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Logo used from 2006 to 2015. Gumtree was founded in March 2000 by Michael Pennington and Simon Crookall as a local London classified ads and community site, designed to connect Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans who were either planning to move, or had just arrived in the city, and needed help getting started with accommodation, employment and meeting new people.
Hutchesontown is an inner-city area in Glasgow, Scotland.Mostly residential, it is situated directly south of the River Clyde and forms part of the wider historic Gorbals district, which is covered by the Southside Central ward under Glasgow City Council.
Donald Dewar – Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister [137] Pearse Doherty – Sinn Féin politician [138] Winnie Ewing – Scottish National Party MP, MEP and MSP [139] Margaret Ferrier – Scottish National Party MP [140] George Galloway – MP for Glasgow Hillhead (1987–97) and Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005) [141]
Public statues in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, have been used to display the wealth and history of the city over centuries. The most prominent are those erected by the municipality or by public subscription, but others adorn the façades of the great commercial buildings.
With a population of 4.8 million in 1911, Scotland sent 690,000 men to First World War, of whom 74,000 died in combat or from disease, and 150,000 were seriously wounded. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] Thus, although Scots were only 10 percent of the British population, they made up 15 per cent of the national armed forces and eventually accounted for 20 per ...
The Ayrshire Coast Line, running between Glasgow and the south-west coast of Scotland, is accessible at nearby Lochwinnoch railway station. The former railway track serving Kilmacolm has been converted into a cycle path , and is now part of the Clyde to Forth cycle route ( National Cycle Route 75).
Blythswood Hill, crowned by Blythswood Square, is an area of central Glasgow, Scotland.Its grid of streets extend from the length of the west side of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, and to Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill.
Pride Glasgow 2018 took place on the 14 and 15 July 2018 at Kelvingrove Park.There was a widely covered issue caused by the overselling of tickets to the event which caused thousands to be left queuing outside the park for hours, whilst other people who pre-booked tickets were turned away at the entrance.