THE recent festivities must have jogged the memory of Evening Times reader Moira Yarwood, who sent in today's picture. She tells us it was taken at a Christmas party in 1957, which was given by chemicals giant ICI when it had offices in the Beresford building in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street.

YOUNG people are blending classical opera with urban music in an education project. Urban Opera will see 15 Glasgow youths taking to the stage this week as part of a new scheme.

IF you were a time traveller looking out the window of one of these tenement flats at Charing Cross when today's two pictures were taken, the changes would be phenomenal.

ASPECIAL screening of short films next week is to focus on reaction to the demolition of Partick railway station and the historic Pollok motorway protest. Called Rats, Roads and Railways - a film night for the Dear Green Place, the shorts show how ordinary individuals have responded to local issues.

By SAM CLARKE THEY are the unsung heroes of urban Glasgow; selfless individuals who daily risk whiplash, strained tendons and abuse while negotiating city streets, saving lives at every turn. And what do drivers get in return? Parking tickets, tow trucks, gridlock and blame.