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GLASGOW: FRAME BY FRAME |
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There’s nothing we like more than leafing through an old photo album and marvelling at Aunt Margaret’s changing hairstyles, or looking on in amazement at how big little Tommy is getting. Wallowing in nostalgia is a favourite pastime.
Inside this book we take a dewy-eyed look back at our very own Dear Green Place, whizzing back in time to the days when jobs were plentiful and a good night out involved taking a trip to one of Glasgow’s many theatres or cinemas.
But we haven’t simply donned the rose-tinted spectacles in a bid to pretend that everything in the garden was just perfect, because 20th century Glasgow was far from a Utopia, but we lived it, and made the best of what we had.
World War II had a profound effect on Glaswegians and we suffered heavily at the hands of the German Air Force, but an indomitable spirit remained throughout the city, which was vital to get us through six years of torment.
But when you open the first pages of this publication, and notice the many cheeky little faces peering back, you could be forgiven for laughing AND crying. When you witness children playing in the forgotten wastelands of Glasgow, it’s easy to question what kind of future lay ahead, but equally, they seem oblivious to their plight and are having lots of fun.
Turn the pages and stand in awe of some of the most architecturally stunning buildings around. Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Alexander Greek Thomson were responsible for putting the go into Glasgow and much of their work still remains to this day.
Glasgow: Frame by Frame is a mini-tour of a metropolis once known as the second city of the Empire, and with great justification. It’s no wonder we can still attract visitors in their thousands and long may it continue. It might be ‘our Glasgow’ but there’s plenty to go round everyone.
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