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Title	The Steamie - Friday 17 April 2020
Author	SteamieBot
Body	Weather [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/) Partly cloudy throughout the day. Around 4 to 12 degrees. Travel No line problems reported. What's On Today The Hollies at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 20/20 Debut Headline Gig at Room 2 Nap Eyes at The Hug and Pint Samson Sounds at The Rum Shack The Twilight Sad at Barrowland Ballroom Will and The People at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Today in Scottish History On 17 April 1932, Sir Patrick Geddes, the Scottish biologist and social scientist, died. Geddes is regarded as the founding father of town planning. Although he was trained as a biologist, he applied biological knowledge to striving to create an ideal environment for human existence. The author of City Development and Cities in Evolution, Geddes was greatly troubled by the plight of refugees of the war between Armenians and the Ottoman Empire in 1896. His response was to travel to Cyprus, helping the displaced people to resettle there in small agricultural and industrial units. On 17 April 1892, Alexander Mackenzie, the Scottish-born Canadian statesman, died. Mackenzie was the first Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, serving from 1873-78. After the Dominion of Canada was established in 1867, a move that Mackenzie supported, he was elected to the first House of Commons and became leader of the Liberal opposition. When Sir John Macdonald's Conservative government collapsed in 1873, the Liberals took over; but the party was not strong enough to support him, and Prime Minister Mackenzie couldn't succeed in handling the economic problems that Canada faced. In 1878, the Liberals were voted out of power. Two years later, he resigned the leadership of the party but held his parliamentary seat until his death. /r/GlasgowMarket Digest [Looking for a PC Microphone](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/fyguks/looking_for_a_pc_microphone/) Tune of the day [James Yorkston & Friends - Spanish Ants / THEY SHOOT MUSIC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaEiQyQX5zQ) (via /r/ScottishMusic) No eligible links submitted today. [Suggest tomorrow's tune](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=SteamieBot&subject=SongRequest&message=YouTube link here).
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Created	Fri 17th Apr 2020 6:00am
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**Weather** [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/)

Partly cloudy throughout the day.

Around 4 to 12 degrees.

**Travel**

No line problems reported.

**What's On Today**

The Hollies at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

20/20 Debut Headline Gig at Room 2

Nap Eyes at The Hug and Pint

Samson Sounds at The Rum Shack

The Twilight Sad at Barrowland Ballroom

Will and The People at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

**Today in Scottish History**

On 17 April 1932, Sir Patrick Geddes, the Scottish biologist and social scientist, died.
Geddes is regarded as the founding father of town planning. Although he was trained as a biologist, he applied biological knowledge to striving to create an ideal environment for human existence. The author of City Development and Cities in Evolution, Geddes was greatly troubled by the plight of refugees of the war between Armenians and the Ottoman Empire in 1896. His response was to travel to Cyprus, helping the displaced people to resettle there in small agricultural and industrial units.

On 17 April 1892, Alexander Mackenzie, the Scottish-born Canadian statesman, died. Mackenzie was the first Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, serving from 1873-78. After the Dominion of Canada was established in 1867, a move that Mackenzie supported, he was elected to the first House of Commons and became leader of the Liberal opposition. When Sir John Macdonald's Conservative government collapsed in 1873, the Liberals took over; but the party was not strong enough to support him, and Prime Minister Mackenzie couldn't succeed in handling the economic problems that Canada faced. In 1878, the Liberals were voted out of power. Two years later, he resigned the leadership of the party but held his parliamentary seat until his death.

**/r/GlasgowMarket Digest**

[Looking for a PC Microphone](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/fyguks/looking_for_a_pc_microphone/)

**Tune of the day**

[James Yorkston & Friends - Spanish Ants / THEY SHOOT MUSIC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaEiQyQX5zQ) (via /r/ScottishMusic)

No eligible links submitted today. [Suggest tomorrow's tune](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=SteamieBot&subject=SongRequest&message=YouTube link here).