Join us for a special #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights talk on Wednesday 29th January as we dive into the social history and evolution of the Gorbals – followed by our open AGM. Free (including refreshments) but registration required > book here. Our guest speaker, historian Peter Mortimer, spent his working career supplying scaffolding to the construction and […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Talk: Southside House Histories – Time travel under Giffnock floorboards Join us at 6.50pm on Thursday 25th May at The Deep End on Nithsdale St for the third of our 2023 #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights events – a talk from Paul Noble about a journey that began by accident beneath the floorboards and is heading in some […]
Talk: Taps aff? What happened after the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival Join us at 6.50pm on Thursday 27th April at The Deep End on Nithsdale St for the second of our 2023 #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights events – an illustrated talk from the After The Garden Festival team, followed by Q&A. Places are limited – BOOK […]
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