There's an incredible new tiled mural at Glasgow Central today, produced by Make It Glasgow. It recreates an advertising poster by Margaret & Frances Macdonald for Joseph Wright's Drooko Umbrella Co. #Glasgow

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 !

📆 New event: Pollokshields History Run Sat 20 June ~ Join our qualified jog leader for a gentle 5.5km around Glasgow's garden suburb with history, architectural designs & past Pollokshields residents stories shared at stops en route [18+ only] #Glasgow Tickets ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pollokshie...

Came here to mention this upcoming walk, but it's sold out already!. Ah well, you just need to follow SGHET for the next one, at Doors Open Day in September. SGHET has other events too, including a running history tour of Pollokshields.

Yes indeed, the booking page for the Magnificent 11 half-day walking trail tomorrow is here (currently 2 tickets still available): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magnificen...

📆 New event: Pollokshields History Run Sat 20 June ~ Join our qualified jog leader for a gentle 5.5km around Glasgow's garden suburb with history, architectural designs & past Pollokshields residents stories shared at stops en route [18+ only] #Glasgow Tickets ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pollokshie...

📆 Strathbungo Heritage Tour ~ Sat 27th June... join us to explore the story of the old village of Strathbungo, now largely vanished with only traces remaining, before walking through the Victorian suburb to discover its bygone designers, builders & residents 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...

Stonework detail: Scotland St School. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1906. Photo: Stuart Robertson.

📣 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 🌳🪿🌺⛅ 👣

Superb news the site of First Hampden - the world's 1st pitch built w/ the intention to host international matches & where the modern game of passing football was pioneered - has gained listed status✨🎉 blog.historicenvironment.scot/2026/05/firs... Our blog on its history 👉 sghet.com/project/firs...

They shoot... They score! Good news for the first Hampden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's great to hear that the site of the original Hampden Park, considered the world's first purpose-built international football stadium, has now been given protected status by Historic Environment Scotland. Cont./ #glasgow #football #glasgowhistory #queenspark #hampdenpark

Interior detail: Scotland Street School. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1906. Photo: Upton Large.

PLEASE SHARE: Free 8-week writers group at AGA/ @aowensarchive.bsky.social Glasgow. Starts 28 May, Thursdays 1–3pm at The Whisky Bond. For local people new to writing. Guest sessions with @heatherparry.bsky.social & @kirstininnes.bsky.social, facilitated by Saskia McCracken. 10 free spaces.

On this day in 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside. This colourised postcard, postmarked 1903, depicts the Langside Battlefield Memorial. 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow #OTD

A house history for 21 Marywood Square, formerly known as 42 Princes Square. Built by James Robertson in 1884, though he then went bust. First occupant John Andersons was from a family of printers, although his uncle had jacked it in to go to sea, and became Captain of Brunel's SS Great Eastern.

For May only ... "Pollokshaws". A stunning Tenement Tiles Special Edition featuring a beautiful art nouveau harebell motif. Available framed or frameless. Order yours and see the whole range at duille.com/tt

Who wants a longish read about the colliery waggonways of Southside, illustrated with far too many maps? Nobody? Bah. You shall have one anyway. new-cleckit.dominie.scot/the-govan-wa...

Just a handful of (free) tickets left for our talk next week. Join us to discover the story of Cathcart Castle 💚 bsky.app/profile/sghe...

"Pryde-Pierrot; from For Charles Rennie Mackintosh". Eduardo Paolozzi. 1975. Image: NGA. Paolozzi died OTD in 2005.

Thomas Tait’s pylons for Sydney Harbour Bridge - 22 hours apart - and both magnificent

Honestly, once you start seeing the #Glasgow coat of arms you'll see it everywhere - only clocked this one yesterday. It forms part of the Trades House crest and is inside @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social, the location of our current show 🐦🌳🔔🐟

Just a handful of (free) tickets left for our talk next week. Join us to discover the story of Cathcart Castle 💚 bsky.app/profile/sghe...

Interior detail: The Glasgow School of Art. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1909. Photo: Martin Charles RIBA.

A beautiful corner tenement of 1900 at the junction of Kingsley and Queens Park Avenues. The top floor detail is exquisite, particularly the cartouche containing the year of construction, separated by the initials GE which bears a striking but coincidental resemblance to the General Electric logo.

Thursday week at The Deep End if you're interested. Book through Eventbrite as per below.

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust is seeking an architect-led design team for the £6.5 million restoration of Gallowgate’s former Whitevale Baths.

A rather blustery 'Worsdall Wednesday' today, and I'm not sure if we're in Glasgow or downtown Moscow? This fabulous onion-dome once graced the Rutland House lodging house on Govan Road. Pic/text: The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall (1981)

📍🏰 Cathcart Castle Revisited + our mini-AGM ~ Thur 30 April... Guest speaker Brian Kerr reveals why this once imposing towerhouse was built in 1450 on the south side of #Glasgow & how its evolution intertwined with that of its owners & Scotland's wider story 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-cathc...

You can read the full history of 6 Queen Square here. And the price history goes back 150 years further than Rightmove… bygone.bungoblog.com/wp/6-queen-s...

We’re so pleased to announce the next exhibition: 🐟🌳🔔🐦 Let Glasgow Flourish: The Glasgow Coat of Arms by Dr Caroline Scott The history of the Glasgow Coat of Arms is the history of Glasgow itself. Inspired by the stories of St Mungo, our patron saint, the city’s emblem has evolved over the years.

#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Gourock

When we first decided to carry out a geophysical survey at Crookston Castle, none of us thought we’d be rewriting history. Watch our short flim to find out more youtu.be/B1Z2RZSvAfs?... @castlestudies.bsky.social @archscot.bsky.social @nts-archaeology.bsky.social @glasgowheritage.bsky.social

#Shoap - The Glaswegian at the corner of Eglinton Street and Norfolk Street in 1982. The Chuck Wagon is a bonus. (#Glasgow Chronicles)

Thanks to the support of Screen Scotland's distribution fund, we were able to offer 25 community cinemas a free film licence and materials to screen EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET. Visit conic.film/kenmurestreet for more. Artwork by Alices Illustrations 🖌️

📍🏰 Cathcart Castle Revisited + our mini-AGM ~ Thur 30 April... Guest speaker Brian Kerr reveals why this once imposing towerhouse was built in 1450 on the south side of #Glasgow & how its evolution intertwined with that of its owners & Scotland's wider story 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-cathc...

Detail of stonework, Scotland Street School. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1906. Photo: Craig Few.

🔔 Huge news for McNair & Elder's 1938 streamline / international style #ArtDeco cinema ~ the dilapidated B-listed #Govan Lyceum (converted to bingo hall 1981 & closed completely 2006) will take centre stage in Govan town centre renewal ✨🎉 #ArtDecoCentenary #Glasgow www.urbanrealm.com/news/2026/03...

The most interesting resident was the Rev Robert McMillan, son of an Irish weaver. He was instrumental in the revival of Strathbungo Church. Some of the congregation were so frustrated by the previous minister, ageing and infirm, that they founded a neighbouring parish, Queen’s Park.

A new house history – 6 Queen Square, Strathbungo. Home to two Reverends, a doctor, a manufacturer of dog-eared spikes (they sound a bit crap, but essential for railways apparently), then for 60 years a lawyer’s family. #househistory #glasgow #strathbungo

Old Cathcart Parish Church, #Glasgow. Own pic.

🎬 Community Film Screening with Maryhill Against Racism 🎬 We are hosting a community screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street (12A), a powerful film capturing the events when neighbours in Pollokshields came together in peaceful solidarity to stop an immigration raid. Through immersive footage...

The last days of the old subway, photographed in the early months of 1977. The system would close in May of that year for a much needed modernisation which would see this station, Copland Road, renamed to Ibrox. 📷 Guy (via Flickr) #glasgow

Just discovered this delightful view of Queens Park from c 1913, with the flagpole in the centre background. Noise is shown coming from the bandstand to the right. The Victoria infirmary is visible to the left. The large house in the centre... #Glasgow #Langside #History #VictoriaInfirmary

'Here, Major Tom! Back it up a wee bit, son, till we see if your spaceship will fit through the big arch?' With the Artemis II Moon mission - who remembers the time, in 1971, when the Apollo X capsule splashed down at the old Transport Museum, in Albert Drive? Pic: Daily Record

For over a century, the Café D'Jaconelli has been a landmark. Music on, people coming and going, families, couples: something going at every table! Ice cream and raspberry sauce, pick ’n’ mix, music playing, and a steady flow of people in and out. You’d stop by before the pictures or for a chat.

Over 100 interviews capturing life in Govanhill from the 1940s–2013 are now available through Archives & Special Collections. Discover memories of community, migration and local landmarks in this rich new resource. Learn more and listen to audio clips - guides.lib.strath.ac.uk/blogs/archiv...

During the war, Mario found himself listed for military service in both Britain and Italy. Instead, he worked in the mines in Motherwell, staying close enough to return home and help Teresa at the café. Italian-American troops passing through the Barracks would often seek out Italian cafés, ...

In the heart of Queens Park, Glasgow, the bones of medieval agriculture are still clear to the eye and easily felt underfoot. This month's essay weaves my discovery of old rig and furrow - and its legacy of collective care - with the realisation of my own garden's season of isolation. #naturewriting

Still getting to know this place rather slowly..? Looking for some #Glasgow goodness to fill the void? Our starter pack of Greater Glasgow Heritage & History accounts might be just what the doctor ordered 😁 go.bsky.app/M4Dezri