A fine example of a wally close in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. A wally close is a tiled a commununal stairwell a Glasgow tenement, with the word wally being a Scots word for anything made from ceramics or china. This can include wally dugs (china dogs), and wallies (or false teeth). This, in itself, is derived from an older meaning of anything fancy, splendid or highly decorative.

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A fine example of a wally close in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. A wally close is a tiled a commununal stairwell a Glasgow tenement, with the word wally being a Scots word for anything made from ceramics or china. This can include wally dugs (china dogs), and wallies (or false teeth). This, in itself, is derived from an older meaning of anything fancy, splendid or highly decorative.

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Good morning, Glasgow. With just over a week to go to the shortest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere, there was a brief, but beautiful sunrise just after 8 o'clock morning. Hopefully it's heralding an equally beautiful day, despite what the forecast is suggesting!

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Good morning, Glasgow. With just over a week to go to the shortest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere, there was a brief, but beautiful sunrise just after 8 o'clock morning. Hopefully it's heralding an equally beautiful day, despite what the forecast is suggesting!

#glasgow #goodmorningglasgow #goodmorning #broomhill #sunrise #wintersunrise #glasgowsunrise #church