres Road to just beyond Crow Road (of Iain Banks fame). […]
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Guide to Hyndland, Glasgow West End
Civilization is well demonstrated in Hyndland with its stately Edwardian tenements, leafy terraces and private gardens. Stretching North from Partick the houses and setting grow grander and here you will find one of Glasgow’s most desirable residential areas. The area is historically very interesting and only 100 years ago was mainly farmland now the wonderful […]
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Video History Scotland: DVD Clyde Steamer Memories Part 3 1950 – 1968
DVD: Clyde Steamer Memories Part 3 1950 – 1968 It’s 1953 Glasgow Fair fortnight on a bright summer’s morning as the graceful steamer T.S. Duchess of Hamilton, her decks packed with excited passengers, casts off and pulls away from Glasgow’s Bridge Wharf. There’s a shrill blast of the horn as we set sail, carving an […]
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Travel
Video History Scotland, DVD Royal Rothesay, Isle of Bute in the Glorious 50’s
DVD: Royal Rothesay Isle of Bute in the Glorious 50’s “Royal Rothesay” Isle of Bute, with its magnificent beauty and its historic past, well deserves its royal title. Whether you have links to the Isle of Bute, or if it holds warm memories of past trips or holidays, we invite you to sail back in […]
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Saturday, August 23, 2014 | Filed under: Travel
Video History Scotland: DVD Memories of Millport 1930-1985 Part 2
The Island of Millport a favourite trip or holiday destination for so many generations DVD Memories of Millport 1930-1985 Part 2 (from Video History Scotland www.videohistoryscotland.com) The beautiful island of Millport or Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde has held a special place in our hearts for many generations. With its beautiful sandy beaches, […]
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Thursday, July 10, 2014 | Filed under: Travel
The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce, 24 June 2014 – 4 January 2015, Hunterian Museum
Hunterian to reveal the lost tomb of Robert the Bruce The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce 24 June 2014 – 4 January 2015 Hunterian Museum, University Avenue, G12 Admission free A special new exhibition at The Hunterian will present the first complete 3D digital model of the long lost tomb of Robert the Bruce […]
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries
Video History Scotland, DVD Memories of the Isle of Arran 1933 – 1993
DVD Memories of the Isle of Arran 1933 – 1993 The beautiful and ever-popular Island of Arran has held magical memories for holidaymakers, visitors and hill walkers for over a century. With its breath-taking scenery, mountains, including the famous Goat Fell, and its many picturesque bays and inlets Arran truly is a “jewel in the […]
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Free entry to The Hunterian Scottish Gold Exhibition
Last two weeks of the stunning Scottish Gold exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery. To give more visitors a last chance to see the golden wonders, The Hunterian is offering free entry to the exhibition on the weekends of 7 and 8 and 14 and 15 June. Showcasing beautiful specimens of gold from across Scotland, Scottish Gold […]
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Monday, June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries
Trip to Koutouloufari, Crete.
Jim and I enjoyed our holiday in Crete. The wee hill village we stayed in, Koutouloufari, was lovely and the hotel, Creta Blu, was really gorgeous. Georgios Roussaki, the young manager and his family, are dedicated to making sure their guests have a great time and they are most attentive. The rooms are pleasant, the hotel […]
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel
Festival of Museums, 16th – 18th May, 2014
Festival of Museums 16 – 18 May Festival of Museums is an annual three day treat of extraordinary, exciting and surprising events day and night in museums and galleries throughout Scotland. From Gairloch to Glasgow and the Western Isles to Wanlockhead, there’s a packed programe of rip-roaring, inspiring and unusual things going on throughout the […]
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Friday, May 16, 2014 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Galleries
How Glasgow Flourished 1714 – 1837, Kelvingrove Art Gallery until 7th Aug, 2014
FREE temporary exhibition – How Glasgow Flourished 1714 – 1837 Georgians and their influence on the city. Its on now until Sunday 17 August, and its free! How Glasgow Flourished 1714 – 1837 has paintings and objects which tell the story of the Georgian period in Glasgow, explores how during the Georgian period Glasgow grew […]
Friday, May 2, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries
Art Glasgow: Scottish Gold Exhibition, The Hunterian, From 14th March – 15 June
Scottish Gold 14 March – 15 June 2014 Hunterian Art Gallery, University Avenue, G12Admission £5.00/£3.00 This major new exhibition features a spectacular array of Scottish gold items from the Bronze Age to the present. Focussing on the occurrence of gold in Scotland and Scottish gold mining, Scottish Gold offers a unique opportunity to learn about […]
Friday, March 14, 2014 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Galleries
