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Glasgow Live
National
David McLean

Remembering Glasgow's madcap 'mini Barras' street market Schipka Pass

Glasgow is city famous for its outdoor markets, but none have been quite so unusual as the Schipka Pass.

Just like Paddy's Market, the Schipka Pass was a city flea market located by the arches of the old Union line not far from Glasgow Cross - but that's pretty much where the similarities ended.

Painted in the colours of Partick Thistle and covered in all manner of slogans, the legendary market, which was situated parallel to St Andrew's Lane off the Gallowgate, billed itself as the 'mini Barras' and attracted generations of thrifty locals.

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