As it's the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, I thought I'm post one of the surprising number of connections between Burns and Glasgow. This is a memorial to Alexander Findlater, an exciseman who was the friend, supporter, and one-time supervisor of Burns. In particular, Findlater vigouroulsy defended him after his death against charges he was a hopeless drunk.

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As it's the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, I thought I'm post one of the surprising number of connections between Burns and Glasgow. This is a memorial to Alexander Findlater, an exciseman who was the friend, supporter, and one-time supervisor of Burns. In particular, Findlater vigouroulsy defended him after his death against charges he was a hopeless drunk.

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It's been estimated that 30,000 locomotives produced in Springburn were transported through the city in this manner, first with teams of Clydesdale horses, then steam engines and finally diesel-powered ones.

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It's been estimated that 30,000 locomotives produced in Springburn were transported through the city in this manner, first with teams of Clydesdale horses, then steam engines and finally diesel-powered ones.

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575 years ago today Glasgow University was founded by Pope Nicholas V in a letter (known as a Papal Bull) dated 7th of January 1451. Sent at the request of King James II, this letter William Turnbull, the Bishop of Glasgow permission to add a university to the city's Cathedral. This makes it the fourth oldest university in the UK and the second oldest in Scotland, after St Andrew's University, from where Bishop Turnbull had graduated around 1420.

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575 years ago today Glasgow University was founded by Pope Nicholas V in a letter (known as a Papal Bull) dated 7th of January 1451. Sent at the request of King James II, this letter William Turnbull, the Bishop of Glasgow permission to add a university to the city's Cathedral. This makes it the fourth oldest university in the UK and the second oldest in Scotland, after St Andrew's University, from where Bishop Turnbull had graduated around 1420.

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Love this junction box mural in the Govan area of Glasgow celebrating the life of the Glaswegian suffragette, rent strike organiser, activist and politician Helen Crawfurd (1877 to 1954). It was created by Protests and Suffragettes in association with Impact Arts Craft Cafe and was commissioned by Yardworks.

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Love this junction box mural in the Govan area of Glasgow celebrating the life of the Glaswegian suffragette, rent strike organiser, activist and politician Helen Crawfurd (1877 to 1954). It was created by Protests and Suffragettes in association with Impact Arts Craft Cafe and was commissioned by Yardworks.

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