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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 8d

✨ Friday feeling! Some great news to share...

We’re delighted to announce that, as of 1st October, we are an accredited Living Wage Scotland Employer.

A huge thank you to the Living Wage Foundation for welcoming us into the fold- we’re proud to join the movement!

#LivingWage #LivingWageEmployer

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 9d

Our latest newsletter The Insider just dropped! 📬
Fun heritage picks, behind-the-scenes at GCHT & more.
Sign up now and we’ll send it your way too: buff.ly/DR6A7eo

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 16d

Prepare for your visit by giving our podcast episode a listen, where you can hear Judith talk more about the Panopticon's amazing 168 year history! 🎭

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Entertainment makes Glasgow, with Judith Bowers, Britannia Panopticon and Gary Painter, Scottish Cinemas Project.

If Glasgow’s Walls Could Talk · Episode

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 16d

Did you know the world's oldest surviving music hall is right here in Glasgow? It showcased everything from entertainers to animals!

Curious for more? Join Judith Bowers, founder of the Friends of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust, on a talk & tour of the building on 9 Oct!

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Britannia Panopticon Building Tour & Talk – Glasgow City Heritage Trust

A visit to the World’s oldest surviving music hall where Stan Laurel made his stage debut in 1906.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 18d

📣 Lens on Legacy: A Tour of Glasgow's Building's At Risk

🥾 Join GCHT Director Niall Murphy on a walking tour through the city centre, uncovering the forgotten tales and urgent challenges facing some of Glasgow’s most iconic but at-risk landmarks.

📆 Thurs. 2 Oct. | 5:30pm

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 22d

📸 One of the places you can visit for this year's Glasgow Doors Open Days is Queens Park Camera Club, who will also be hosting our Lens on Legacy exhibition!

⏰ The Club will be open from 10am-4pm, Saturday & Sunday.

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🗝️ Glasgow Dors Open Days: buff.ly/0MIG0F0

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 24d

Discover Glasgow’s oldest surviving music hall on this tour & talk of Britannia Panopticon, exploring hidden stories, forgotten corners & 186 years of history.

📆 Thurs 9 Oct | 6:30 - 7:30pm
📍 Britannia Panopticon, 113-117 Trongate
🎟️ Booking essential, £10

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Britannia Panopticon Building Tour & Talk – Glasgow City Heritage Trust

A visit to the World’s oldest surviving music hall where Stan Laurel made his stage debut in 1906.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · 24d

📣 Lens On Legacy: A Tour Of Glasgow's Buildings At Risk

🥾 Join GCHT’s Director Niall Murphy for a walk around Glasgow City Centre, looking at some of the city’s most iconic, but at-risk, buildings.

☔ Please dress for the weather!

📆 Thursday 2nd October | 5:30pm

🎟️ £18 | buff.ly/T6a0P44

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our Director Niall Murphy and Heritage Manager Rachel Kacir were delighted to attend the ceremony, connecting with inspiring individuals and organisations from across Glasgow’s Arts & Culture, Heritage, Business, Community and Sport sectors.

Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 9

Organised by The Herald and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, the awards were relaunched this year as part of Glasgow’s 850th anniversary celebrations- recognising those who are making a meaningful difference in the life of the city.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 9

We may not have taken home a win at this year's Inspiring City Awards, but we were thrilled to see our pals The Empire Café honoured with the Heritage Champion Award for the 'Who Owns the Clyde?' podcast.

📖 Read more about the event: buff.ly/VFaWhGS

#InspiringCityAwards2025 #Glasgow850

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 8

🤞 Fingers crossed for the Inspiring City Awards, which take place later today!

We're a finalist in the Heritage Champion category, alongside:

- Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
- Wasps Studios
- Stratum Masonry
- Empire Cafe/ Who owns the Clyde

☘️ Best of luck everyone!

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 3

✨ New look, same mission.
GCHT has rebranded – bold, people-focused, rooted in Glasgow’s past and future.
Explore: glasgowheritage.org.uk

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 Friday 5th Sept. is the last day of our #LensOnLegacy exhibition!

📸 The exhibition continues the city’s long & rich tradition of urban photography, shining a spotlight on at-risk buildings across Glasgow.

📆 We're open Wed. to Fri. from 10am-4pm in our office at 54 Bell St.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Sep 1

Lansdowne Church in Glasgow’s West End – now Websters – is full of history, memory and craft: stained glass by Alf Webster, a WWI plaster frieze by Evelyn Beale, and generations of memory.

New funding from us and @HeritageFundUK is ensuring these treasures are preserved.

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Memory Encapsulated in a Building: Lansdowne Church, Alf Webster, and Memorialisation

Memory can be a complex and complicated thing. As time progresses, memories can fade, alter, or transform into entirely false versions of events. Furthermore, how each individual remembers an event…

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 29

📸 Lens on Legacy continues the city’s rich tradition of urban photography, shining a spotlight on at-risk buildings across Glasgow through the lens of Queens Park Camera Club. The exhibition runs until the 5th Sept. Wed - Fri from 10am-4pm in our office at 54 Bell Street.
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Exhibition: Lens on Legacy – Glasgow City Heritage Trust

Free entry Wednesday to Friday, June to August.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 29

🩷 While its bright pink sign might proclaim “People Make Glasgow”, this building shows that the city’s architecture plays an important role too!

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 29

🏢 Also known as the College of Building and Printing, the Category B-listed building was designed by Wyllie, Shanks and Underwood, and completed in 1964. Influenced by Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation housing block in Marseille, the Tower remains one of Glasgow’s most famous Modernist buildings.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 29

🏛️ Building Spotlight!

👀 As part of our #LensOnLegacy exhibition, we’re highlighting some of the buildings featured in the exhibition - this week we’re taking a closer look at the iconic Met Tower.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 Job alert!
We’re hiring a Built Heritage Officer (Mat Cover) to help deliver our conservation grants and support Glasgow’s historic buildings.

🗓️ Apply by 1 Sept
💰 £33–34k | 📍 Glasgow/Hybrid
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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎉 Our new website is live!
Explore Glasgow’s built heritage, book events, and dive into exclusive content in the new Heritage Hub.

Built by Lex Lamb, designed to connect you with the stories behind the city.
👉 glasgowheritage.org.uk

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 26

⚒️ Our next CPD will look at dealing with ongoing building maintenance failures in a professional context.

🏛️ Focusing on recent repairs at 151 Wilton Street, we'll discuss the works and best practice for maintaining historic properties.

📆 Thurs. 28 Aug | 1pm | In-person & online
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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 25

We’re proud of our work ensuring Glasgow’s historic built environment is protected and preserved for the future, and to have been recognised for our achievements.

Fingers crossed for the awards ceremony, which takes place on the 8th September!

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 25

We’re excited to announce that we've been named a finalist in the Heritage Champion category at the Inspiring City Awards 2025! 🎉

Back for the first time since 2019 as part of Glasgow’s 850th anniversary, the awards spotlight the exceptional legacy & innovative spirit that defines our city.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social · Aug 22

⚒️ In our upcoming CPD, conservation accredited surveyor Rob Adams will share lessons from repair works at 151 Wilton Street, discussing common failures and maintenance must-dos.

📆 Thurs. 28th August | 1:00 - 2:00pm | In-person at our Bell Street office or via Zoom
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