Glasgow's time gun trials proved to be a bit of a disaster 😬
To nick a line from our own Kevin Bridges, Edinburgh and Glasgow are very different cities: when a gun goes off in Edinburgh, it's one o'clock.
Inevitably, with the Clyde being one of Britain's most important shipping hubs, it wasn't long until Glasgow also looked at adopting the idea. "The experiment was witnessed by a large number of spectators," one newspaper reported. "And some interest has been awakened as to whether it may be established as a permanent regulator of city time."
Complaints had flooded in following the St Vincent Place firing, with some concerned about the danger of fire from the ignited wadding being scattered about, and "the startling of horses in a crowded thoroughfare".
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