Some pocket-sized Glasgow books

Greater Spotted Woodpecker getting tore into a bird feeder near Jenny Lind, Glasgow.

Another overlooked gem - this time on the former Royal Bank of Scotland building (off Buchanan Street). ‘Medieval Masons at Work’ was commissioned by the Incorporation of Masons of Glasgow and is the work Colin McCougan Erected in the autumn of 1998

Often overlooked and/or stood on to view the Glasgow (in)famous traffic cone is this piece of sculpture by New York artist Lawrence Weiner installed in the paving around the GoMA in 2014 - more in ALT

Another #Strathbungo #househistory. This time we're at the former 25 Princes Square, better known now as 55 Marywood Square. The first resident was Robert Murdoch, a mason who built Cragie St police & fire station, and the next Robert More, a maker & retailer of fine silk gowns on Buchanan Street.

One of my favourite places in the City - Old Cathcart Parish Church - photo 27/6/26. A similar view from the Duncan Brown archive at GSA circa 1880. More on the Church/Duncan and Thomas (no relation) Brown in ALT

Colourful mosaic at @grainandgrindgla Clarkston Road, Old Cathcart ,Glasgow and a 1933 photo showing the rhs of the shop. Love the wee wummin hingin’ while cleaning windaes!

A previous ‘uncovering’ of Thomson’s Egyptian Halls back in January 2025 capturing some of the finer details of the front elevation

Great to see the front of the Egyptian Halls been uncovered once more. The view (RHS) on Union Place hasn’t been hidden so much in fact been a backdrop in films like The Running Man. Some interesting AGT details e.g. columns on windows. Can any of this be renovated?

Less than 12 hours to go #Scotland v #Brazil …The Clockwork Pub, Mount Florida, Glasgow

A patch of St. John's wort in flower at Battlefield Road entrance to Mount Florida Station, Glasgow. The name derives from the fact that it blooms in late June, coinciding with the feast day of St. John the Baptist (June 24)

In celebration of the recent Supermoon - Carrer de Sa Lluna, Sóller, Mallorca

Not Van Gogh but the wildflower meadow part of the Old Castle Road, Old Cathcart Gardens (0745 hrs 13/6/26 😁)

Tonight’s the night (ok tomorrow morning!) mural by @Pall3y at the old Old Castle Road entrance to Cathcart Station

Spending time on the liminal reaches of the city-Deaconsbank & found it was (green lines 1946 photo below) a rifle range for Glasgow's volunteer militia late 19C, possibly a base for ANZAC troops in WW1 and a PoW camp in WW2 - more at the excellent pattertonpowcamp.co.uk

As the World Cup draws nearer thought I’d post this. Taken October 2025 on a tour of the SCC, Sydney.

Abandoned children’s playground off the Stewarton Road, Deaconsbank, Glasgow. 🥺

It’s the glamour of the Monaco Grand Prix today … brings to mind the glamour of the New Monaco pub on London Road heading to the game back in the day. Pic Old Glasgow Pubs and more at oldglasgowpubs.com/new-monaco-bar

Thanks to everyone who joined me on the @sghetorg.bsky.social Magnificent 11 walk yesterday - great time and company and thankfully the rain stayed off !

…like a bird on the wire … Blackbird singing on powerline of Cathcart Circle Railway. 4th June 2026.

Young Roe Deer Buck, near Deaconsbank Golf Course, East Renfrewshire. 4th June 2026.

Fox and cubs flowers on grass verge near Patterton Railway Station, East Renfrewshire. It earns its unique name because the smaller, unopened flower buds ("cubs") huddle beneath the larger, fully opened flowers.

Timetable

Nice wee selection of buses and vans at Langside Halls, Glasgow today. Vintage bus rides as well. Get along 👍 Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust gvvt.org

Revisted George Washington Wilson archive after recent @pastglasgow.co.uk post. View of Queen’s Park flagstaff to SE (1878/9) contrasting the bucolic margins of the Park/Queens Drive and the smoke haze and stalks of Govan/Aikenhead Collieries and Shawfield Chemical Works et al

Just came across an old photo of this mural in Brown Street near junction with Crimea Street in Glasgow. Designed and painted in 2019 by Cobolt Collective it includes a line from 'The Bargain' ® by Liz Lochhead and 14 of Glasgow's most loved buildings. More in ALT

Richard Coley’s 1971 metal & fibre glass abstract sculpture on the now closed Mercure Hotel (formerly Stakis Steakhouse) on Ingram Street, Glasgow. Beauty in the eye etc …?

Jeez 🙄 what happened here ! Drury Street, Glasgow City Centre @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social

Reading about campaign to remove unsightly BT boxes from Glasgow City Centre and reminded me of the one on Buchanan St (rhs) and on George St (lhs)

📣 Magnificent 11 Heritage & Environment Walk 🌿🏦 📆 Sat 6th June 10am-2.30pm ~ free but booking required 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magnificen... 💚 Explore the Southside's manicured & wilder fringes on a half-day walk... history, heritage & nature galore with panoramic views of #Glasgow en route 🌳🪿🌺⛅ 👣

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose … but a wee bit hotter !. bsky.social/post/3mkpzdjmkyk2k

First peonies of 2026 - 3 weeks later than 2025 but still 👍

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Re my earlier tweet on the Ghost sign below I have to thank @gmc1876.bsky.social for identifying that this was a sign for Shamrock Whiskey from Wm. Greer Distillers who were based at 58 Dundas Street from around 1893.

A Saturday puzzle. Ghost sign (top lhs) on rear wall of Dundas St. at Bath junction - 3 leaf clover similar to the Pananthinaikos badge (top rhs) - on 1st floor above old Station Cafe (1963 pic). 1937 Goad Map shows Railway Workshop at this level. Any ideas on its origin?

Art is eternal, life short. Nice to see this work by Louise McVey on the Queen Street Station Bridge at Bath Street, Glasgow persists - she is is also the artist of ‘The Voice' sculpture at Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal

Glasgow Old & New on Letherby Drive at Lesser Hampden. New shop (2026) mural and plaque from old Hampden (1903). Will be busy in a couple of days 😉

Southside of the Black and Elliot designed Royal Exchange Square has been rejuvenated 👍

Avanti West Coast Pendolino running South through Mount Florida 1328hrs Sunday 17th May 2026. Diverted due to track work.

I’m skeptical.

Doo'cot in Deaconsbank Golf Course. Believed to date from 16th Century when it was part of Holm Farm. Pigeons/Doves (Doos) were important in medieval times as both a source of food and the dung for fertiliser and in tanning of leather.

Rhododendron bush in Eastwood Park, Eastwood near Glasgow. 5 May 2026.

Queen’s Park, Glasgow. 2230 hrs 30/4/26.

The opening lines to “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, at either end of the path in to #LinnPark in #Glasgow from Cathcart that’s been closed since 2021 due to a landslide, with foundational hand #calligraphy, #poetry

New murals on hoardings around renovations at Langside Library - interpretation of Battle of Langside with Queen Mary at Court Knowe, Old Cathcart and sign - Battlefield - on Battlefield Road.

Taps aff - it’s 20 C - Kelvingrove Park, 30/4/26

Nice wee row of chimneys - the former Knowe Terrace now Shields Road, Pollokshields

There is a guided EuroWalk in Stirling on Sunday May 17th as part of the @festivalofeurope.bsky.social It should be a really interesting day walking through some history steeped areas of Stirling Sign up instructions are on this link festivalofeuropescotland.org/event/stirli...

House Martins above Delvin Road Bridge, Cathcart 29/4/26