Author Archives: Gordon Barr

(or: why I wasn’t dancing at the ceilidh last night) The entire sole of my shoe came competely off.Despite repeated attempts with various types of glue, in the end the judicious application of a roll of sellotape was all that … Continue reading →

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…just outside Big Blue by Kelvinbridge underground. Yes, that is one of Big Blue’s picnic tables sitting *on top of* the ice… ! See the full gallery on Posterous

Hogmanay has a lot of cinematic connections in Scotland; here’s just two of them – one happy, one sad. On 31st December 1934, the Paramount cinema in Renfield Street opened, to a huge fanfare.   The main foyer had an … Continue reading →

From Rambles Round Glasgow, by Hugh Macdonald, 1880: The village of Partick is romantically situated on the banks of the Kelvin. Partick altogether has a pleasant half-rural aspect, while the reputed salubrity of its air and its vicinity to the … Continue reading →