The first place you could ever watch TV was in Glasgow. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird transmitted the first moving images to Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow's Central Station. Back in 1872, the first ever international football match was played in Glasgow. It was between the Scotland and England teams.
Glasgow's underground railway system is the third oldest in the world. Known as the 'clockwork orange' by locals, it's also the only underground metro in the whole country. Opening in 1896, the Glasgow railway system is one of the oldest transit's in the world that runs a 10.5 kilometre loop around the city.
Built in 1471, Provand's Lordship is the oldest domestic building in Glasgow and is one of just four buildings in the city that have survived from the medieval period. The oldest building in Glasgow being the nearby Cathedral, which would have had a central position in the Medieval burgh.
High Street is the oldest, and one of the most historically significant, streets in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally the city's main street in medieval times, it formed a direct north–south artery between the Cathedral of St. Mungo (later Glasgow Cathedral) in the north, to Glasgow Cross and the banks of the River Clyde.
Townhead (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Bhaile, Scots: Tounheid) is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship.
Glasgow is to twin with war-torn Mykolaiv in Ukraine after it suspended its relationship with Rostov-On-Don in Russia. It cut ties shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Mykolaiv, which has suffered Russian missile strikes, was chosen as it shares a shipbuilding history with Glasgow.
Over the years Glaswegians have made their mark on the political, scientific, educational, religious, commercial and cultural map at home and abroad. They include football legend Sir Alex Ferguson, architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Comedian Billy Connolly.
With more than 20 award nominations under his belt, Glasgow-born actor James McAvoy is known for his roles on stage and in film. He is perhaps most well-known for portraying the young Professor Charles Xavier in the blockbuster X-Men franchise.
Glasgow was probably founded in the 6th century when St Mungo built a church at place called Glas Gu. (It means green place). A fishing settlement at the green place eventually grew into a small town. Glasgow was given a bishop in 1115, indicating it was a fairly important settlement by that time.
The name Glasgow is thought to derive from the Brythonic Celtic “Cleschi” meaning “Dear Green Place”. The city is located on the broad valley floor of the River Clyde. There are hills to the north, north-west and south which provide a backdrop and beautiful views. The River Clyde bisects the city from east to west.
Glasgow is mostly Victorian in architecture, built from red and blonde sandstone. This is similar to many of the cities on the eastern seaboard of the US.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh, and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century.
Glasgow originally prospered through its trade of sugar, cotton, and tobacco with the American colonies. As it embraced the industrial revolution, its reputation for quality shipbuilding spread throughout the world, and Glasgow became known as the “Second City of the British Empire.”
Buchanan Street is Glasgow's main pedestrianised shopping area lined with all the big names you'd expect from the great British high street including, the original House of Fraser department store – founded in Glasgow in 1849.
Parts of inner city areas like Anderston, Cowcaddens, the Garngad, Townhead and particularly the Gorbals, as well as parts of the industrialised East End (Bridgeton, the Calton, Camlachie, the Gallowgate) deteriorated into slums in which disease thrived.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland by both area and population, whilst the capital city, Edinburgh, is the second largest by population and area. The city of Stirling has the smallest population amongst Scotland's cities, with an estimated population of just over 37,000 inhabitants.
Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Howrah. This city is also known as “Glasgow” of India. Howrah is the second-largest city and second smallest district after Kolkata.
Glasgow Green is a 55 hectares/136 acres site and is by far the oldest of the city's parks. It is situated within walking distance of the city centre, east of the Saltmarket.
The oldest part of Glasgow lay north of the Clyde to the west of the nineteenth century centre and beside St Mungo's Cathedral (sheet vi. 11.8). By the seventeenth century it had expanded slightly to extend between the cathedral and the River Clyde.
A poster advertising Glasgow 800, the festival held in May 1975 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the granting of Glasgow's burgh charter in 1175. The poster incorporates the fish, bell, bird and tree from Glasgow's coat of arms.
