This Is My Glasgow

Two neighbouring plaques in the Trongate/Argyle Street area of Glasgow commemorating visits by two of the 18th Century's most famous Scots. Neither Burns nor Bonnie Prince Charlie are usually associated with Glasgow, or with each other, yet this is where their histories come together (metaphorically at any rate).

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Sep 29, 2023 at 10:30amWeb
Show threadFallsMom 🌻Sep 29, 2023
@thisismyglasgow I was interested to read about the Shawfield Mansion, and the "rioting Glaswegians!" https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01030
TheGlasgowStory: Shawfield Mansion

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Show threadSimon VarwellSep 29, 2023
@thisismyglasgow Curious that they are brought together despite their very different personalities: one a womanising drunkard who perpetuated a romantic cliched view of Scotland, and the other…
Show threadBodhipaksaSep 30, 2023
@thisismyglasgow I’m amazed I’ve never seen those!