Walk Talk Tours
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Discovering Glasgow, it’s hidden Southside, West End and beyond. Celebrating 850
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www.walktalktours.uk
Insta: @walktalktours1
T/X @tours_talk
Indeed from 2 years ago
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Indeed from 2 years ago
Thought had crossed my mind as well … no seems to be, thankfully, one of the unoccupied blocks
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thought had crossed my mind as well … no seems to be, thankfully, one of the unoccupied blocks
Great stuff as always. Was just reading Cleland on the town’s wells this very morning.
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Great stuff as always. Was just reading Cleland on the town’s wells this very morning.
Just about to check eBay 😉
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just about to check eBay 😉
Found this on Wikipedia (French) - you may have seen it before? fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biemba_...
Biemba Company — Wikipédia
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November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Found this on Wikipedia (French) - you may have seen it before? fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biemba_...
Thanks - hadn’t seen that before. Glasgow has some great second hand book shops - Voltaire & Rousseau being the most eccentric (in a good way)
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Thanks - hadn’t seen that before. Glasgow has some great second hand book shops - Voltaire & Rousseau being the most eccentric (in a good way)
The British Geological Survey Info Hub (bgs.ac.uk) is a useful adjunct - linking watermills, wells and mining records.
Welcome to BGS - British Geological Survey
bgs.ac.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The British Geological Survey Info Hub (bgs.ac.uk) is a useful adjunct - linking watermills, wells and mining records.
That’s what happens when the sun sets before 4pm !!!
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
That’s what happens when the sun sets before 4pm !!!
Hoping it doesn’t go ‘missing in action’ 🤞
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hoping it doesn’t go ‘missing in action’ 🤞
@ncdominie.bsky.social has done a great piece on the background to the mural and the University
The Royal Technical College had opened its School of Navigation in 1910, training officer cadets for the Merchant Navy.
It had a panoply of modern equipment, ranging from ship models to an astronomical telescope, but it lacked something: a boat.
It had a panoply of modern equipment, ranging from ship models to an astronomical telescope, but it lacked something: a boat.
![Students standing round a circular table marked with a wind rose, and solemnly playing at Board of Trade Regulations with small model ships. [Daily Mirror, 28 December 1912]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pe4agiuhnyekwfdk2atrutfh/bafkreicu76qxqfyh3uvy72uaeyf5dgdpsipbszannua6mmzbgw3a4ppeke@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
@ncdominie.bsky.social has done a great piece on the background to the mural and the University
Hi David - I have a blog on the walktalktours.uk website that gives some more background to this walktalktours.uk/f/kenneth-bu... even has links to a rail disaster !
Walk Talk Tours
it's hidden Southside, West End and beyond
Curated Walking Tours of Glasgow - 850 years young
walktalktours.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hi David - I have a blog on the walktalktours.uk website that gives some more background to this walktalktours.uk/f/kenneth-bu... even has links to a rail disaster !
Thank you for sharing your art - meant to post it a while back but better late than never !
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thank you for sharing your art - meant to post it a while back but better late than never !
…Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous… (A Einstein (possibly))
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
…Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous… (A Einstein (possibly))