Secret Glasgow: A beautiful garden inside a hospital, a staircase once celebrated by Einstein, the remains of a workhouse and a Roman wall, a lost burn and a reminder of the Spanish Civil War, a stranded column in the Clyde and a Celtic gravestone, a derelict railway platform, a stone that flew over the Irish Sea, the burial place of a Scot who became an American hero and mysterious etchings on a cathedral wall Glasgow is full of hidden treasures that many residents go past without realising their significance. This is an indispensable guide for anyone who thought they knew the city well but would like to discover its hidden face.

Autorentext
Gillian Loney is a journalist, columnist and editor of Glasgow Live, the city's biggest news website. She has spent a decade covering culture, what's on and breaking news, and specialises in writing about Glasgow's growing food and drink scene which means she's always on hand to recommend local restaurants! Her work has also featured in the Daily Record, The Scotsman, the Daily Mirror, the Wow247 website and more. Secret Glasgow, her first book, marks a new chapter for her.

Leseprobe
We have taken great pleasure in drawing up Secret Glasgow and hope that through its guidance you will, like us, continue to discover unusual, hidden or little-known aspects of the city. Descriptions of certain places are accompanied by thematic sections highlighting historical details or anecdotes as an aid to understanding the city in all its complexity. Secret Glasgow also draws attention to the multitude of details found in places that we may pass every day without noticing. These are an invitation to look more closely at the urban landscape and, more generally, a means of seeing our own region with the curiosity and attention that we often display while travelling elsewhere.

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Glasgow West FOSSIL GROVE 14 RISE SCULPTURE 16 WESTER SPIRIT CO. RUM DISTILLERY 18 WEST OF SCOTLAND CRICKET CLUB 20 RELICS OF CROW ROAD RAILWAY STATION 22 SARACEN FOUNTAIN 24 GARTNAVEL HOSPITAL GARDEN 26 BINGHAM'S POND 28 'CR' INSCRIPTION 30 NORTH KELVIN MEADOW AND THE CHILDREN'S WOOD 32 THE SIXTY STEPS 34 POETRY POST BOX 36 NORTH WOODSIDE FLINT MILL 38 GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS LOST STATIONS 40 WINDOWS IN THE WEST TENEMENT 42 TRAM ROSETTES 44 PANELLING AT THE UNIVERSITY CAFÉ 46 QUAKER BURIAL GROUND IN PARTICK 48 MASONIC LODGE 50 LION AND UNICORN STAIRCASE 52 THREE SQUARES GYRATORY SCULPTURE 54 BLACKSTONE CHAIR AT THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM 56 EARSDEN SHARK 58 SUFFRAGETTE OAK 60 PEARCE LODGE 62 THE 'C' AND 'R' MONOGRAM 64 GARGOYLES AT ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 66 BURNBANK BOWLING CLUB 68 ACROBATIC EQUIPMENT AT THE ARLINGTON BATHS 70 WOODLANDS COMMUNITY GARDEN 72 THE ARLINGTON BAR 74 CHARING CROSS MANSIONS CLOCK 75 ANDERSTON LIBRARY SIGN 76 CAMERON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN 78 RENNIE MACKINTOSH STATUE 80 THE BACK GARDEN 82 THE HIDDEN LANE 84 THE ARGYLE TREE 86 FORMER MASONIC BUILDING 88 CLYDESIDE DISTILLERY 90 Glasgow Centre SHADOWGRAPHY IN COWCADDENS 92 MUSEUM OF PIPING 94 GLASWEGIAN BLACK MADONNA 96 GARNETHILL URBAN PARK AND MOSAIC MURAL 98 GARNETHILL VIEWPOINT 100 TITANIC MEMORIAL AT SCOTTISH OPERA'S HQ 102 THE ELF SCULPTURE 104 COLUMNS OF THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 106 MACKINTOSH FRIEZE AT THE GLASGOW ART CLUB 108 'CHOOKIE BURDIES' 110 JAMES THOMSON'S FACE 112 FORMER MASONIC TEMPLE 114 ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 116 THE STATUES AT NO. 64 WATERLOO STREET 118 'TOBACCO WAREHOUSE' SIGNAGE 120 GREEK INSCRIPTIONS ON THE FORMER ARROL'S BRIDGE 122 'BLOCKADE RUNNERS TO SPAIN' MEMORIAL 124 VINTAGE OTIS LIFT 126 REMAINS OF GRAHAMSTON 128 THE DAILY RECORD BUILDING 130 LIBRARY OF ROYAL FACULTY OF PROCURATORS IN GLASGOW 132 HOMELESS JESUS SCULPTURE 134 HEAD OF A CHINESE MAN WITH A PIGTAIL 138 GLASGOW'S REPURPOSED POLICE BOXES 140 VESTIGES OF THE 1ST-CLASS WAITING ROOM FOR ANCHOR LINE PASSENGERS 142 NELSON MANDELA BUST 144 GLASGOW CITY CHAMBERS 146 THE TRADES HALL 148 THE FOULIS STONE 150 GREYFRIARS GARDEN 152 REMAINS OF THE 'ROTTENROW' 154 CALLANISH SCULPTURE 156 CATHEDRAL HOUSE HOTEL 158 HEADSTONE OF MARY HILL 160 CARVINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALL 162 MONUMENT TO THE BATTLE OF TELL EL KEBIR 164 GYPSY QUEEN MEMORIAL 166 GRAVESTONE OF ALEXANDER MCCALL 168 CHARING CROSS MANSIONS CLOCK 170 DUKE STREET PRISON WALL 172 MOLENDINAR BURN 174 HIELAN JESSIE PUB 176 THE PIPE FACTORY 178 ARCHWAY OF ST ANDREW'S LANE 180 DOUGLAS GORDON'S 'EMPIRE' SIGN 182 CHERUB/SKULL AT TRON THEATRE 184 BRITANNIA PANOPTICON 186 ARANDORA STAR MEMORIAL 188 Glasgow South LITERARY FACES 194 FORMER GOVAN POLICE STATION 196 GOVAN CAT SCULPTURE 198 THE GOVAN STONES 200 FAIRFIELD HERITAGE CENTRE 202 GOVAN COAT OF ARMS 204 RELICS OF GOVAN'S PAST 206 GOVAN GRAVING DOCKS 208 WHISKY CASKS OF THE OLD TOLL BAR 210 GLASGOW CLIMBING CENTRE 212 HISTORIC MILESTONE 214 THE MASONIC SYMBOLS OF POLLOKSHIELDS BURGH HALL 216 FORMER MILLAR & LANG ART PUBLISHERS OFFICES 218 GLASGOW GURDWARAS 220 THE HIDDEN GARDENS 222 QUEEN'S PARK GOVANHILL CHURCH OF SCOTLAND STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS 224 CATHKIN PARK'S EMPTY FOOTBALL TERRACES 226 SOUTHERN NECROPOLIS 228 GORBALS BOYS SCULPTURE 230 TOOLS OF THE TRADE IN THE GORBALS ROSE GARDEN 232 CALTON BURIAL GROUND 234 GLASGOW WOMEN'S LIBRARY 236 RUTHERGLEN BOUNDARY STONES 238 Glasgow - To the West and South POSSIL MARSH NATURE RESERVE 242 RELICS OF ANTONINE WALL 244 CLYDEBANK MUSEUM 248 INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH GRAVESTONES 252 ST CONVAL'S STONE AND THE ARGYLL STONE 254 LUMA TOWER 256 HORATIO'S GARDEN 258 CROOKSTON CASTLE 260 GLASGOW MUSEUM RESOURCE CENTRE 262 ARTHURLIE CROSS 264 THE SECRET WATERFALL OF ROUKEN GLEN PARK 266 ROUND TOLL 268 JOHN MACLEAN MEMORIAL 270 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS MEMORIAL 272 Glasgow - To the North and East WALLACE'S WELL 276 POSSIBLE RENNIE MACKINTOSH HOUSES 278 SPRINGBURN WINTER GARDENS 280 BALGRAY TOWER 282 BAS-RELIEF OF A LOCOMOTIVE 284 THE GROOVE MARKS OF MONKLAND CANAL 286 DENNISTOUN MILESTONE SCULPTURE 288 BUFFALO BILL STATUE 290 FRANCIS KELLY'S GRAVE 292 GARTLOCH HOSPITAL 294 THE GROOVE MARKS OF MONKLAND CANAL 296