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 can tune into our bloggers’ Southside journeys directly through the spoken word.
We’ll also host interviews and other audio formats. Dive into the Glad Radio experience and browse the #SouthsideChronicles here.
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Episode 5: Gorbals Public Art
Curator and SGHET board member Francesca Zappia interviews Matt Baker, lead artist for the art programme that accompanied the regeneration of Crown Street in the Gorbals in the 2000s. The artist speaks about the importance of public art in communities and recalls some of the various art projects he commissioned for the Gorbals, their backstories and their resonances.
This podcast follows on from Francesca’s earlier related blog post about one of the artworks: Decoding the Gorbals’ Girl With Rucksack statue.
Listen here: https://glad.radio/sside-chron-5-gorbals-public-art/
[Produced by Erin Burrows and Francesca Zappia]
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Episode 4: Govan Reminiscence Group
Colin Quigley, Chair of the Govan Reminiscence Group, talks to Erin Burrows about the Group’s work, and shares an incredible story of the effort and pure luck involved in restoring Govan’s World War One Honour Roll. The changing perceptions of Govan after a decade of regeneration efforts and the rediscovery of its ancient heritage, the importance of local and community histories, and the lack of emphasis on and funding for Glasgow’s industrial heritage is also explored. For more info on the GRG please visit their website www.govanremgroup.org.uk
Listen here: https://glad.radio/sside-chron-4-govan-reminiscence/
[Produced by Erin Burrows]
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Episode 3: Govan’s Monument to Mary Barbour
Erin Burrows of SGHET explores the history of Govan’s Mary Barbour and the community-led effort to install a monument in her honour at Govan Cross, providing a brief overview of Glasgow’s 1915 Rent Strike, Mary Barbour’s achievements, and the efforts of first the Govan Reminiscence Group, and then the Remember Mary Barbour Association, to establish a permanent memorial to her in Govan’s built environment.
Listen here: Mary Barbour’s Monument on Glad Radio
Read the related blog post here.
[Written and produced by Erin Burrows]
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Episode 2: Doune Castle
Dougie McLellan of SGHET discusses Doune Castle – Shawlands’ forgotten music venue, based on his blog of the same title. This is followed by a brief conversation with the author regarding his place in the community of musicians – including some of Glasgow’s biggest names – that got their start and then flourished there in the 70s and 80s.
Listen here: https://glad.radio/sside-chron-2-doune-castle/
Read the related blog post here.
[Produced by Erin Burrows]
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Episode 1: Quoiting
Bruce Downie of South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust discusses the ancient game of quoits and the St. Andrew’s Quoiting Club, one of the most successful quoiting teams in Glasgow from the late 1890s until about 1928, which played near what is now Eglinton Toll just off of Butterbiggins Road in Govanhill…
Listen here: https://glad.radio/sside-chron-1-quoiting/
Read the original blog post here.
[Produced by Erin Burrows]
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Glad Radio is a volunteer-run Scottish charity, partnered with Glad Cafe and Govanhill Baths Community Trust, with support from The National Lottery Community Fund.
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