January Light: light canopy
Lots of different kinds of light here in Royal Exchange Square. On the left is the back of the Gallery of Modern Art, the cupola of which I showed you yesterday, and on the right is an Italian restaurant. Both buildings have floodlight. There are Christmas-lights in the buildings facing us, reflected-light on the rainy pavements (this is Glasgow, after all) and fairy-lights in the light canopy above. The canopy is there all year round, it’s not just for Christmas. Ashton Lane near my home also has one, and here you can see what it looks like in daylight.
Linked to Becky’s January Squares Challenge – words ending in light.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
Clever post for words ending in light. Cool photos.
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Thank you! Having fun with this.
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Royal Exchange Square doesn’t seem to have changed much, other than the lights, of course and I have heard a lot about Ashton Lane – changed days indeed. And for my own information, I see that “The Buttery” is still going strong.
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Probably different tenants in Royal Exchange Square though, even if it looks the same. When we came (1986) what is now the Modern Art Gallery was still Stirling’s Library. The Buttery has also changed hands.
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so very very pretty. Like the idea of a year round canopy of lights 🙂 they really do brighten up rainy days and nights. Wonderful squares of light Anabel
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Thank you Becky! It always makes the square look quit magical.
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Lights are always better when the streets are wet, double the illuminations. I like how one end of Ashton Lane suddenly disappears into the University Campus- similar to the wardrobe in Narnia… always a surprise for any first time friends/ visitors walking along it when it changes abruptly into something else.
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I hadn’t thought of the University as Narnia before! 😄
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Saw your title and thought it was about Manchester! Mind you, although there’s a Royal Exchange there (now a top class theatre venue) it’s in St Anne’s Square
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(Meant your first line not your title, of course!)
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I have been to the Royal Exchange in Manchester, but in the 1970s. I think the theatre was new then.
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A top class theatre. It’s worth looking in if you’re in the city to see the “moon module” performance space they constructed inside the neo-classical building
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I think that’s what it was – remember it being very surprising at the time. This was when I was a student at Sheffield and I’d already been surprised by the Crucible having only ever been to traditional proscenium arch theatres.
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Love the fairy lights and the fact that you have them all year round in your street. I don’t imagine people would misbehave themselves under fairy lights, so your street is probably very safe.
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Definitely promoted a party atmosphere!
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Love the number of ___lights you got in here, especially the reflected rain-light. Glasgow looks like a vibrant city nowadays.
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And always was! Had a bad reputation though.
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Yes that’s what I was referring to.
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That is great that the lights are there all year!
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It is! So pretty.
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Can’t beat a drop of rain 🙂 🙂
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Not entirely sure about that!
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It”s just stopped here 🙂 🙂
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Drizzling relentlessly here 😟.
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Sorry! 😦 😦
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I love the rain-light reflection. Very well-captured!
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It’s pretty in any weather! Thanks Donna.
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What a lovely picture! I know Glasgow has a lot going for it now as almost every day The Guardian mentions something or other and has a great photo of a very modern city. So good to know that the city is shaking off its former dull image. And thanks to you at WP for bringing so much of this to our attention.
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Thanks Mari! I’m glad Glasgow is now being recognised for the vibrant city it is. We have been here since 1986 and have never found it dull.
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Hi Anabel – how lovely to have the lane nearby … looks like fun – and obviously a bit avant garde – with the ‘fairy light hat’ … Glasgow centre has lots going for it – as you keep showing us … I bet it feels easier with some light, rather than the gloom of January! Cheers Hilary
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It’s a lovely lane, one of several around the West End that have used old stables etc to create shops and restaurants. Glasgow certainly has a lot going for it!
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