Autumn in Glasgow’s west end – a mere 36 years after that first walk in Kelvingrove Park, first year at university

Oct 8, 2009

Classic autumn day in the wild west end of Glasgow. On the way back from PQ through the park (aboard the trusty folding bike)I saw a fox and a squirrel next to the Kelvin. Tales of the Riverbank!

It’s 36 years since I first came to live in Glasgow, as a 17 year old student of English Literature. The smell of west Glasgow at this time of year (rotting foliage and a distant whiff of curry, basically) always whisks me back to 1973, when the ability to use a typewriter was considered dangerously technical. The Hot Spot, the Green Gate, the legendary Shish Mahal, the Koh-i=Noor (fell into the Kelvin), the Shenaz, the Taj Mahal…and that was about that. And there were NO joggers!

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One response to “Autumn in Glasgow’s west end – a mere 36 years after that first walk in Kelvingrove Park, first year at university”

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October 9, 2009 at 9:51 am

Please Tom, stop. You're making me terrifically nostalgic. Not just curries, but Tinderbox, Lost in Music (RIP), Echo, John Smith's…ahh, The Byres Road.