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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 🌳🐦🔔🐟

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Nov 14

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 😋🐦🌳🔔🐟

Photo of a mug featuring the 1975 modern rendition of the Glasgow CoA. The mug's full of paint brushes and is sitting on some reconstituted stone copies of a coat of arms relief I carved

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 12d

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 12d

This prompted me to download both volumes of Macfarlane's castings catalogue from the Historic Environment website. *Incredible* number and range of designs! 🐦🌳🔔🐟

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Cllr Jon Molyneux @jonmolyneux.bsky.social · 13d

New CoAs in the Chambers too thanks to Interfaith Glasgow.

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Cllr Jon Molyneux @jonmolyneux.bsky.social · 13d

This is stunning @glasgowcoa.bsky.social!
Thanks x 1 million.

#Glasgow850
#LetGlasgowFlourish

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 13d

Glad you like it! 👍🐦🌳🔔🐟

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 18d

Nice one! Thanks for sharing this and the glass ones. Great stuff! 👍🐦🌳🔔🐟

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Otis @sionnachairgid.bsky.social · 18d

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Relief in the library of Glasgow's Royal Faculty of Prosecutors.

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 18d

Beautiful interpretations here of the #Glasgow coat of arms symbols! 😍🐦🌳🔔🐟

Otis @sionnachairgid.bsky.social · 18d

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Trades House , Alchemy exhibition of Scottish Glass Society

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 20d

@glasgowcoa.bsky.social, had you seen this depiction of the big man before?

(W. G. Beaton, "Glasgow Our City", Corporation Education Department 1948/1957)

Illustration of a haloed monk exhibiting the Glasgow coat of arms which he is wearing on his habit as if his habit were a school blazer. Caption: "A coat-of-arms is to a city what a badge is to a school."

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 20d

I have not! Thanks for sharing it 👍🐦🌳🔔🐟

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · 20d

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 20d

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.

Title page of "Municipal Glasgow: its Evolution and Enterprises" (1914, reprinted 1915).

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 20d

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.

Cover of a wee book titled "Glasgow 1835-1935: A Century of Progress".

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Sep 9

St Andrews Cathedral - colourful design featuring the symbols from the #Glasgow coat of arms ⛪️🐦🌳🔔🐟

Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · Sep 7

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.

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Sep 9

New to me! Thanks, Lynn 👍🐦🌳🔔🐟

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Sep 4

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 🐦🌳🔔🐟

Photo of large arched stained glass window set in a red sandstone building facade

Close-up of coat of arms bit of the window

Photo of two-storey red sandstone gable with the arched window above a smaller plain rectangular winsow

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 31

Enjoying a quiet bit of scraping this Sunday morning. Bliss! 🐦🌳🔔🐟

Photo of my hand holding a pin scraping a coat of arms into a bit of clay. A photo of the irl version sits besides it

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 30

Coatbridge!? 🐦🌳🔔🐟

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sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social · Aug 29

@glasgowcoa.bsky.social Coatbridge FTW

Glasgow Coast of Arms on a junction box in Summerlee Museum

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 26

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:
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Title page of book, 'Glasgow Rivers and Streams: Their Legend and Lore' (1914). A small bird, tree, bell & fish motif sits between two thistles

Cover of same book. Features a colour painting of a semi-rural scene with a river, a bridge and buildings either end of the bridge

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 25

And that's enough from you!

Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 25

a woman with purple hair is wearing headphones and smiling while sitting in a chair .

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social · Aug 25

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