Hi, just wondering what your Glasgow is like, would love to tell you about ours if anyone is interested.
Calling Glasgow Kentucky from Glasgow Scotland
Hi madscotsman,
Hopefully someone from Glasgow, Kentucky will chime in. I%26#39;m not the best source for this one. I grew up in Corbin, Kentucky which is in the Southeastern part of the state; about 2 hours away from Glasgow. Now we%26#39;re in Louisville which is still about 2 hours away.
I%26#39;ve been to Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland. And the countryside here in Kentucky is really very similar to the areas of Scotland I%26#39;ve seen. It%26#39;s very green with mountainous areas in the Southeast that give way to rolling hills and then to flatter areas as you head west toward the Mississippi River.
As a kid, I remember being in some sort of marching band competition with The Glasgow Scotties. All of us Eastern Kentucky kids we%26#39;re surprised to see that members of their band wore kilts.
Of course, we didn%26#39;t know what the heck a kilt was...even though most of the families in and around eastern KY are of Scottish or English descent (including mine). The families have been here so long that our heritage has largely been forgotten.
Glasgow used to have an annual Highland Games Festival. I%26#39;m not sure if they still do.
Bluegrass Music and fiddle playing is probably the biggest reminder of the strong Scottish/Irish influence in Kentucky. There are still plenty of Bluegrass/fiddle players in the area. Here in Louisville, you can usually find an open ';Bluegrass Jam'; on any given weekend. Pipers are a bit harder to come by.
Calling Glasgow Kentucky from Glasgow Scotland
Hi Seagrove
Thanks for getting back, I take it Glasgow Kentucky is a small place as no one from there has replied!
You mention the kilt, to tell you the truth i have never worn one and would%26#39;nt be seen dead in one, mind you with my legs! Most people in Scotland only wear them at weddings etc, as for the Pipes, my wife detests the sound of them!
You mentioned that you had been to both Glasgow and Edinburgh, which did you prefer? there is a friendly rivalry between our two Cities although we Glaswegians have a saying that the best thing to come out of Edinburgh is the train to Glasgow!
Although Edinburgh is the Capital Glasgow is the largest with double the population, around 600,000.
It was once refered to as the ';second city of the empire'; (British) behind London with a population exceeding 1 million and is famous for shipbuilding, all the Cunard Queen%26#39;s were built here and locomotive building, supposedly a fifth of the worlds locos were built here, sadly now all gone with just a couple of navy ships built a year.
By the way I am not really mad!
Hello madscotsman! I was born in Glasgow Ky and lived there until I married and I now live only 10 miles outside Glasgow. Glasgow/Barren County Ky is a beautiful place in my opinion. As of 2007 the population of the city of Glasgow was just over 14,000. Also, in 2007 Progressive Farmer (magazine) voted Barren County as being the #1 rural place to live in America! We were recognized on the Today Show. You can google images of Glasgow and Barren County and get a peek of our area. Glasgow%26#39;s Courthouse square is very pretty as well as the surrounding area. Barren County has beautiful green rolling hills and farms. You can find many historical markers around the area. It%26#39;s just a great place to live and have a family. Not too big or small. The Highland games are at Barren River Lake State Park every year. It amazes me how many people come here from all over. It%26#39;s a real big deal for the area. I%26#39;m sure you can find some info and pics on that. I%26#39;ve always dreamed of visiting Scotland. I just love the pics I see by way of tv and I know that does not do it real justice to the beauty! I%26#39;m so glad of your interest in our city! So glad to respond.
Hi Kymom 713
Yes I have just had a look on your cities website, looks quite nice and congratulations on being voted the best place to live, I don%26#39;t think my fellow Glaswegians would agree that the Glasgow this side of the pond would win such an accolade! The accolades we usually win are things like the heart attack capital of Europe!
your weather forcast for today is uncannily similar to ours, cloudy and around 9/44, trouble is ours is like that most days, it rains a lot here! If I was there right now i%26#39;d feel right at home!
nice picture of your City Hall, you should check out ours it is one of the most stunning buildings here with a large civic square in front of it, only we call it the City Chambers and that is where the City Council make all the decisions, only difference is we have a Lord Provost instead of a Mayor.
Saw the pics of your City Hall. Absolutely beautiful! Yeah our weather today is a bit unseasonal. We have been having alot of rain and up and down temps. The saying here is, ';If you don%26#39;t like Kentucky';s weather then just stick around until tomorrow';. One day we can literally be 74 and the next we can be 40. This time of year is so up and down. It takes awhile to get steady temps. By Friday we are supposed to be back up in the low 70s. It%26#39;s crazy!
Scotsman,
I visited Glasgow about 13 years ago. I was there with my (now) husband and a female friend. It was the first visit to Scotland for all of us. I believe we stayed at The Hilton (right in the middle of things).
Late one Saturday night we wandered away from the hotel and ended up walking for probably 5 or 6 blocks. I guess we were looking for a pub or some food. When we tried to return back to the hotel, we couldn%26#39;t remember the route we had taken.
We could see the hotel from our vantage point about 3 blocks away, but our path was blocked by some sort of 6 ft. wrought iron fence.
Us girls decided to climb over the fence. Which we did with no problem. My husband wasn%26#39;t quite as nimble. He managed to wedge his hand in the iron bars %26amp; cut himself.
When we made it back to the hotel, there were a couple of off-work hotel employees standing around the bar on the ground floor as you enter. My husband%26#39;s hand had swollen up to the size of a grapefruit %26amp; we were a little concerned about tetanus, so I asked the men at the bar about possibly going to the emergency room.
I still remember that they all said (in unison)...';Oh, you don%26#39;t want to be going to the emergency room in Glasgow at Midnight on a Saturday';....so we took their advice and stayed to drink shots of whiskey with them. My husband survived.
We were also told a story about ';Does your mother sew?'; Which could potentially end in a knife wound.
Actually, we thought Glasgow was fun. The people were very nice to us. I would say that Glasgow felt a little more like a ';working-class'; city than Edinburgh. Edinbugh definitely feels more touristy.
Hi Kymom
Low 70s you don%26#39;t know how lucky you are.
When we hit the 70s the papers are full of cute photos of kids licking ice cream cones and lollies and workers sitting out in their lunch breaks soaking up their qota of the sun for the year, hit the high 70s and it%26#39;s a heatwave with the kids setting off the fire hydrants, and ours are sunk into the pavement so the jet of water shoots up in the air about 30ft.
Hi madscotsman....Wow.... it gets so hot here in the summer...sometimes it is literally unbearable. Especially when it gets so humid. The temp can reach up near 100 in the ';dog days'; of summer and it can FEEL like it is 105-106. They even give heat advisories on those days, warning people who work outdoors to take plenty of breaks. There have been deaths from heat stroke.
Hi Seagrover
Your description of Glasgow is spot on.
The Hilton is in the Financial District and for some reason when they built it the streets around it are disected somewhat, it is difficult to get into, maybe because it%26#39;s a Hilton they are trying to keep the natives out!
Although our city centre is relativy easy to navigate as it is laid out in the grid system like Manhattan, only our streets have names rather than numbers which when I was in New York found it to be easy to get around.
Yes the Royal Infirmary casualty department can be very busy on a Saturday night!
You are right in your assumption of the difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Glasgow was based around heavy industry and has a working class feel about it while Edinburgh is more banking and finance, although the recent banking crisis has brought the two banking giants of Britain, who were headquartered in Edinburgh, to virtual collapse, so thousands of jobs are expected to be lost there.
Edinburgh is also more geared up for tourism with the castle and old town and has a more ';ye olde worlde'; look about it whereas Glasgow has shook itself down after the downturn in industry and reinvented itself with lots of modern glass office blocks although it still retains many fine buildings.
If a building is destroyed by fire it will be rebuilt to modern standards behind the original facade, only if it is a danger will it be demolished as most of our building have ';listed'; status.
Glaswegians are more friendly and approachable and will mostly go out of their way to help you.
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