State of the Union (Print 1957 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY) Choose Size:A4 Frame with Bevel Edge Mount and A5 Image we're on Argyle Street

we're on Argyle Street

Glasgow tenements were built to provide high-density housing for the large number of people immigrating to the city in the 19th and early 20th century as a result of the Industrial Revolution

Storm Eleanor: howling gales

that lovely wooden sign

Employed in The Horse Shoe

State of the Union (Print 1957 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY) Choose Size:A4 Frame with Bevel Edge Mount and A5 Image we're on Argyle StreetA TRAM trundles past Glasgow University Union in this image from 1957. Founded in 1885, the GUU was established by students who wished to promote interaction between different groups on campus. It had been documented that the union was the scene of Scotlands last ever duel in 1899, as two students drew their swords in an argument about who should become the university rector. Unfortunately for those who enjoyed the folklore, it came to light in 2004