250 Saint Vincent Street in Glasgow. Designed in a Classical style by James Thomson, it was built in 1882. It started life as Maclean's Hotel, before becoming the Windsor Hotel in 1890.

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A tiled threshold ghost sign on Albion Street in Glasgow featuring the Strathclyde Region logo. It also has the year 1990 on it, linking it to Glasgow's reign as the European City of Culture. The Strathclyde region ceased to exist in 1996.

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They are a lasting reminder of an event which helped the city to re-invent itself in a post-industrial Scotland.

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Striped mooring posts lining Mavisbank Quay in Glasgow. These bollards were painted by the French conceptual artist Daniel Buren in his trademark black and white stripes for the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival.

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Despite being born in London and spending much of his life on the road, he chose to return to Glasgow shortly before his death and it was here he was buried in 1873.

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A bust of David Prince Miller, magician, fire-eater and all round entertainer, on his gravestone in the Necropolis in Glasgow. Born around 1809, Miller spent much of his life as a travelling entertainer.

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A rather unusual inscription around a doorbell on a grand Victorian townhouse in the West End of Glasgow.

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Of course, I could well be wrong, and I'm happy to hear any other suggestions or counter arguments against the above.

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A little bit of a conundrum for a Saturday evening here in Glasgow. These are two cast iron milemarkers located on the outskirts of the city. The different styles suggest they're from different eras, but which is older?

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However, it's also possible that this gate post was associated with the 1938 Empire Exhibition which was held in the park.

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An lone sandstone gate post standing on its own in the middle of a wooded area on the top of a hill in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow (as always, spaniel added for scale).

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