Archive for Toryglen

Tickled pink

November 8th, 2007

Loose Boots, the local line dancers, tickled shoppers pink with their performances at the Asda Toryglen store recently.
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Brolly good show, Toryglen!

September 6th, 2007

Despite constant heavy rain, Toryglen turned tropical to parade in style from the Geoff Shaw Centre to the Community Hall on the other side of Prospecthill Road on Saturday August 11.
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Paint target becomes a pile of rubble

February 8th, 2007

The world famous Toryglen tower block seen in the Sony Bravia tv advert being covered in paint, is now a pile of gray rubble.
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Fruitful growing

February 8th, 2007

Glasgow’s first full school orchard, in the grounds of Hampden School, reached completion last month with the planting of four plum trees and an apple tree.
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Karate annual gala day

November 30th, 2006

Anyone interested in the martial art Itosu-Ryu as taught by the Ronin Karate Club should make their way to the Club’s annual Gala Day Competition on Sunday 10 December in the Geoff Shaw Hall, Toryglen.
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Successful job finding

November 30th, 2006

The Initiative: Gorbals, Govanhill and Toryglen, helped over 500 Southsiders find jobs in the last year, according to the Local Development Company’s annual report. This brings their total up to 5000 people in the past 15 years.
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Colourful Toryglen to go

November 30th, 2006

The Toryglen tower block made famous by a Sony TV advert is set to be demolished in the New Year.
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Family freed, but others taken away

October 12th, 2006

The Doldur family – Turkish Kurdish asylum seekers who were taken from their home in Toryglen and put into Dungavel detention centre – have been released on bail of £4000.
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Toryglen and SportScotland

September 14th, 2006

Construction at Toryglen’s new £14.5m world-class football facility, including Scotland’s first full-size indoor pitch, has been given the green light.
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Toryglen torture

September 7th, 2006

At the age of five, Scots born Serhat has been taken from his home in Toryglen, put in prison and been forced to attend a court.
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