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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:34 pm    Post subject: Street name origins and history Reply with quote
Someone gave me this gem of a link.... contains history and origins of alot of glasgow streets :)

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/minstr/minstr01.htm
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love finding out about them too Stu,,, French st and the original name it had , and Landressy pl.. all crackers...
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice share...
Particularly liked Gigenti  
Sounds like the Great Eastern to me
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books

Carol Foremans's Glasgow Street Names is a nice wee book, got some nice pictures in ti as well


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