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Staff photographer for @heraldscotland , @glasgow_times & @scotnational in Glasgow. Husband, father of twins & a K-pop obsessed teenager. Instagram- colin.mearns

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A man runs into the sea at Irvine beach, Ayrshire for a quick dip on New Year's day morning. A snow covered Arran is in the background. @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times #NewYear2021 #NewYearsDay2021 #swimming #brrrrrrrrr
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Linn Park, Glasgow looking wonderfully eerie in the fog this morning, Sunday 7th January 2024. #fog #Glasgow #weather #StormHour
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Bikers for independence ride past Scottish Parliament #auobedinburgh @AUOBALBA #allunderonebanner #auob
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March for indepence, Glasgow, Saturday 9th October 2021. Marchers on Kelvin Way. @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times @ScotNational #Yes2Glasgow #indyref2
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This week in @heraldscotland we are running an investigation: Glasgow School of Art fires. 10 yrs on from the first blaze, what is happening to the now ruined Charles Rennie Mackintosh building? A thread of some images I've taken of this beautiful building- @HeraldPictures 1/14
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All under one banner March, Oban. #AUOBOban #AUOB
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Lovely sunset this evening. Photograph taken at Maryhill, Glasgow. @Glasgow_Times @heraldscotland #stormhour #sunset
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March for independence, Campbeltown. #auobcampbeltown #auobscotland
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@RozaSalih celebrates with her parents after becoming SNP councillor for the Greater Pollok ward for Glasgow City Council at the GCC election count, Friday 6th May 2022. Photographed for @Glasgow_Times @heraldscotland @ScotNational #LocalElections2022 #CouncilElections2022
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@MearnsColin
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Felt privileged to have witnessed this scene yesterday of marchers taking part in the Fridays For Future rally in Glasgow as they made their along Argyle Street. Filmed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #FridaysForFuture #COP26 #Glasgow @GretaThunberg
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A snowboarder on the steps at Buchanan street, Glasgow. #snow #Snowmageddon
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Jamie Hepburn MSP, Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp, Lorna Slater MSP, First Minister Humza Yousaf, Kelly Given and Iona Fyfe on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh during the Believe In Scotland and Yes for EU rally, Sat 2nd Sept 2023 Filmed for @heraldscotland & @ScotNational #BelieveInScotland
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A solitary figure on South Portland Street suspension bridge, Glasgow, Tuesday 13th December 2022. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #Glasgow #freezing #fog #winter #StormHour #brrrrr
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pictured in Glasgow Central station as they arrive in Scotland for the Cop26 summit. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #royal #Glasgow #COP26 #COP26Glasgow
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Sunset behind the Langside battlefield monument in the Southside of Glasgow, Thursday 18th August 2022. #southside #sunset #Glasgow #Langside #battlefieldmemorial
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First Minister @nicolasturgeon pictured browsing in the ReadingLasses bookshop in Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway while on the campaign trail for the Scottish Parliament elections. Photographed for @heraldscotland #booktown #politics #reading #books
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The paddle steamer Waverley passes the liner Queen Mary 2 at Greenock http://t.co/4RB49W3RgI #QM2 #Cunard175 http://t.co/Te4tHGWErz
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Winter sunlight and a dark, ominous stormy sky. Glasgow, 4 February 2022. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #weather #winter #StormHour #Glasgow
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pictured greeting Kaukab Stewart who has won the Glasgow Kelvin seat for the SNP. Kaukab Stewart has made history as the first woman of colour to be elected to Holyrood. Photographed for @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times #ScottishElections21
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My portrait of Ricky Ross, taken at Park Circus for interview in @heraldmagazine @rickyaross @deaconbluemusic
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Mighty fine sunset this evening in Glasgow. #bathstreet #sunset
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Marchers on Woodlands rd. #AUOBGlasgow2019
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A child holds an EU flag as the sun sets at Eaglesham Moor, near Glasgow. #Brexit #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Scotland #sunset #sunsets
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Glasgow Necropolis during a brief burst of sunshine and rain, 9th February 2022. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #Glasgow #weather #StormHour #cityscape #landscape #cemetery #weather #winter
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Really enjoyed taking some portraits of Franz Ferdinand recently to go with wonderful @TeddyJamieson interview for @heraldscotland . Pics were taken at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. @Franz_Ferdinand @alkapranos @KingsandRoyal
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My review of 2022 in photographs I've taken for @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times & @ScotNational . A busy old year as always- from pop & film stars, bike buses, empty stations, an election, cats on leads, some green algae and more. A slice of Scottish life in two mins.....
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@MearnsColin
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A poster for the latest Aquaman film overlooks flooding under the railway bridge at Clarence Drive in Hyndland, Glasgow as storm Gerrit swept over the country, Wednesday 27th December 2023. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #Glasgow #StormGerrit
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@MearnsColin
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Beautiful sunset this evening. As seen from Fotheringay Road, Pollokshields in the Southside of Glasgow. Photographed on 23rd January 2024 for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #sunset #glasgow #stormhour #StormJocelyn
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@MearnsColin
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A view of the restored hen run at the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building. The other photograph shows how it looked in Sept 2014 @GSofA @GSofAmedia
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This is the amazing Rosie McCallum, photographed for a wonderful article written by her father Jamie McCallum @5ushi for @newsundayherald #worlddownsyndromeday #WDSD2018 @DSScotland
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All Under One Banner march for independence, Arbroath, Saturday 2nd April 2022. Marchers welcomed into Victoria park by @YesBikers Filmed for @ScotNational @heraldscotland #AUOBArbroath
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Here is the library, photographed on 13th December 2013. The photographs were taken for a story we were running about the newly refurbished windows in the library. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 3/14
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I'll finish with this photograph I took on 7th September 2006 of the sign that sat above the main entrance to the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building on Renfrew Street. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures #glasgowschoolofart #charlesrenniemackintosh 14/14
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Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow looking pretty fine this evening. @Glasgow_Times @heraldscotland
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Neighbours pupper v happy with her dogloo #beastfromtheeast2 #snow #pupper #beagle
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A display of daffodils in Govan, Glasgow. In the background is a mural on the gable end of a tenement of a young girl picking daffodils by the street artist Smug. Photographed on Saturday 2nd March 2024 for @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times #spring #streetart #daffodils
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People on the Tradeston bridge (aka the squiggly bridge) in Glasgow watch as the sun sets this evening, Wednesday 23rd March 2022. Photographed for @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times #sunset #stormhour #Glasgow #riverclyde
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Bell's bridge, Glasgow at dusk. Friday 18th February 2022. #Monochrome #Glasgow #architecture #riverclyde #Armadillo #sec
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@MearnsColin
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The Duke of Wellington statue in front of @GlasgowGoMA wearing an EU flag inspired traffic cone on #BrexitDay #Brexit #LeavethelightonforScotland #PeopleMakeGlasgow
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Marchers pass Arbroath Abbey during the @AUOBNOW march for independence in Arbroath, Saturday 2nd April 2022. Photographed for @ScotNational & @heraldscotland #AUOBArbroath #Arbroath #arbroathabbey #Angus #indyref2
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Very lucky to have had a sneak preview of the Burrell Collection today ahead of its re-opening in March following completion of a £68.25million refurbishment. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #burrellcollection #glasgowlife #pollokcountrypark #Glasgow
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@MearnsColin
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Maxwell Park, Pollokshields. Saturday 2nd December 2023. #Glasgow #monochrome #snow #Southside #Canon #R3 #StormHour
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@MearnsColin
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I've been very fortunate, as over the years I've been into the 'Mack' many times on various assignments for @heraldscotland . This photo was taken at 12.46pm on the 22 May 2014, nearly 24 hrs before the 1st fire that started around 12.30pm on 23 May 2014 @HeraldPictures 2/14
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@MearnsColin
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Autumn colours in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times Monday 30th October 2023. #Autumn #Glasgow #AutumnVibes
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@MearnsColin
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7 months
Here is our front page from yesterday, Monday 26th March featuring a stunning full page photograph of the second fire at the GSA taken by colleague Kirsty Anderson. Read more on our investigation: @KirstyCAnderson @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 13/14
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@MearnsColin
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Very sad to learn that the artist and writer Alasdair Gray has died. A terrible loss. I had the honour and pleasure of taking his photograph many times. Here is a pic taken at Oran Mor, Glasgow in Oct 2009 as he was adding to his stunning mural.
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@MearnsColin
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The three windows were removed for conservation work and restored to their former glory. In July 2013 the GSA began a £350,000 conservation programme of the three storey windows on the Scott Street facade of the Mackintosh Building. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 4/14
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@MearnsColin
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Love this view of the voco Grand Central hotel on Hope Street, Glasgow. Taken today, Thursday 29th Feb 2024. #architecture #Glasgow #lookdown
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Shawlands Cross looking very pretty this evening. #Glasgow #SouthSide #sunset #dusk
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@MearnsColin
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Ben Lomond looking v pretty earlier today. #hills #scotland #munro #snow #WinterIsComing
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@MearnsColin
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Fantastic atmosphere during the UCI Cycling World Championships men's road race, Sunday 6th August 2023. @heradscotland @Glasgow_Times #GlasgowScotland2023 #PowerOfTheBike
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@MearnsColin
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This snowball splatter on the frozen Forth & Clyde canal at Speirs Wharf, Glasgow is strangely beautiful. #snow #ice #freezing #stormhour @Glasgow_Times @heraldscotland @ScotNational
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@MearnsColin
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Restoration of the Mack was going well following the first fire. This is how the hen run looked on the 15 December 2017. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 8/14
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Sunlight hitting tenements under a dark sky on Deanston Drive, Shawlands this afternoon. #southside #glasgow #monochrome #AutumnEquinox #shawlands #tenements #StormHour
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Interesting sky over Glasgow this evening. @heraldscotland #sunset #redsky
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@MearnsColin
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Love this #mural in the #SouthSide of Glasgow. It's on the wall of the Common Ground cafe who commissioned Scottish Graffiti Murals and pays homage to the city's famous @TheBarrowlands ballroom. @PatsyMillerrr97 @Glasgow_Times @heraldscotland #Battlefield
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@MearnsColin
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A packed Scottish Parliament debating chamber listen to First Minister @NicolaSturgeon speaking during the @SWCwomen #InternationalWomensDay2020 event. #IWD20 @ScotNational @heraldscotland
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Wonderful turnout in Glasgow today for the #ClimateStrike protest. Billy Connolly even made an appearance. #ClimateStrikes #SchoolStrike #climatestrikeglasgow
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@MearnsColin
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George the @VisitScotland ambassadog on the red carpet at @glasgowfilmfest as he arrives for the premiere of Isle of Dogs. #woof #GFF18
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People pictured on the Tradeston bridge (aka the squiggly bridge) in Glasgow as the sun sets this evening, Friday 4th March . #Glasgow #sunset #weather #dusk
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@MearnsColin
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V pretty sunset behind Edinburgh castle this evening. Saturday, 4th February 2023. Photographed for @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures @TheHeraldEditor #sunset #Edinburgh #Edinburghcastle #Scotland #stormhour #photohour
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Maxwell Park, Pollokshields, Glasgow on a gloriously sunny autumn morning. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #Autumn #Glasgow #autumn2021 #Pollokshields #Autumnvibes #southside
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@MearnsColin
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A slideshow of some of my photographs taken over the past 12 months for @heraldscotland @ScotNational @Glasgow_Times It was a busy old year... #pressphotography #newspapers #buyapaper #YearinReview2019
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@MearnsColin
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The wonderful Hill House in Helensburgh. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in collaboration with Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. Built in the early 1900s, it is now encased in an innovative mesh box to aid its preservation. @N_T_S #charlesrenniemackintosh #architecture
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@MearnsColin
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A packed Glasgow @TradesHall for the launch of the Believe In Scotland campaign and Scotland The Brief book. @BizforScotland @believeinscot #believeinscotland see @ScotNational tmrw for story by @kacnutt
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Taken on 18th November 2014, a forensic archaeologist pictured in the Glasgow School of Art library. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 5/14
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And how the Mack is looking now, taken on 18th March 2024. The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building is now covered in protective white plastic sheeting following the two devastating fires. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 12/14
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@MearnsColin
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Gorgeous late afternoon sunlight in Strathbungo, Glasgow. #winter #strathbungo #SouthSide #Glasgow #sunset
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Firefighters tackle a blaze on Sauchiehall street, Glasgow.
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@MearnsColin
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Linn park looking v pretty this morning. #snow #Glasgow #southside #baltic
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@MearnsColin
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Lovely sky over Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow this evening. #Glasgow #sunset
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@MearnsColin
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A gorgeous sky this evening. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is in the foreground. @Glasgow_Times @heraldscotland #sunset #kelvingrove @glasgowlife #Glasgow
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The Burrell collection in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow looking pretty fabulous this evening. Really like the new lighting along the paths too. #Glasgow #BurrellCollection #NightPhotography
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colin mearns
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This is the hen run, photographed on 2nd September 2014, 4 months after the first fire. @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 7/14
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@MearnsColin
colin mearns
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Big sky and a wee mountain biker at Cathkin Braes, Glasgow. You just have to love late afternoon light in November. #winter #Glasgow #mountainbike #stormhour #clouds
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#Glasgow looking pretty wonderful from Queen's Park this afternoon. #SouthSide #sunset #goldenhour #winter
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Another one from Dec 2017. Restoration was going well and the hen run was looking great.... @heraldscotland @HeraldPictures 9/14
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Lovely wee train trip to the wonderful Gourock outdoor pool today. #Inverclyde #swimming #Gourock #blueskyswimming #Scotrail
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Cochrane Street, Glasgow. 28th December 2022. #rain #raintown #Glasgow #Monochrome
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Opening of the Ukrainian Cultural Club in Clarkston, 10th December 2022. The centre offers a safe space for displaced Ukrainians where they can stay in touch with their Ukrainian culture. Photographed for @heraldscotland #Ukraine #Glasgow #Scotland @AUGBSUB @churchscotland
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colin mearns
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I love old newspaper office pics! Inspired by @DaniGaravelli1 this is The Herald office in Albion street in July 2000 shortly before we moved to Renfield St. Picture desk is in foreground (inc @landsnapper & @CJJ_Photo ). Also pictured are CRTs, Macs, mess, clutter & negatives.
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Dani Garavelli
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Found this photo of when me and that @GraemeWSmith ran The Journal newsdesk. It's a period piece. Please note historic artefacts such as calendars, an A-Z, packs of library cuttings and massive computers. And of course the mess (which, in my case, still exists).
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Ashton Lane, Glasgow. Friday 14th April 2023. #westend #Glasgow #monochrome #spring
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@MearnsColin
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My review of 2023 in photographs I've taken for @heraldscotland @Glasgow_Times & @ScotNational Included are a Barbie doll, some cats, a dancing politician and a pop star in a bin. With a wonderful fiddle accompaniment by my 12 yo son Alex. Wishing everyone a happy 2024!
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