And as can be seen by this phantom photo of the shop front of Birthdays in Sauchiehall Street...Halloween is approaching .... woooooooo!!
So over the next few weeks going to do some wee posts about Glasgow The Spooky.
I had the chance today to go visit the lovely people at Yorkhill Children's Foundation about opportunities for fund raising. To learn more about this wonderful charity and if you can donate something to this cause then click on the link on the right of this page.
Hopefully more about some Glasgow the Day fundraising soon.
But on the way back to the underground I popped into one of Glasgow's haunted museums.
Yes. The Museum of Transport in the Kelvin Hall. I have already done a tour of here:
http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/2009/07/planes-trains-and-automobiles.html
But today was about investigating the haunted parts.
Using a copy of "Haunted Glasgow" by Ron Halliday and "The Guide to Mysterious Glasgow" by Geoff Holder as my guides I bravely set off to see what I could find...
The centre of the spooky activity seems to be mainly around the reconstructed 1930's street. Now this street is a very cool part of the museum but the lighting itself makes it kind of creepy. And I can imagine at night in the museum this being very spooky indeed.
There have been reports of running footsteps, a limping man dragging his foot and children's voices being heard in this street...
There have been reports of running footsteps, a limping man dragging his foot and children's voices being heard in this street...
By the way the people in the middle of the photo in the background were actually there!! :)
One report has it that a strange energy radiated from the mural at the end of the street...
Many staff and visitors have experienced an unpleasant feeling in the reconstructed underground section. Although have to admit I didn't until I read about it while standing there ... then wasn't so happy.
It was also reporting to seeing a tall dark shadow entering the toy shop at the end of the street.
But the real centre seems to be the Regal cinema. The photo above is of the projector at the rear of the cinema.
There have been reports of the seats flipping down in unison, doors opening and closing and a man sitting in one row that simply disappeared.
It is also reported to always be cold in here and it is noticeably colder in here when you enter.
Has all this spooky activity something to do with the building being used as a mortuary during the Clydebank Blitz?
Or because of the exhibits? Many of them come with a story.
Or just the strange shadows and sounds that get conjured up in old buildings at night?
Suppose it depends how much you believe in such things.
But think you will find like me that next time you visit the museum this street will never quite feel the same way again once you know these stories!!
After leaving the museum I headed for the underground and back into the city centre. Had another appointment to keep with a group of people who were looking to drain some of my blood!!!
Now before you panic and go looking for a nest of vampires in Buchanan Street I was heading for Nelson Mandela Place to donate blood again. Yes it really is that long since my first visit way back when this blog began in June:
http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/2009/06/helping-to-save-life-round-at-nelson.html
Once again was a great experience and with this being my second time I got a cool wee badge with my blood group on it to wear with pride.
Hope you found this slightly alternative tour of Glasgow interesting.
Hopefully more Glasgow The Spooky to follow soon!!
Be well, be happy!!
Many staff and visitors have experienced an unpleasant feeling in the reconstructed underground section. Although have to admit I didn't until I read about it while standing there ... then wasn't so happy.
It was also reporting to seeing a tall dark shadow entering the toy shop at the end of the street.
But the real centre seems to be the Regal cinema. The photo above is of the projector at the rear of the cinema.
There have been reports of the seats flipping down in unison, doors opening and closing and a man sitting in one row that simply disappeared.
It is also reported to always be cold in here and it is noticeably colder in here when you enter.
Has all this spooky activity something to do with the building being used as a mortuary during the Clydebank Blitz?
Or because of the exhibits? Many of them come with a story.
Or just the strange shadows and sounds that get conjured up in old buildings at night?
Suppose it depends how much you believe in such things.
But think you will find like me that next time you visit the museum this street will never quite feel the same way again once you know these stories!!
After leaving the museum I headed for the underground and back into the city centre. Had another appointment to keep with a group of people who were looking to drain some of my blood!!!
Now before you panic and go looking for a nest of vampires in Buchanan Street I was heading for Nelson Mandela Place to donate blood again. Yes it really is that long since my first visit way back when this blog began in June:
http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/2009/06/helping-to-save-life-round-at-nelson.html
Once again was a great experience and with this being my second time I got a cool wee badge with my blood group on it to wear with pride.
Hope you found this slightly alternative tour of Glasgow interesting.
Hopefully more Glasgow The Spooky to follow soon!!
Be well, be happy!!
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