Glasgow Coat of Arms
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Collecting images of the many variations on the theme of Glasgow's coat of arms.
Snaps my own if not credited. Contributions welcome! #Glasgow 🌳🐦🔔🐟
Snaps my own if not credited. Contributions welcome! #Glasgow 🌳🐦🔔🐟
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Hello you lot! Here's the mug that was a defining moment for Glasgow's GenXers! Glasgow kids got it free at school to celebrated #Glasgow800 in 1975. Some of us are already celebrating #Glasgow850, even if we *are* a bit chipped and broken, both me + the mug 😋🐦🌳🔔🐟
First exhibition in 5 years - the boards are back!! Updated with loads of recent contributions. A selection of the crowd-sourced archive pics - including this cracker of Govanhill Baths from @druidic.org - getting shown at a Southside venue for the 1st time 😁🐦🌳🔔🐟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-co...
Glasgow Coat of Arms Exhibition Launch
Join us in Glasgow for the Coat of Arms Exhibition Launch and dive into the city's rich heritage!
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November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
First exhibition in 5 years - the boards are back!! Updated with loads of recent contributions. A selection of the crowd-sourced archive pics - including this cracker of Govanhill Baths from @druidic.org - getting shown at a Southside venue for the 1st time 😁🐦🌳🔔🐟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-co...
One of my fave pics of me at my wedding in the Clyde room, Montrose Street, nine years ago today! 😋 💒🐦🌳🔔🐟
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
One of my fave pics of me at my wedding in the Clyde room, Montrose Street, nine years ago today! 😋 💒🐦🌳🔔🐟
Snapped this #Glasgow CoA on Clyde Street at the weekend - first time I've caught it on a sunny day! (Though tbh others have managed it before, not least @bigrabkenney.bsky.social!). It's a former Police barracks & 'Sally Ann' homeless hostel, now student accommodation ☀️🐦🌳🔔🐟
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Snapped this #Glasgow CoA on Clyde Street at the weekend - first time I've caught it on a sunny day! (Though tbh others have managed it before, not least @bigrabkenney.bsky.social!). It's a former Police barracks & 'Sally Ann' homeless hostel, now student accommodation ☀️🐦🌳🔔🐟
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
A wee wander round the Green today + spotted this banner someone has put at the front of the People's Palace - Elseth King RIP 🐦🌳🔔🐟
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A wee wander round the Green today + spotted this banner someone has put at the front of the People's Palace - Elseth King RIP 🐦🌳🔔🐟
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(A still from mariannevosloo's footage on instagram. Thanks to louisemcveyartist for the heads up!)
(A still from mariannevosloo's footage on instagram. Thanks to louisemcveyartist for the heads up!)
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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(A still from mariannevosloo's footage on instagram. Thanks to louisemcveyartist for the heads up!)
(A still from mariannevosloo's footage on instagram. Thanks to louisemcveyartist for the heads up!)
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Just taken receipt of this charming 1906 booklet, bizarrely from an ebay vendor in Italy! And arguably even more weirdly, printed in Edinburgh.
Each of the text pages has a bird, bell, tree or fish emblem.
Just taken receipt of this charming 1906 booklet, bizarrely from an ebay vendor in Italy! And arguably even more weirdly, printed in Edinburgh.
Each of the text pages has a bird, bell, tree or fish emblem.
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Just taken receipt of this charming 1906 booklet, bizarrely from an ebay vendor in Italy! And arguably even more weirdly, printed in Edinburgh.
Each of the text pages has a bird, bell, tree or fish emblem.
Just taken receipt of this charming 1906 booklet, bizarrely from an ebay vendor in Italy! And arguably even more weirdly, printed in Edinburgh.
Each of the text pages has a bird, bell, tree or fish emblem.
St Mungo's Well in the Cathedral this lunchtime.
Plans to explore below that modern floor were stymied by H&S, but they found what look like masons' marks and, beneath the sludge and coins, what _might_ be a fragment of painted stonework chucked in at the Reformation.
Plans to explore below that modern floor were stymied by H&S, but they found what look like masons' marks and, beneath the sludge and coins, what _might_ be a fragment of painted stonework chucked in at the Reformation.
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
An unedifying Holyrood magazine 'local election special' cover from 2012 featuring Johann Lamont and Alex Salmond grasping at the #Glasgow coat of arms symbols as they fought over the city 🗳 🐦🌳🔔🐟
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
An unedifying Holyrood magazine 'local election special' cover from 2012 featuring Johann Lamont and Alex Salmond grasping at the #Glasgow coat of arms symbols as they fought over the city 🗳 🐦🌳🔔🐟
Temporary Glasgow#850 banners + yellow ad banners with a nod to the Glasgow's miles better campaign. Meanwhile on the wall of the Concert Hall, the enduring Glasgow logo - the coat of arms! 😉 🐦🌳🔔🐟
October 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Temporary Glasgow#850 banners + yellow ad banners with a nod to the Glasgow's miles better campaign. Meanwhile on the wall of the Concert Hall, the enduring Glasgow logo - the coat of arms! 😉 🐦🌳🔔🐟
The People's History of Glasgow by John K. McDowall, 2nd Edition (1899) which, in its discussion of the Tolbooth, slides seamlessly from spikes for law-breaking heids to the tunes of the chimes! 😳🐦🌳🔔🐟
(I'm not seeing the fish on the cover. Let me know if you can see it)
(I'm not seeing the fish on the cover. Let me know if you can see it)
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The People's History of Glasgow by John K. McDowall, 2nd Edition (1899) which, in its discussion of the Tolbooth, slides seamlessly from spikes for law-breaking heids to the tunes of the chimes! 😳🐦🌳🔔🐟
(I'm not seeing the fish on the cover. Let me know if you can see it)
(I'm not seeing the fish on the cover. Let me know if you can see it)
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@glasgowcoa.bsky.social at the Dental Hospital - didn’t even know there was an entrance on Renfrew Street! 🌳 🐦 🔔 🐟 💍
October 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@glasgowcoa.bsky.social at the Dental Hospital - didn’t even know there was an entrance on Renfrew Street! 🌳 🐦 🔔 🐟 💍
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New CoAs in the Chambers too thanks to Interfaith Glasgow.
September 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New CoAs in the Chambers too thanks to Interfaith Glasgow.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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@glasgowcoa.bsky.social, had you seen this depiction of the big man before?
(W. G. Beaton, "Glasgow Our City", Corporation Education Department 1948/1957)
(W. G. Beaton, "Glasgow Our City", Corporation Education Department 1948/1957)
September 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
@glasgowcoa.bsky.social, had you seen this depiction of the big man before?
(W. G. Beaton, "Glasgow Our City", Corporation Education Department 1948/1957)
(W. G. Beaton, "Glasgow Our City", Corporation Education Department 1948/1957)
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We also have this lovely volume. It is absolutely stuffed with information about things like sewage pumping stations and the inspection of weights and measures.
September 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We also have this lovely volume. It is absolutely stuffed with information about things like sewage pumping stations and the inspection of weights and measures.
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The Maybe If He's Reading About It He'll Shut Up For A Bit Fund has received further donations.
This one was published by the Corporation Education Department in 1935.
This one was published by the Corporation Education Department in 1935.
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Maybe If He's Reading About It He'll Shut Up For A Bit Fund has received further donations.
This one was published by the Corporation Education Department in 1935.
This one was published by the Corporation Education Department in 1935.
St Andrews Cathedral - colourful design featuring the symbols from the #Glasgow coat of arms ⛪️🐦🌳🔔🐟
The Jubilee Year cross in the cathedral with the Bird that never flew, the Tree that never grew, the Fish that never swam, and the Bell that never rang.
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
St Andrews Cathedral - colourful design featuring the symbols from the #Glasgow coat of arms ⛪️🐦🌳🔔🐟
I've seen this window whilst inside the hall, but today I finally noticed the stained glass #Glasgow coat of arms from *outside* at #Pollokshields Burgh Hall 🐦🌳🔔🐟
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I've seen this window whilst inside the hall, but today I finally noticed the stained glass #Glasgow coat of arms from *outside* at #Pollokshields Burgh Hall 🐦🌳🔔🐟
Enjoying a quiet bit of scraping this Sunday morning. Bliss! 🐦🌳🔔🐟
August 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Enjoying a quiet bit of scraping this Sunday morning. Bliss! 🐦🌳🔔🐟
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@glasgowcoa.bsky.social Coatbridge FTW
August 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@glasgowcoa.bsky.social Coatbridge FTW
Nice wee take on the coat of arms sitting here between the thistles here! 🐦🌳🔔🐟 #Glasgow
It's an Interesting book i just found on the Internet Archive:
dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/glas...
It's an Interesting book i just found on the Internet Archive:
dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/glas...
August 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Nice wee take on the coat of arms sitting here between the thistles here! 🐦🌳🔔🐟 #Glasgow
It's an Interesting book i just found on the Internet Archive:
dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/glas...
It's an Interesting book i just found on the Internet Archive:
dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/glas...