{"id":19380,"date":"2020-03-03T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T12:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19380"},"modified":"2020-03-03T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T12:45:40","slug":"glasgow-photos-rainswept-roads-street-scenes-urban-art-and-winter-sun-feb-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/glasgow-photos-rainswept-roads-street-scenes-urban-art-and-winter-sun-feb-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow photos: rainswept roads, street scenes, urban art and winter sun, Feb 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

I was up in chilly and wet Glasgow over the weekend playing a show with The Monochrome Set<\/a> – here’s some photos from my brief stay.<\/p>\n

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\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Seeing as we’ve had zero snow in London this year, I was glad to catch a distant glimpse of the white stuff as\u00a0 we sped towards Glasgow.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Arriving in a wet Glasgow.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Mura by John Byrne to celebrate Billy Connolly’s 75th birthday,<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Opening in 2002, Monorail Music is a splendid record shop inside the Mono bar\/restaurant\/music venue where we were playing.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Walking through Trongate.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Tron Theatre, formerly the Collegiate Church of Our Lady and St Anne in the Merchant City area of Glasgow.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

‘We can change the way we want to live.’<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Boarded up upper floors.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Striking glass and steel canopy entrance to St Enoch subway station.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

‘Somebody loves you.’<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Incident outside McDonalds on Argyle Street.\u00a0 When I passed by a few hours later, a street fight had broken out outside.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Central Station underpass.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Onstage at the Mono.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

We couldn’t find any nearby pubs open after midnight so ended up at Grace’s Irish Sports Bar, which was a depressingly bright and TV laden sports bar.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Walking back to the hotel in the rain. Cue: Tinseltown In The Rain by The Blue Nile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Sunday morning saw clear skies, so I took a stroll around George Square.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Indian Workers Association were holding a small rally in the square.<\/p>\n

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\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

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\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

“Citizen Firefighter” by Kenny Hunter pays tribute to all firefighters past and present who have served in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Glasgow Queen Street station.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/p>\n

Chat about Glasgow on the forum<\/h2>\n

Glasgow pubs<\/a>
\nGlasgow\u00a0recommendations<\/a>
\nAll the threads about Glasgow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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