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Page 1: about Govan and Glasgow's entertainment history!€¦ · entertainment history! This self-led walk starts at the Riverside Museum and ends in nearby Govan, an area of Glasgow famous

Partick Subway

Govan Subway

Govan Rd

Pointhouse Rd

Ferry Point

PearceInstitute

Cinema Display

Govan Pier

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Lyceum Cinema

Govan Rd

Golspie St

Langlands Rd

Portal & Sunny Govan

Radio

Elder Park Library

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10Isabella

Elder Statue

Beith St

Tram Dancing Display

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Har mony Row

Shaw St

Golspie St

Stobcross Rd

River Clyde

Govan Old Church

Govan’s Hidden Histories & the Riverside Museum present

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8Fairfield Heritage

4Brechin's

Bar

Riverside Museum

Elder Park

Boating Pond

Come with us on an entertaining tour about Govan and Glasgow's

entertainment history!

This self-led walk starts at the Riverside Museum and ends in nearby Govan, an area

of Glasgow famous for shipbuilding, ancient kings, and braw humour.

Guided by local experts, the tour features hilarious stories of Govanites dancing the

night away, going to the pictures, heckling at political meetings, and more. The tour stops at the former Fairfield Shipbuilding Office and the

Govan Old Church to see the ancient ‘hogback’ stones.

Walk is 2 km, audio is 1 hourActual tour will be longer depending on time taken at Govan Old and Fairfield.

– – – Walking route– – – Return route

Travel across the Clyde River via:– – – Govan Ferry – – – Glasgow Subway

Govan Ferry operates mainly in summer: www.getintogovan.com/visit Glasgow Subway operates year round during museum hours: www.spt.co.uk/subway/maps

StopsIn Riverside Museum1. Tram Dancing Display2. Cinema Display

In Govan3. Pearce Institute 4. Brechin’s Bar 5. Govan Old Church, Govan Stones

6. Lyceum Cinema7. Portal & Sunny Govan Radio8. Fairfield Heritage9. Elder Park Boating Pond10. Isabella Elder Statue11. Elder Park LibraryDOWNLOAD THE AUDIO TOUR https://govanshiddenhistories.wordpress.com/entertaining-govan-audio-walking-tour/

http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/riverside/downloads/Pages/Riverside's-Hidden-Histories.aspx

Page 2: about Govan and Glasgow's entertainment history!€¦ · entertainment history! This self-led walk starts at the Riverside Museum and ends in nearby Govan, an area of Glasgow famous

The Entertaining Govan Audio Tour features interviews with eleven Govanites sharing memories of going to ‘the dancin’, the pictures, and taking classes in ‘the P.I.’. It also highlights recent Govan Fair celebrations, community groups, public art, and Govan’s own radio station – Sunny Govan.

Our local experts, in order of appearanceFlora Pagan, Govan Reminiscence Group (GRG), Govan Community Council (GCC)Jean Melvin, GRG, GCCRobert Preston, GRG, Portal Senior’s Film Club (PSF)Brian Thom McQuade, AuthorJack Sweeney, Former Chair of the Engineers Trade Union Branch, PSFSteg G, Sunny Govan RadioPhil Anderson, Bead & Blether, All Sorts ChoirMaria Leahy, Musician, Friends of Elder Park Chair (FoEP)Gordon MacKay, Former Chair of FoEPJimmy Stringfellow, Showman, Govan Fair Committee (GFC)Margaret MacLean, Magician, Former Chair GFC

Audio creditsInterviews and sound design by Monica BrownMixed at the Greenroom Recording Studio by Stewart RobertsonNarration Script by Allan Miller, with Chani BondNarrated by John CavanaghLead Artist, tara s BeallProject Lead, Chani BondFeaturing music from the Unity Creates Work LP, produced by John McLean

Design Zeynep Arman

https://govanshiddenhistories.wordpress.com/entertaining-govan-audio-walking-tour/


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