Lost Glasgow

Lost Glasgow

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Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer. Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure

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Live scenes from Glasgow... Coloured cartoon from the Northern Looking Glass 12 December 1825, entitled "Awfu' Weather". Pic: Glasgow University Library

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#OTD six years ago. Being interviewed by my old pal, Prof. Willy Maley, of Glasgow Uni, ahead of the 'The Wild West of Scotland: From #BuffaloBill to #Outlander' event, part of the Being Human 2020 festival. Another pal, Holger Mohaupt was behind the camera.

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Sometimes, a pic comes to life. Jani Cowan writes: 'Her name is Alexis Miller Fullagar on her way to a boutique called Bus Stop in Union street. She was a beautiful vivacious kind person who I had the pleasure of working with at Bus Stop. Happy days. She sadly has now passed away.'

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Hold onto yer hats, ladies; still a wee bit blawy oot there... It's 1970, we've just crossed Argyle Street, from Buchanan Street, and we're entering St Enoch Square, and you can almost hear the wee granny 'tutting' under her breath. Pic: Newsquest

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Remember, UK-based LG followers; the clocks go back one hour tonight. Very glad I don't have to reset the clock on the city's historic Tolbooth, so, let's give this guy a big hand.

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Stuck a few quid into the author's crowdfunder for this a couple of years back and, this morning, a knock at the door - my postie must hate me! - another tome for the shelf, and a lot of other nice extras. Keep the faith!

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The fact that these two celebrated together, and all the stuff Lloyd has done for Parkinson's research. As I say, a good man. Doc Brown, we salute you!

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Friday feeling... I can almost smell the hot vinegar... Pic: Girl with a Poke of Chips, oil on canvas with newspaper, by Joan Eardley (c. 1960–63).

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"Sling another chair leg on the fire, mother dear..." - Pam Ayers An unemployed man waits out the day in his single end flat, Nicholson Street, Gorbals. c. 1954. It's the old fold-out window shutters and the wee cat by the roaring fire that make this pic. Pic: Glenn Freeth

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Signed this day in Paris, in 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France, granting Scots in France citizenship. In the 1920s, Dundonian Harry MacElhone - owner of Harry's Bar, In Paris - was threatened with deportation, he claimed citizenship. He won his case.

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Zooming in on one of Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson's pics from the schemes in 77/78, I see my soul animal, I used to do the same to cameras (and had the same hair...)

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After ten days of the worst cold I can recall, like Dr Manette, in 'A Tale of Two Cities', I have been 'recalled to life'. There's an absolutely stinker of a virus out there; caughs, sneezes, snotters, sleeping sickness, nausea, shakes/shivers, and spectacular fever dreams...

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When you're on a business Zoom call, hear a knock at your front door, and think: 'I know what that is...' Behold Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson's photographic book from 1977/78 when he, ex-Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil, worked for the Citizens' Theatre in 1977/78.

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Gritty, gallus and sometimes gormless, this is a fabulous lost archive of our city in transition and the growing pains of young Glaswegians. And, who knew - or remembered - that dungarees were such a style statement with the young team?

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Produced by French publisher, Timeless Edition, the book is a pricy but priceless purchase, and a worthy addition to the LG archive. See: www.timeless-shop.com/product/gorb...

timeless-shop.comGORBALS - Peter Christopherson - Timeless-shopPublished by Timeless Edition - 2026 - France 23 x 28 cm - 240 pages - Hardcover Timeless Editions is proud to present GORBALS, the first volume in a new series dedicated to the photographic work of Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson. Raw, desolate and strangely intimate, these photographs capture a district and its inhabitants on the edge of disappearance. Some would find their way into the visual world of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre; others would later resurface in Christopherson’s subsequent design work. First seen in Peter Christopherson Photography (Timeless Editions, 2014), this extraordinary body of work is presented here for the first time in its own dedicated volume significantly expanded, reconsidered and finally given the space it deserves. The book also includes an unabridged interview by Nick Soulsby with Citizens Theatre directors Giles Havergal and Philip Prowse, shedding new light on this lesser-known chapter of Christopherson’s work. GORBALS opens a series looking at different sides of Christopherson’s photographic work, and how they connect to the visual language he would later develop.
Lost Glasgow
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When you're on a business Zoom call, hear a knock at your front door, and think: 'I know what that is...' Behold Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson's photographic book from 1977/78 when he, ex-Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil, worked for the Citizens' Theatre in 1977/78.

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Although called 'Gorbals', Peter stravaiged the city far and wide with his camera, and obviously built up a brilliant rapport with his largely young subjects.

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We're going time-travelling this morning, back to 1988. We're at the top of the Clydesdale Bank 150th Anniversary Tower enjoying panoramic views of the Glasgow Garden Festival site, the Govan Graving Docks, the riverside sheds and the construction of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.