
Toryglen
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Toryglen".
Sep 18, 2026
CORNER SHOP SECRETS: The Truth Behind Fernhill Grocers | The Judge Reviews Podcast
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3:53Adam BashirGUEST
On Govan Hill, seeing a lot of madness.
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3:56Adam BashirGUEST
I mean, a lot of fighting, a lot of, he went to Tory Glen of all places, Tory Glen School.
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4:00Adam BashirGUEST
A lot of that happened here, went to Bell Houston in it, but obviously if you're on Govan Hill, you went to Tory Glen where all the gory were waiting for you.
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4:06Adam BashirGUEST
he used to get chased my dad is my dad's slim right so he could run and he's lucky he could run he used to take chases 50 guys not even exaggerating there's 50 of them right chasing him across the park and he would run into Govan Hill and see him in Govan Hill they would stop there because he goes no we can't go any further really that's what it's like you know where Tory Glenn is obviously that's you know what I mean it's like wow So he never went to school because of that.
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4:26Adam BashirGUEST
That is how my dad ended up being a shopkeeper.
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4:30Adam BashirGUEST
That's how he ended up going into business.
Talking Galloway Podcast Cally Phillips
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45:32AngelaHOST
I mean you've got lots of places in Glasgow that have got very Gaelic names.
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45:35AngelaHOST
The one that springs to mind is Tory Glen because Tory Glen always gives me a little laugh because the word Tory actually literally means thief.
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45:45AngelaHOST
In Gaelic, in both Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic and of course then we have incorporated it into our language to describe the Conservative Party which just gives me a little chuckle.
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45:59AngelaHOST
But you've got a lot of places like that and there was a lot of Highlanders came down after the clearances, particularly to Glasgow but also to Edinburgh.
The Official SMFC Podcast - Episode One
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58:38Craig McLeishGUEST
Then during the winter months when the grass is out of use, having a first class facility, an Astro that we can bounce over to and use when we need to, makes a world of difference to us as well.
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58:51Craig McLeishGUEST
There have been times over the last couple of years where we've had to go and maybe use indoor at Tory Glen or over at Ravenscraig and things, and that's just because because of the age that the Astros are like it's not kind of staying the same and the kind of the lower temperatures so again new surface allows us to kind of stay on site more often throughout the year as well and again the support we get from spies and from that and the contribution again people won't see the actual value that it does bring us and it's greatly appreciated
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59:25John NeedhamGUEST
I guess on the second half of the question, it's absolutely vital that Smysa grows to support the club.
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59:36John NeedhamGUEST
Everyone should understand that Smysa built their rainy day reserve.