A Very Quiet Street? Exploring the hidden histories of West Princes Street.

Woodlands Community is a Development Trust, a charitable organisation that aims to improve the Woodlands area of Glasgow and the lives of local people. We achieve this through community-led activity and partnership with both local and national organisations.Our aim is to be a force for positive, community-led change in Woodlands.We want to achieve lasting benefits for the area and the people who live, work or study here:- Helping local residents and businesses to improve the Woodlands area- Promoting the health and wellbeing of local people- Promoting learning and education within the community- Encouraging artistic and cultural activity in Woodlands- Protecting and developing Woodlands’ natural and built environment

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A Very Quiet Street? Exploring the hidden histories of West Princes Street and Queens Crescent.

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<p>Writers Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh lead a half-mile walk along West Princes Street &amp; Queen’s Crescent engaging with two hundred years of social and cultural history, including North Atlantic slavery, city planning, art, literature, music, crime, LGBTQ+ lives, new communities, scientific innovation, esoterica and more. Originally part of the 1840s and 50s’ grand city plan, West Princes Street is now adjacent to the M8 motorway. Community activism challenged some of the planning proposals of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Home of Postcard Records, host to Scotland’s first ‘gay movement club’, site of one of Glasgow’s most infamous murders, birthplace of a Nobel Prize winner, inspiration to novelists and poets - explore stories hidden behind tenement and townhouse doors. *Please note, this event is a live tour given to a limited few people. It is also available to do as a self-guided version on the platform Guidigo.</p>

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