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Neighbourhood Watch: Great Western Road, Glasgow

Neighbourhood Watch: Great Western Road, Glasgow

Including The Captain's Rest, The Belle and Lupe Pintos

19 Dec 2011

What’s it like? One big road full of pubs, cafés and little shops. Flats are mostly old tenements above the bars, restaurants and stores which go up most of the road. Where’s it, like? In the West End, a stone’s throw from Woodlands and Byres Road.

Pac-man

Retro technology

14 Feb 2008

In some ways Jack Black and Mos Def’s new film Be Kind Rewind (see our review on page 46) highlights the end of an era for old technology such as the VHS. Today it’s hard to imagine DVD disappearing completely and being replaced by Blu-Ray and HD DVDs…

Retro website

Retro websites

14 Feb 2008

www.aquarterof.com From Anglo Bubbly and Wham! bars to foiled chocolate cups and Space Dust, this website is a joy to behold for those of us nostalgic for long-forgotten treats. Oh, to return to the days when a two pence Highland toffee was the size…

Modern Lovers

Modern Lovers

18 Oct 2007

RETRO Ego, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Oct ‘A supper dance with a bingo intermission,’ jokes Modern Lovers’ Craig Jamieson when asked what plans he has for his club’s latest birthday party. ‘Seven years, you see: we’re all getting on a bit.’ Which is…

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators

Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 28 Apr; Renfrew Ferry,

23 Apr 2007

RETRO FUNK SOUL With the release of Keep Reachin’ Up last year, Nicole Willis found herself the subject of funk-soul lovers’ adoration and press applause. But as much as she is pleased with the album’s outcome, the 20 year careerist who has recorded…

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