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Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary
@friendsofgri.bsky.social
OSCR SC050180|Museum open Tues-Fri 11-3, Sat 12-2|📧[email protected]

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A lovely ceremony for trainees who recently obtained the MRCP (post grad qualification). Dr Eric Livingstone, VP @RCPSglasgow brought proof 😉 & with Dr David Carty & Prof Gerry Mckay presented it to each of our stars.

📸 Dr Hilary Wilson

Congratulations ⭐

@ericliv
@rcpsgheritage1599
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The original visitors book from Rottenrow.

Lots of famous signatures in here inc this one - Ernest Hemingway's father - Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. 'Ed' was a GP with an interest in obstetrics who invented spinal forceps.

The book will be on display during our Rottenrow exhibtion, opening 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‼️ SAVE THE DATE ‼️

FOGRI Christmas Carol Service
12/12/25, 530pm, Glasgow Cathedral.
Duration: 45mins. Free & open to all.
Reception from 430pm in the museum.

We are thrilled to have the children from St Roch's Primary join us.
Don't miss out - this is magical 🎶 🎄 🔔

@whatsonglasgow.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Have you visited our current exhibition? A brief history of dialysis alongside an art exhibition created by patients during dialysis sessions.

Only 70 years ago chronic kidney disease was a death sentence. Progress is amazing...let's keep it coming.
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Rottenrow. Glasgow's beloved maternity hospital until services moved to The Princess Royal in 2001.Our biggest & best exhibition yet celebrates Rottenrow. Opening 2026. The Birth of a City. To get you in the mood: pinards, a training pelvis & weighing scales. Who knows what a pinard is? 🤔
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🎻 Concert next Friday 21st Nov. at 1pm. An opportunity not to be missed.

We are thrilled to host the supremely talented Alistair McCulloch & Aaron Jones.

Alistair is is licensed to play The Gregg Fiddle, a national treasure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It was played in 1779 with Robert Burns when he attended dance classes.
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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More tales of Glasgow Bees 🐝 from Frank Worsdall’s ‘A Glasgow Keek Show/Glasgow Courier 29th May 1800’
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🌼🐝 Bees are tiny heroes! They pollinate a third of the food we eat, support wild plants & keep ecosystems healthy. Protecting bees means protecting our future. Plant flowers & spread the buzz! Our interactive Royal Bee Trail launches in 2026. Stay tuned for more details🐝
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Christmas is not far away and Glasgow’s Christmas Tree has been relocated to Cathedral Square this year.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Well we have a lot to update you on but we will start off with this...the bee trail and our garden extension and glow up is well and truly under way.....bulb planting yesterday 😃 with the help of Craig from The Conservation Volunteers and the Trades House, Glasgow who also supplied the bulbs!
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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We are pleased to announce the daily themes for the 2025 #ArchiveAdventCalendar. A reminder that anyone can take part in December. Just post something with the daily hashtag and #ArchiveAdventCalendar. We can't wait to see what you will all share this year! 😁🎄🎅
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When you go home
Tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today

What will you do with your today? 💗

#ArmisticeDay2025 #lestweforget
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Well if it isn't Baron Joseph Lister on his holidays with his family in Canada in 1897. Image belongs to @wellcomecollection.bsky.social

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Ooft it was a real honour to have Prof Jann Gardner, Chief Executive and Dr Lesley Thomson KC, Chair of @nhsggc visit us last week. Dr Thomson posed alongside our display about Rebecca Strong, our first matron. Three formidable and remarkable women; one in 1879, two in 2025.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Our fab alley of Pears thanks to The Trades House (esp Richard Paterson & Stephen Docherty), The Lord Provost & Rev M Johnstone. Glasgow has a rich fruit tree heritage.The Merchant City sits on a former orchard & Gartnavel Royal houses the oldest Pear Tree.

Chutney, cider...endless possibilities
July 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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An operation in progress, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, late 19th century.
July 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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A favourite photo Glasgow's Cathedral Square. A miniature Queen Victoria at entrance to @friendsofgri.bsky.social museum (by Albert Hemstock Hodge 1914) sits atop James Miller's Bishop's Palace Memorial Pillar (1915) with its @glasgowcoa.bsky.social coat of arms on the south face #glasgow850
July 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Check out this menu for The Mess Dinner in 1981. Some feast😂
July 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A final Kidney post: Royal connections.

1973 Princess Margaret opened ward 42. With its new curtains & flowers 42 was a step up from 51/52, located in the car park! They received no Royal Visit!

1993 Princess Anne opened The Scottish Renal & @erakidney Association meetings.
July 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Dr Kolff (1911-2009)who invented the 1st dialyser came to Glasgow in 1979 & is pictured here alongside the statue of Thomas Graham in George Square. Graham was a Professor Chemistry, born in Glasgow in 1805. Graham coined the term dialysis from the Greek dia - through and luein - to loosen.
July 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The Kidney Unit at GRI dialysed its first patient in 1959. Arthur Kennedy was in charge - pictured with a biochemist & the dialysis machine (pic 1/2). It was called a Kolff Kidney after it's inventor, Dr W.J. Kolff. The Kolff kidney was last used in Glasgow in 1974 (pic3/4).
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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@friendsofgri.bsky.social set-up specialist burns treatment in 1833. It had a vital role in treatment of burn injuries sustained in Glasgow's industrial revolution. One treatment was Carron oil (lime water/linseed oil mix) developed at the Iron Works. Now used as a supplement for horses!
July 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A fire surround from the Rottenrow Maternity Hospital into which the doctors and midwives who delivered countless Glaswegians have etched their names.

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#glasgow #Glasgowhistory #glasgowroyalinfirmary
June 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The lovely BMS team at GRI celebrated #BiomedicalScienceDay25 recently. We have a terrific team & GRI could not run without them ❤️ #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare

They have donated the proceeds from their bake sale to us.

#GRI built by The Adam brothers
Made by the people inside ❤️
June 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM