Shettleston, the Glossary
Shettleston (Shuttlestoun, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is an area in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland.[1]
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A89 road
The A89 is a trunk road in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Air Training Corps
The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer youth organisation; aligned to, and fostering the knowledge and learning of military values, primarily focusing on military aviation.
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Alistair MacLean
Alistair Stuart MacLean (Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories.
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Anthem
An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries.
Archie Macpherson
Archibald Macpherson (born 1937) is a Scottish football commentator and author.
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Army Cadet Force
The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Baillieston
Baillieston (Bailiestoun) is a working class suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. Shettleston and Baillieston are areas of Glasgow.
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Budhill
Budhill is a neighbourhood in the east end of Glasgow. Shettleston and Budhill are areas of Glasgow.
Central heating
A central heating system provides warmth to a number of spaces within a building from one main source of heat.
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Charles Wilson (journalist)
Charles Martin Wilson (18 August 1935 – 31 August 2022) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper executive.
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Cliff Hanley
Clifford Leonard Clark "Cliff" Hanley (28 October 1922 – 9 August 1999) was a journalist, novelist, playwright and broadcaster from Glasgow in Scotland.
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Eastbank Academy
Eastbank Academy is a Scottish secondary school in the suburb of Shettleston in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Easterhouse
Easterhouse is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, east of the city centre on land gained from the county of Lanarkshire as part of an expansion of Glasgow before the Second World War. Shettleston and Easterhouse are areas of Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu) is the local government authority for Glasgow City council area, Scotland.
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Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, located in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Glasgow Queen Street (Sràid na Banrighinn) is a passenger railway terminus serving the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Shettleston is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area.
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Glasgow United F.C.
Glasgow United Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow.
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Greenfield, Glasgow
Greenfield is a neighbourhood in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde. Shettleston and Greenfield, Glasgow are areas of Glasgow.
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Haghill
Haghill is a residential neighbourhood in Glasgow, Scotland. Shettleston and Haghill are areas of Glasgow.
Hamilton railway station (North British Railway)
Hamilton railway station was one of several railway stations to serve the town of Hamilton, Scotland.
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International Brigades
The International Brigades (Brigadas Internacionales) were soldiers set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.
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James Beaumont Neilson
James Beaumont Neilson (22 June 1792 – 18 January 1865) was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron.
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Janey Godley
Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie, 20 January 1961) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer from Glasgow.
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John Wheatley College
John Wheatley College was founded in 1989 and had its main campuses in Shettleston, Easterhouse and Haghill in Glasgow.
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Junior Campbell
Junior Campbell (born William Campbell Jnr, 31 May 1947) is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician.
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Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig; Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.
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Marmalade (band)
Marmalade are a Scottish pop rock band originating from the east end of Glasgow, originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords, and then later billed as Dean Ford and the Gaylords, recording four singles for Columbia (EMI).
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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North British Railway
The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line (defined by Network Rail as the Glasgow North Electric Suburban line) is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland.
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Papal bull
A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church.
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Parkhead
Parkhead (Pairkheid) is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Shettleston and Parkhead are areas of Glasgow.
Peter McAleese
Peter McAleese (7 September 1942 – 18 March 2024) was a Scottish soldier and mercenary.
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Politics of Glasgow
The politics of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city by population, are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of Glasgow City Council, in elections to the council, the Scottish Parliament and the UK Parliament.
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Primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
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Royal Highland Fusiliers
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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Sandyhills
Sandyhills is an area of the Scottish city of Glasgow. Shettleston and Sandyhills are areas of Glasgow.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Scotland the Brave
"Scotland the Brave" (Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of three often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being "Flower of Scotland", and "Scots Wha Hae").
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ScotRail
ScotRail Trains Limited, trading as ScotRail (Rèile na h-Alba), is a Scottish train operating company that is publicly owned by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government.
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland.
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Secondary school
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.
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Shettleston (ward)
Shettleston (Ward 19) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.
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Shettleston New Church
Shettleston New Church is an early 20th-century church building of the Church of Scotland in the Shettleston district of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Shettleston railway station
Shettleston railway station serves the Shettleston area of Glasgow, Scotland and is 3½ miles (5 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line.
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
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St Serf's Church, Shettleston
St Serf's Church is an early 20th-century church building of the Scottish Episcopal Church, located in the Shettleston area of Glasgow.
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Stephen Fullarton
Stephen Fullarton (23 August 1919, Glasgow, Scotland - 29 February 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland) was the last survivor of the more than 500 Scottish men and women who volunteered to serve on the republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Thomas & Friends
Thomas & Friends (originally known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends until series 7, and later Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! from series 22 onwards) is a British children's television series that aired for 24 series and 584 episodes from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021.
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The West of Scotland Football League (WoSFL) is a senior football league based in the west of Scotland.
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2002 Glasgow floods
The 2002 Glasgow Floods were a series of flash floods that occurred after thunderstorms in the Scottish Lowlands in the end of July and beginning of August 2002.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shettleston
Also known as Shettleston, Glasgow.
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