At a time of the year sometimes described as flaming June news surrounding Anniesland / Balgray and extended family can be thin in the ground

However not so this year and it has taken us down several paths

We have seen a Glasgow Accie Martin Bain exiting Edmiston Drive and a Kelvinside Accie Craig Whyte taking over at the helm in Govan

The New Anniesland Stand has become a wedding venue with Stu Low tying the knot in this landmark late 50s facility

Olympic icon David Hemery has addressed the High School of Glasgow
How appropriate with a year to the London Olympics that the man who beat the best in the world in the mankiller of track and field the 400 m hurdles should visit Old Anniesland
Not only did Hemery take on the best athletes of his generation in 1968 he also did it with little oxygen available at the altitude that was Mexico City the Games that saw the demise of some the world's greatest athletes and almost killed one of them Ron Clarke of Australia

At a time when Scottish Rugby Union is heading back into turmoil the Scottish Daily Mail carried a story suggesting that the Glasgow Academy motto "Serva Fidem" become the mantra for the future of Scottish football as former pupil Campbell Ogilvie has just taken over at the helm

This article was originally posted on 12-Jun-2011, 07:29 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 12-Jun-2011, 07:35.