Lost Glasgow
@lostglasgow.bsky.social
Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
A Glasgow glazer's advert from 1912.
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
A Glasgow glazer's advert from 1912.
DÁVILA 666 - ESA NENA NUNCA REGRESO
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February 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
'Take me to your leader...'
Sci-fi film star robot, 'Tobor The Great', met Lord Provost Thomas Kerr, at the City Chambers, in June 1954, to promote the eponymous movie, which was screening at the city’s Green’s Playhouse and Bedford Cinemas.
Pic: Newsquest
Sci-fi film star robot, 'Tobor The Great', met Lord Provost Thomas Kerr, at the City Chambers, in June 1954, to promote the eponymous movie, which was screening at the city’s Green’s Playhouse and Bedford Cinemas.
Pic: Newsquest
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
'Take me to your leader...'
Sci-fi film star robot, 'Tobor The Great', met Lord Provost Thomas Kerr, at the City Chambers, in June 1954, to promote the eponymous movie, which was screening at the city’s Green’s Playhouse and Bedford Cinemas.
Pic: Newsquest
Sci-fi film star robot, 'Tobor The Great', met Lord Provost Thomas Kerr, at the City Chambers, in June 1954, to promote the eponymous movie, which was screening at the city’s Green’s Playhouse and Bedford Cinemas.
Pic: Newsquest
Trudging through the snow - George Square, #OTD in 1958.
While Victoria and Albert remain, the statue of David Livingstone has long since legged it up to Cathedral Square.
Looks like that bloke in the bunnet had a pithy comment for the snapper.
Pic: Newsquest
While Victoria and Albert remain, the statue of David Livingstone has long since legged it up to Cathedral Square.
Looks like that bloke in the bunnet had a pithy comment for the snapper.
Pic: Newsquest
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Trudging through the snow - George Square, #OTD in 1958.
While Victoria and Albert remain, the statue of David Livingstone has long since legged it up to Cathedral Square.
Looks like that bloke in the bunnet had a pithy comment for the snapper.
Pic: Newsquest
While Victoria and Albert remain, the statue of David Livingstone has long since legged it up to Cathedral Square.
Looks like that bloke in the bunnet had a pithy comment for the snapper.
Pic: Newsquest
The Ents are watching us...
February 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Ents are watching us...
Reposted by Lost Glasgow
They’re on site cutting down the Muirhead Oaks for the AI data centre that’s been all over the news today and I swear it’s going to become my villain origin story
January 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
They’re on site cutting down the Muirhead Oaks for the AI data centre that’s been all over the news today and I swear it’s going to become my villain origin story
Mud, mud, glorious mud...
This section of McCulloch's View of Glasgow in 1853 looks almost empty, but it gives us a glimpse of some of the least glamorous yet most essential vessels ever to use the river: the mud punts of the Clyde Navigation Trust.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Mud, mud, glorious mud...
Last night, @flitcraft.bsky.social got back to me with a name; the bookplate, complete with bats and a floral arrangement, belonged to one Thorsten Laurin - a Swedish publisher & art collector - who lived between 1875-1954, so pretty well a contemporary of Bone.
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Last night, @flitcraft.bsky.social got back to me with a name; the bookplate, complete with bats and a floral arrangement, belonged to one Thorsten Laurin - a Swedish publisher & art collector - who lived between 1875-1954, so pretty well a contemporary of Bone.
It' is No. 12 of a 100 copies; and the first owner had left me a beautiful, gold-embosses bookplate mystery.
The rabbit hole beckoned, and I vanished down it for a while, hoping that the TL initials might be linked to local tea and grocery magnate, Tommy Lipton.
Then the trail went cold...
The rabbit hole beckoned, and I vanished down it for a while, hoping that the TL initials might be linked to local tea and grocery magnate, Tommy Lipton.
Then the trail went cold...
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
It' is No. 12 of a 100 copies; and the first owner had left me a beautiful, gold-embosses bookplate mystery.
The rabbit hole beckoned, and I vanished down it for a while, hoping that the TL initials might be linked to local tea and grocery magnate, Tommy Lipton.
Then the trail went cold...
The rabbit hole beckoned, and I vanished down it for a while, hoping that the TL initials might be linked to local tea and grocery magnate, Tommy Lipton.
Then the trail went cold...
I love it when a mystery is resolved.
Three years ago, I took a chance, and stuck in a low bid in on a 'water damaged' first folio edition of local lad Muirhead Bone's 'Glasgow: Fifty Drawings', of 1911.
Got it at a very reasonable price, from an antiquarian dealer in Brighton.
Three years ago, I took a chance, and stuck in a low bid in on a 'water damaged' first folio edition of local lad Muirhead Bone's 'Glasgow: Fifty Drawings', of 1911.
Got it at a very reasonable price, from an antiquarian dealer in Brighton.
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I love it when a mystery is resolved.
Three years ago, I took a chance, and stuck in a low bid in on a 'water damaged' first folio edition of local lad Muirhead Bone's 'Glasgow: Fifty Drawings', of 1911.
Got it at a very reasonable price, from an antiquarian dealer in Brighton.
Three years ago, I took a chance, and stuck in a low bid in on a 'water damaged' first folio edition of local lad Muirhead Bone's 'Glasgow: Fifty Drawings', of 1911.
Got it at a very reasonable price, from an antiquarian dealer in Brighton.
Thank you so much; another mystery solved, and more lore to be added to the portfolio's story.
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Thank you so much; another mystery solved, and more lore to be added to the portfolio's story.
Never been able to decipher the beautiful bloom and bats bookplate on the edition. Sadly, the 'TL' doesn't stand for Tommy Lipton.
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Never been able to decipher the beautiful bloom and bats bookplate on the edition. Sadly, the 'TL' doesn't stand for Tommy Lipton.
Also have a copy of this Bone portfolio.
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Also have a copy of this Bone portfolio.
I've a fine Bone etching hanging on my wall. All the Bone brothers did well for themselves.
Captain Bone was also a very fine writer. See www.amazon.co.uk/Brassbounder...
Captain Bone was also a very fine writer. See www.amazon.co.uk/Brassbounder...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I've a fine Bone etching hanging on my wall. All the Bone brothers did well for themselves.
Captain Bone was also a very fine writer. See www.amazon.co.uk/Brassbounder...
Captain Bone was also a very fine writer. See www.amazon.co.uk/Brassbounder...
Muirhead Bone travelled with Conrad to the USA, sailing from Glasgow on 21st April 1923 on the Clyde-built Anchor Line “Tuscania” commanded by his brother David Bone.
The night before, they'd had a piss-up dinner with Vital Spark author, Neil Munro.
The night before, they'd had a piss-up dinner with Vital Spark author, Neil Munro.
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Muirhead Bone travelled with Conrad to the USA, sailing from Glasgow on 21st April 1923 on the Clyde-built Anchor Line “Tuscania” commanded by his brother David Bone.
The night before, they'd had a piss-up dinner with Vital Spark author, Neil Munro.
The night before, they'd had a piss-up dinner with Vital Spark author, Neil Munro.
For reference: Bela Lugosi's dad...
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
For reference: Bela Lugosi's dad...
A top night of Cramps-related nonsense at the #luxlives hoolie.
Chapeau doff, as usual, to Colin D'uff and crew for gathering the clans.
These guys ripped it tonight - their Rockabilly version of Bella Lugosi's Dead being an unexpected hight point.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Sx...
Chapeau doff, as usual, to Colin D'uff and crew for gathering the clans.
These guys ripped it tonight - their Rockabilly version of Bella Lugosi's Dead being an unexpected hight point.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Sx...
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
A top night of Cramps-related nonsense at the #luxlives hoolie.
Chapeau doff, as usual, to Colin D'uff and crew for gathering the clans.
These guys ripped it tonight - their Rockabilly version of Bella Lugosi's Dead being an unexpected hight point.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Sx...
Chapeau doff, as usual, to Colin D'uff and crew for gathering the clans.
These guys ripped it tonight - their Rockabilly version of Bella Lugosi's Dead being an unexpected hight point.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Sx...
There's something brewing in Maryhill, a new exhibition about the historic Cafe D'Jaconelli and our Scots/Italian pals.
If you're visiting the Burgh Halls, take time out to visit Jaconelli's - I can vouch for the quality of their coffees, and their 'big breakfast' is to die for...
If you're visiting the Burgh Halls, take time out to visit Jaconelli's - I can vouch for the quality of their coffees, and their 'big breakfast' is to die for...
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
There's something brewing in Maryhill, a new exhibition about the historic Cafe D'Jaconelli and our Scots/Italian pals.
If you're visiting the Burgh Halls, take time out to visit Jaconelli's - I can vouch for the quality of their coffees, and their 'big breakfast' is to die for...
If you're visiting the Burgh Halls, take time out to visit Jaconelli's - I can vouch for the quality of their coffees, and their 'big breakfast' is to die for...
I don't think I've ever seen a more vivacious double portrait - you are there with them.
Madame Georges Hugo and her son, Jean, by Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, 1898.
Madame Georges Hugo and her son, Jean, by Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, 1898.
February 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I don't think I've ever seen a more vivacious double portrait - you are there with them.
Madame Georges Hugo and her son, Jean, by Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, 1898.
Madame Georges Hugo and her son, Jean, by Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, 1898.
Pssst!
I have batteries...
I have batteries...
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Pssst!
I have batteries...
I have batteries...
Saluting a single magpie, and saying, “Good morning, General” or “Good morning, Captain.”
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Saluting a single magpie, and saying, “Good morning, General” or “Good morning, Captain.”