Support the Southside – be the new SGHET Treasurer SGHET is a volunteer-run charitable trust focused on championing and sustaining the diverse heritage and environment of Glasgow’s amazing Southside, and we’re seeking a new Treasurer as we develop our programme of community heritage activities… If you’d like to be part of a […]
Join us for three walking trails:… get into exploring the past, present and future of these historic Southside areas. Queen’s Park & Mary Queen of Scots Heritage Trail ~ Sunday 21st August (2-4pm) & Sunday 11th September (2-4pm) Queen’s Park opened as a public park in September 1862… so September 2022 marks its 160th […]
Join us on Thursday 25th August for the first of our Southside #HeritageNights to discover the stories of remarkable women buried in the celebrated Cathcart Cemetery on Glasgow’s southern fringe – followed by our annual AGM – BOOK NOW. Cathcart Cemetery is a picturesque 43 acre late Victorian Garden Cemetery in the Southside of […]
The extent to which Transatlantic slavery shaped Glasgow city centre has garnered much research, exposure and acknowledgement in recent decades. By contrast, the facts about how and why wealth made from enslaved people underpinned some of the Southside’s grand buildings and historic structures hadn’t been looked at sufficiently and in 2020 we decided to explore […]
Join us and groups from all over Scotland for this free event on Wednesday 10th November in the Southside during COP 26 to discover and explore a range of stories from community archives and heritage initiatives that capture the age of change and environmental crisis we’re living through – event open to all… BOOK […]
On Monday 25th October at 6pm, as part of Black History Month Scotland, Mark McGregor and Saskia McCracken from SGHET will explore how South Glasgow’s built heritage was shaped by profits from the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. This talk will cover some key people and historical sites south of the Clyde, including the […]
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