The remains of one of the Wyndford Towers, which was recently demolished by a controlled explosion. The final tower, still visible in the background, will be taken down more gradually.
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Art Deco style entrance to a 1935 military Drill Hall on Hotspur Street in the Maryhill area of Glasgow. It's named afer Walcheren Island in the Netherlands, which was liberated from German occupation by Allied troups as part of the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. The Drill Hall is currently home to the 6th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Gone on 60 seconds: Today's demolition of three of the 1960s Wyndford tower blocks in the north of Glasgow.
Modern flats looking very pretty reflected in the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, and demonstrating that new housing developments don't have to be characterless, generic boxes.
Martyr's Memorial Pillar in the grounds of the old Maryhill Parish Church. This cast-iron pillar, now painted a cream colour, was erected in 1835 in memory of a 19 year old Calico Printer by the name of George Millar who was stabbed to death on the 24th of February 1834 during a dispute between calico printers and their employers in order to protect their wages. As such, he's considered a trade union martyr, and the pillar was erected by his fellow workers.
Love this Andy Capp mural on the First and Last on Maryhill Road in Glasgow. Opened in 1885, its name is derived from the fact it was the first bar reached when travelling towards Glasgow from Milngavie, and the last one before Milngavie when travelling the other way (since the intervening burgh of Bearsden traditionally lacked any pubs).
A sculpture of a moustachioed Victorian fireman by Andy Scott on the gates of the Maryhill Burgh Halls Community Venue in Glasgow. This is a reminder it was once the site of the old Maryhill Fire Station.
Literature-themed figurative statue group on Maryhill Public Library. These were created in 1905 by William Kellock Brown, who made similar statues for many of the Glasgow libraries designed by James R. Rhind.
Dusk at the Collina Street High Flats in the north of Glasgow. This 19 storey tower block was built in 1968 by Gilbert-Ash Scotland using the Tracoba technique based on prefabricated concrete panels. It's now probably better known as the fictitious Osprey Heights, home to Still Game's Jack and Victor.
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In 1901, the Scots-born Andrew Carnegie was the richest man in the world. However, it's estimated he gave away 90% of his wealth, including providing funding for the construction of 2,059 libraries around the world between 1883 and 1929.
Maryhill Public Library in Glasgow. Built in 1903, it was one of the first wave of libraries built in the city using funds provided by Andrew Carnegie, and isbobe of seveb designed by James R. Rhind. While Carnegie libraries elsewhere in the UK were primarily brick-built, those in Scotland, like this one in Maryhill, were mostly built from stone.
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The canal sits on a slope above most of the city, and if it were to be hit by a bomb and the bank breached, some 17 miles worth of water (the distance between adjacent locks at this point) would have caused devastation as it cascaded down onto the city below. As a result, a number of these water-tight safety gates were installed which could be closed, if needed, to prevent this happening.
The remains of World War II era safety gate on the Forth and Clyde Canal at Stockingfield Junction in the north of Glasgow.
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The Coffin Building on the corner of Maryhill Road and Sandbank Street in the north of Glasgow.
If you've ever wondered why Glasgow no longer had a cream bun and yun yum district, and why it has a bye-law banning the provision of alcohol to elephants, this helpful plaque by the Maryhill Locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal explains the (completely untrue) story behind it! 
Can anyone else spot what's exceedingly unusual, and possibly unique, about this post box in the Maryhill Shopping Centre in Glasgow?
