Are you ready to explore the true story of one of Maryhill's most iconic landmarks? Our new exhibition is dedicated to Café D'Jaconelli and their journey from central Italy and their time at 570 Maryhill Road. ➡️Opening this Friday until 10th April. 📍Maryhill Burgh Halls 📆Mon to Fri, 10am - 5pm

Have you heard? Gairbraid Church is on sale and plans or the interested parties aren't known. It would be great if it stayed in the community. Come to one of the public meetings and share your thoughts. 📍Mon 19th January at 11am, Maryhill Burgh Halls 📍Tue 20th January at 7pm, Harvey's Bar

✨ And that’s a wrap for 2025 ✨ What began as a challenging year ended on a real high and we’re excited about what comes next. Today we are closing the office for the festive break and we'll see you all again from Monday 5th January. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us. MBHT Team x

✨The Christmas Raffle is over✨ In the picture you can find the winning numbers and we are actively contacting the winners just now. Thank you so much to everyone who bought a ticket. We are so pleased to say we have raised £460 which is...

✨Last chance to buy a raffle ticket! ✨ The draw is tomorrow at 3pm here at Maryhill Burgh Halls. 🎟️Buy the tickets at reception or online via our website tinyurl.com/mbhraffle Thank you again to our generous sponsors!

Don't give up on your historic buildings ❤️

✨Two More Sponsored Raffle Prizes!✨ Today we highlight ever-supportive Maryhill Housing Association and local law firm Ramsay & Co on Maryhill Road who can help with wills and powers of attorney! 🎟️ Tickets in person (Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm) or at tinyurl.com/mbhraffle 📅 Draw: 17th December at 3pm

✨Prize Pair of the Day!✨ Today we highlight our neighbours Maryhill FC and Ruchill tyre business Canal Tyres! Thank you for supporting the raffle to raise funds for a free family film club. 🎟️Tickets in person (Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm) or online at tinyurl.com/mbhraffle. 📅 Draw: 17th December at 3pm.

A new item is now on display: this wooden board from the Maryhill Garrison Church that used to be in the Barracks. We want to particularly highlight Boomerang Woodworking who took on the restoration of the piece which now looks its best! Visit ⏰Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm

We’re proud to announce that Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust is now an accredited Living Wage Employer! This #LivingWageWeek, we’re celebrating our commitment to valuing the people who make our work possible and to building a fairer Scotland. @livingwagescotland.bsky.social @livingwageuk.bsky.social

The MBHT Team had a great time last week visiting Firhill with @partickthistle.bsky.social legends Graham and Billy. Next year Partick Thistle is turning 150 and we are excited to be working on a little something together. Oh Maryhill is wonderful!

Who remembers this red police Box on Raeberry Street? This photo was taken in November 1971, 54 years ago! This other other pictures and objects are on display now until 17th December. ⏰Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm

Next Tuesday is Remembrance Day and we want to take this opportunity to look back at the WW1 memorial plaque we had rededicated at the start of the year. We welcome wreaths and visits next Tuesdays at 11am. Read John's blog post here: www.mbht.org.uk/blog

Happy Trustees’ Week! Big thanks to our brilliant trustees (old and new) who give their time and care to keep Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust strong. After a tough year, we’ve a full board again and plenty happening behind the scenes. Stay tuned! (pictured: only half the board!)

Who remembers the church in the Barracks? After the Wyndford was built, the church stood for a few years with its future uncertain. Both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Scotland tried to claim it, but neither succeeded. It was finally demolished in the late 1960s. 📸 Ronald T. McIvor

We’re so grateful to The RHF Museum for this fantastic addition to our collection! These keys once belonged to Maryhill Barracks, but what might they have unlocked? Our best guess is a gate or a large door. On display along with other objects and photographs until 17 Dec. 📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm

Passing through this week? Pop in and have a look at our latest exhibition showcasing some photographs, cinefilms and objects from the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust collection. 📆Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm

We discovered a photo of artist Hilda Goldwag in our collection and indentified the painting she’s working on! A refugee from Vienna in the 1930s, she became an important figure in Scottish art. Her story reminds us of the creativity and resilience migrants bring to our culture. ➡️ mbht.org.uk/blog

It’s #ScottishMuseumsDay and we’re shining a light on our mightiest ‘object’: Maryhill Burgh Halls! Opened in 1878 as the civic home of the old Burgh, they are more than just a building. They’ve seen generations of Maryhill life, from council decisions to community dances.

Do you remember this? A striking moment in Maryhill’s history: the Roxy Cinema being demolished as the new Wyndford high flats rose behind it. Scenes like this remind us how quickly familiar places can be reshaped by redevelopment. See more at our exhibition: 📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm 📸 David Holgate

Can you tell where this photo was taken? 🚂 Maryhill has changed a lot since the 1960s and this spot looks very different today! See it at our exhibition 'A Visual Stroll Through Maryhill', with more photos and objects from our collection. 📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm

Looking for something to do? As part of Glasgow Doors Open Days, the 'A Visual Stroll Through Maryhill' exhibition is open! ✨Today until 4pm ✨Tomorrow, 11am-4pm Maryhill’s past on display: photos, objects and cinefilm from the Burgh Halls collection. 🏛️Tours of the building at 11am and 2pm.

What will Glasgow look like in the future? That’s the big question behind this year’s Doors Open Days Festival. To explore it, we’ve gone back in time to see how some people once imagined Maryhill’s future. Some ideas vanished, others reshaped the city we know today. ➡️Read more: mbht.org.uk/blog

It’s Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival this weekend and we’re taking part! 🖼️ A Visual Stroll Through Maryhill exhibition 👣 Women’s History Walk tinyurl.com/mbhww25 ✨ Building Tours tinyurl.com/mbhdod All free & everyone welcome!

✨Our new exhibition is open!✨ Photos, objects and cinefilm on display representing Maryhill’s past. Much of our collection comes from local people, helping us keep Maryhill’s story alive. 📆 Open Mon–Fri and next weekend for Doors Open Days.

We are very happy to be back with another Maryhill Women's History Walk for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival. 📆Saturday 20th September ⏰10am-12pm Booking is essential as the event it's quite popular. ➡️ tinyurl.com/mbhww25

An old key is getting a careful clean 🧽✨ It's nearly ready to take its place in our displays at Maryhill Burgh Halls. Any ideas what it opened? Stay tuned to find out!

Ever noticed the carved faces watching over Maryhill Road from the Burgh Halls? Sculpted by Charles B. Grassby, we don’t actually know who they’re meant to be. Any guesses: local figures, mythical characters, or just the sculptor’s imagination?

#DoorsOpenDays is nearly here, and it’s got us thinking back to 2004, one of our first ever. The Trust hadn’t even formed yet but our Hunter set up a display sharing the vision for what the Halls could become. Do you remember when the Main Hall looked like this? We’ll be back again this year😍

🌟Trustees!🌟 Our board is predominantly male, and we’re keen to broaden the range of voices around the table. We especially encourage women, non-binary people, and others with backgrounds or experiences which are underrepresented in community leadership. More info www.mbht.org.uk/join-the-board

The Burgh Halls have been here a long time, and we know many of you have too. Got a memory that’s stuck with you? A shop, a street, a tiny moment? We’d love to hear it: one word or a wee story. Might share a few over the next few days. 📸Photo by George Ward

🌟 Join Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust as a trustee! 🌟 Help shape the future of this vital local hub. No board experience needed, just passion. We’d love folks with skills in buildings, fundraising, history, comms, HR & more. 👉More info at www.mbht.org.uk/join-the-board

A tram on Maryhill Road, once a familiar sight across Glasgow. This postcard captures an ordinary moment that now feels distant. Recognise where it was taken? 🚊 Drop your guesses and share any tram memories.

Was Maryhill really named after a real person? Yes! Mary Hill lived here in the 1700s on the Gairbraid Estate and helped shape what would become this community. Her life holds some mystery, but her legacy is written into the name and fabric of the place. 📖 www.mbht.org.uk/mary-hill

Pride Month is a chance to celebrate diversity and remind each other that inclusion matters, every day of the year. We’re proud to be part of the LGBTI Rainbow Mark, which recognises spaces that welcome and support LGBTQ+ people across Scotland. Everyone is welcome at Maryhill Burgh Halls.

The Jessie Stephen exhibition is now closed. Huge thanks to @glasgowgallivanter.bsky.social, who researched and wrote the exhibition with such care, her love for Jessie shone through. 💜 It’s been a brilliant few weeks. Thanks to everyone who came, shared, and connected with Jessie’s story.

Admittedly, the music is a bit sad but we will miss not seeing Jessie every day! You have time until tomorrow at 5pm to see the Jessie Stephen exhibition, here at Maryhill Burgh Halls. We are open Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm

We’re getting ready to wrap up the Jessie Stephen exhibition. It closes this Friday 13th June. 💜 It’s been a joy to share her story. Still time for a visit if you haven’t made it along yet! 📍 Maryhill Burgh Halls | Mon–Fri, 10–5

We got the loveliest surprise last week! This drawing of Jessie Stephen by local artist (and friend!) Jo Sunshine 🌈 We’ll be keeping it in the archive as part of Jessie’s growing story here. Not long left now to catch the exhibition! 📍 Maryhill Burgh Halls 🗓️ Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm | ends 13 June

No thoughts, just fairy lights.

Jessie Stephen may not be a household name, but she’s been quietly celebrated — in The Great Tapestry of Scotland, a Suffrage Oak bookmark by the ‪@womenslibrary.bsky.social‬, and our Maryhill Comic. 💜 Come spot these tributes (and others!) in the exhibition. 📍 Mon–Fri, 10–5 | until 13 June

Ever heard of the Smuggler’s Stone? It once marked the spot of a brutal 1813 clash between whisky smugglers and excise officers—complete with hidden weapons, gunfire, and a courtroom twist. 📚 Read the wild true story on our blog 👉 www.mbht.org.uk/blog

Jessie Stephen was a powerful speaker and just as fierce on the page. ✍️ She wrote countless articles and short stories to support her activism, using words to spark change. Come read (and listen to!) her voice at the Jessie Stephen exhibition. 📍 Maryhill Burgh Halls | Mon–Fri, 10–5 | until 13 Jun

Freshening up the gift shop at the Halls! ✨ A new (literally) welcoming sign and a little rearrange. Pop by for Halls-themed goodies & treasures handmade with love by one of our volunteers. Every penny supports Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust 💛

One of the most special pieces in the Jessie Stephen exhibition is this stunning banner, handmade by Jessie’s great-niece, Sheana 💜 Created for the centenary of women’s suffrage, it was proudly carried in the Edinburgh procession — a moving link between two generations. Open on Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm

⚠️ Please note: the Jessie Stephen exhibition will be closed on the morning of Tuesday 13th June due to essential maintenance - replacing a heating pipe, part of the ongoing care our beloved Burgh Halls need. We expect to reopen in the afternoon - thanks for your patience and understanding! 💜

On display in the Jessie Stephen exhibition is 'Where Are The Women?'. In this inspiring book, author @sarasheridan.bsky.social reimagines Scottish landmarks, renaming them in honour of real women. Naturally, our own Jessie is featured! In her vision, Kelvin Way becomes Jessie Way.

There’s a bike named after Jessie Stephen! 🚲💥 The Trailblazer by tour operator Gallus Pedals honours her fearless spirit. Learn more about Jessie’s incredible life at the exhibition, on now at Maryhill Burgh Halls. Open Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. [Photo by Martin Heaney]

Exciting news! 💥 We’re opening the Jessie Stephen exhibition for a special extra day this week. Join us this Saturday, 10am–4pm for another chance to explore Jessie’s incredible story. No need to book — just pop in and enjoy! The exhibition runs until 13th June.

Ever wondered what it’s like to step inside Maryhill Burgh Halls? One of our brilliant volunteers shares the behind-the-scenes moments that make it such a special place—from stunning stained glass to surprise discoveries. 💫