Talk: Southside House Histories – ‘Strange Affray at Crosshill’: architecture and social mobility in late 19th-century Glasgow This special #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights talk on Thursday 19th October focuses on Dr Ailsa Boyd’s research related to her own house in the Southside of Glasgow by tracing the histories of architect Robert Duncan (c.1840-1928) and the Battersby family. […]
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Southside Chronicles – SGHET podcast show on Glad Radio
Sonic adventures in history, heritage and environment beckon as we’ve launched a podcast show on Glad Radio – the new community podcasting project for the Southside of Glasgow! The #SouthsideChronicles show from SGHET will explore different stories in each eposide, including audio versions of some of our blogs read by their authors so you […]
#HeritageNights talk: Rambles Round the Southside in the 1850s
Talk: Rambles Round the Southside in the 1850s This special #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights talk on Thursday 21st September revisits the writings of Victorian poet and journalist Hugh MacDonald (1817 – 1860). Free but places are limited – BOOK HERE. His best-loved work was Rambles Round Glasgow (1854), a collection of walks through areas that were […]
#HeritageNights talk: Discovering south Glasgow histories through Glasgow City Archives + SGHET AGM 2023
Join us for a special #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights talk on Thursday 31st August and discover how our amazing City Archives reveal south Glasgow’s rich and multi-layered past – followed by our open AGM – BOOK NOW The presentation will share a short introduction telling the story of Glasgow and its Archives, and will provide examples […]
Let’s make Glasgow a National Park City
Dom Hall from Glasgow National Park City shares news of a community celebration at the Hidden Gardens in Pollokshields on Saturday 2nd September and outlines what GNPC is all about in this guest blog… The idea of a National Park City is simple – to use the familiar idea of a National Park to […]
Cathcart Heritage Trail walks including Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2023
Cathcart Heritage Trail walks 2023 Join us on Friday 15th or Saturday 16th September as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2023! The sights, sounds and scents of scenic Cathcart are perfectly in tune with this year’s Festival theme: ‘The Sensory City’… and as always, water, whether the White Cart that powered the […]