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The New Lanark cotton mill on the River Clyde dates from the 1700's

[smellofwater]

The Govan Stones

[bikerlovertexas]

Those eyes...

[maltrunners]

Strathclyde 25 Year (1989) Cadenhead's Small Batch

Strathclyde 25 Year (1989) Cadenhead’s Small Batch Review by: zSolaris Distillery: Strathclyde. Region: Lowland. Age: 25 years old. Distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2014. ABV: 57.8%. Cask Type: Bourbon barrels. Color: 1.1, Burnished. Nose: This is fruity and floral giving off spring vibes galore. Peonies and daisies are what come to mind for flowers with under-ripe mango and grapefruit…

[maypoleman1]

13th January

St Mungo’s Day

Source: Aleteia website

Today is St Mungo’s Day. The facts we know about this saint are sparse and functional: Mungo was a seventh century bishop and missionary who resided in the British territory of Strathclyde and who founded a church on the site of what would become Glasgow Cathedral. However, Mungo was one of those saints around whom legends grew, including many features of Celtic pagan mythology. He was rumoured to have been borne of a virgin mother whose disbelieving husband cast her adrift in a coracle on the Firth of Forth. She was cast up in Culross where she gave birth to Mungo. As a young man, Mungo became friends with the equally mythic St Serf and brought his chum’s deceased pet robin back to life. Impressed, Serf suggested Mungo take holy orders and serve under Fergus of Kernach, the holiest man in Strathclyde. No sooner had Mungo arrived to take his vows, then Fergus dropped dead. Mungo put the body in a cart and yoked it to two bulls ordering them to take it where they will. Mungo built a church on the site where the bulls stopped which eventually became Glasgow Cathedral.

Mungo, perhaps in honour of his mother, also came to the aid of an adulterous queen. Her husband, hearing that his wife had given her ring to her lover as a gift, demanded to see it. Knowing she was in trouble, the queen summoned Mungo, whose strange response was to request a salmon to eat. When he tucked in, the queen’s ring was discovered miraculously in its mouth. A fish with a ring in its mouth can be seen on Glasgow’s coat of arms to this day. Delving into full blown pagan memory, Mungo also came to the aid of a wretched Merlin, who blamed himself for a British defeat at the hands of the Saxons. He was condemned to spend the rest of his days as a hermit but he begged Mungo to help him avoid this fate by granting him a triple death. Mungo obliged. Merlin was soon set upon by brigands who beat him semi-conscious, and then threw him into the Tweed, where his body was impaled by an underwater stake. Beaten, drowned and transfixed, thrice-slain Merlin was then able to enter the afterlife.

Quite how a hard working early medieval bishop like Mungo became associated with such stories is unknown.

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The Undergraduate Foundation Programme is a preparation programme for international students who don’t meet the direct entry requirements for an undergraduate degree at the University of Strathclyde. Once you successfully complete the programme, you will progress to the second year of a four-year undergraduate degree.

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RHYDDERCH HAEL OR RHYDDERCH HEN

Rhydderch Hael and Rhydderch Hen Posted on October 31, 2017 There were two Rhydderchs that have been conflated. The first was Rhydderch Hael, i.e. Rhydderch the Generous of Gwynedd, who appears in BGG 8 while the second was Rhydderch Hen, i.e. Rhydderch the Old of Strathclyde, in HG 6.  ByS 18 indicates that Dyfnwal Hen, a great-grandfather, of Rhydderch Hael according to BGG 8, was a grandson…

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The Glasgow City

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NOSTALGIA UK

Dikir (1994)

Dikit barat ... that's one special scene. Strangely enough I don't recall the evening of the so called international night or something where we performed on stage. What I do remember was the night we were succesfully persuaded to come by and practise.

The setting was a residence hall of the Strathclyde University; whose room or flat (coz I think it was a lot bigger than a normal room) I don't quite remember. But, the one thing clear in my seasoned head is the lead a.k.a. tukang karut ... it was bro Hakim and he was pretty creative with his lyrics - the bit that has failed to leave my mind is in this sketch. It was also the evening I got to know a few other senior students at the uni ... bro Azmir (with the most well maintained pony tail I had even seen male or female), Zaidi (another naval architect), Tengku M. Taufik (Mr CEO at Petronas today) and sis Zuhaida (presumed still at Petronas).

Aaaaaaa .... 🎶🎵🎶

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Pic: Chris Stein

[anragaire]

Watching Uhtred enable Aethelstan's conquest of Gaelic and Brittonic kingdoms:

[raidenshogunmommy]

I GOT ALL 5/5 OFFERS FROM ALL MY UNIS

I'M SO EJSNDHDBDGHDBD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I WILL BE GOING TO THE UK THIS SEPTEMBER TO STUDY ENGLISH LIT AT UNI. I'M FLABBERGASTED AND OVER THE MOON

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Christmas at the Tech, 1912-1963 - Part 3: Christmas Lectures for Young People

To conclude our short series of posts about Christmas activities at Strathclyde’s antecedent institution, the Royal Technical College (RTC, known from 1956 as the Royal College of Science and Technology), we look at the annual Christmas Lectures for Young People. These commenced in the 1950s, upon the suggestion of the Scottish Education Department (SED). Popular science lectures for older children were then an established feature of the Christmas season in London…

Christmas Lectures for Young People

The RTC’s annual Christmas Lectures for Young People commenced in the early 1950s, upon the suggestion of the Scottish Education Department (SED). Popular science lectures for older children were then an established feature of the Christmas season in London, and the SED, feeling that ‘Scotland was lagging behind England in this matter’, approached the Director of the RTC, Dr (later Sir) David Anderson, in 1951 with the idea of providing similar lectures for secondary school pupils in the West of Scotland.[1] Anderson responded positively, and the first Christmas Lectures for schoolchildren in Glasgow and the West of Scotland, organised by the RTC in conjunction with the SED, were delivered on 3 and 4 January 1952. The presenter, Dr Charles H. Giles of the RTC’s Department of Technical Chemistry, addressed the theme of ‘Chemistry and Colour Photography.’

Having proved successful, the lectures then became a permanent feature in the RTC calendar, taking place every December. Lectures on two different topics, delivered by separate presenters, were offered each year, with both presenters repeating their lecture a second time so that as many children as possible could attend. In session 1953-1954, external academics from the University of Edinburgh and University College, Dublin were invited to come and deliver the lectures. However, it proved so challenging for them to arrange and rehearse their practical demonstrations at the RTC in advance that, in subsequent years, the speakers were selected solely from the staff of the RTC.

The Christmas Lectures for Young People were carried on by the RTC’s successor bodies, the Royal College of Science and Technology (RCST, 1956-1964) and the University of Strathclyde (1964 onwards). While their primary purpose was to inspire and instruct children in aspects of science and technology, the lectures also served to entertain, and the presenters often chose topics that would appeal to children, such as ‘Pests and Parasites’ (1954) and the aptly named ‘Combustion – Some Burning Questions’ (1958). The photograph above shows Dr P.T. Carter, senior lecturer in the Department of Metallurgy, explaining the principles of jet and combustion engines to some of the children who heard him speak on ‘Metals in the Service of Mankind’ in December 1956 (reference: OP4/191).

[1] OE/12/12/24, Papers and correspondence relating to Christmas Lectures. Note on Christmas Lectures, c.1955.

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Old Mortar At Culzean Castle -- Cellpic Sunday

Hi all 😃 This is my latest post for John’s Cellpic Sunday. The River Clyde running past Strathclyde Country Park.

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