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Duke Street Station, Cumbernauld Rd, Duke St. and Millerston St. visible in background, #Glasgow 1970.
(HES)

13.08.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CarPorn - Ford Granada GL 3 Litre (1976) ๐Ÿš˜

13.08.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#BluesTuesday - First Blues Album I bought.

12.08.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So it is. In fact I think I've seen it in Kelvingrove Art Gallery.

12.08.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great portrait. Reminds me of images of Virginia Woolf.

12.08.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#BluesTuesday ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽธ

12.08.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barras Market, #Glasgow 1982. (STV)

11.08.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#SundaySoul ๐ŸŽท

10.08.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bell Street looking east at Candleriggs and old Fruitmarket, #Glasgow 1960s. (Source unknown)

10.08.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
7" of Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land on Jamatel label. Released in 1975. Produced by Winston Jones.

7" of Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land on Jamatel label. Released in 1975. Produced by Winston Jones.

Judy Mowatt and Sister Terri Nairobi recorded this joyous roots tune in 1974.

It's funky rhythm spawned a 2nd life after it was released on the Flames label in New York and was sampled in a couple of hip hop tunes...

youtu.be/mkpQAKj2Hbo?...

#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #musicsky #hiphopsky

10.08.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mugdock Loch, 2018. Pic @oakroyd2.bsky.social

10.08.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#SaturdaySoul

09.08.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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George Square 1976. (#Glasgow Herald)

09.08.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sauchiehall Street looking east at Elmbank Street, #Glasgow 1950s. (ScotMedia)

09.08.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rushanara Ali: Humiliating demise for Labour minister after a most egregious case of double standards Labour's homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned having reportedly hiked the rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds - something which was described by one of her tenants as "extort...

But........but........she went to Oxford!!
news.sky.com/story/rushan...

08.08.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Landmark 'People Make Glasgow' tower sold after sitting vacant for over a decade Vita Group says it plans to 'breathe new life' into the Met Tower by turning it into a co-living concept after acquiring the former college building.

People Make Glasgow Tower to be flats. www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...

08.08.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#FridayFolk - The Fairports

08.08.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#GlasgowNocturne - Moncur Street at the Barras.
(Ann Lennon)

07.08.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#GuitarPorn ๐ŸŽธ - Ibanez GB (George Benson)

06.08.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Israel #Gaza #EU #FBPE #GazaGenocide #BBCPM #WATO

Americans, British, Europeans.

Why the hell are we allowing our governments to help do this?

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

06.08.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Streets of Blackhill, #Glasgow 1969.
๐Ÿ“ท RCAHMS

06.08.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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9.5K views ยท 345 reactions | Lonnie Brooks with "Trading Post" | I Love Live Blues Lonnie Brooks with "Trading Post".

#BluesTuesday ๐ŸŽธhttps://www.facebook.com/reel/767766315710607

05.08.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marie Otis Spann's South Side Piano ยท Chicago/The Blues/Today! ยท Song ยท 1989

#BluesTuesday ๐ŸŽนhttps://open.spotify.com/track/6YDcqnxsybAgm143cXv5zy?si=5afdead228f044b5

05.08.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Music #MusicSky #Reggae #ReggaeSky
#PlayList_Week_2025_08_03
Ronald Downer & Count Ossie w/Lennie Hibbert - A Ju Ju Wa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOFT...

05.08.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#BluesTuesday #ReggaeNation โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ

05.08.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Butney at the Graving Dock, Maryhill, #Glasgow 1960s.
(Roney Cook)

05.08.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CarPorn - Humber Sceptre 1976.

04.08.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bellgrove Station, #Glasgow 1970.
(HES)

04.08.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CarPorn - Reliant Scimitar (1969)

04.08.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed. Chrystal, Bell & Co.

04.08.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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