Incredible Photos Of The Closes And Streets Of Glasgow In The Late 1800s

The mean streets of Glasgow circa the late 1800s are the stuff of legend, and many a tale has been told about the gangs and ne'er-do-wells who roamed those narrow streets and alleyways looking for an easy mark.

The maze-like streets may seem like something Hollywood made up, but these old photos taken by Thomas Annan show the Glasgow streets really were as claustrophobic and sketchy as the movies make them out to be.

Thomas opened a photo studio on Sauchiehall Street in 1857, and a few years later he was asked to photograph the Glasgow slums before the Glasgow City Improvement Trust began urban renewal.

The compelling street photos shot by Thomas from 1868 to 1877 were published in a book called Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow, which is now considered important historical documentation of old Glasgow.

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I've already been doing this since birth...
really, last week i weight myself and i got to 40 kg while i was 45. i cannot get fat no matter how much patato chips i eat... :c
LOL!
they should build a really tall tower and put all the fat people at the top.
oh wait, it would just collapse.
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Honestly thought I had heard of every single idea on how to loose weight, until I got to this article. It could be because of the elevation, cold weather that decreases hunger for some people and they end up loosing weight. Only time Im up 7000 feet in elevation is at Big Bear, Ca. when I go skiing and even then its a work out. Good to know.
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This does seem a little bit crazy - I live on the third floor of an apartment and am not super fit. Just kidding:) I would like to lose some weight though - maybe my next vacation will be to a mountain or high altitude destination!
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