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6 unusual facts about Mount Florida


Langside

Langside is part of Glasgow City Council Ward 7 which also include the areas of Battlefield, King's Park and Mount Florida.

Langside College

Langside College is a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow.

Stewart Chalmers

Chalmers was born and grew up in the southern Glasgow suburb of Mount Florida, in the vicinity of Hampden Park.

Third Lanark A.C.

New Cathkin Park was actually the first Hampden Park, before Queen's Park sold it to Third Lanark and moved to a new stadium of the same name in Mount Florida.

Thomas Leith

While an apprentice he also studied for the Higher National Certificate exams at Langside College in Mount Florida and, following this, left Weirs to study full-time at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow (now the University of Strathclyde).

Trolleybuses in Glasgow

108: Started 15 November 1958 between Mount Florida and Paisley Road Toll, replacing tram service 12.



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