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Partick Subway
Govan Subway
Govan Rd
Pointhouse Rd
Ferry Point
PearceInstitute
Cinema Display
Govan Pier
15
2
67
Lyceum Cinema
Govan Rd
Golspie St
Langlands Rd
Portal & Sunny Govan
Radio
Elder Park Library
9
10Isabella
Elder Statue
Beith St
Tram Dancing Display
11
Har mony Row
Shaw St
Golspie St
Stobcross Rd
River Clyde
Govan Old Church
Govan’s Hidden Histories & the Riverside Museum present
3
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
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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