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THE BOYS'
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A social history of the BB in Glasgow
photos and
memories preserved on GlescaPals for future generations.
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Boys' Brigade -
Glesca Companies
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268
photos
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1st BB
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1st Glasgow Company photographs
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3rd BB
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3rd BB, Glasgow, Marching Band Champions
video, 1987
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15th BB
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15th BB, Glasgow, Sir Harry Lauder 1920s
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18th BB
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18th BB, Glasgow, fitba team 1919-20
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19th BB
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19th BB, Glasgow, Castlemilk
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26th BB
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26th BB, Glasgow
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28th BB
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28th BB, Glasgow, Calton |
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29th BB
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29th BB, Glasgow, 1938 Empire Exhibition
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32nd BB
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32nd BB, Glasgow, Anderston see
old photos and 1892 Flute band and 1983 Brass Band |
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39th BB
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39th BB, Glasgow, Townhead, Barony Church |
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47th BB
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47th BB, Glasgow, Townhead, Barony
Church |
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48th BB
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48th BB, Glasgow, membership cards from
1920-1929 |
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61st BB
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61st BB, Glasgow, Calton, Summer
camp at Leven 1955 |
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67th BB
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67th BB, Glasgow, Helenvale Street Church, Parkhead, Fitba team |
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| 70th BB |
70th BB, Glasgow, Whitevale Street, Dennistoun summer camp at Kirn, Dunoon 1955
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76th BB
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76th BB, Glasgow, Drumchapel, Capt.Bob
Howie |
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83rd BB
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83rd BB, Glasgow, Mount Florida
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86th BB
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86th BB, Glasgow, 1922-23 Drill Efficiency medal |
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91st BB
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91st BB, Glasgow, Gorbals Membership card 1914-1915
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94th BB
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94th BB, Glasgow, 1st Shettleston
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96th BB
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96th BB, Glasgow, Dalmarnock Parish Church of Scotland, Dalmarnock
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108th BB
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108th BB, Glasgow, Brook Street St Clements church at London Road,
Bridgeton
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2 |
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137th BB
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137th BB, Glasgow, Mure Memorial Church, Garrowhill,
Glasgow |
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154th BB
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154th BB, Glasgow, Fairbairn Street & Bethany Hall Bernard Street,
Bridgeton |
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155th BB
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155th BB, Glasgow, Methodist Church,
Landressy Street,
Bridgeton |
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161st BB
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161st BB, Glasgow, Hall Memorial Church, Dalmarnock Road
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175th BB
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175th BB, Glasgow, Fairbairn Street, Bridgeton, (amalgamated became154th
BB)
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178th BB
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178th BB Glasgow, Bridgeton Baptist
Church, Orr Street |
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179th BB
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179th BB Glasgow, St.Margaret's
Church, Tollcross, Glasgow |
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185th BB
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185th BB Glasgow, Springburn Pipe band
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195th BB
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195th BB Glasgow, old 4th Rutherglen BB some great photos |
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199th BB
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199th BB Glasgow, Cambuslang Morriston Church |
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207th BB
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207th BB Glasgow, Cambuslang St.Paul's Church |
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209th BB
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209th BB Glasgow, Bridgeton, Glasgow |
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214th BB
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BB bugle band in Kelvingrove Park in 1950.
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217th BB
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217th BB, Glasgow, Flemington-Hallside church, Cambuslang
(now 217th Gilbertfield) |
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219th BB
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219th BB, Glasgow, Bridgeton
Lots of photos and memories... webmaister |
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228th BB
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228th BB, Glasgow, Newlands East Church & St.Francis-in-the-east
Church, Bridgeton |
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229th BB
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229th BB, Glasgow, Cambuslang |
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| 255th BB |
255th BB, Glasgow, Bridgeton, St.Francis-in-the-East Church
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277th BB
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277th BB, Glasgow, Colston Milton |
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Anderston
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History of the Boys Brigade in Anderston, Glasgow by
John N Cooper
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Clydebank
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Glasgow, Clydebank BB on their bikes 1941
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Springburn |
Crowning of Temperance Queen and King in 1946/47, Springburn park |
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Ibrox
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Buglers at Ibrox Park, Glasgow 1948 home of Rangers FC |
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Queens Park
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Brass Band Glasgow BB at Queens Park Review1955
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Whitburn |
Glasgow to Whitburn .... football league winners
1971/72, 1st Whitburn BB
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Cathkin
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Glasgow Battalion, Cathkin District NCOs Dinner 2006-07,
2008 |
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Bible |
help for the Bible Class - The
Bible online in One Page |
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BB Badges |
Kings Badge , cap badges etc |
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BB Cards
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Boys Brigade membership cards
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BB Rifle |
BB rifles used for drill pre
World War 1. |
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BB HLI
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BB Glasgow Highland
Light Infantry
1914
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BB Toys |
Boys' Brigade TOY BAND |
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Jubilee 1933 |
Jubilee Celebrations 1933 see old video footage of
this 50th year
celebration.
1933 |
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| Glasgow 1938 |
Glasgow
Boys' Brigade Review at Ibrox Park in
1938
1938
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Glasgow 1939
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Glasgow
Boys' Brigade Review at Queens Park in 1939, 20,000 boys on
parade.
1939
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BB Council
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The Brigade Council at Glasgow, September 1954
programme
1954 |
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BB
Hampden
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The Boy's Brigade at Hampden Park, Glasgow, September 1954
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Poem |
Boys Uniform Poem issued in Glasgow 1954
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BB Centenary |
Boys Brigade, Bible Class Sunday 28th
August 1983. Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow
1983 |
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BB Centenary |
Boys Brigade, Arena '83
Kelvin
Hall
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BB Centenary |
Boys Brigade, First for Boys
1883-1983 by Donald
M.
McFarlan
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Stories |
Boys' Brigade stories |
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BB
Xmas card |
Boys Brigade Christmas Cards |
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Queen's
Men |
Queens Badge parade Glasgow City Chambers, May 2005 |
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Queen's men |
Queen's
Men Presentation of Certificates, Glasgow Battalion, 29 May
2008
2008 |
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125 years |
The 125th Anniversary
of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow -
2008
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Stedfast Assoc |
Stedfast
Association -
Glasgow
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Parkhead
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Glasgow, Parkhead Lifeboys 1940
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Clydebank
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Glasgow, Clydebank Lifeboys transfer certificate 1951 |
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209th BB
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209th BB Glasgow, Recruits
application form from 1951 |
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178th BB
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178th BB Glasgow, Bridgeton Baptist
Church, Orr Street, 1952 |
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Dennistoun
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Glasgow, Dennistoun Lifeboys & jersey badge 1955
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---------------- Special Tributes -----------------
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BB HLI
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Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion - First World War, Glasgow
Regiment.
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Tribute
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Glasgow BB Officer Bob Bryson
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| Tribute |
Halfway, Cambuslang BB Officer Charlie Black
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Official BB websites
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Glasgow |
Boys Brigade Glasgow Battalion website |
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BB Scotland |
Boys Brigade Scotland website |
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BB UK |
Boys Brigade UK website |
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BB Bands |
Boys Brigade Scottish Bands |
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I can't praise this wonderful organisation
enough. I was introduced to the Boys Brigade by my Mother's
cousin
Ruby Mullen a Sunday School teacher at Dalmarnock Congregational Church in
Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow
She took me along cc1959 to Sunday School & I joined the Shipmates of the
175th
BB. I was very young & I loved it!
I
progressed to the Lifeboys and then the Company section, all at Dalmarnock
Cong.
I attended my first BB camp
in 1966 aged twelve |
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The BB taught me
plenty, kept away from the gangs and my time as a member both boy & officer
were the happiest days of my life.
As an Officer my skills in music were put to good use and I formed a
successful band in the 219th
Glasgow
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BB Band History :
In the 2nd February 1885 William Smith wrote to a local newspaper telling
them they had organised a band which was making remarkable progress, this
was a flute band consisting of 16 performers.
( First BB band was a
Flute band)
The idea of BB bands caught on very quickly and the BB Annual Report for
1885/86 shows there were five flute bands in existence and only two years
later the Annual Report for 1887/88 reported 35 bands - 25 flute, 2 bugle,
4 brass and 4 pipe bands.all this from only 220 companies then on the
roll.
See the fabulous photo of the 32nd Glasgow BB drum & fife band taken in
1892
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BB
Founded
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4th Oct. 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland
by William Alexander Smith. |
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Motto
Emblem
Patron |
Sure & Stedfast
Hebrew 6 v.19
The Anchor
Her Majesty the Queen |
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Object |
Of
the Boys Brigade is the advancement of Christ's kingdom among boys and
the promotion of habits, obedience, reverence, discipline, self respect
and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness. |
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Organisation |
The Boys Brigade divides into Districts, which divide into Battalions
and Battalions divide into companies. The basic unit of the BB
is the company which is part of the local church. Each company has a name
such as 219th Glasgow, 1st Belfast etc |
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Short
History
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In October 1883 William Alexander Smith, an officer in
the 1st Lanark Rifle Volunteers and a teacher in the North Woodside
Mission Sunday School founded the
1st Glasgow Company
of The Boys' Brigade.
He brought to this new and novel experiment the things he knew from the
Volunteers; Military Drill, rifle exercises ( but only with dummy
rifles-shooting has never been a Brigade activity), club room, football,
cricket, sport, camp and the band, so giving the boys the opportunity of
doing things that were out of reach of most working class families.
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The Brigade grew to a world wide organisation and the man was knighted in
1909, Sir William Alexander Smith. He started with 30 boys in Glasgow
and before his passing in the10th May 1914 that number had grown to 60,000!
The first overseas company was in St.Louis, USA in 1887 now there are
companies in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya,
Denmark to name but a few. The pioneering work
of Sir William encouraged other like minded people and one after another
great youth organisations took shape : Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Girls
Brigade etc
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Safe in the arms of Jesus
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