An outdoor walking tour of Art Deco buildings in Laurieston on Sunday 19th September for Glasgow Doors Open Day 2021 – discover renowned and hidden gems, their history & future! The 2020s mark the start of a two-decade global Centenary of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture. From Mumbai and Shanghai to Havana and […]
First Hampden Park dig part 2: discoveries and speculations History teacher and new SGHET board member Thomas Oldham reports from the second half of the 7-day archaeological excavation at the site of First Hampden Park in Crosshill and reveals where they got to with exploring and mapping the world’s first modern football stadium … […]
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 […]
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 always knew we wanted to return to Scotland to live, having spent 8 years in Edinburgh after university and then moved to Wales. Fast forward 20-odd years, with a redundancy and in need of a change in lifestyle, we found ourselves viewing a tired-looking little flat in Shawlands. The plan was to have somewhere […]
Doors Open Day 2020 Heritage Trail Podcasts launched As part of Glasgow Doors Open Day – which has gone virtual this year – we’ve launched our new podcast series: ‘Southside Explorations‘. Subscribe on a range of platforms including Apple and Spotify and walk alongside our local experts as they explore Glasgow’s Southside and the […]
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