Time for an update on my book of walking tours around Glasgow. I've just finished the revisions suggested by the editior and have sent it off for a final proof copy to be printed. Barring any major issues with that, it should be available by the end of April.
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There are 18 walks detailed in it which cover the city's architecture, history and social development and take in the city centre, the West End, Maryhill, the East End, and a number of areas on the Southside. In all, there's 43 miles (73 km) of walks ranging in length from 1 mile (1.6 km) to just over 4 miles (6.5 km). All are easily accessible by public transport.
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@thisismyglasgow I strongly believe Glasgow needs to talk up its history a lot more. The biggest port in the British Isles for tobacco, bigger than all the rest put together and the fastest growing city in the C19th.
The oldest chamber of commerce and the original Institute of chartered accountants-the first in the world.
And if that wasn’t enough, the origin of the modern game of football and the largest locomotive works in the British Empire
It wasn’t second City of the Empire-it was first.
