D-DAY 1 07 June 2021 History teacher and new SGHET board member Thomas Oldham digs into the archaeological excavation at First Hampden Park and what the Archaeology Scotland volunteers are hoping to find at the old site of the world’s first international football stadium … So, it’s day one here at First Hampden. The […]
We welcome all SGHET members and others interested in South Glasgow to join us for SGHET’s 2021 Virtual AGM on Thursday 13th May at 7.30pm. We’re delighted to be hosting a series of lightning heritage talks, as well as keeping you up-to-date with what we’ve been doing and our plans. Members can also vote in our […]
From the battlements of Crookston Castle on the South West fringes of the city, Greater Pollok’s neighbourhoods peek out from between trees and parklands. Your eye can follow the Levern Water as it winds its way through thickets of small community green spaces and towering urban woodland that divides an assortment of dwellings from the […]
We had a phenomenal demand for our Queen’s Park family activity trail in June and all printed copies were gone within a week! We’ve decided to add them as a free download for anyone signing up for our mailing list. You’ll get a free PDF to print out which you can take out into the […]
This week marks the 30th Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival so we thought we’d do a blog post that gives you our recommended visits for this year’s festival. This weekend we’re going to be stationed at Langside Halls (Saturday and Sunday) and TS Queen Mary (Sunday) so it’s obvious that you should pop into both […]
SGHET are going to have a busy day on Saturday 10th August as we undertake quite a few events as part of Govanhill International Festival and Carnival. Between 11.30am and 12.30pm, as part of Govanhill Book Festival (Govanhill International Festival & Carnival), we will be launching ‘Stories from the Southside’, a new collection of short […]
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