Clark Street Bridge, 1929 double bascule bridge, pony trusses apparently. The predecessors had some mishaps, the river was reversed and regularly turns green to celebrate Irish migrants. www.chicagoloopbridges.com/bridges12/MS...

#doorsopenday this weekend in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Dundee, Orkney and Kinneil House. Along with Open House, Heritage Open Days, all thanks to #JEP #EHD European Heritage Days which tend to be forgotten about (but Northern Ireland always gives credit) www.doorsopendays.org.uk/about/europe...

If you're exploring #DoorsOpenDay this weekend, pop by The Paper Factory in Edinburgh - we've got a huge visual art showcase in an abandoned industrial site! 🏭🚪 We're open 11am - 4pm today and tomorrow 1 Turnhouse Road EH12 8NP FREE entry Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...

Edinburgh Doors Open Day listings are out! September 28 & 29. #doorsOpenDay #edinburgh #history #buildings www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build...

Buses will be the big attraction on Doors Open Day theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/buse... via @EdinReporter

From a newspaper account of the extremely bibulous dinner that followed the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825. I like the image of George Stephenson quietly slipping out before too much fuss was made.

Starting to get busy for day two of the S&DR anniversary weekend. The Skerne Bridge in Darlington along with Locomotion No1 are the stars today. #Railway200

The final talk in the second of Royal Marriages Summit series bit.ly/4lifqMO will be delivered by Dr Michael Pearce who will be discussing the marriage of James V of Scotland to Marie of Guise – an important part of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.

"Preservation as climate action - is our moral imperative. ... The good news is that it’s happening." Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.

Twin town: Barnsley #Yorkshire

This Wednesday we are visiting historians at the University of Aberdeen. The visit includes a public lecture, 5.30pm on 17 Sept, given by our guest speaker, Matthew J Smith (Director of the Centre for the Legacies of British Slavery, UCL) bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All in the region are v. welcome to attend.

Yet another historic church for sale. Offers over £870k. North Leith, Edinburgh.

Ballantine's is now closed, to my chagrin.

Kiruna Church bell tower in cross-town traffic last Tuesday. Then 6,000 more residents discovered they too had to move. #TICCIH #Sweden #Kiruna

As the report on this research says, Number 6 "appears to offer a clear and accessible pathway for referral to diagnosis and robust post-diagnostic support. Respondents commended its responsiveness, structure, and the quality of care delivered" It's a model that could be emulated across Scotland.

Kiruna Church bell tower on the move last week, at about 3MPH. #KirunaKyrka #ticcih a result of ironstone mining www.linkedin.com/posts/markru...

Looking forward to jumping back into another TICCIH Congress tomorrow in Kiruna. In the meantime, tracing Kiruna's historical links to Narvik has been thrilling! #TICCIH #TICCIH25

If you want your building details to look crisp and clean, even after 150 years of neglect, consider cast iron.

Happy #YorkshireDay from Whitby. Organs tuned, houses valued and no arguments brooked.

Happy Yorkshire day to those that celebrate 🥳 here’s a bit of brutalist Barnsley 🏡 #yorkshireday

Edinburgh chimneys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A full-page opener introducing the #Midlothian chapter of #ThePerimeterBook Order here 👉 amzn.eu/d/3pWJtK6

Under the Forth Bridge, North Queensferry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A full-page opener introducing the #Fife chapter of #ThePerimeterBook Order here 👉 amzn.eu/d/3pWJtK6

It's been ages since I did a Glasgow photo thread. It's June 1898 and we're sitting on a roof looking across the Fairfield fitting-out basin, in this photo from an anonymous album held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Let's see what we can see.

The #WorldHeritage Committee is in session, recognising sites of Outstanding Universal Value and global significance! Discover the new sites inscribed on the UNESCO List: unes.co/47whc #UNESCO #47WHC

Wouldn't be surprised by a fall of snow sometime between now and Sunday.

Congratulations also to Diyarbakir, Ephesus, Susa, Palermo, Burgundy, Champagne, Fray Bentos, Riujkan, Padre Trembleque Aqueduct, the Alamo, Blue Mountain in Jamaica, and sites of the Meiji industrial revolution in Japan

1. 🖼️ Emma Sandys is overlooked but her work is fascinating; I love her attention to detail and symbolism in her paintings of historical, literary and mythological women. Elaine is a great example; there were two Elaines in Arthurian myth, I think this is Elaine of Corbenic.

Things which are or have been ‘threats to democracy’ (apparently):

Mummy thinks this is a swindle.

And right now our blacksmith Stacey gilds a weather vane for Glasgow Cathedral and Historic Environment Scotland. #BBC1Scotland

Is Diane Morgan the only person to have been on both Who Do You Think You Are? *and* Who Are You, Do You Think?

📷 Gaza, Paİestine, 1898

📻 Tune into NTS Radio this Thursday at 1000 UK time for an hour-long special on our Sonic Heritage project! Tour 13 World Heritage sites, with field recordings & reimagined compositions. Tune in live or stream online: www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/cities-and-memory-sonic-heritage-5th-june-2025

Too many books? I think what you mean is not enough bookshelves.

Just back from Harris, so here’s three bits of wriggly tin and a bus shelter for you. You’re welcome.

The initial 3 engines in service are imported from England however: La Flèche, Le Stephenson and l'Elephant. The first domestic loco, Le Belge, leaves the Cockerill works at Seraing in December 1835. Despite the speed, "one experiences no difficulty in breathing," the French visitor reports.

Currently 60 comments on the planning portal - 38 in support and 22 objections.

S/S Hestmanden - a Norwegian ship built in 1911 - is in Leith from Monday to Wednesday and open to the public from 11am to 5pm each day. The aim is to tell the story of the 1,000 Norwegian ships which supplied food, medicine, fuel and arms to the Allies during WW2

Resources for anyone interested in mining communities in Scotland in the nineteenth century and early-twentieth century. Includes museums to visit. Recently edited. Suggestions welcome. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #skystorians #mining 📚🗃️ thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/housing-the-...

Enjoyable evening at the premiere of Potential Energy @scotstorycentre.bsky.social in Edinburgh. It’s a documentary about the recent discovery of the 2nd oldest Crossley gas engine & the screening was followed by a visit to the engine

Ghost mills in Selkirk just waiting for someone to re-use them as housing or a Mill museum?

Pro building conservation, anti-corruption and anti-Putin candidate wins.

First up the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum... I actually yelped when I walked into the cloister 😍 100 percent worth queueing 45 mins in the 🌧️

Remember: that is where the Nazi regime ended—it is absolutely not where it began. It began with the undermining of the rule of law; with authoritarianism; with Gleichschaltung; with attacks on universities and knowledge; with smaller-scale persecution of vulnerable minorities etc.

I filmed the journey from the old shop, to the new, it took me 4 minutes 33 seconds to walk, and I'm not a fast walker. But!! Imagine a thousand items passing hand to hand along this route. What a beautiful thing! 2pm Saturday, help us form a human chain!

Magazine cover. Walter Schmidt. 1928. 

Nicușor Dan is not only the democratic candidate, anti-corruption and anti- Russia, he also loves his city and its heritage (I am told). #RomaniaElection

PhotoActive Podcast, Episode 185: Quintin Lake’s Book The Perimeter Quintin Lake traversed the Coast of Britain over several years, photographing and documenting the journey. Now, he’s turned his well-received project into a new photo book called The Perimeter. We welcome Quintin back to…

My 333rd followee (not er) is NTS archaeology! .. It's not quite the same as X but is much less toxic. @justparkes.bsky.social shares his wisdom about blue sky tomorrow to Scottish Heritage Social Media group www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bluesky-10...