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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Glasgow has given the world many things, especially in terms of engineering and ship-building, and one of these was Europe's first successful steam-powered passenger service which ran between Helensburgh, Glasgow and Greenock in the early 1800s. The ship which ran this route was called Comet, a paddlesteamer launched from Port Glasgow in 1812.

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La Pasionaria on Clyde Street in Glasgow. A favourite of many people, this statue is a memorial to the 2,100 British volunteers who fought for the Republican cause against Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. Of these, 534 died, including 65 from Glasgow.

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