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Description: Glasgow had an era in the past where it had neon signs that rivalled Las Vegas, many of which were created by a company called Franco Signs. But they fell from architectural favour and at this point the Barrownland's sign is possibly the only "neon spectacular" left in Scotland. Special thanks to Jim Stinson and the other Barrowland technical crew for giving me a tour of all the technical bits, so we could see what makes the sign tick. The controller for this sign might not be what you expected in this electronic era. Here's a link to Georges Claude's Wikipedia page:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Claude The Barrowland Wikipedia page:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrowland_Ballroom The manufacturer of the mechanical sign animators:- greatlakessignproducts.com (Check out their rotating contact high voltage flashers!) YESCO's website:- yesco.com (The Young Electric Sign Company were a big player in the Las Vegas sign industry.) Some videos of the Barrowland sign in action:- youtube.com/results?search_query=barrowland+sign If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators