Bridgeton (Scots: Brigtoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Drochaid) is a district to the east of Glasgow city centre. Historically part of Lanarkshire, it...
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Bridgeton may refer to: Bridgeton, Glasgow Bridgeton, Western Cape Bridgeton, Indiana Bridgeton Township, Michigan Bridgeton, Missouri Bridgeton, North...
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nephew Jason Campbell murdered a 16-year-old Celtic F.C. supporter in Bridgeton, Glasgow. He was jailed until released on parole in 2011. William Campbell...
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most of Glasgow's street gangs were territorially based in working-class districts. This was reflected in the choice of names such as the Bridgeton Billy...
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Jim Watt (boxer) (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
knocked out Pitalua in twelve rounds. Raised in the Bridgeton and Possilpark neighbourhoods of Glasgow, Watt trained at Cardowan Amateur Boxing Club in the...
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Brian Vernel (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
series The Last Kingdom and Billy Wallace in Gangs of London. A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy in Gallowgate before training at the...
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Glasgow Bridgeton Glasgow Camlachie Glasgow College Glasgow Central Glasgow St Rollox Glasgow Tradeston Glasgow Bridgeton Glasgow Camlachie Glasgow Cathcart...
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Jim Diamond (singer) (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
the UK Singles Chart in 1986. Diamond was born in the Bridgeton area in the East End of Glasgow in 1951. He started his music career at the age of 15...
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Bridgeton Central railway station was located in Glasgow, Scotland and served the Bridgeton area of that city. On the Glasgow City and District Railway...
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Church is a Catholic parish church in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow, Scotland. The parish boundaries cover Bridgeton and Dalmarnock. It is situated on Old...
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Frankie Miller (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
You". Miller was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland in 1949. Miller began singing professionally as a teenager with a Glasgow band called The Stoics....
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David Hayman (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
1948) is a British film, television and stage actor and director from Glasgow, Scotland. His acting credits include Sid and Nancy (1986), Hope and Glory...
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Lonnie Donegan (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
to his influence in the US in the late 1950s. Donegan was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, on 29 April 1931. He was the son of an Irish mother (Mary...
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All-British Car Company (category Manufacturing companies based in Glasgow)
All-British Car Company was a Scottish automobile manufacturer based at Bridgeton, Glasgow, from 1906 to 1908. The company was founded by George Johnston, formerly...
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Henry May (VC) (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
Henry was born 29 July 1885 in Bridgeton, Glasgow, to William and Maggie May. He attended Dalmarnock Public School in Bridgeton and enlisted in the Army on...
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Bridgeton railway station serves the Bridgeton district of Glasgow, Scotland and is a station on the Argyle Line, 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) south east of Glasgow...
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Lorraine McIntosh (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
Scottish soap opera River City, which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character first appeared in 2002 and was written out during May 2010...
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Glasgow, South Glasgow and East Glasgow. East Glasgow had the most identified gangs with 41 followed by South Glasgow with 38 and North Glasgow with 31. The...
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(local Catholic Church) The Glasgow effect in reference to the low life expectancy of Glaswegians Bridgeton Heritage Trail, Glasgow City Council "The Scotsman...
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Willie Miller (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
penalty box defender in the world". Born in Glasgow, Miller was raised in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow. He had little interest in football as a young...
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North Clyde Line (redirect from North Clyde Line, Glasgow)
opened by Glasgow City and District Railway; 1891 - Bowling to Dumbarton Central opened by Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway; 1892 - Bridgeton Central...
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John Paul Young (category People from Bridgeton, Glasgow)
Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame. Young was born John Inglis Young in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland to James and Agnes (nee Inglis) Young. Together with his...
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Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland (category Organisations based in Glasgow)
referendum. Its headquarters are in Motherwell, having previously been in Bridgeton, Glasgow with 15,000 members in the Scottish Lowlands. The Orange Order was...
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A 1961 by-election for the Glasgow Bridgeton constituency was held on Thursday 16 November 1961. The Labour Party candidate, James Bennett managed to...
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predominantly Glasgow Southside on the South of the river and Glasgow Kelvin on the North of the river, with Calton, Bridgeton and Dalmarnock areas of Glasgow Shettleston...
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK), commonly referred to as Prestwick Airport, is an international airport serving the west of Scotland...
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Windsor Football Club was an association football club from Bridgeton, Glasgow, active in the 1870s and 1880s. The club, claimed a foundation date of 1877...
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Norman Conks (category Bridgeton–Calton–Dalmarnock)
Boys of Bridgeton, but were on friendlier terms with the Calton Tongs who were also mostly Catholic. The gang included young women. Glasgow razor gangs...
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Barrowfield, Blackhill, Blairdardie, Blochairn, Botany, Braidfauld, Bridgeton, Broomhouse, Broomhill, Budhill, Cadder, Calton, Camlachie, Carmyle, Carntyne...
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Argyll (car) (category Bridgeton–Calton–Dalmarnock)
become Scotland's biggest marque and soon moved from its premises in Bridgeton, Glasgow to a grand, purpose-built factory in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire...
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