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The Corinthian Club is a private members club in Ingram Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It is accommodated in former bank building which, as Lanarkshire House , became the headquarters of Lanarkshire County Council .
The Shimmy Club in Glasgow, which is a Scotsman Group company, hit headlines in 2013 because it was designed to allow patrons to view the hand wash area of the ladies toilets. The city's licensing board forced the venue to close for a week because of the risk of "predatory behaviour" towards women, then ordered the club to remove the two-way ...
Christmas Day was made a public holiday in 1958 [12] in Scotland, Boxing Day only in 1974. [13] The New Year's Eve festivity, Hogmanay , was by far the largest celebration in Scotland. The giftgiving, public holidays and feasting associated with mid-winter were traditionally held between 11 December and 6 January.
The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January.Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international folk, roots and world music artists.
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Black Friday, Mad Friday, Frantic Friday or Black Eye Friday is a nickname for the Friday before Christmas Eve (24 December)—that is, the Friday after 16 December—in Great Britain. It is the most popular night for end-of-year corporate and industrial Christmas parties , which consequently makes it one of the busiest nights in the year for ...
The Arches was a bar, arts venue, theatre, live music venue and nightclub in Glasgow, Scotland, which first opened in 1991.It was a not-for-profit organisation, and was situated in the City Centre under Glasgow Central station and the West Coast Main Line in the brick arches of the viaduct leading into the station, with entrances on Midland Street, and (since 2001) an entrance underneath ...
King was born in Glasgow [2] to a working-class Catholic father named George who was a bookmaker and then an alcoholic drinks retailer. [3] His Jewish mother Cynthia was a shop owner before going into business with George King. [3] King received a private education, [3] finishing high school in 1980, aged 18 years. [4]