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We Are Glaikit @glaikit_Scot@mastodon.scot · 2 days ago

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People often ask us how we do our research. Well, we listen to a lot of people in pubs and then spend literally minutes verifying what we hear. Crucially, we never let a lack of information (or, indeed, any evidence it's untrue) get in the way of telling a good #Glasgow story!

We Are Glaikit @glaikit_Scot@mastodon.scot · 2 days ago

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We've put up a series of silver plaques around Glasgow telling different stories from Glasgow's history which we feel more people should know about, regardless of whether or not they are true. We'll post more information about these over the next few days.

#glasgow #WeAreGlaikit

We Are Glaikit @glaikit_Scot@mastodon.scot · 2 days ago

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Our first plaque tells the extraordinary tale of the Elephants of Maryhill Locks. You can find it at the top of Maryhill Locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow.

#glasgow #forthandclydecanal #elephants #maryhill #aprilfools #glasgowhistory #weareglaikit

A humourous plaque telling an alternative history story about how elephants were used to help build a canal in Glasgow, and how it went horribly, but amusingly, wrong!

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot · 4 weeks ago

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Love this projecting stained glass fanlight above the entrance to the Hat-Rack at 144 Saint Vincent Street in Glasgow. Designed in an Art Nouveau style by James Salmon Junior, it was built in 1899. I love the screaming goat's head below it, too!

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #thehatrack #stainedglass #sculpture #artnouveau #window #windowswednesday

A semi-circular projecting stained glasa fanlight on an early Edwardian Glasgow building.