Norry Wilson of Lost Glasgow steps into the city's 'emporium of childish delights, and pure devilment' and reflects on what may be a last goodbye for a Glaswegian institution.
Norry Wilson of Lost Glasgow raises a glass to one of Scotland's greatest exports and explores an untold story, including links to one of the world's greatest rock bands and revolutionary Cuba.
Change, they say, is the only constant if life but, the news that the Clancy family has put Glasgow’s iconic Laurieston Bar on the market makes me want to stop all the clocks; makes me want to roll back the years, and set me off musing on my own days and nights in the famed Bridge Street bar.
Journalist and historian Norry Wilson unlocks Glasgow on Doors Open Day and explores a hidden world.
Ahead of Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival 2023 Norry Wilson of Lost Glasgow selects his pick of city buildings "well worth a wee nosey"
Following news of a major investment in the grand department store, Lost Glasgow's Norry Wilson looks at the long history of a city landmark.
Ali Ahmed Aslam, known to generations of Glasgow curry lovers as ‘Mr Ali’, opened the Shish-Mahal, in Gibson Street, in 1964. In those days, when the pubs shut at 10pm, going for a 'Ruby' was the only way to keep on drinking. In its early days, the Shish even allowed customers to bring in their own bevvy. Spicy food fans, much like the restaurant’s fancy wallpaper, flocked to the place.
