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GLASGOW's earliest history, like so much else in this surprisingly romantic city, is obscured in a swirl of myth. The city's name is said to derive from the Celtic Glas-cu, which loosely translates as "the dear, green place" – a tag that the tourist board are keen to exploit as an antidote to the sooty images of popular imagination. It is generally agreed that the first settlers arrived in the sixth century to join Christian missionary Kentigern – later to become St Mungo – in his newly founded monastery on the banks of the tiny Molendinar Burn.
But now, Glasgow's industries had been honed into one massive shipbuilding culture. Everything from tugboats to transatlantic liners were fashioned out of sheet metal in the yards that straddled the Clyde. In the harsh economic climate of the 1930s, however, unemployment spiralled, and Glasgow could do little to counter its popular image as a city dominated by inebriate violence and – having absorbed vast numbers of Irish emigrants – sectarian tensions.
Shipbuilding, and many associated industries, died away almost completely in the 1960s and 1970s, leaving the city depressed, jobless and directionless. Then, in the 1980s, the self-promotion campaign began, snowballing towards the 1988 Garden Festival and year-long party as European City of Culture in 1990. More recently, Glasgow was UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999, an event which strove valiantly to showcase the city's rich architectural heritage.
But now, Glasgow's industries had been honed into one massive shipbuilding culture. Everything from tugboats to transatlantic liners were fashioned out of sheet metal in the yards that straddled the Clyde. In the harsh economic climate of the 1930s, however, unemployment spiralled, and Glasgow could do little to counter its popular image as a city dominated by inebriate violence and – having absorbed vast numbers of Irish emigrants – sectarian tensions.
Shipbuilding, and many associated industries, died away almost completely in the 1960s and 1970s, leaving the city depressed, jobless and directionless. Then, in the 1980s, the self-promotion campaign began, snowballing towards the 1988 Garden Festival and year-long party as European City of Culture in 1990. More recently, Glasgow was UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999, an event which strove valiantly to showcase the city's rich architectural heritage.
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Jul 12, 2007 – Jul 30, 2007
Bothwell, Scotland, UK -› Banknock, UK -› …
We were back.
It looked cold and grey through the plane's windows, and I wasn't looking forward to the usual chilly blast that hits you when you hop off the Emirates flight, but this time it wasn't too bad, despite how it looked.
We were met by our driver (get us...) and whisked home, although as…
Jul 20, 2009 – Aug 01, 2009
Lao-tzu said 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step' so obviously if you are going further than that you need to head to the airport :-) . Early start, had to be at airport for 5am for flight to Gatwick and connection to Madrid
Oct 11, 2009 – Oct 19, 2009
Had almost all day to prepare, but still left it to the last minute to pack, as our flight was not until 22-50. This would be the first time all four of us had travelled overnight, as 13 years previously we had had a nightmare journey with our daughter when she was just 20 months old.
Due to the …
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