Clutha Vaults
Riverside bar with thick old walls, rebuilt after a police helicopter crashed through its roof.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Clutha Vaults in Glasgow begins on a November night in twenty thirteen, with a ska band playing to a packed bar beside the Clyde. It follows the air accident investigators who had no flight recorder to work with, and the unusual places they went looking for evidence. You'll also hear why the building's thick walls and low roof look the way they do. Best heard from the pavement on Stockwell Street, facing the bar.
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