Podcasts about Clydebank

What does it really take to grow a successful independent garage? In this episode of the Harmonic Motion Podcast, we're joined by Paul Griffiths, owner of Elite Land Rovers in Clydebank. Paul shares his journey from working alone in a small unit to building what is now Scotland's largest independent Land Rover specialist. Along the way, he's faced the real challenges that come with rapid growth — from managing people and process, to protecting your own wellbeing as the pressure mounts. In this conversation, Paul and James discuss: The turning points (and missteps) in scaling a garage Recognising the signs of burnout — and making space to lead Making the finances support the business you're trying to build It's a reflective discussion that speaks to the realities of life in the trade — and what it means to build something with care.  We hope you enjoy! Get involved in the podcast and be the first to know about new episodes by joining the Harmonic Motion podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/549573740317836/ Get in touch with us: hello@techtopics.co.uk Connect: Elite Land Rover: https://elitelandrover.com/ Website: https://techtopics.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/technical.topics.training/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tthq_techtopics/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/techtopics LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/technical-topics-ltd Listen: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/harmonic-motion/id1665148277 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SzEMN08BU7wCSdB3xkXkH?si=e12f5c6f381f4681 Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/364bf8fa-82b5-43e5-b227-ad9eb99e8fd3/harmonic-motion Watch the video version of this episode and subscribe to the Harmonic Motion YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theharmonicmotionpodcast

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Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Would you like to learn about Bankietalk Talking Newspaper based in Clydebank Scotland? Well, Jennifer Murray chats to Irene McKelvie to find out more. Bankietalk Talking Newspaper's office is only staffed on a Wednesday however, you can contact them via any of the following ways (including leaving a message on their answer phone): Bankietalk Talking Newspaper's Email Address: bankietalk@yahoo.com Address: Bankietalk Talking Newspaper Unit 13 & 14, Clyde Business Centre, 31 Clyde Street, CLYDEBANK, G81 1PF Mobile: 07469 792648 Image description: Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font.

In our 33rd episode of 'The Pyramid' Scottish football podcast, Kenny Crawford and Spartans midfielder James Craigen are joined by industrious Greenock Morton midfielder Cameron Blues, and Clydebank striker Nicky Little, who's only just gone and overtaken Ken Eadie as the Bankies' all-time leading goalscorer.Cameron gives us an insight into his six-year stint at Cappielow, a ground which he loves playing at, and how he hopes Ton can propel themselves into the promotion play-offs.Nicky talks us through the feeling of netting 176 times for Clydebank, who are gunning for a crack at the Lowland League if they can sustain their 1st place position in the West of Scotland Football League Premier Division.Oh and all the lads chat about football boots...which make and colour suits them best???

Research is so critical to the field of surgery worldwide. But how does the world of academic surgery compare in the UK? Join BTK fellow Jon Williams and ASGBI partner Jared Wohlgemut  for another installment of our BTK/ASGBI collaborative series where we take a deep dive investigating the many facets of surgical research–everything from getting started, funding, collaboration, mentorship, and sage advice from two incredibly successful academic surgeons. Professor Susan Moug represents the UK while Dr. Lesly Dossett represents the US in this excellent episode for any trainee or surgeon who is academically-inclined. After listening, you get to decide–who does it better?? UK or US? Professor Moug is an Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She is a Consultant Colorectal and Robotic surgeon at Golden Jubilee National University Hospital in Clydebank, and at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Scotland. She is also the Director of Research for the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland since 2021, and the Surgical Specialty Lead for Colorectal Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She has been awarded a Senior Fellowship from the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government, and was the chief investigator for the Emergency Laparotomy in Frailty multicentre study, and the No-Laps follow-on study. Essentially, she is one of the leading researchers in emergency surgery in the UK, having been awarded over 1 million in grant funding for this under-researched and underfunded area. Dr. Dossett is an associate professor and surgical oncologist at the University of Michigan. After completing her undergraduate degree at Western Kentucky University, She completed both medical school and her general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, during which she obtained an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality training grant as well as a Masters in Public Health during research time. Following residency, she served as an active duty staff surgeon in the US Navy for several years before pursuing surgical oncology fellowship training at Moffitt Cancer Center. In 2016 she came on to University of Michigan as faculty and has since held numerous academic leadership roles both institutionally and nationally, including vice chair for faculty development, chief of the division of surgical oncology, and president of the Surgical Outcomes Club. Dr. Dossett has an impressive portfolio of research work focusing on implementation and de-implementation of comprehensive cancer care, which is funded through multiple NIH grants.  If you enjoyed this episode, stay tuned for more upcoming BTK/ASGBI collaborative content. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to us at hello@behindtheknife.org.  ***SPECIALTY TEAM APPLICATION LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX2a_zsiyaz-NwxKuUUa5cUFolWhOw3945ZRFoRcJR1wjZ4w/viewform?usp=sharing

Liam and Shaun are back to chat through the transfer activity so far (or lack there of), Clydebank, drawing Ayr away in the cup, Ross County on Saturday, a career path quiz and we answer your questions.Join our Discord server - https://discord.gg/DbMjs4gu52 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gordon Duncan and Roger Hannah were joined by Hugh Keevins who was a last minute sub off the bench.Looking back at all the action from the Scottish Cup weekend, as John in Clydebank said Rangers fans need to get behind Dessers while Celtic supporter David in Canada wasn't happy with Reo Hatate.There was controversy on Beat the Pundit and how good is your hat-trick knowledge on the Full-Time Teaser

Gordon Duncan is joined by Hugh Keevins and Scott Alan to look forward to the Scottish cup 4th round games being played this weekend.We hear from Ross who is defending Cyriel Dessers and we speak to Clydebank manager Gordon Moffat ahead of their cup tie with HibsPlus a Beat The Pundit face-off between Alan and Hugh that was of a very high standard!

Liam, Shaun and Marc are back to talk through our 3-1 win against Motherwell (she's fine thanks), talk about the impact of Triantis and Boyle and how they have been instrumental in our change in fortunes. We talk about CLydebank in the cup, answer your questions and Shaun prepared a special episode 114 Scottish Cup quiz.Join our Discord - https://discord.gg/DbMjs4gu52 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this festive edition of Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding, our listeners bring their spookiest stories to the table for a yuletide thrill.John shares his chilling encounters with ghostly activity in Clydebank, Scotland, which he believes are echoes from World War II.Sam recounts his heart-stopping experience of seeing a full-body apparition.Sadie invites us into her haunted French castle, where the spirits seem to make themselves known.Louise captures what she believes to be a ghostly figure on her CCTV—could it be the proof we're all looking for?Gather around the fire, pour yourself a warm drink, and prepare for an unforgettable night of eerie tales and ghostly intrigue. This is one Christmas special you won't forget!

This one is 16 years old now! Mental! This was a promo CD that I printed up 500 copies of and handed out everywhere to promote a night I ran in Clydebank. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Alison Edgar MBE, a renowned entrepreneur and sales trainer. Alison shares her incredible journey from a working-class upbringing in Clydebank to receiving an MBE for her contributions to business. She discusses the true meaning of entrepreneurship, emphasising the importance of calculated risks and finding passion and purpose in one's work. Alison's transition from corporate sales to starting her own business at 46, motivated by a lack of vision in her previous company, offers valuable lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs.Alison also dives into her secrets for effective time management and achieving happiness, including her unique morning routine that sets a positive tone for the day. She highlights the power of setting and achieving goals, drawing from concepts in her book "Smash It." Additionally, Alison addresses the psychological barriers that hold people back, such as the fear of change and failure, and shares strategies to overcome them, referencing motivational frameworks like "The Chimp Paradox."This episode is packed with actionable advice and inspiring stories that will motivate you to take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey. Alison discusses the importance of sales skills in all aspects of life, not just in business, and the significance of effective communication and relationship-building.Take Your Business to New Heights: Book Your Spot at the UK's Biggest Business Event to hear from Global Thought Leaders and Industry Pioneers in 2025: https://thebizx.co.uk/Powered By ActionCOACH Business Coaching: The Help You Need to Grow Your Business: https://business.actioncoach.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A walking talking podcast. Join me as I walk through Clydebank and talk about hating small talk. @shonastrong shonastrong.com

Welcome back to Room 1 on 1 from the Homebhoys.A different approach this week, as we speak to former Celtic, Stenhousemuir, Clydebank and Queen of the South player Brian McColligan.Brian, who might have only made the one appearance for Celtic, but has some stories to tell from his football career.From his early days at Archaos with Regi Blinker, to sharing the pitch with Paul Lambert and Henrik Larsson.Brian tells us about his tales in the lower Scottish league and some of the big names he played with, down to the shock when he dropped into the Junior leagues.The chat finishes with a talk about his current role as an opposition scout for a current SPFL side and the enjoyment and satisfaction he takes from the role.A great listenYou can follow Brian on social media. Twitter (X) @BMcColligan Facebook Brian McColligan Instagram Brian_mccolligan80Enjoy!

In our 27th episode of 'The Pyramid' Scottish football podcast, Kenny Crawford and Steven Bell are joined by Clydebank manager Gordon Moffat, whose side are top of the West of Scotland Football League Premier Division at the time of recording.Gordon recently marked his 150th match in charge of the Bankies with a win against Pollok, and he gives us an idea of the kind of progress being made by the club on and off the park.He also describes juggling family, work and management life, as well as his love of golf and Manchester United!

Kenneth Steven considers the introduction of wild animals into the Highlands of Scotland, reflecting in poetry at the end of each Essay.A consignment of eight reindeer landed at Clydebank near Glasgow on April 12th in 1952 thanks to a Swedish Sami Mikel Utsi who hailed from a long line of reindeer herders. There were eight reindeer and they were from Mikel Utsi's own family herd in Arctic Sweden. The crossing had taken four days and by all accounts it had been pretty rough. Those first eight beasts spent the next month in quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo and then they completed their journey to Highland Scotland and the area of ground that had been granted for them. There are echoes of the old stories of attempted re-introductions of reindeer: low and wet ground, the prevalence of insects. It took time, but in 1954 Mikel Utsi was given permission for free grazing up to the summits of the northern corries of the Cairngorms: in other words, where they needed to be. Further clusters of reindeer were introduced in 1952, 1954 and 1955. Several hundred reindeer were born in Highland Scotland between 1953 and 1979, that year when Mikel Utsi passed away. Wild reindeer were again living freely in the country that had been theirs centuries before. And the herder who'd brought them here, whose dream had come true, he was able to bring people out into what might just have been another piece of his childhood landscape and tell them of the ways and the stories of the Sami. Presenter Kenneth Steven Producer Mark RickardsA Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 3

In this episode, I tell the story of Kenneth Syme, a 48-year-old man killed in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, on January 1, 1995.Kenneth attended a Hogmanay party at a tenement in Faifley, close to his home, and was later thrown out of a third-floor window by Kenneth McGuire over an alleged debt he was owed.Somehow, Kenneth Syme survived that fall and was brought back up to the flat, where he was promptly thrown out of the same window once more by McGuire, killing him.Three men were initially charged with murder, but one of the accused turned on the others and became a key witness for the prosecution.McGuire received a life sentence in April 1995 with a minimum term of 15 years for Kenneth's murder, with Michael Fay receiving a nine-year sentence for attempted murder.For all things British Murders, please visit my website:⁣britishmurders.com⁣Intro music:⁣David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic⁣References:⁣britishmurders.com/kennethsyme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I tell the story of Kenneth Syme, a 48-year-old man killed in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, on January 1, 1995. Kenneth attended a Hogmanay party at a tenement in Faifley, close to his home, and was later thrown out of a third-floor window by Kenneth McGuire over an alleged debt he was owed. Somehow, Kenneth Syme survived that fall and was brought back up to the flat, where he was promptly thrown out of the same window once more by McGuire, killing him. Three men were initially charged with murder, but one of the accused turned on the others and became a key witness for the prosecution. McGuire received a life sentence in April 1995 with a minimum term of 15 years for Kenneth's murder, with Michael Fay receiving a nine-year sentence for attempted murder. For all things British Murders, please visit my website:⁣ britishmurders.com⁣ Intro music:⁣ David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣ linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic⁣ References:⁣ britishmurders.com/kennethsyme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's show author Maggie Craig tells Robert Kirkwood about the six books in her Glasgow and Clydebank Sagas and the people and places that inspired them. She also talks about her non-fiction history books, a forgotten hero, and gives us the books of her life. Plus we find some brand new titles entering the Talking Book library.

A transgender woman has been found guilty of raping two women when she was a man. Isla Bryson, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, committed the crimes before she transitioned to female and when she was known by the “dead name” Adam Graham. A six-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard Bryson raped two women: one in Clydebank in 2016 and one in Drumchapel, Glasgow, in 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talktv/support

We're now on Patreon!  Sign up now for exclusive access to our recent Live Show recorded at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow, Episode 0 and much more to come for as little as £3 per month:   https://www.patreon.com/somelaughThis week the boays are joined stand-up comedian Josie Long.  Josie discusses her love of Glasgow and what prompted her to finally move there, plus why she chose Marc & Stephen's hometown of Clydebank as the location of her 2018 film "Super November".  Amongst the usual varied conversation is also chat of train strikes, propaganda in kid's TV and how Josie found starting comedy at the tender age of 14.A video version of this podcast is available on YouTube, where you can subscribe for all future episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxeugCQL5zyVhd7pCEAi9GAJosie is on tour throughout the UK this year, tickets for which can be found here: https://josielong.seetickets.com/tour/josie-longJosie's book Because I don't know what you mean and what you don't is available for pre-order here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/because-i-dont-know-what-you-mean-and-what-you-dont/josie-long/9781805300830You can watch Josie's film "Super November" (2018) on Amazon Prime here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-November-Josie-Long/dp/B07XHNFVZPIn March Marc will be performing his new show in London, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester and Edinburgh before playing The King's Theatre in Glasgow.  Tickets for all shows available here: https://www.marcjenningscomedy.com/gigsStuart is playing The Stand Comedy Club on Wednesday 22nd March. Tickets here:https://www.thestand.co.uk/performances/1463-13647-stuart-mcpherson-the-peesh-20230322-glasgow/Stephen is performing at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Saturday 25th February.  Tickets here: https://www.phoenix.org.uk/whats-on/programme/stephen-buchanan-charicature-wip/You can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok for clips, news and more - and please remember to give a five star review if you're enjoying the show! Support the show

Welcome to another episode of 'Stories From...' where I share anecdotes, stories and interesting tidbits from my journey around Scotland on the 2022 edition of The Great Rugger Run.   This week there are stories from Clydebank where Alisdair Smart shows me around their incredible new clubhouse. Then we travel to Glasgow Raptors where Ryan Corbyn tells me about why he loves their inclusive rugby and how they're helping people find rugby for the first time. Finally, we head to Whitecraigs RFC where Alisdair Beaton takes me on a tour of the club and tells me about their ethos.   https://amateurrugbypodcast.com #rugbypodcast #amateurrugby   PODCAST KIT Everything I use to create, edit and produce this podcast can be found on my Creating a Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/creating-a-podcast/) page.   SUPPORT If you would like to support the podcast in some way then there are plenty of options for you on my Support the Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/support/) page.

On this week's episode of The bunkered Podcast, Bryce and Michael are joined by DP World Tour pro Scott Henry who opens up on his battle to save his career.   The Clydebank man reveals how a misdiagnosed injury has robbed him of the last four years and outlines how he plans to get back to top of the game. We're not kidding, this is as honest an insight into the other side of life of tour as you are ever going to hear.   Elsewhere, the guys discuss Rory's return to the top of the world rankings and look ahead to this week's LIV Golf Team Championship.  Bryce puts Michael's “Rory Fanboy” credentials to the test with a quiz about the four-time major champion and the guys discuss the strangest things they've ever found on a golf course.  Tune in now!  ⛳️ Chat to us on social and subscribe to the magazine for the best news, reviews, comment and more from the home of golf!       ⓣ https://twitter.com/bunkeredonline          ⓕ https://www.facebook.com/bunkeredonline          ⓨ https://www.youtube.com/bunkeredonline          ⓘ https://www.instagram.com/bunkeredonline          Get the magazine every month: https://www.bunkered.co.uk/suboffer 

Some shock results in Scottish Non-League this weekend as East Stirlingshire and Dalbeattie Star pick up their first wins of the Lowland League campaign, Cowdenbeath defeat leaders East Kilbride at K Park, St Andrews United give Dalkeith Thistle their first loss in the East of Scotland Second Division, and Ben and Chris discuss a horror tackle on Clydebank's Kevin Green. https://twitter.com/OfficialCatchup https://www.facebook.com/LowlandLeagueCatchup/ #OfficialCatchup #SLFL

When you think of the Blitz, you think of the Blitz on London. The two are synonymous, and not without reason. Over 57 consecutive nights and days, Luftwaffe raids left tens of thousands dead in Britain's capital in late 1940.But the truth is that the heavy bombardment of the UK involved so many towns and cities across the country: from Plymouth in the southwest, to Swansea in Wales, to Belfast in Northern Ireland, to the Clydebank in Scotland and all up the northeast coast of England from Hull to Newcastle.In this episode James is joined by Dr Stephen Moore to learn about the Blitz of the east coast, helping us understand why cities like Newcastle were targeted by the Luftwaffe & why they have become oft forgotten, marginalised histories.If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy our episode on 9/11: From the 105th Floor, which was also just shortlisted for a Lovie Award in the Best Interview/Talk Show Category.For more Warfare content, subscribe to our Warfare Wednesday newsletter here.If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - enter promo code WARFARE for two weeks free + 50% off your first three months' subscription. To download, go to Android or Apple store. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott is joined by St Cadoc's coach Gary Fleming to look back on the weekend's action in the West Of Scotland Football League. We have exclusive interviews with Darvel manager Mick Kennedy, Kilwinning coach David Adams, Troon assistant manager Dean Keenan and Clydebank manager Gordon Moffat. In the Premier Division, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Hurlford United and Pollok all moved top of the table with big wins on Saturday. In the First Division, wins for Neilston, Cumbernauld United and Gartcairn see them go joint top of the league. In the Second Division, Renfrew and Craigmark made it 3 wins from 3 games so far this season. In the Third Division, Kello Rovers and Lanark United are on top with four wins from four games so far this season. In the Fourth Division, Threave Rovers, Kilsyth Athletic and West Park United all maintain their 100% record in the league with wins over the weekend. Join us on our exclusive West Of Scotland Football Show as we speak to some of the biggest names, managers and players in the league on a regular basis as well as reviewing the action in all five leagues in the WOSFL. Never miss a moment, podcast or article on SM Media as you can follow us below on all our platforms. Website - https://thesmmediaent.wordpress.com/ YouTube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO40v_nSWgc6WjmzF4IR68g Twitter - https://twitter.com/SMMediaEnt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SMMediaEnt/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smmediaent/?hl=en iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sm-media/id1528862527 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1iPnMJSgUPj4f0U58DHI9J?si=iVlyktAZTlOcDLPBvbLhzQ SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fD17rkT6o5NNVaPj7

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This week's guest is Alison Edgar MBE known as the ‘The Entrepreneurs Godmother' helping businesses and entrepreneurs to grow, including The Apprentice & Dragons Den winners with their businesses. She is also the author of bestselling book SMASH IT! The art of getting what you want. Instead of sitting around during the pandemic, she decided to embrace the lockdown and write her best-selling book ‘SMASH IT! The Art of Getting What YOU Want', which helped grow the her own business to new levels!As a child she was a very confident and precocious child. She grew up working class in a block of flats in Clydebank, Scotland but the lack of money in her family was made up for with lots of love from my parents. Growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia, she always thought that she was different to everyone else. She struggled in some of her lessons, especially English, but her family celebrated her C grades as if they were A*'s!Leaving home at 19, she had a plan to travel the world for 6 months. She loved travelling so much that she moved to Cape town at 21 and before she knew it 6 months had turned into 6 years.Having her two sons was a game changer for her. Her first birth was very traumatic, and she nearly lost her life. Thankfully, after three months she got better and was discharged from hospital. This made her rethink the direction of her life and made her crave a change.Leaving her corporate job – and her comfort zone - at 46 years old, she decided it was time for a new direction. She set up her first business ‘Sales Coaching Solutions' and gave it her all. She realised that she had a passion for helping businesses and entrepreneurs to grow so a few years after this she set up ‘The Entrepreneurs Godmother' and helped many people including The Apprentice & Dragons Den winners with their businesses.Fast forward to 2022 and she runs two businesses, ‘SMASH IT! Training' and ‘Alison Edgar MBE – Keynote Speaker'. Both businesses are designed to help others in different aspects of their lives. SMASH IT! Training helps teams to flourish with contemporary training and coaching. We offer commination training, leadership training, sales training and much more.  Alison Edgar MBE - Keynote Speaker offers motivational speaking at events to help inspire and invigorate audiences of teams or entrepreneurs.She defines courage as the ability to not be afraid to fail. So many people fear change due to the risk of failing, but in reality, it is our only constant. Change is the only thing that we can guarantee will happen to us throughout our lives, so why live in fear of it? Not fearing change and learning to embrace it is one of the most courageous things that you can do.Thanks Alison for inspiring entrepreneurs and business owners to get the lives they want and the futures they dream of. Thanks also for showing us how to Smash it! In our lives and get ourselves to the next level. You can find out more about Alison's work on https://www.alisonedgar.com/ and follow her on Linkedin @AlisonEdgarMBEJoin Lou on LinkedinFollow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media putting your story in the spotlight, showcasing your vision on video and supercharging your impact on global podcasts  https://bravenewgirlmedia.comMusic by Melody LoopsSupport the show

His stand up career began in comedy clubs before he was legally able to drink in them.  He performed his first full length solo show while still a teenager, and has become one of the UK's favourite current stand up comedians.  Enjoying a successful career spanning nearly two decades and still only 35, it could only be Kevin Bridges.Order your favourite takeaway from The Lucky Panda, but don't resort to House Rice, as we discuss Clydebank's funniest son.  

In part 4 of our WOSFL Premier Division season preview, we talk to Clydebank, Hurlford United, Glenafton Athletic and Cambuslang Rangers about their hopes and aspirations for the upcoming campaign. For Clydebank, we spoke to their manager Gordon Moffat. For Hurlford United, we spoke to their manager Darren Henderson. For Glenafton Athletic, we spoke to their captain Craig Pettigrew. For Cambuslang Rangers, we spoke to their co-manager Paul McColl. Big thanks to the guys and the clubs for their help in putting this together. 1:33 - Clydebank 8:35 - Hurlford United 15:47 - Glenafton Athletic 20:55 - Cambuslang Rangers Join us on our exclusive West Of Scotland Football Show as we speak to some of the biggest names, managers and players in the league on a regular basis as well as reviewing the action in all five leagues in the WOSFL. Never miss a moment, podcast or article on SM Media as you can follow us below on all our platforms. Website - https://thesmmediaent.wordpress.com/ YouTube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO40v_nSWgc6WjmzF4IR68g Twitter - https://twitter.com/SMMediaEnt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SMMediaEnt/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smmediaent/?hl=en iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sm-media/id1528862527 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1iPnMJSgUPj4f0U58DHI9J?si=iVlyktAZTlOcDLPBvbLhzQ SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fD17rkT6o5NNVaPj7

LAST weekend Gordon Robertson steered Yoker Athletic into their first Scottish Junior Cup final for 86 years in just his tenth game in charge. He might not have decided which suit he'll wear for the final against Auchinleck Talbot – but things are clearly looking good for the Holm Park side. Gordon tells us why he doesn't just want his players to enjoy the big day when he pits his wits against Tommy Sloan. We also hear how Gordon always knew he'd be taking charge at the club – but just not yet. Gordon as previously chairman and coach at Clydebank as they re-emerged in the juniors and looks back at those 12 years. There's all that and more as we go Down The Divisions. We'd also like to give a quick mention to our sponsors FortyFour Creative. They have a team of highly skilled and passionate photographers, graphic designers, videographers and video editors to help promote your content, brand, organisation or event. They make creation personal. Find out more at www.fortyfourcreativehq.com If you have any comments we'd love to hear from you. Likewise if you're at a club who would like your post-match audio featured on the show then do get in touch. You can email downthedivisions@gmail.com or contact us through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Down The Divisions logo design: Adam Aitken Intro and outro music: Bensound

In this weeks episode, Lewis and Scott speak about their native country, Bangladesh. Nah they're just speaking about Scotland, that was just a wee joke there. They discuss the worst accents, young teams, burns day, ceilidhs, Scottish misconceptions and who the best/worst Scottish people of all time are. Also, who knew Ghandi was originally from Clydebank. Class.

Kieran and Derek are joined by Wet Wet Wet founding member Graeme Clark. Graeme penned classics such as Goodnight Girl, Angel Eyes and Wishing I Was Lucky. Forming in Clydebank, Scotland in the early 80's, Wet Wet Wet were propelled into the limelight from humble roots rehearsing in each others houses as teenage friends to mega stardom. We discuss dealing with the pressures of fame and a record-breaking stint at number 1 with "Love Is All Around Me". Graeme is currently touring with Wet Wet Wet and also recording and touring as a solo act. Let Christy Take It bring you Graeme Clark. Thanks to Mark for editing. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to drag you from your desserts".

To most folks he's known as Spud - and this week Mark Daly tells us why managing Wishaw became a bit of a hot potato. Mark quit the Beltane club in December after initially saying he wanted to leave six weeks earlier. He joins us on the show to lift the lid on why he fell out of love with the job and why he's not ready to return yet. Just like Mark, Paul has been on the move too, leaving Newmains United while we've been away. He tells us the real reasons why he's no longer at Victoria Park and why he is ready for a return to the dugout in the future. On a packed podcast we also hear from Clydebank gaffer Gordon Moffat on his side's agonising Scottish Cup loss to Annan on Saturday. Plus there's Mark Mackay's Best of The West. After three months away it's good to be back going Down The Divisions. We'd like to give a quick mention to our sponsors FortyFour Creative. They have a team of highly skilled and passionate photographers, graphic designers, videographers and video editors to help promote your content, brand, organisation or event. They make creation personal. Find out more at www.fortyfourcreativehq.com   If you have any comments we'd love to hear from you. Likewise if you're at a club who would like your post-match audio featured on the show then do get in touch. You can email downthedivisions@gmail.com or contact us through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.   Down The Divisions logo design Adam Aitken   Intro and outro music Bensound  

In this episode we hear the deafening roar of industry and see the spark fly as some of the world's great ships are built. We're on the banks of the river Clyde, a river that powered a city; as the say goes, ‘Glasgow made the Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow'.At one time the Clyde shipbuilders build a fifth of all the ships in the world - everything from luxury transatlantic flagships that crossed the world's oceans to the legendary battlecruisers that would soon face a determined enemy in the coming Great war.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scott and Lochlin Highet preview the upcoming weekend of Scottish Cup 4th round action which sees 3 sides from the WOSFL take part in an historic occasion for the clubs and league as a whole. Delighted to be joined by the Clydebank Manager Gordon Moffat, Darvel Manager Mick Kennedy & Auchinleck Talbot Striker Graham Wilson to give their perspective of their respective sides games this Saturday. 3:01: Clydebank vs Annan 6:24: Clydebank Manager Gordon Moffat 13:16: Arbroath vs Darvel 19:10: Darvel Manager Mick Kennedy 24:19: Auchinleck Talbot vs Hearts 29:33: Auchinleck Striker Graham Wilson 32:45: Predictions SUBSCRIBE to SM Media to never miss an Episode of The Scottish Football Show with a new Episode every week as we analyse the action in the West Of Scotland Football League with special guests and in the comments below please send your feedback on the show. Watch more exclusive Sports related videos on our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO40v_nSWgc6WjmzF4IR68g Twitter: https://twitter.com/SMMediaEnt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SMMediaEnt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smmediaent/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1iPnMJSgUPj4f0U58DHI9J Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sm-media/id1528862527 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/juhjMFxSBy4AB8969

In the second part of the Levi Stephen miniseries he talks to me about his time at Clydebank as well as spells with Montrose and Bon Accord. Levi tells us how a chance encounter with Billy & Scott Anderson led to a whirlwind adventure to Australia! Everything from dodgy club nights to killing Kangaroos included in this one, some football too!

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In our 15th episode of 'The Pyramid' Scottish football podcast, Kenny Crawford is joined by Clydebank manager Gordon Moffat, Banks O'Dee co-manager Jamie Watt, and Auchinleck Talbot defender Craig McCracken, to give reaction to their teams draws in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, and we also hear an interesting story about how Moffat recently took on the role of midwife at the birth of his baby daughter!

The guys look back on another thrilling weekend in Scottish Football which was headlined by Shankers' Auchinleck Talbot side's 1-0 home victory over Hamilton in the Scottish Cup. The guys discuss all the Scottish Cup action including Clydebank's monumental 2-0 home victory over Clyde to reach the fourth round. Also, we recap the games in the Scottish Premiership over the weekend and look ahead to the midweek action. SUBSCRIBE to SM Media to never miss an Episode of The Scottish Football Show with a new Episode every week as Scott, Wilson, Shankers, Rory and others analyse the action in Scottish Football with a special guest and also talk to them about their career, and in the comments below please send your feedback on the show. Watch more exclusive Sports related videos on our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO40v_nSWgc6WjmzF4IR68g Twitter: https://twitter.com/SMMediaEnt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SMMediaEnt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smmediaent/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1iPnMJSgUPj4f0U58DHI9J Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sm-media/id1528862527 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/juhjMFxSBy4AB8969

Ben and Chris go through the results of the Third Round of the Scottish Cup. Clydebank and Auchinleck Talbot fly the flag for the West of Scotland while East Kilbride saw off Dalbeattie Star. https://twitter.com/OfficialCatchup https://www.facebook.com/LowlandLeagueCatchup/ #OfficialCatchup #ScottishCup

Episode 72: Paige Doherty. This week Joannagh brings us the story of Paige Doherty of Clydebank, who was cruelly murdered at the age of just 15 years old.We hear how the alarm was raised when Paige did not arrive at her weekend job and how the investigation traced her last movements to a Deli in her hometown of ClydebankAs well as the savage nature of the attack, we hear how the callousness of the killer continued during the investigation and beyond, with false accusations being made about Paige and the killer's eventual sentence being appealed.Joannagh also talks of the legacy left by Paige, with hundreds of people attending her funeral and her family starting the charity Paige's Promise in her memory.Case research by Joannagh ShanksProduced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh ShanksEditing by Bonnie BelovedMusic by Tribe of NoiseSources of research:https://www.paigespromise.com/https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=0ed82aa7-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19040573.paige-doherty-bid-law-honour-clydebank-teen-fails/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19167750.paige-doherty-family-mark-five-years-since-clydebank-teens-death/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/paige-doherty-mother-pamela-monroe-posts-graphic-murder-teenager-girl-injuries-killer-john-leathem-reduced-sentence-appeal-a7531461.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/paige-doherty-15-jailed-prison-27-years-glasgow-scotland-missing-john-leathem-shopkeeper-a7357511.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paige-doherty-murder-man-arrested-clydebank-over-death-15-year-old-a6951041.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/paige-doherty-over-ps12-000-raised-family-murdered-scottish-teenager-a6947666.htmlhttps://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/19136689.paige-doherty-clydebank-shop-schoolgirl-died-taken-homeless-charity/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1326521/CCTV-footage-led-Leathem-admitting-murdering-15yo-Paige.htmlhttps://www.scotsman.com/regions/glasgow-and-strathclyde/family-paige-doherty-hit-out-plans-deli-site-she-was-killed-1421369https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37280756https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/12/man-killed-teenager-paige-doherty-jailed--at-least-27-years-john-leathemhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14733843.twin-brother-paige-doherty-killer-john-leathem-flees-job-sex-attack-past-emerges/https://metro.co.uk/2016/09/05/man-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-15-year-old-schoolgirl-paige-doherty-6109806/https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/paige-dohertys-mum-begs-visitors-19961417https://news.sky.com/story/paige-doherty-murder-forensics-search-shop-10216457

This week, we discuss the high-stakes situation at Pittodrie as Aberdeen gear up for games against Hibs then Rangers. Stephen Glass has Dave Cormack's backing - and, he insists, final say on transfers - but does he need to adopt a pragmatic approach in the upcoming nightmare run? Malky Mackay, too, is facing big decisions to stop Ross County counting themselves out of matches. Does he put keeper Ross Laidlaw back in? Plus, we back Inverness to take care of Raith and Arbroath, Cove to recover from their East Fife blip, Peterhead to continue their out-of-the-blue revival, and hope Elgin can do the business in front of the TV cameras against Clydebank.

It's a Clydebank special on this episode of The Scottish Football Show Extra as Scott welcomes Clydebank Manager Gordon Moffat and Captain Nicky Little on to the show to talk about the club's start to the season as the club have 34 points from 16 games in the WOSFL Premier Division and sit in 3rd place so far. Gordon & Nicky also chat about their memories and stories of their time in the game and answer our quickfire and fan questions. SUBSCRIBE to SM Media to never miss an Episode of The Scottish Football Show with a new Episode every week as Scott, Wilson, Shankers, Rory and others analyse the action in Scottish Football with a special guest and also talk to them about their career, and in the comments below please send your feedback on the show. Watch more exclusive Sports related videos on our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO40v_nSWgc6WjmzF4IR68g Twitter: https://twitter.com/SMMediaEnt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SMMediaEnt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smmediaent/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1iPnMJSgUPj4f0U58DHI9J Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sm-media/id1528862527 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/juhjMFxSBy4AB8969

Ben, Chris, and Derek go through the results of the First Round of the Scottish Cup. It's a big day for Clydebank as they make a return to the competition after more than 20 years, an exciting all-West of Scotland tie between Irvine Meadow XI and Auchinleck Talbot, and a massive cup shock as 10 men Sauchie get past Highland League leaders Fraserburgh. https://twitter.com/OfficialCatchup https://www.facebook.com/LowlandLeagueCatchup/ #OfficialCatchup #SLFL

20 Tháng 9 Là Ngày Gì? Hôm Nay Là Ngày Sinh Của Nam Ca Sĩ Hồ Quang Hiếu SỰ KIỆN 1977 – Việt Nam được chính thức công nhận là thành viên thứ 149 của Liên Hợp Quốc. 1967 - RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 được đưa ra Clydebank, Scotland. [13] 1946 – Liên hoan phim Cannes đầu tiên khai mạc 1891 – Xe hơi đầu tiên chạy bằng xăng được trình bày tại Springfield, Massachusetts, Hoa Kỳ. Ngày lễ và kỷ niệm Ngày quốc tế thiếu nhi (Đức) Sinh 1964 – Trương Mạn Ngọc, diễn viên người Hồng Kông. Cô là nữ diễn viên người châu Á đầu tiên giành giải Nữ diễn viên xuất sắc tại Liên hoan phim Cannes và là sao Hoa ngữ đầu tiên đoạt giải Gấu bạc tại Liên hoan phim quốc tế Berlin 1986 – Hồ Quang Hiếu, ca sĩ nhạc trẻ Việt Nam 1990 – Phillip Phillips, quán quân chương trình American Idol mùa thứ 11 1954 - Henry Samueli , doanh nhân người Mỹ, đồng sáng lập Broadcom Corporation 1975 - Juan Pablo Montoya , tay đua xe hơi người Colombia Chương trình "Hôm nay ngày gì" hiện đã có mặt trên Youtube, Facebook và Spotify: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aweekmedia - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWeekTV - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rC4CgZNV6tJpX2RIcbK0J - Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../h%C3%B4m-nay.../id1586073418 #aweektv #20thang9 #QueenElizabeth2 #TrươngMạnNgọc #HồQuangHiếu #Montoya #BroadcomCorporation Các video đều thuộc quyền sở hữu của Adwell jsc, mọi hành động sử dụng lại nội dung của chúng tôi đều không được phép. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aweek-tv/message

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 179, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: While John Paul I Was Pope 1: Sadat sat down to begin talks with Begin and Carter at this U.S. site September 6, 1978. Camp David. 2: He regained the heavyweight title from the man he had lost it to in February -- Leon Spinks. Muhammad Ali. 3: In an Aug. 30, 1978 press conference he said the Chevy Vega's gas tanks were just as dangerous as the Ford Pinto's. Ralph Nader. 4: For 1978 tennis' U.S. Open moved from Forest Hills to a new home at this "meadow". Flushing Meadow. 5: Olafur Johannesson became this island's P.M. and promptly devalued its currency. Iceland. Round 2. Category: World Travel 1: Pharaonic Village, which recreates life in ancient times, is on an island in this river. Nile. 2: Some tourists save money by staying at the Bangkok YMCA in this country. Thailand. 3: This Swedish capital has hotels named for Lord Nelson and his mistress, Lady Hamilton. Stockholm. 4: Among the hotels with casinos in this city are Shepheard's, the Ramses Hilton and the Nile Hilton. Cairo. 5: Want to ride an elephant in this country? Head for the Gokarna Safari Park east of Katmandu. Nepal. Round 3. Category: They Wrote For The New York Times 1: Trying to protect his sources, in 1978 reporter Myron Farber spent 38 days here. Jail. 2: In 1962 the Times sent David Halberstam to this country, where he often challenged the official version of events. Vietnam. 3: Born in Clydebank, political writer James Reston had this nickname, like a "Star Trek" engineer. "Scotty". 4: Colorful nickname of Times sportswriter Walter Smith. "Red". 5: The Times' longtime movie critic, he shifted to theater criticism in 1993. Vincent Canby. Round 4. Category: Celebrity Headaches 1: If you're a celebrity, these photographers named for a character in a movie can be anywhere. paparazzi. 2: Paying about 60 grand for the XJ8 model of this British car, you'd think a CD player would be standard. Jaguar. 3: Don't let your personal trainer work your biceps and forget these opposing muscles on the arms. Triceps. 4: You're probably sick of having your floors scuffed by photographers from this Conde Nast "Digest". Architectural Digest. 5: It can be tough remembering your password for your secret bank account in this most populous city in Switzerland. Zurich. Round 5. Category: Where's The "Fire"? 1: They're also known as lightning bugs. fireflies. 2: Where you'll find a hearth. a fireplace. 3: Deadly double that rained down on Gomorrah. fire and brimstone. 4: Resort and national seashore east of NYC. Fire Island. 5: Stravinsky ballet from 1910. The Firebird. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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