A fine example of a wally close in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. A wally close is a tiled a commununal stairwell a Glasgow tenement, with the word wally being a Scots word for anything made from ceramics or china. This can include wally dugs (china dogs), and wallies (or false teeth). This, in itself, is derived from an older meaning of anything fancy, splendid or highly decorative.
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A rather elegant red sandstone Edwardian tenement on Marlborough Avenue in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. It was designed and built by William McNicol Whyte in 1902.
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Early evening in the tenements, terraced houses and tower blocks of Broomhill in the west of Glasgow.
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Early 1900s red sandstone tenement on Marlborough Avenue in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. I like the slight crenellation on the top of the end tower of the tenements in this block. The curved sills under the central windows are also a nice touch.
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Good morning, Glasgow. With just over a week to go to the shortest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere, there was a brief, but beautiful sunrise just after 8 o'clock morning. Hopefully it's heralding an equally beautiful day, despite what the forecast is suggesting!
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Red sandstone tenements on Broomhill Drive in the west of Glasgow.
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Good morning, Glasgow. It's another cold but clear morning, meaning another rather beautiful sunrise. This is how it looked from Broomhill.
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As a result, their designs ranged from the simple to the ornate, and the flats they contained from tiny singlends (a single room consisting of a cooking area, living space and bed recess, but no bathroom or indoor toilet) to palatial apartments, with massive rooms fitted with all the mod-cons, hallways big enough to play cricket in, and even space for a servant or two.
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Red sandstone tenement in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. Outside of the city, the phrase 'Glasgow tenement' is often seen as synonymous with over-crowded pre-war slum housing but the reality was that tenements were (and still are) home to all levels of Glasgow society.
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Some rather grand 1860s blonde sandstone tenements on Broomhill Terrace in the west of Glasgow.
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