Changing views
Track the changes to our seaside and compare the past and present with postcards from the past.
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Turn a day at the beach into a trip through time or a discovery of geology with our postcards from the present:
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Comparing old and more recent photographs to see how has the coast has changed around Glasgow
Glasgow and the earliest settlement on the site of the modern city was a fishing community on the river in the 6th Century. The river gradually increased in importance as trading links abroad established. Initially only small ships were able to navigate the river, but in the late 18th Century it was deepened so that transatlantic vessels could bring their cargo up to quaysides in the heart of the city. This led to the industrial and suburban expansion of the city when much of the local rock was used as building stone.
These postcards cover the whole of Scotland, but were gathered at the Glasgow Coast event.
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Content last updated: 18/08/2005
