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South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust
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South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust (SGHET) https://linktr.ee/sghet - celebrating our histories and places for a #SustainableSouthside #Glasgow #Heritage

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Paging all car fans & automobile aficionados ~ can you tell us the make & model of this motor..?

Parked on Pollokshaws Rd opposite Langside Hall, it's from a larger photo taken 1940. Car may not be new but 1930s we assume. Someone's gotta know😊

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Photo of a car parked on Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow in 1940, with shops with awnings behind it.
January 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Hewing a Legacy: the Story of Pollok, Gilmour & Company ~ new blog👉 sghet.com/project/hewi...

Graeme Boyle traces the story of how 3 school friends from the Mearns Parish School (later Newton Mearns) founded a #Glasgow firm that became a transatlantic timber trade colossus... #industrialheritage
Flyer with the text: 'Hewing a Legacy: the Story of Pollok, Gilmour & Co. From Glasgow to the forests of North America' and an old colour illustration of the massive Gilmour & Co lumber complex in Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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🎧 Southside Chronicles podcast Ep 8 ~ Behind the scenes of our #GlasgowDoorsOpenDays heritage walks of Tradeston, Strathbungo & Linn Park...what was it like for our new tour leaders & how will these walks evolve..? @gbptrust.bsky.social #Glasgow850 #SGHETpodcast Tune in! 👉 glad.radio/sside-chron-...
Flyer with a collage image showing photos from the 3 heritage walks we held in Tradeston, Strathbungo & Linn Park in Glasgow's Southside for Glasgow Door Open Days Festival in September 2025. The link in the post goes to our latest podcast where you can find out from the walk leaders how the walks came about and how they panned out.
January 23, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Happy St Kentigern's Day all Glaswegians 💚 ~ spotted from a far distance here on @govanhillbaths.bsky.social #Glasgow Coat Of Arms window etching... snapped at @glasgowcoa.bsky.social free & community-sourced photo exhib @ Deep End on Nithsdale St which runs until 6th Feb 🙌 bsky.app/profile/csbu...
Our of photo of a photo (!) showing a tiled wall and large fanlight-shaped overhead window taken from inside Govanhill Baths in south Glasgow, which is gradually being restored and adapted into a community health and wellbeing centre. On the window glass are etched the symbols of the Glasgow Coat of Arms including the figure of St Kentigern, aka St Mungo, at the centre top of the etched Coat Of Arms configuration. The photo is on display in an exhibition at The Deep End on Nithsdale Street, south Glasgow, until 6th February 2026.
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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🎁 🎄✨ Did an emergency drop of guidebooks at Stephen O'Neil art & gift boutique in #Glasgow Shawlands as they were running out..! Deadline for online orders is long gone now... only available in-store. Open 22nd, 23rd & 24th Dec ✨📚 #SouthGlasgowHeritageTrails #Glasgow850

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Photo of our South Glasgow Heritage Trails guidebook, with 8 books stacked up behind and 1 facing the camera in front.
December 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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#CharlesRennieMackintosh died #OTD 97 years ago: 10th December 1928 ~ we're *still* waiting for Scotland Street School built 1903-06, his educational tour de force 2nd only to the School of Art, to reopen after a circa 5-year closure for refurbishment & repurposing... #Glasgow850 #Glasgow #waiting 💚
A photo of part of one of the distinctive Glasgow Style ironwork gates on Scotland Street School, situated on the south side of the city, with part of the school seen behind it covered entirely in scaffold.
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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If you missed the Empire Retold mini-exhib or caught it & want more, there's also a free augmented reality app (IoS and Android) you can explore the 1938 Empire Exhibition site in Bellahouston Park in south #Glasgow with ✨ #Glasgow850 #digitalheritage 📱 www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/empir...
Empire Retold augmented reality app to explore Bellahouston Park shown on a display panel with QR codes to download it - free to download, with IoS and Android versions.
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#Glasgow850 Caught 'Empire Retold' project's display @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC building today (ends tomorrow) ~ the polyvocal approach to story collecting is long overdue & character/quote cards you can play with an inspired move ~ fantastic all round @daisyabbott.bsky.social @sit-gsa.bsky.social
Section of a display panel titled 'Different Stories, Multiple Perspectives' outlining the polyvocal approach the Empire Retold project took to both collating interviews and quotes from members of the Glasgow community who took part in project workshops, as well as in their historical research. Selection of character cards and quote cards that users can select from to then see what characters they identify with and what quotes they would agree or disagree with. There are potentially many levels and different ways of playing this game, helping open up spaces for people to think through their own views and those of others in new and different ways.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#ArtDecoCentenary While the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park #Glasgow glossed over the injustices & harsh realities of the British Empire, an anti-colonial counter exhibition @ Kingston Halls organised by the ILP shone a light on actual conditions. They also produced a satirical pamphlet
Cover of the 1938 satirical & critical pamphlet entitled 'Come and see The Empire by The All Re Route' showing a large ship in silhouette on the sea and the price of 2d. It was produced by the Workers' Empire Exhibition Committee organised locally in Glasgow by the Independent Labour Party. Source: Archive.org Photo from the 1938 Empire Exhibition giving a view over the South Bandstand showing the Tower of Empire and some of the surrounding buildings and landscaped pleasure grounds cum-parkland. Source: Wikimedia. Unknown Author. Creative Commons license: CCBY-SA4.0 Page 1 of the 1938 satirical & critical pamphlet entitled 'Come and see The Empire by The All Re Route', produced by the Workers' Empire Exhibition Committee organised locally in Glasgow by the Independent Labour Party. Source: Archive.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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🌳🏭🏠 Linn Park #IndustrialHeritage Walking Tour ~ our 3rd event for #Glasgow #DoorsOpenDays Festival explored its 18th & 19th Century industries...much rewilded w/ only enigmatic remains but several landmark buildings still in use💚 #Glasgow850 For future events👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/south-glas... 📷
Photo of Lindsay House seen from Snuff Mill Bridge in Cathcart, south Glasgow, and some of our walk attendees, on our Linn Park Industrial Heritage Walking Tour held on Sunday 21st September 2025. Photo of Linn Park Waterfall on the White Cart Water river, and some of our walk attendees looking over at it, on our Linn Park Industrial Heritage Walking Tour held on Sunday 21st September 2025. Photo of our heritage trail leader and some of our walk attendees standing next to overgrown industrial remains which are very hard to spot if you don't know exactly where they are, on our Linn Park Industrial Heritage Walking Tour held on Sunday 21st September 2025.
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Our Unseen Historical Buildings Of Tradeston tour @ #GlasgowDoorsOpensDays Festival on Sat explored the stories of its many municipal, commercial & #industrialheritage landmarks... & their fragile condition today [📷: SGHET & @govanhillgo.bsky.social ] #GDODF25 💚 #Glasgow850 bsky.app/profile/sghe...
Some of our Glasgow Doors Open Days tour group on a street in Tradeston amid its heritage buildings which were built for a range of industrial, commercial and municipal purposes. Part of the Category-B listed Leyland Motor Co Ltd building, covered in graffiti, in Port Glasgow which borders on Tradeston. Our Glasgow Doors Open Days tour group walking beneath a railway underpass in Tradeston. The derelict former Glasgow Telephone Exchange on Centre Street in Tradeston, built by Glasgow Office of Public Works and completed circa 1935. The damaging Buddleia / Buddleja Davidii plant species is seen growing on the building in several places and more of this invasive plant is covering the other sides of the structure out of sight here.
September 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Our new Strathbungo Heritage Walking Tour #GlasgowDoorsOpensDays Festival on Fri & Sat ~ covered inventor of waxed cotton, the cradle of modern shinty, 1920s garages, origin of #Glasgow blonde sandstone, why James Bond had his Walther PPK pistol & more #GDODF25 💚 #Glasgow850
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Photo of Salisbury Quadrant with people looking over at it from our Strathbungo Heritage Walking Tour on Friday 19th September for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025. The walk was led by SGHET board member and Bygone Bungo blog author Andrew Downie. Photo of 1 Moray Place designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, in which he also lived, with people looking over at it on our inaugural Strathbungo Heritage Walking Tour on Friday 19th September (repeated on Sat 20th September) for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025. The walks were led by SGHET board member and Bygone Bungo blog author Andrew Downie.
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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🎉 #Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival runs from today➡️ Sunday! ✨✨Our 4 #heritagewalks are fully-booked but drop-in venues are listed on the main Festival website. For future Southside #heritage events follow us on Eventbrite 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/south-glas... 💚 #Glasgow850 bsky.app/profile/sghe...
Graphic showing our 4 local heritage walks for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025 and the festival logo.
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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📣 Magnificent 11 Heritage & Environment Walk 🌿🏦
📆 Sat 23rd Aug 10am-2.30pm ~ book here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magnificen...
Explore the Southside's manicured & wilder fringes on our guided trail... history, heritage & nature galore with panoramic views of #Glasgow en route 🌳🪿🌺 👣 ⛅
Castlemilk Stables A photo of the Ha'penny Bridge, Linn Park, on the southern fringes of Glasgow, built circa 1835. A cast-iron arched structure over the River Cart, with four identical ribs, each apparently a one-piece casting, and simple wrought-iron railings. It is the oldest surviving complete iron bridge in the greater city of Glasgow area.
August 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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📣 Strathbungo Heritage Walking Tour (2 dates)
📆 Fri 19th Sept @ 1pm ~ book here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...
📆 Sat 20th Sept @ 1pm 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung... ... another new #heritagetrail we're debuting for #GlasgowDoorsOpenDays Festival ✨️
#GDODF #GFODF25 #Glasgow850 #Glasgow
An old illustration and an old photograph of different scenes in the Strathbungo area which attendees of the event will discover more about on our new guided tour.
August 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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📣 Linn Park Industrial Heritage Walking Tour
📆 Sun 21st Sept at 1pm ~ book here 👉
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linn-park-... ... one of our quartet of #GlasgowDoorsOpenDays Festival events this year ~ tickets now released! ✨️
#GDODF #GFODF25 #Glasgow850 #heritagetrail #Glasgow
An old painting and an old photograph of different scenes in the area which event attendees will find out more about on the day.
August 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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📣 Unseen Historical Buildings of Tradeston #Glasgow
📆 Sat 20th Sept at 11am ~ book here 👉
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unseen-his... our new guided walking tour for
#GDODF #Glasgow850 #GlasgowDoorsOpenDays Festival ~ #heritagetrail tickets now released! ✨️
Flyer for Unseen Historical Buildings of Tradeston walking tour showing a large, ornate former industrial building in the area which is one of many that attendees of the event will find out more about on Saturday 20th September!
August 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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🖼️ IMAGE UPDATE: Was prior graphic a typographical glitch..? Or the workings of an Empisode..?

* An 'empisode' is a mischievous sprite that lives in overgrown lime clamp kilns in places like #LinnPark #industrialheritage #Glasgow

** Podcast may contain actual facts 😇🎧 glad.radio/sside-chron-...
Two photographs of Linn Park in borders of south Glasgow today and East Renfrewshire, one showing its waterfall and the other showing remaining evidence of early industrial activity in the park site now largely overgrown with vegetation.
July 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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🎧 Southside Chronicles Ep 7 ~ Linn Park 👉 glad.radio/sside-chron-... Cameron Winton walks us through its #industrialheritage Snuff Mill Bridge, Millholm, limestone quarries & coal mines, methane-bubbling water wells & clamp kilns. 350m yrs of history & geology underpinning early industry #Glasgow850
Two photo graphs of Linn Park, Glasgow, one showing its waterfall and the other showing remaining evidence of early industrial activity in the park now largely overgrown with vegetation.
July 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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According to notes here the contractors were Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Co. Ltd, Leeds, who it seems did mainly bridges but also mills. Wonder if they chanced the 4 inch walls at Lion Chambers due to site size or was it done elsewhere. They later did Ardsley Mill share.google/k4qDg5OEcMLT...
Extract from 'Reinforced Concrete Condition Assessment in Architectual Heritage. The Lion Chambers (Glasgow, UK) and the Teatro E. Duni (Matera, Italy)'; published 2011.
July 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The most beautiful #GlasgowStyle failure... Hennebique & Louis Mouchel's marketing nous sold us a #reinforcedconcrete pup & James Salmon Jnr's design genius goes to waste 😔 shame there's no space for a mesh box like at Hill House #Glasgow850 💔 The north elevation is also a hidden #Glasgow iconic gem
Photo of the north elevation of the Category A listed Lion Chambers in Glasgow designed by James Salmon Junior and completed 1907, constructed from reinforced concrete, steel and glass using the Hennebique system. It was originally comprised of law firm premises with a specially designed artists' studio on the top floor and is a designated Building At Risk. It is currently vacant from the first floor upwards due to the dangerous decay of the structure, with a commercial tenant on the ground floor.
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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#AviationHistory 🚁 Few know of the link between Cathcart in #Glasgow's south side & the origins of helicopters ~ discover how local innovation, engineering & a passion for flight backed the development of the #autogiro... (aka #autogyros)💡🎉 #industrialheritage #Glasgow850 👉 sghet.com/project/glas...
Photo of the Cierva C9 autogiro in 1928, built in 1927 with funding from J.G. Weir of Cathcart, Glasgow. Image source: Wikimedia Commons
June 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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🙌 Good times yesterday on our 2nd #Glasgow #SouthsideHistoryRun ✨ Big thanks to all the attendees, there's so much to discover on this route 🏃 More #Glasgow850 events coming up through the summer 💚... follow us on Eventbrite & socials for ticket alerts as they always fill up fast! ⚡ linktr.ee/sghet
Some of the attendees on our 21st June 2025 Southside History Run standing outside the gable end of 1 Moray Place on Nithsdale Road in south Glasgow, the Category A listed row of houses designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson built in 1859-60 and the one that he himself lived in.
June 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Happy #Solstice to #Glasgow from sunny Renfrewshire ... today Amun is everywhere but on other days you just need to know where to look 🌞🐏🔎 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive #ArtDeco #industrialheritage #Egyptology #ThomasWallis @markrustbucket.bsky.social @johnjjohnston.bsky.social @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Detail from the extension and adjoining part of the Category-A listed India of Inchinnan building in Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally built as offices and factory for India Tyre and Rubber Co. in 1930
June 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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📆 North #Laurieston Masterplan ~ find out more & give your views next Tues 24th June at the old Savings Bank premises, 67 Bridge St. Drop in anytime 2pm-8pm. Presentation at 6.30pm. #Glasgow

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Flyer for North Laurieston Masterplan Stage 1 public consultation event with event info and showing aerial map and old illustration of Carlton Place facing onto the river Clyde.
June 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM