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Turning their backs on Tesco

Every little helps � especially when you�re trying to block Tesco�s plans to build a giant supermarket in your Glasgow neighbourhood. Stephen Phelan reports on the street-level activism taking root in Partick.

WHEN the BBC set out to build their own mythical yet recognisable corner of Glasgow for a new Scottish soap opera five years ago, the place they imagined was Partick by another name.