Old Style Daily Sunday 28th January

Hollyharvey

FurryBeastOz wrote: »

What is going on with Edit?

It is the whole of the MSE forum. You can only edit within 0.5 minutes of posting (impossible for me!)
You also have to leave 120 seconds between posts now as well.

Gers

camelot1001 wrote: »

Hi dp1, You would need to get a bus or the underground to get to Kelvingrove and you could be there all day, it's pretty big! The Huntarian isn't too far away nor are the Botanic Gardens.

Glasgow Cathedral is worth a visit, St Mungo's Museum of Religous Life & Art is next door and the Provan's Lordship across the road, all within easy walking distance of Central Station.

The People's Palace is lovely, set in the middle of Glasgow Green so a lovely walk and right next to the River. The Tenement House is also within easy walking distance.

Don't forget the Gallery of Modern Art right in the city centre (where the Duke of Wellington with a cone on his head sits outside).

Hope you have a good time, let me know if you need any help!

For art the Kelvingrove definitely and then Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) next to Queen Street station. You can get the wee bus from Central station to Queen Street free with your rail ticket.

Glasgow city is built on seven hills and the city centre is mostly laid out in a grid system like New York. And it’s big too.

There’s a couple of Charles Rennie MacIntosh buildings in town worth seeing - the Glasgow School of Art off Rose Street ( near to the Tenement House) and The Lighthouse on Mitchell Street (halfway between the two stations). Fabulous Victorian city.

I hope you enjoy your visit dp1.

My day has been much calmer than the weather. The wind hasn’t stopped howling all day, the rain hasn’t let up either. I did a bit of forward planning, braved the weather to fill up birdfeeders and then got under a warm blanket to read.

I’m still reading with Dire Straits playing in the background. That’s because I’m reading an Ann Cleeves ‘Vera’ book called Seagull. It’s set mostly in Whitley Bay where the Tunnel of Love song was set! The TV is off and will record the last episode of ‘Vera’ soon. I like to skip the ads.

Hopefully the site problems will be fixed soon.

dp1

Gers - thank you!
Just been sitting reading some of my Sunday Times, now I'm going to watch Call the Midwife. The wind is howling again here...but I'm lovely and cosy with both cats beside me.

karcher

dp1 wrote: »

The wind is howling again here...but I'm lovely and cosy with both cats beside me.

I must confess I envy you. I would love a dog or cat as a companion but it just isn't feasible for me.

Airthrey

dp1 wrote: »

Hi everyone
Had a lovely Sunday lunch at my mams and dads and a lovely play with my two great nieces, aged 1 and 3.
I have a question for Gers and anyone else who knows Glasgow....In a couple of weeks time I'm visiting Glasgow, just for one night. Basically because I was fiddling on the laptop one day and found cheap train fares to Glasgow which were just £16 return. Further investigation found a Travelodge room for just over £20. I arrive at Glasgow Central station at about12.30 midday and leave again about 2 the following day. I'm staying at the Central Travelodge.
So I'm looking for places to visit . Which is best from the list I have so far....Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Hunterian Museum, The Peoples Palace, Scotland Street Museum, The Tenement museum??
Obviously not all of them (!) but I would appreciate some reommendations. I would prefer to walk if possible, weather permitting. I like art, social history, history and am the kind of person who reads all the labels and signs in museums!

Hope you don't mind me delurking to suggest you could use the underground to get to Kelvingrove and the Hunterian. I think your Travelodge is quite close to Cowcaddens underground station. If you're in the west end of the city anyway, you might enjoy an amble up Byres Road. Quite a lot of independent shops and eateries. It's got a lot more character now than Sauchiehall Street. And the Botanic Gardens are at the top end of it. In the centre itself, the Gallery of Modern Art can't be more than about 5 minutes walk from Central Station, and if you happen to have a Virgin money account, there's a Virgin Lounge just beside it.

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Gers wrote: »

For art the Kelvingrove definitely and then Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) next to Queen Street station. You can get the wee bus from Central station to Queen Street free with your rail ticket.

Glasgow city is built on seven hills and the city centre is mostly laid out in a grid system like New York. And it’s big too.

There’s a couple of Charles Rennie MacIntosh buildings in town worth seeing - the Glasgow School of Art off Rose Street ( near to the Tenement House) and The Lighthouse on Mitchell Street (halfway between the two stations). Fabulous Victorian city.

I hope you enjoy your visit dp1.

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Reading about Glasgow has fired me up:) I really must make a visit up there, perhaps later on this year . My late Mum was born in the Langside/Queens Park area, and met and married my late Dad in Glasgow.Visited there quite a bit as a child back in the late 1940s.

I have been a couple of times as an adult, but not anywhere near long enough to have a good mooch around I would love I think the museum and art galleries Its definitely on my to-do list Though I would probably drive up and take a couple of days to get there as I would also like to go out to Lochgilphead where my late Mum's family originated from. I remember how friendly the people were though and also how helpful.

My Dad came from Brechin and I go up about every two years for a long wekend, but usually fly to Abredeen and get a hire car to drive down to there. I do love Scotland though and the scenery is just amazing at times

JackieO xxx

Elona_2

JackieO

I can't believe this as I was born in the fifties and lived in Langside Road most of my early life . We were only a couple of blocks from Queen's Park!

I got married in 1982 and moved to England. I took DH and dds to the museum and art gallery at Nether Pollock and had a lovely time. There also used to be a museum of transport at Eglinton Toll
built in the fifties which s worth a look.