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About Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. It is the third-most populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most populous city in Europe, and comprises 23 wards which represent the areas within the city boundaries. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for university education and research, finance, industry, commerce, shopping, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

On the show โ€” 40 mentions total

There was more than 20,000 miniature soldiers and it was at the University of Glasgow and they replayed the Battle of Waterloo on a 192-square-metre historical map. It took them a year to paint all the soldiers, this group of over 100 people.

from 310: No Such Thing As A Mungmonger, 2020-02-28 at 00:10:03 ยท read transcript

Other times Glasgow came up

  1. Isn't the capsule of North Carolina Rally and they make bikes? It sure is good. He was the first man to own and ride a Rally bike in North Carolina. He used to go to the Lake District and do these long cycle rides. He did one from Glasgow to Carlisle when Scotland came back down. Then Keswick to Grassmere. This is what he loved. Before he died, he was planning his sixth trip.

    128: No Such Thing As A Million Dollar Bill, 2016-08-26 ยท listen

  2. He was the first man to own and ride a rally bike in North Carolina. He used to go to the Lake District and do these long cycle rides. He did one from Glasgow to Carlisle when Scotland came back down and then Keswick to Grassmear. This is what he loved. Before he died, he was planning his sixth trip. and then he popped his clogs instead.

    No Such Thing As A Million Dollar Bill, 2016-08-26 ยท listen

  3. I think so, yeah. You were talking about werewolves and all that kind of stuff. In 1954 in Glasgow, there was a vampire hunt. This was basically a load of kids were going around Glasgow trying to find vampires. Eventually it led to the Children and Young Persons Harmful Publications Act of 1955, which banned the sale of comic books with, you know, evil characters in it.

    No Such Thing As The God of Snooze Buttons, 2026-04-09 ยท listen

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Coordinates: 55.8611, -4.2500

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