Designed by J.T. Rochead, it features a sculpted cornucopia on its pediment accompanied by the words The Buchanan Society's Property A.D. 1849. The Buchanan Society was founded in 1725 as '"The Buchanan's Charity, Kept At Glasgow".
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February 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Designed by J.T. Rochead, it features a sculpted cornucopia on its pediment accompanied by the words The Buchanan Society's Property A.D. 1849. The Buchanan Society was founded in 1725 as '"The Buchanan's Charity, Kept At Glasgow".
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Blonde sandstone 1840s warehouse on the corner of Trongate and King Street in central Glasgow.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Blonde sandstone 1840s warehouse on the corner of Trongate and King Street in central Glasgow.
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Apparently, they also made apparatus for lemonade producers, machine makers and spirit rectifiers.
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#glasgow #streetfurniture #ironwork #glasgowhistory
January 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Apparently, they also made apparatus for lemonade producers, machine makers and spirit rectifiers.
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#glasgow #streetfurniture #ironwork #glasgowhistory
In this case, it's a firm of plumbers, brassfounders and gasfitters established by Archibald Watson in 1833 which went on to become one of the best known plumbing and gas-fitting firms of its age and was based at 86 George Street.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In this case, it's a firm of plumbers, brassfounders and gasfitters established by Archibald Watson in 1833 which went on to become one of the best known plumbing and gas-fitting firms of its age and was based at 86 George Street.
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A. Watson and Co access cover from University Gardens in the West End of Glasgow. I love coming across these old bits of street furniture as they are a reminder of long-gone businesses.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A. Watson and Co access cover from University Gardens in the West End of Glasgow. I love coming across these old bits of street furniture as they are a reminder of long-gone businesses.
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The surviving portico of Ibrox Hill House at the entrance to the grounds of House for Art Lovers in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Ibrox Hill House was built in 1801 by a Glasgow lawyer by the name of John Bennet.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The surviving portico of Ibrox Hill House at the entrance to the grounds of House for Art Lovers in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Ibrox Hill House was built in 1801 by a Glasgow lawyer by the name of John Bennet.
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This had to be a relativley niche business, even back when typewriters were commonplace, and this may explain why it's only listed as a business at this address in the Post Office Directory between 1911 and 1914.
#glasgow #ghostsigns #oswaldstreet #architecture #glasgowhistory
#glasgow #ghostsigns #oswaldstreet #architecture #glasgowhistory
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 AM
This had to be a relativley niche business, even back when typewriters were commonplace, and this may explain why it's only listed as a business at this address in the Post Office Directory between 1911 and 1914.
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#glasgow #ghostsigns #oswaldstreet #architecture #glasgowhistory
Ghosts signs for the Typewriter Repair Co on Oswald Street in Glasgow.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Ghosts signs for the Typewriter Repair Co on Oswald Street in Glasgow.
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The shop with the remnant of a branded threshold for Bow's is the blue one on the ground floor of the neighbouring tenement.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The shop with the remnant of a branded threshold for Bow's is the blue one on the ground floor of the neighbouring tenement.
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To follow on from my previous post, this was the rather stylish Bow's Department Store building on the corner of High Street and Bell Street in Glasgow.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
To follow on from my previous post, this was the rather stylish Bow's Department Store building on the corner of High Street and Bell Street in Glasgow.
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However, this threshold is on the ground floor of the neighbouring tenement building, and I can't find any evidence that Bow's ever occupied it.
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#glasgow #threshold #highstreet #glasgowhistory #bowsemporium
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
However, this threshold is on the ground floor of the neighbouring tenement building, and I can't find any evidence that Bow's ever occupied it.
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#glasgow #threshold #highstreet #glasgowhistory #bowsemporium
It later moved to a purpose-built building on the corner of High Street and Bell Street, where it existed until it was acquired by a competitor, R. Wylie Hill and Co Ltd, in 1947.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
It later moved to a purpose-built building on the corner of High Street and Bell Street, where it existed until it was acquired by a competitor, R. Wylie Hill and Co Ltd, in 1947.
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A remnant of a branded threshold at 73 High Street in Glasgow. I suspect this is for Bow's Emporium, a well known Glasgow department store which was founded at 91 High Street by William Bow in 1873.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
A remnant of a branded threshold at 73 High Street in Glasgow. I suspect this is for Bow's Emporium, a well known Glasgow department store which was founded at 91 High Street by William Bow in 1873.
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Findlater died in 1839, and was originally buried in Anderston before his remains were moved to Linn Cemetery to make way for the construction of the M8. This memorial stone was erected in 1923 by Glasgow's Sandyford Burns Club.
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#glasgow #anderston #glasgowhistory #robertburns #burnsnight
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Findlater died in 1839, and was originally buried in Anderston before his remains were moved to Linn Cemetery to make way for the construction of the M8. This memorial stone was erected in 1923 by Glasgow's Sandyford Burns Club.
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#glasgow #anderston #glasgowhistory #robertburns #burnsnight
This is a memorial to Alexander Findlater, an exciseman who was the friend, supporter, and one-time supervisor of Burns. In particular, Findlater vigouroulsy defended him after his death against charges he was a hopeless drunk.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:35 AM
This is a memorial to Alexander Findlater, an exciseman who was the friend, supporter, and one-time supervisor of Burns. In particular, Findlater vigouroulsy defended him after his death against charges he was a hopeless drunk.
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As its the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, I thought I'm post one of the surprising number of connections between Burns and Glasgow.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:35 AM
As its the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, I thought I'm post one of the surprising number of connections between Burns and Glasgow.
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After Strathbungo and its neighbouring areas were annexed by the city in 1891, this police station was closed and a new one, bearing the city's coat of arms, was buit in a similar style on Craigie Street in Govanhill.
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#glasgow #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
After Strathbungo and its neighbouring areas were annexed by the city in 1891, this police station was closed and a new one, bearing the city's coat of arms, was buit in a similar style on Craigie Street in Govanhill.
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#glasgow #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
The monogram on the crow-stepped gable (RCC) stands for the Renfrew County Constabulary, and indicates it was built before the area was absorbed into the city of Glasgow.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The monogram on the crow-stepped gable (RCC) stands for the Renfrew County Constabulary, and indicates it was built before the area was absorbed into the city of Glasgow.
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The 1860s former Strathbungo Police Station on March Street on the Southside of Glasgow.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The 1860s former Strathbungo Police Station on March Street on the Southside of Glasgow.
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The toll house, gate and weigh station at Sandyford seem to have been demolished just prior to this in the late 1850s, to be replaced in the 1860s by the tenement buildings you can see in the foreground of the top image.
#glasgow #argylestreet #finnieston #glasgowhistory #sandyford
#glasgow #argylestreet #finnieston #glasgowhistory #sandyford
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The toll house, gate and weigh station at Sandyford seem to have been demolished just prior to this in the late 1850s, to be replaced in the 1860s by the tenement buildings you can see in the foreground of the top image.
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#glasgow #argylestreet #finnieston #glasgowhistory #sandyford
Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow at its junction with Kelvinhaugh Street. It's currently lined with tenements constructed in the 1850s and 1860s.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow at its junction with Kelvinhaugh Street. It's currently lined with tenements constructed in the 1850s and 1860s.
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The depot closed in 1966, and a modern plaque in the shape of an old tram ticket tells its history and details its conversion into housing in 2017.
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowhistory #cessnock #trams
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The depot closed in 1966, and a modern plaque in the shape of an old tram ticket tells its history and details its conversion into housing in 2017.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowhistory #cessnock #trams
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowhistory #cessnock #trams
Remnants of the Govan Tram Depot on Brand Street in the Cessnock area of Glasgow.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Remnants of the Govan Tram Depot on Brand Street in the Cessnock area of Glasgow.
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The strikes, which involved 25,000 working class families, lasted until November 1915, when under threat of the rents strikes boiling over into a general strike, a law was introduced by Asquith's government in Westminster to ban excessive rent increases.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The strikes, which involved 25,000 working class families, lasted until November 1915, when under threat of the rents strikes boiling over into a general strike, a law was introduced by Asquith's government in Westminster to ban excessive rent increases.
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This rather odd little building squashed between two tenements on Cressy Street in the Linthouse area of Glasgow was originally built in the early 1900s as the Cressy Halls.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This rather odd little building squashed between two tenements on Cressy Street in the Linthouse area of Glasgow was originally built in the early 1900s as the Cressy Halls.
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