If you are not a member of SSC and are browsing, welcome.

If you are interested in the forum and Glasgow/Scotland in particular, I would urge you to sign up. It costs nothing and you will be able to join the debates, post photographs and share information.

Sign up is absolutely anonymous if you want to remain so... fear not, your career is safe.

....looking forward to seeing your posts :)

Best wishes
M62
(Moderator)

Is the Forum gathering momentum M62 ?

Thanks mate:) I saw B4mmy had posted one of these stickies in the Liverpool forum and asked if he could post one here to encourage new members, hope no-one minds?

hello all,

I've been a lurker in these forums for a wee while so I thought I'd say hello.
I don't have a lot to add but I am interested.

hello all,

I've been a lurker in these forums for a wee while so I thought I'd say hello.
I don't have a lot to add but I am interested.

Welcome :)

It's easier to contribute than you might think... if you can take some pics of areas that interest you and then load em up to say, photobucket, you can paste the images on SSC no problem...

:cheers:

well hello there and welcome. please make yourself at home.:hi:

What you should do first is loudly proclaim your views on football stadiums.

Indeed. Delightful insight, Kentigern :)

Welcome, slightbefore!

Hello folks,

I check the forums pretty much every day, however never had inclination to get involved however I guess this is as good a time as any.

Grim :)

Yeah I am the same I check the forum all the time but only post every now and then. So hi everyone.

welcome. we are experiencing a bit of a forumer drought here in the glasgow forum. weird for such a large city with so much going on. glad you could join us.

I post in the Fundee thread but do browse the other ones...not wishing to pass on too many critical comments :nuts:

Well it loks at this thread has already prompted two or three lurkers to emerge out of the shadows and become proper forumers who can contribute to threads! So a good thing all round!

I too ghosted for a few months before actually becoming a member, there were just too many threads that I wanted to post my thoughts in for me not to sign up. It was a bit of a bind having to hand over my credit card details and submit a urine sample but apart from that it was painless. :)

The simple way to get more people in Glasgow and Scotland onto sites like these is to build some good skyscrapers!! That's why there has been a big boom in forumers from London, Manchester, Liverpool, B'ham, Leeds etc etc, because they are planning and building skyscrapers, which people want to talk about.

Hi people, dont post much either mainly because i dont know very much about architechere.
But i love the forum, very interesting.
Love Glasgow although im a Lanarkshire lad.
Wish the city centre was twice the size it was, or the west end could be incorporated into the CC.
Dont know why this is just the way i am.
Keep up the good work peeps
Great site lets all make it even greater.

Good to see new members - welcome everyone! Don't let the current old firm crap put you off, hopefully it will come to an end soon!

Thought I'd say hello. I'm not employed in architecture but I have a keen interest and I like to keep abreast of developments.

Hi. Another long time lurker putting in an appearance. Last year I moved away from the Red Road flats where I'd lived for 15 years. I missed them, so was looking for any info on them and found the Glasgow Tower Blocks thread. My all time favorite thread on any forum ever. :)

Thought I'd say hello. I'm not employed in architecture but I have a keen interest and I like to keep abreast of developments.

welcome, thanks for joining :)

Hi. Another long time lurker putting in an appearance. Last year I moved away from the Red Road flats where I'd lived for 15 years. I missed them, so was looking for any info on them and found the Glasgow Tower Blocks thread. My all time favorite thread on any forum ever. :)

good to have you on board, look forward to seeing more of you :)

Hello folks,

I check the forums pretty much every day, however never had inclination to get involved however I guess this is as good a time as any.

Grim :)


thanks for taking the plunge, looking forward to seeing you around :)

Hi people, dont post much either mainly because i dont know very much about architechere.
But i love the forum, very interesting.
Love Glasgow although im a Lanarkshire lad.
Wish the city centre was twice the size it was, or the west end could be incorporated into the CC.
Dont know why this is just the way i am.
Keep up the good work peeps
Great site lets all make it even greater.

...most other people don't know much about architecture either, but this is one of the best places to find out about it :)

Yeah I am the same I check the forum all the time but only post every now and then. So hi everyone.

hi! Good to see you, feel free to post :)

Oh M62, you're a welcoming machine!

I've never felt such warmth oooze out of these forums before in my life :)


Cheers though - it's great to see so many people popping up to say hello, and all that chat.

I've gone back to my old username folks.... sorry for the confusion :)

Eh, hello. Lurked for a while here, thought I'd join the discussions - a Glasgow resident with no expertise whatsoever on architecture.

Welcome to the forum, Weegie38!

Hello Weegie38!

Welcome Weegie38, Don’t worry about not knowing much about architecture, before I joined here I knew nothing but learned allot, and still am from this forum.

Hello Glasgow forum – I’ve been a lurker on this site for a while now, thought it was time to resurrect my old account and actually contribute! I love to know what’s going on in the city, reading about new developments etc and I love architecture but don’t really know a great deal....so that’s enough about me :)

Hello to All Glaswegians. I am living 6 years in Glasgow so you can count me as Glaswegian. Yet I am one of rare nationalities in Scotland. Yes, I'm Azeri and Scotland have no more than 50 people from Azerbaijan.

Welcome to the forum thewonder and Xtreminal :)

Interesting wee face that re 50 people from Azerbaijan, makes me wonder how many people are living in Greater Glasgow from all other countries...

GlasgowMan,cheers...Scotland have very low number of former citizens of USSR compared to England..There is not so much Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian and other ex-USSR nations in here

Hey all! Hopefully this is the best place to introduce yourself ... anyway been lurking for a while on these forums, via the futureglasgow site, thought it might be worth joining just in case I have something intelligent/ constructive to say once in a while.

Bonjour tout le monde?

welcome. we are experiencing a bit of a forumer drought here in the glasgow forum. weird for such a large city with so much going on. glad you could join us.

I hate it when people call it Glasvegas

I was thinking, shouldn't this thread be called "NEW-members introduction" since you have to be a member in the first place to post anything?

I was thinking, shouldn't this thread be called "NEW-members introduction" since you have to be a member in the first place to post anything?

:lol: yea I was thinking that too, would make much more sence :)

Welcome to the forums, Skiver and Alonzo!

Hey everyone, I've also been viewing this forum for a while now too so thought I'd go ahead and sign up too!

Was living in Australia for a few years but been back in Glasgow now for nearly 3 years and glad to be home :)

Welcome RapidTaco :)

hey, just joined a minute ago in order to reply to some of the partially racist crap posted in the Skybar about Scottish Devolution but i didnt have the bottle *retreats sheepishly* so i supposed i would just introduce myself here instead.

Hi AndyC, quite right too, it's just not worth it....

Welcome to the forums!

Oh, just do your best to bite your tongue and ignore it. That's what I try to do. Can't we just all get along and talk about big shiny buildings? (And a warm welcome, of course.)

Hello.
I've browsed these pages for a while now and thought it about time to introduce myself.
I'm not from Glasgow myself (I was born in Norfolk) but my Mum was born and raised in the tenements on Govan Road and I've always had a fondness of the city and its people. I've never stopped in Glasgow only been through it on the M8 and I've always been impressed by the architecture and the citys skyline and it's high flats. I'd love to come and visit the city and spend some time there and visit the places where my Mum grew up and get some photos before too many of the tower blocks are demolished.
All the best
Al.

Hello.
I've browsed these pages for a while now and thought it about time to introduce myself.
I'm not from Glasgow myself (I was born in Norfolk) but my Mum was born and raised in the tenements on Govan Road and I've always had a fondness of the city and its people. I've never stopped in Glasgow only been through it on the M8 and I've always been impressed by the architecture and the citys skyline and it's high flats. I'd love to come and visit the city and spend some time there and visit the places where my Mum grew up and get some photos before too many of the tower blocks are demolished.
All the best
Al.
Well, hello and welcome. :)

Welcome Al :)

I really should have said 'hello' in here before I posted 13 times. I hope you don't think me rude, I just forgot, so belatedly - "hello".

I've read the forums here for a little while and I deceided to register so I could share my strongly held and entirely uninformed views with everyone.

I don't work in planning or architecture, but it is something that I am interested in and SSC seems to be a lot quicker with news about developments in Glasgow and elsewhere than the mainstream media so this would seem to be the place to be.

Nice to see new people from glasgow welcome AndyC . I need some help i don't know how to take photos from my camera then load them up to skyscrapercity thanks .

Nice to see new people from glasgow welcome AndyC . I need some help i don't know how to take photos from my camera then load them up to skyscrapercity thanks .
Righty, what you need to do is register with an image hosting site like www.photobucket.com and create an account.

This website allows you to upload the photographs you have taken from your computer to the internet, and keeps them there like an online photoalbum.

Once you have registered, upoload the photos you want to show on this site, and wait for them to become part of your online album (should take a minute or two at most). Then, to actually display them on this forum, you need to use a line of code that photobucket provides for you - it will look something like this:

*name of photo*

and can be found under the thumbnail of the photo itself.

Copy this line of code and paste it into your reply to the thread you are looking at, and the picture should then appear when you hit the reply button and the thread loads up with your actual reply.


Hope that helps, pm me if you can't get it to work :)

how do you close a thread can you ? .

regular mortals can't close threads. you need to invite a moderator to take a look at it and, in their wisdom, they will decide whether or not to close the thread. You'll find a list of the UK forum mods at the bottom of the main UK and Ireland page. Send one of them (b4mmy seems to pay closest attention to the Glasgow forum) a private message and he'll come along as soon as he can.

Nope - only moderators can close/delete a thread a thread. Don't worry about it - just leave it and so long as no one else posts in it it will soon drop down the forum list and vanish from peoples' memories.

Hi All, cool place youse got here.

I,ve found this place from another Glasgow forum of which I'm a member.

Born in Glasgow, live in Stirling with an interst in Architechture Archaeology and old things in general

Pet hate is the WILFUL destruction of old buildings for the sake of a new shiny box. Thanks guys really tastefull.........

be seeying you

Mr Sam

BTW the avitar is an armadillo and is called Jakamoko (for those that know there Kids tv...)

Welcome to the forum, mrsam!

Welcome:)

Hi Back Captain David and Mr Boards (the dancer)

Great place full of insperational banter bout insperational buildings

Mr Sam

Congratulations on moderatorship The Boy david, I hadn't noticed before today.

Ta very much, Monkey :)

Aye Davey boy good on ye, long may ye moderate matey. :)



TBD pixelated to look more scarier. :)
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8788/tbdwj7.jpg

Good Lord Mo - I reckon you've found the only way physically possible to make me look wierder than I already do...

-----

Right then folks, nae crap fae any ae yez or I'll boot yez aw oot the door, yeh?

Mo, any more pictures like that and you're first to go.

;)

Been lurking for a few months and thought I should join up and add my own views!

Architecture student in Glasgow, so these kind of forums are a real interest, helpful too.

Nice of you to join ross410. What happened to the image at the left side of our boxes under the username. You wot.

Been lurking for a few months and thought I should join up and add my own views!

Architecture student in Glasgow, so these kind of forums are a real interest, helpful too.

Strathclyde or GSA?

Strathclyde or GSA?

Strathy


better course imo!

Hey everyone, I've been viewing the forums for a while now, so I thought i'd better join:)

You can never have enough Weegies after all :yes:

Welcome. May you have much fun and witty banter here.

Is everyone back to uni this week, its like a ghost town.

Hi Indiekid even if it was a bit late.

:lol: No problem DJ:)

Heh, that's one thing you'll learn about this forum, dj - it ebbs and flows - some weeks there is so much chat going on it's almost impressive, other weeks barely anything is said at all.

It's a fickle balance that has seemed emerge over the years, says I, the old timer... :)

Aye, well, the last 3 years have flown by for me...

thats scary, i remember before you registered ...an' it wiz aw fields roon here!

Been frequenting these forums for about 2years and thought it's about time I join.

I am an (architecturally opinionated) structural engineer. Worked initially with a contractor for a year and have been with a good design consultancy for 5years.

Got loads of interesting photos of selfridges that I will share eventually, and more in and around glasgow.

What, the abandoned Toyo Ito design? If so, I'd love to see them.

And welcome. It's warm in here and very friendly.

Welcome mate - 'tis quite therapeutic, taking the plunge and actually joining.

Willkommen.

Yep welcome Strukyboy, always good to have engineers around the place!

All this week i have found it impossible to going on to web site only time was once for a few minutes yesterday and at the office it works fine.

Hey all, i'm a business and language student at strathy. And i've always taken great interest in regeneration of the towns and cities around the once mighty Clyde. So i though i better sign up.

May I just say your forum is a goldmine of news and opinions (and procrastination) Very pleased to have found it :D

EDIT: Why can't i post photos ?? :(

Welcome to all the new members, hope yous stick around and post on a regular bases :)

EDIT: Why can't i post photos ?? :(


You need to get an account with a photo-hosting site and use the tags to hyperlink to the photo in question - my understanding is that because this site is free and has minimal advertising, the admins try to keep overheads down by not allowing regular users to post photos directly. Some people use tripod, others use flickr and I use photobucket to post photos. All free and a total piece of piss to use.

Welcsome scosmos - good to have another person from strathy around!

And the business faculty was a good choice - chicks aplenty! Us engineers were always envious of the guys taking business courses...

Dunno where else to say this really...but the Glasgow Uni students will probably see a fair bit of me over the next week and a bit...as I'm standing in the election to be in the SRC!

Yes...you may get to shove your hand down my bucket of sweeties in no time! :D

The Scottish Rapists Club? Just don't touch the complimentary drinks.

The Scottish Rapists Club? Just don't touch the complimentary drinks.
YES! YES YES YES YES YES!

YES!

what is happening to the Glasgow forum? Everyone is so giddy...

Been asking myself the same question. I love the banter as much as the next guy, but on every thread? And some of the stuff posted is pure filth - we shouldn't forget there are young 'uns reading.

Anyway...

Hi all,

I'm another who's been viewing SC for a while and so though it a bit rude not to join!

I'm from Glasgow originally but have been in London for 4 years now, worked previously at the Mayor's office, now working in the policy department of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

It's great to see so much development in progress in Glasgow, despite the recession beginning to bite- good thing that so many projects got going before and that the 2014 Games projects will be coming on scheme soon.

Anyway, look forward to contributing to the discussion!

I'll take an opportunity here to sneak in and say hello myself :) another Strathclyder, been viewing these forums for aaages and joined late last year with the intention of posting, but never really got around to it, so I'll do it now just for the hell of it.

Welcome to the Forum JS & SZJ...look forward to your discussions and contributions to the SSC GSA forum . :)

aye, welcome :) may your posts be long and thoroughly illustrated :P

^^ Indeed - what he said :)

Welcome folks!

I just stumbled upon this site and it's fascinating - thanks peeps :)

I just stumbled upon this site and it's fascinating - thanks peeps :)

Hi Lizzage, welcome to the SSC GMA Forum. :)

I just stumbled upon this site and it's fascinating - thanks peeps :)

Welcome :banana:

Prepare to be converted. :happy:

Awww,

I remember those days :)

Welcome....

Welcome Lizzage, this place is indeed fascinating... :)

Hi Folks,

Long time lurker, first time poster etc etc

I don't live or work in Glasgow but I do love the place, its architecture, and above all its people.

Thanks for creating this great forum. I check it daily and do very much enjoy reading all of your musings. I hope one day to be in a position where I too can contribute in a meaningful fashion and give others the same enjoyment that you give me.

Thanks again.

Gommsta

Welcome, Gommsta. Good to see you here:cheers:

Hello, lurked about these forums a few times now so about time I registered. :)

Welcome to the GMA forum KJI, where on earth is your location ? :)

Glasgow, Kelvindale to be precise.

Found this place a while back but didn't realise it had quite a comprehensive list of construction projects in Glasgow, been trawling through the old threads there are quite a few that I have worked on in here :)

Glasgow, Kelvindale to be precise.

Found this place a while back but didn't realise it had quite a comprehensive list of construction projects in Glasgow, been trawling through the old threads there are quite a few that I have worked on in here :)

Good stuff, hopefuly we'll read about your elaborations on projects that you are involved with, are you in the construction or design sector ?

Regards
Mo :)

What's up everyone. I hope I'm posting this in the right section.

Mike.

Hi Mike, welcome. Hope you enjoy the boards.

OK ive not been on in a while, whats happened to many of the threads, working in retail I liked the retail in Glasgow thread, I know it was not about new buildings but it was about the city and what was going on if someone knows how to bring it back could they PLEASE :ohno:

OK ive not been on in a while, whats happened to many of the threads, working in retail I liked the retail in Glasgow thread, I know it was not about new buildings but it was about the city and what was going on if someone knows how to bring it back could they PLEASE :ohno:

Dont panic Jimmy :) we're over Here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2599).

The forums been split up to Glasgow having its own section. :)

Btw, while all this re-organising is going on could this thread be re-named "NEW members Introductions"? As you are obviously a member to...

Dont panic Jimmy :) we're over Here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2599).

The forums been split up to Glasgow having its own section. :)

Thanks Riaz m8y

Awesomeness! We now have this the "New members Introduction." Well done Davey or whoever it was for changing it! :D Hello everyone new btw!

When did it become 'non' members?

Hi all. Scotfree here. Glaswegian that lived in Edinburgh but now lives in Oz.
Love the site!

Welcome to the forum scotfree!

Been looking in for a while, now. First generation Dundonian and quite like it. Mum's a Weegie of sorts, Dad's originally from Fife.

Hi everyone.

Im a new member, mainly as a new marketing test I guess.
But always good to get talking and make some new friends :)
Im based in the Scottish Borders, but do work for people all over the shot.

Hi everyone.

Im a new member, mainly as a new marketing test I guess.
But always good to get talking and make some new friends :)
Im based in the Scottish Borders, but do work for people all over the shot.
Nope.

Your thread and posts have been deleted. This isn't a forum to flog stuff on. Mention your company again, or try to sell stuff, and you're banned.


Macca, your question made me laugh btw.

Ha, thanks.

Hi, my name is Davide and I came from Italy.

I'm going to study at Strathclyde university in Glasgow so
I decided to deepen my knowledge of this beautiful city and
country on this forum. I'll probably read rather then write
but I'll give my contribution whenever I can.

If you guys have any question, I'm here :)

Hi, my name is Davide and I came from Italy.

I'm going to study at Strathclyde university in Glasgow so
I decided to deepen my knowledge of this beautiful city and
country on this forum. I'll probably read rather then write
but I'll give my contribution whenever I can.

If you guys have any question, I'm here :)

Welcome, Davide!

Hi, my name is Davide and I came from Italy.

I'm going to study at Strathclyde university in Glasgow so
I decided to deepen my knowledge of this beautiful city and
country on this forum. I'll probably read rather then write
but I'll give my contribution whenever I can.

If you guys have any question, I'm here :)

Hiya :banana:

:wave:

Hi, been reading this place for quite a while but thought I'd take the plunge and start contributing. I study in Edinburgh but I'm from Dundee and live in Angus.

:hi:

Work In the 'construction industry' at tender stage.

'I KEN' what's likley to be going up in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and sometimes London.

At least somebody kens! Welcome!

Marvellous. Welcome tae the forum, ken?

Hi, I'm retired and live in Glasgow's East End. Long time lurker.

Hello guys, i am Barton and i am new on this website. It is really nice & informative website for me. I hope that all the members of this forum community will provide me great support over here.