Can you solve these 2 Glasgow mysteries?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- I've lived in Glasgow for two years and have been stumped by these two mysteries the whole time. Can you help me solve them?
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If you've got any questions feel free to leave them in the comments! I'm on insta @gabriellegweneth.
Hi there I am a Japanese woman who has lived in Glasgow for 7 years.
The parades are Orange Walks also called Orange Marches.
These are part of the religious cultural divide of the city between Protestants and Catholics.
Orange Walks are undertaken by members of the Orange Order, a fraternal Protestant organisation who want to keep the British monarchy Protestant, and keep the UK a Protestant nation.
These parades are most commonly seen in Northern Ireland as well as across Scotland, and usually occur on the anniversary of battles important to the Protestant cause.
These parades remain a very controversial part of Scottish life, with some Scots calling for them to be banned, and others who say they are an important part of their culture, and of religious freedom.
Ohh. Thank you *so* much Dr. Akiko for your thorough reply! It makes sense that the parades would be controversial. Now I've got a new level of understanding about life here. Thanks again! xx
@@gabriellegweneth Quote: What did William of Orange do to Scotland?
In 1695 William played a major role in ensuring the collapse of the Darien Scheme, critically important to the economy of Scotland, by ordering his English and Dutch subjects not to give any assistance to the Scottish colonists for fear of upsetting the Spanish.
It is also tied to the Catholic and Protestant divide. William of Orange is heavily linked with Protestants/Loyalists and they generally march through heavily populated Catholic areas in a demonstration of 'power' obviously causing upset. There's plenty to read up on if you're interested.
The second could almost be anything from the leaves rotting in the autumn, grass cutting in the summer, to a brewery close by. Far too hard to say without experiencing it. I'm in Edinburgh and we have a few breweries that really smell of hops at certain points. Really strong at the source but smells for miles in varying degrees. I lived in Glasgow for several years in the West End but never noticed anything odd in smell. We have a lot of greenery and moisture that you are probably right with it being just vegetation decay. Moisture makes smells carry a lot more and in a more concentrated form. It is likely just plant matter.
It's bigotry. Sanctioned and encouraged by the government.
i feel strongly that you are correct, Dr. Fukuwara. When most people talk about freedom of religion, they are focused on the word "religion". However, freedom of religion, by definition, also means freedom FROM religion. There will always be fences in human society, but, as we all know, "good fences make good neighbours". Mind your side of the fence and stop trying to influence your neighbours. ;) A civilised Canadian.
@@mojorisen7812 coud you direct me to info re this would really love to see it.
The biggest mystery is, who leaves the Bahamas for Glasgow, 🤔
Haha that would be me! It's been an adventure. Thanks for watching and commenting Robert! 😊
@@gabriellegweneth your welcome doll
@heres johnny What?
Indeed. Wow
Who slap dafties fur being stupid👌💨💨😂😂😂👍🏻
The smell you get may come from whisky distilling. You are more likely to get a smell of it in the winter as the cold air keeps it low in the air. There is a distillery near Glasgow green that will cover the whole area when it’s cold
The smell is malted barley being mashed
Ohh! That's really interesting and sounds exactly right. I didn't know cold air has that effect either. Thanks for watching and letting me know! ^_^
Tennants brewery not too far away either. Could be that lingering as well.
These parades are Protestant, Christian, fraternities known as the loyal orders,(loyal to the union of the United Kingdom) the most common being the Orange Order.
The smell you are smelling, sounds like seeds and hops from the whisky or beer distilleries/breweries which I smell pretty often too.
Hope you are being made welcome here in Glasgow.
My question is, Why move from the lovely Bahamas to old Scotland?
Take care, and love from a fellow Glaswegian.
Hi. I remember seeing one of your first videos from Scotland on here a while ago. I think you were in Rhu or somewhere else stormy out near Helensburgh. It looks like you are now in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. You certainly have a talent for choosing the more 'interesting' areas of Scotland. Anyway, I'm pretty sure the smell is either a brewery or the Shieldhall water treatment works in Govan.
Hi Philip! Yes, I was in Rhu - hahaha about choosing interesting areas. 😂 Thanks for watching and for helping me solve the mystery of the smell. 🙂 Hope you're well!
You can hardly smell the brewery and you cant smell the waterworks, i live in the wine alley right next too ibrox.
Just swap those blue shirts for 'brown shirts' and you have the same kind of people!
Perhaps you need a history lesson? The Orange order were not on the fascist side in 20c. Strange, many of those that hated "blue shirts" were in fact the same kind of people as the brown shirts and helped them!
@@MrNemo-oi8cl All of them are knuckle draggers!
Or green shirts??? With balaclavas on.
Orange walk
Does it smell like toast? I mean like bread that you put into a toaster? I've noticed it every time I've been in Scotland. I love it! 😆😆😆 If it is that toast smell, I was told by a local that it was from either the breweries for beer, or the distilleries for Scotch. It's such a cool smell! We have several breweries now in San Diego, and depending where you are at certain times, you can smell that toasty smell. It's not as good as in Edinburgh, but it allows my mind to drift to times of being there. 😊
Hey Norrin! It doesn't smell like toast to me but the consensus from all the comments here is that yes, it's from a brewery or distillery. It does have a yeasty sourness to it so I think that's right! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
The smell is the brewery. It drove me crazy when I first moved here as I could smell it everywhere I went.
the smell is when the farmers cover their land with silage which is manure they have kept to enrich their land before they use it to grow crops etc.
Silage is cattle food not manure.
Its either a brewery or a farmer spreading muck the smell can travel quite far
What area of the city are you in?
Paisley Road is not unique in this context but it is one of the busiest routes for Orange walks, especially from June thru August. They're not pleasant things to get caught in the middle of, or get stuck in traffic behind, so they're best just avoided altogether. As for the smell, I'm sorry you've got me stumped there. 😂
hahaha! I remembered you commenting on another video about parades and wondered if these were what you meant. It's just taken all this time for me to create this and ask lol. Thanks for watching Paul :)
@@gabriellegweneth Oh no worries. I was walking around today by the canal and was thinking about the smell. Could it be Scots Pine? Maybe. It's very pungent when damp but pleasant. I mean they put it in those air freshner tree things truckers use.
no traffic hold up is pleasant to be stuck behind
@@gabriellegweneth the next time theres a Parade. come out people will make you welcome . dont avoid the Parade. there 2 sides to everything
Bigot!
Enjoy glasga x
Thank you Robert! x
very nice video i am your fan
Thank you Ricky! ^_^
Definitely think the smell is a brewery. I smell it every now and again in the city.
Ohh! That possibility never occurred to me but it does make sense. Thanks for watching and commenting Tim!
The marching bands & marchers belong to The Orange Lodges that are all over Scotland,Ireland & beyond.They are celebrating the Protestant religion in the UK.This all goes back to the time of the Reformation & when William of Orange came over here from Holland to be our protestant King- there was a famous battle in Ireland in 1690 & a victory for King William(King Billy) This was called The Battle of the Boyne(a river in Ireland) & it's still celebrated by those in the Orange Lodges who are staunch Protestants.A bit archaic now we are a multicultural society. Christina in Stirling.x
Ohh. Thanks for watching and commenting Christine!
Definitely an Orange Walk.. The smell could be tree sap. I initially thought the Tenents Brewery on Duke street but that’s in the centre of town.
Hey Stephen! Thanks for watching and commenting. :) I don't know much about tree sap but you could be right! What makes you think so?
@@gabriellegweneth Hi! Just a guess given that you are smelling it in the park. It’s less likely to be this if you are smelling it in Winter. Sap rises in Spring and often is at its most fragrant in Summer. I hope you find out what it is
@@stephenbrown8018 Ohh that's so interesting! Thanks for letting me know :)
I have 2 mysteries you can answer, Is mommy single & what is she doing next Saturday lol xxx
i hope youre enjoying glasgow and going futher afield in scotland
I am enjoying Glasgow thank you, and yes have plans to see more of beautiful Scotland! :)
if the Bands are out on a Sunday
They will play Hymns
That going past is a protestant parade as already mentioned. The rotting smell is the just the smell of the other half in glasgow 🤣
And they say the right wing can't do comedy.
@@imposs-up1hg right wing 🙄🙄
I think Dr A has explained the parade situation fairly well, as the comments state, the parades can be controversial and in recent times there has been rerouting of certain parades to avoid places such as certain churches to avoid possible clashes. The Orange Order has halls close to where the video was shot, assuming this was close to Lorne St, that probably explains why you hear and see them regularly. With regards the smell, I am thinking that the fall of leaves and foliage may be rotting, perhaps in a drainage system, and I guess you wouldn't get so much in the city centre. Are you getting the smell within certain areas or streets ?
Ohh wow, rerouting to avoid clashes! :o And yes this is near Lorne Street. I didn't realise these groups had official, named meeting places. Thanks so much for sharing! As for the leaves - I had the same thoughts about fallen leaves. I don't notice them as strongly in the city centre as I do on the south side of the river. xx
When this character says,"certain Churches", he means Catholic Chapels. They only "avoid" them because Glasgow council have forced them to reroute, due to bands stopping outside them playing tunes like the banned Billy Boys, a song about a fascist in Glasgow in the 30s whos preferred focus of racism was Irish Catholics. He also applied to the kkk to open a branch in Glasgow. Priests and elderly Mass goers were also spat on and threatened as they left morning service. On March days these 'band's come from all over Scotland and Northern Ireland to spew their racist sectarian filth onto the streets of Glasgow. It's VERY far from a local thing!
@@anneseijbel1376 Most of those Roman catholic churches are on main arterial routes and most are no occupied when these bands are passing. It had nothing to do with Irish roman catholics, but more to do with support for irish republican terrorists who have murdered scottish people.whilst this spitting as abhorrant it was not made by one of those taking part it was made by a drunken lout following it who obviously knows no better.. the priest in question i believe has not been wholly innocent, I believe he has made provocatary actions himself. These bands are invited over and a lot of them are local. you speak of racist, maybe you should take a closer look and you will see there re also non white people there, there are also orange lodges in ghana and togo, there are orange lodges consisting of who are called ethnic minorities from las vegas, mohawk indian people from canada. Aboriginals in australia, maoris in new zealand.. oh and you do know there are also orange lodges in dublin, cavan, monaghan, donegal, leitrim, and yet you clain the orange order are racist and irish. I think you have shown your own lack of knowledge with your statement, and displayed your own prejudice, and sectarian hatred.
@@yvonnejohnston9429 Well said 👏👏
Lol I'm surprised nobody has realised what the smell is! I walk that path twice daily. The smell is "Green/Smoke/Weed" or a million other names aka Potent Strong Marijuana lol
I'm trying to think of any distilleries that might be near where you live but I can't think of any, certainly when the distillery I work at does its peated malt for 6 months of the year you can certainly smell the difference in the surrounding air compared to the unpeated season. It could just be a factory that you live near by releasing certain fumes at certain times of the day or season.
As for the Orange walk. In the 17th century, Ireland was mainly catholic,. Not long after the Union of Scotland and England, there was encouragement from the Crown and government for people from mostly Scotland and northern England to settle in Ulster. Most of those people would have been Protestants rather than Catholics. Settling on previously Irish Catholic land, these British settlers would not have settled in well with the local population. Hostility and bitterness would have been very much ingrained on both sides. Fast forward a couple of centuries to the Irish famine, and difficulties for the Irish to find work at home, and a new migration taking place. This time in the opposite direction. Irish Catholics settled in the West of Scotland, and Glasgow, in large numbers looking for work. Just like the migration previously this didn't go down well with the local people who they saw it as a threat to their jobs if the newcomers were willing to do the same work for less. More bitterness, more hostility, more division along religious differences. The Orange Walk probably by various groups throughout Glasgow probably account for 80% of the marches, but there are Catholic equivalents too. Sadly instead of something to be proud of, except for the select few taking part, these marches are embarrassing stain that our population could be so manipulated by crown, government and employers over the centuries.
Glasgow has always had social justice at its heart, whether it was marching for the freedom of Mandela, or saying no to Thatcher suppling Rolls Royce engines to Pinchet's Chile. Its just a shame we haven't always managed to get it right on issues right here at home.
fair comment !
Hey Steven, I appreciate the time and thoughtfulness that went into your reply. Thank you for watching and commenting! This historic context is very helpful. And generally everything you've said was helpful! I never imagined these marches were this sensitive a topic, or this revealing of the city's - and country's - socio-cultural history. Hope you take care. x
It wit it is
We people ov Glasgow are honest and proud the smell can't help but the smell comes from the clyde rubish on boats waste getting dealt wa
Hey Robert! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
It’s called the orange walk.
Thanks Li Do :)
Its the crust being broken at shieldhall
The smell? You better phone the police on that iam afraid lol
its called the orange walk for prdestants ,, ther also a fenian walk to fot catholics
Thanks Packy!
No it’s called a Hibs walk for Catholics..fenian is an Irish Republican.
The smell may be.. Wild Garlic
Yours is definitely the most imaginative answer I've heard so far. I had no idea garlic could be so fragrant. Thanks for watching and commenting Rich!
The smell could be the Tennant's brewery
Ohh! Thanks Tony!
definitely a orange walk, and the smell is definitely the orange walk.
and the worst smell in glasgow comes from a football ground named smeltic park or porkheed because it was built on a piggery farm
And the smell of a bigot is ripe, from auld jim the tim
The smell might be from breweries in the city.
Ahh, makes sense! Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂
The smell is almost certainly wild garlic
Oh, this is the first time anyone's made that suggestion! Wow, is there that much wild garlic around? Thanks for watching and commenting James! :)
@@gabriellegweneth yeah there is a lot of it around
DONT.WORRY.HEN.ITS.A.SASH.BASH.
........NO.SURRENDER........
1) The orange walk
2) Urine
It’s a religious parade
you have a beutifull smile
Thank you! ^_^
No offence but that view from your window looking on to buildings would makee wonder why you ever left the Bahamas to come here.I am from Glasgow and it certainly ain't no Bahamas.I think that it is OK staying here temporary or passing through but of all the places to live in the world this really shouldn't be near the top of your list,take my word for it 🙂
Some times you can smell the shit the farmers spray their fields with even in the city.
Zombies 🧟♂️
Don't wear green if you go out to watch or pass them, that tends to annoy the hangers on.
Northern Ireland tops are green I have wore lots of mine to many a parade and never had trouble, also many protestant bands wear green, greengairs thistle for example. Your point is invalid, stop being a bigot and get on with your day.
@@WeAreThePeople1690 Oh good for you,ya orange bastard.
Looks like you're living in my old house at 12 Percy Street. I later bought the ground floor flat - number 10. Welcome to (soon to be independent) Scotland!
Thanks Trebor!
The smell might be petrichor.
In regard to your first question, sometimes things are best left unknown, preserve your innocence 🙄
That’s an Orange Walk, it’s a bunch of Protestants, none of which actually believe in God, marching for sectarianism. You can also sometimes get a Fenian walk, a Catholic version, which when you first hear in the distance you think it’s an Orange Walk but the songs are slightly different. It’s the World’s greatest example of divide and conquer, two Scottish sides set up to fight each other by the English who have used it to govern.
Ohh. Wow a Fenian walk as well? Thanks for this info Alex!
@@gabriellegweneth just be careful using the word fenion it’s a bad word in the West of Scotland yet not in Northern Ireland.
@@alexbowman7582 Ohhhh. Thanks for the warning!! Will keep my lips zipped.
@Jay Kae Thanks for letting me know Jay, I really appreciate it.
What a lot of utter tripe, Christianity is their core belief, if you look at the head of those processions it is always lead by someone carrying a bible. There is no such a thing as a fenian walk, it is a republican march or ancient or of Hibernians. And it has nothing to do with the English.
the smell is hops
thanks jc!
Ignorance is bliss, don't scratch the surface of the orange order marches as it opens too many cans of worms.
Ohh dear. I didn't realise! Thanks for watching and commenting Robert :)
And don't scratch the surface of those who oppose them, they are even worse.
The Orange March is celebrating the Battle of the Boyne a river in Ulster where James 2's Catholic force was defeated by the Protestant William of Orange, a Dutch king brought in for the purpose. This 1690 Battle is a part of the Ulster Protestant identity whose adherents refused to accede to the result of the Irish referendum of 1921 which led to the creation of the Irish Free State and partition of the country into a Catholic theocracy in the South and a Unionist North. The partition was accepted by most including the British government to appease the Protestants under Carson who could not accept living in a country dominated by priests. However some Southerners have always wanted a United Ireland which they dream of. The marches commemorate these events but have been a source of tension. Glasgow imported the divide in the nineteenth century when large numbers of Irish workers came looking for employment in the heavy industries which were booming then in Glasgow.
The River Boyne is in Leinster, not Ulster. All southers want a United Ireland not some. We will get it, thanks to Brexit
Oh I see Leonard. Thanks for taking the time to explain this in your response! This was helpful :)
@@philipcorr8225 The part of the river boyne where the battle was fought is actually in drogheda.
@@yvonnejohnston9429 still not Ulster. Parts of Drogheda are in co. Meath
Battle site is on border with co Louth. Both in Leinster. What point are you attempting to make?
@@philipcorr8225 All southerners wont have a vote 😉
The smell could be burning pallets 😂😂😂 another thing imported fae ulster
Dust cloud from under the piggery carpet? Another thing imported from the Vatican/Irish Republicanism!
Marches are the Orange Lodge, not very nice.
And the smell, there used to be a massive Malting Plant on the North Side of Glasgow and the smell would cover areas of Glasgow depending on wind direction.
Hey Hugh, thanks for watching and commenting! When you say malting plant... this makes me think of Vita Malt, the beverage, but that's probably not what you mean? haha
@@gabriellegweneth if you look over Glasgow skyline, you should see the remaining tall chimney, think it had a cone shape on top, next to M8. It's the barley malting plant for whisky.
@@shug831 Ohh I see, thank you!
I also thought of the smell of malt but it’s not what I’d call “sharp”. Malt’s more of a cooked smell; which when shopping in the vicinity of Trongate it used be like an invisible fog. I’d go back to flora in the area, that you’re particularly sensitive to; perhaps the common privet, gorse or wild rose thorn.
Do enlighten us as to how a Christian organisation peacefully going about their democratic right to express their religious liberty is " Not very nice" Hugh!!
You sound American?
How did you manage to migrate to Scotland from the Bahamas in 2020 during a global pandemic?
While all of us healthy people were stuck in the house on lockdown.
🤔🤔🤔
That's an observant question David :) I moved at the very beginning of the year, before the pandemic was a thing on this side of the world. Had no idea it was coming, just like everyone else!
The parade you see despite the colour, spectacle, music and costumes is really a parade of hate against catholics. Other countries celebrate something positive but not in Glasgow sadly.
Hey @gingerfellah5665, thanks for watching and commenting. This is disappointing to learn, and I've come to realise how divisive these parades really are.
The smell 😍 is actually the orange walk...they don't wash and are trouble makers
Well said
says the bigot who insults them look in the mirror pal
@@mac148 biggot lol well I do not go out on a orange walks ...guess your one off them that likes to go on these walks.. .perhaps if you and your friends tryed soap and water glasgow wouldn't smell as bad. When these idiots are out walking 🚶♂️
Says the bigot, who is also likely a celtic fan, who's season ticket holders got a letter from their club telling them to have a wash before their games. Oh the irony 🙄
@@WeAreThePeople1690 I don't follow football players are all overpaid
Haha nice way to innocently start a religious war in the comments lolol
Oh boy, I know right?! 😅🙊
Ah yes the bigoted orange walk. Glasgows shame.
This is our Orange culture . on the saturday before the 12 th july .
there wiil be Parade in Glasgow . you will love it
just a bunch of huns having a walk
Bigot
In year 1688 London Derry northern Ireland king James Roman Catholic held the city under seizure over 8000 protestants died, a European task force liberated the people in the city, King James came back with a stronger army 1690 A battle took place James army was defeated The march is a commemorative of the attempted genocide of protestants the army defending those people was led by Prince William from Holland's house Orange. The smell could be Hobbs being brewed in a whisky distillery
Thanks for your informative comment Thomas! And yes I think you're right about the smell coming from a distillery. I smelled it this morning! So there goes my thought about it being seasonal.
At least thats the excuse they use. It'd be better of they didn't do it at all.
@@stewartmackay that's the reason It is held, no excuse required
@@stewartmackay why
@@stewartmackay and what’s is the real reason
The first question you ask is about the parades along your street that is the orange lodge son organisation that tries to bring peace and happiness around world. I left Glasgow when I was 10 so I have little knowledge of them. As for your second question I am sorry but I cannot help with that good luck on finding information on your questions.
Thanks for watching and helping me out with your answers Bob! :)
The Orange walks are public displays of sectarianism and religious bigotry. Certainly not attempts to "bring peace and happiness"
@@mrennie5158 The orange order marches are public professions of faith and a celebration of an important moment in british history, nothing to what you allude it to,
@@yvonnejohnston9429 Wow. You're embarrassingly naïve about the whole thing 🤷 I take it you've never been on one......
Aye Buckfast and track suits and hatred March sounds like your a numpty
Nothing musical whatsoever in these processions. Reworkings of penny dreadful sing along songs, such as 'The Mustache Our Father Wore', and ' If Yer, Oirish, Come Into the Parlour,' ( but only if you wear a bowler hat....). I think as Scottish society progresses, and given Glasgow's embrace of displaced immigrants- (albeit it still abhors the Catholic Irish diaspora), these penny whistle parades will hopefully be relegated to church hall car parks and motorway intersections.
Enjoy your time in the city. It has a lot more to offer than an archaic nod to a battle that now has historians and scholars questioning the true outcome of its supporters vainglorious proclamations.
Best.
Sid.
Thanks for your comment and for your well wishes Sid!
I think if you listen carefully some of those taking part are very musical, some of the musicians in these bands are also in world champion pipe bands as well as various miltary pipe bands and scottish youth orchestras, indeed one person who is a member of a band that takes part in orange marches is also a world champion pipe band drum major, the world renowned flautist james galway was also in a band that took part in orange marches. regarding the irish diaspora, it has nothing to do with that it does have to do with irish republicanism, which is completely different. Every country in the world celebrates moments in their history, the orange order is no different from say those who remember culldoen, bannockburn or glencoe
This comment 😂 Totally ignorant of the fact that they were all Irish on either side. None of the songs actually exist, on either side. What a grade A walloper!
No 55, I'm struggling to make sense of your comment- grammatically that is. By all means disagree, but it's rather belligerent to get personal (as your other comments on the above and other postings show).
After all, I've witnessed these penny whistlers chirrup Auntie Mary had a Canary up the Leg of her Drawers, and the theme to Z Cars, as they march through the streets of Glasgow for their archaic cause.
There again-
Maybe I never heard it;
Perhaps it doesn't exist.
Maybe you can enlighten me....
Sid
@@tablettwentytwo1750 Can you not read english? You named songs, that only exist in your wee head son! Im a loyalist, and have never played any such tune, and I have never heard any of the other sides bands play anything called that either. Does that help you out son??
The Orange Order is a Protestant Christian fraternity, it paraded Glasgow for 200 years and descends from Ireland and involves the post reformation politics of For & Against ie Reformation & Counter reformation, if you need further information leave an email, take care
Essentially Scotland and Ireland's equivalent of the KKK... 🤦😂
No its not, don't be spreading fake news and lies. Sure there isn't any lodges with African tribes, Native Indians or Mouri tribes in them, in these parts of the world is there? The only KKK reference that could be made is for the catholic populations tolerance on both sides of the Irish sea to the protestants. Coordinated by those that want to break up the Union of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Those being Sein Fein/IRA and the SNP. Scotland and Irelands version of KKK indeed!
Ahhh marching season. In a nutshell its religious bigotry.
naw religious freedom from the church of rome
Orange walks .full of bitter prodistants who live in the 1600s
Where as the Scots/Irish are still back in 1916 and the Scots are still in 1341 fighting for independence. Who is more in the past eh?? Same shite different stick. And we are protestants, not prodistants, mo chara