Southern Necropolis
Victorian Gorbals cemetery behind a Charles Wilson gatehouse, resting place of some quarter-million people.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Southern Necropolis in Glasgow's Gorbals follows Wee Willie White, a blind flute player remembered as a Glasgow character, and the Victorian city of blind street musicians he belonged to. It reaches back to the eighteen thirty-nine meeting that set out who this ground was really for, and crosses paths with the architect Alexander Greek Thomson. Best heard just inside the gatehouse on Caledonia Road.
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