Geoff Holder

Historic Times

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Memories: Glasgow's ball games

It was a roughhouse, in which two mob-like groups attempted to get 'their' ball past a marker in the street – by any means necessary.

HISTORIC TIMES - The River Clyde

In 1769 James Watt surveyed the river and found that, between the Broomielaw and Anderston, the river was just 14 inches deep at low tide. Even at high water it was only 3ft 3in in depth.