The continuing demolition of the 175 year old Union Corner Building after the devastating fire which destroyed it. In the background is the distictive Ca'D'Oro building, which was severely damaged by a fire in the 1980s, but was successfully resurrected afterwards.

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Cherry blossoms in the rain on Glasgow Green.

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Now that Spring is here, and the weather's getting better, if you feel the urge to get out and explore Glasgow, then you may be interested in my book Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present And Future (ISBN: 9781909832893).

It's available through most book shops, or can get on Amazon in the UK on this link: amzn.eu/d/bp4KjW7.

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After what has been difficult week for many here, something a bit lighter from the streets of Glasgow from A Sign of Humour. Definitely one for the Keep Glasgow Weird file.

#glasgow #humour #keepglasgowweird #sign #partick

This is a building which will be familiar to many from the view to it down Renfield Street, and for years there was an Irn Bru advert on the rooftop hoarding on the left of the photo, which was visible behind the corner dome, and a red neon Bells sign on the dome itself.

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If it is this building that's been affected and if it's as bad the the current reports suggest, this is going to have a major impact on the local streetscape, and the views down Renfield Street, as well as causing major disruption to the roads around Central Station.

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BBC Live feed on the situation:
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cde4p01g0r…

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Fire causes major disruption at Glasgow Central Station

Train passengers are facing major disruption after a fire broke out at a vape shop in central Glasgow.

^{BBC News}

There's currently a major fire on Union Street in the centre of Glasgow. There are no reports of casualties, but apparently parts of the building involved have collapsed.

As far as I can work out from the news footage, it's the building in the centre of this photo (which I took last year) which has been affected.

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Looks like high level trains to Glasgow Central are cancelled through Monday... that sounds pretty serious :/ hope folks are safe...

nationalrail.co.uk/service-dis…

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"Vape shop fire causes major disruption at Glasgow Central Station" 😱
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8l2w…

That started at 3PM and it's still ongoing (as of 9:30PM)
Reddit has up-to-date videos:
reddit.com/r/glasgow/
e.g.
reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/…

Looks like it's going to be pretty bad for the building, I hope everyone is safe..
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Major distruption at Glasgow Central Station after vape shop fire

Six crews and a specialist vehicle were sent to the scene on Union Street at about 15:45 on Sunday.

^{Mary McCool (BBC News)}

So, it's due to the persistence of one women from Glasgow, and the now-infamous deceased snail, that we now have many of the statutes which help protect us from negligence to this day.

This statue, called Dear Duty, honours May Donoghue's persistence ans was created by Mandy McIntosh. It was erected in 2018 on Wellmeadow Street in Paisley where the cafe where she bought the fateful bottle of ginger beer once stood.

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Women have helped change the world in many different ways, but possibly the strangest involved a woman from Glasgow named May Donoghue and a dead snail. In August 1928, she travelled to the nearby town of Paisley where she bought a bottle of ginger beer which caused her to become rather ill due to the fact it contained the remains of a decaying mollusc.

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Yesterday, I posted the interesting mosaic logo on the left which I'd spotted at the entrance to a cafe on Minard Road on Glasgow and asked of anyone knew what it was. Sure enough, someone did, or more accurately several people did (so thanks to them). It's an Art Deco style logo for Cochrane's Grocers, at one time one of Glasgow's main grocery chains.

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