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Work in Progress Urban Walk of the Week a Public Arts Initiative Is Transforming the Gorbals Area of Glasgow. Roger Smith Samples the Rejuvenation

The Gorbals Distance: About 2km (1.5 miles)

Real Dealforget Reproductions - the New Generation of Homeowners Want the Genuine Article. And They Find It in a Thriving Salvage Scene.

IT'S significant that the newest arrival on the Scottish salvage scene, Glasgow Architectural Salvage, has finally found a permanent home: a huge warehouse on the former site of Albion coach builders, close to the new Glasgow Harbour development of highrise, hi-tech homes. But neither Ben Kingston nor Dave Robson see the irony in its location. Modernism, they insist, blends beautifully with antiquity. In fact, only last week they sold a Georgian sandstone fireplace for a new development in ne...

Proud Parents of Quads

THOSE who saw our news story last week about the birth of an osprey chick in the Tweed Valley will be interested to hear that there are more new additions to the flock. The breeding pair has now hatched four healthy chicks, an extremely unusual event. "It is rare for ospreys to lay four eggs, and incredibly rare for all four to hatch, so all of the staff and volunteers here are extremely excited, " says Neil Harnott, RSPB osprey information assistant at the Glentress Forest viewing centre. "W...

Drink Up

JACQUES Chirac and Silvio Berlusconi, eat your hearts out. For the spring water that will be served at Gleneagles Hotel during the G8 summit in Perthshire in July will not be Perrier or Pellegrino, but Highland Spring from under the Ochil Hills. The Scottish water is the first British brand of natural mineral water to achieve organic status for its catchment area, and it is drawn from a protected underground source where no farming, agricultural spraying, building or habitation is permitted w...

Saving Graceone of the New Generation Who Are Embracing Salvage, Gerald Harrison has Lovingly Restored a Stunning Victorian Townhouse.

GERALD Harrison, an entrepreneur from Glasgow, is the owner of a five-storey Victorian townhouse in the heart of the west end - aged just 24. How on earth did he manage it? By the gift of foresight, apparently. "I bought the upper half of the house exactly two years ago today, and the lower half was occupied by an elderly couple in their 90s, " explains Gerald. "The lady had lived in the house all her life, and she and her husband inherited the whole place.

Treat Yourself in a Good Cause

THIS summer, treating yourself to afternoon tea can help the fight against breast cancer. Strawberry Tea Fortnight, from June 20 until July 3, is a UK-wide fundraising initiative organised by Breast Cancer Care, and an upscale Glasgow hotel has taken up the challenge. The five-star One Devonshire Gardens is offering sandwiches, scones, strawberry sweets, tea and coffee and an optional glass of pink champagne for the special price of pounds- 25, with pounds-5 from each tea going to Breast Canc...