Sunday, February 03, 2019

A place in the winter for dignity

very pale acqua blue three wheeled vintage car

2-3 September 2017 - Finally! After our lovely day trip down south we finally got to grips with Glasgow. First order of business was the Riverside Museum, as Uncle Tim was very keen to see it - he is a transport historian and this is a transport museum.

Gallery placard: "Wee Bluey, buggy, invalid tricycle, trike, Noddy car, Invacar, AC, sardine can on wheels, plastic pig, invalid car ... Nearly everyonoe had a name for this type of vehicle. AC model 70 three-weeler, 1971"

Lots to see here though I didn't take a lot of photos. A couple of the displays we came across first were about road safety, with a crashed motorcycle and also the smashed up car below.

smashed remains of a red car presented in a museum display

Later we had some wandering time. Good for taking in a bit of everything that was going on.

Breakdancer all in black balancing on head and hands in a city pedestrian mall; girl in a grey tracksuit standing nearby

a red marquee with a communist party flag in city pedestrian mall with lots of people around

a red marquee with a communist party flag in city pedestrian mall with lots of people around

dark brown brick building with a yellow "Jumpin' Jaks" sign up high, and at street level "Sauchie beer hall" above a wood panelled store front.


Looking downhill down a street narrowed by fenced-off building works on the right hand side. The modern building facade on the left shows the reflection of a much older building on the opposite side which is not directly visible behind the fencing.

Next to charred sandstone wall there is a white wall with graffiti of a happy dog with tongue lolling, a halo and 'be nice' written in its ear.

This was outside Glasgow School of Art. I think the charring must be from the 2014 fire, as we were there in mid-2017, before the more recent June 2018 fire (sad).

More Buchanan street.

man in red shorts and floral shirt holding a large net on two poles and making large soap bubbles. There is a lot of white soap on the ground and several adults and children watching.
Building with a row of first floor display windows with shop mannequins. Above is a row of smaller windows alternating with greenish copper-coloured rose shapes and conical spikes.

And on our last day we also spent some time in the small and lovely Gallery of Modern Art. I was captivated by Beryl Cook.

The painting 'Hen Party' by Beryl Cook showing five plump happy looking women carrying handbags. The woman in the middle has a large white box shaped hat on her head which looks like a wedding cake and has three white boob-shaped balloons attached with coloured ribbons

Painting "By the Clyde" by Beryl Cook, showing a woman in a leopard print coat and black hat, carrying a shopping bag and leading a small terrier which is sniffing a post.

'By the Clyde'

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These fish were in the window of a cafe where we had breakfast.