If you thought the new website for the British Newspaper Archive was crap, wait till you try taking a train in Scotland this morning. Name the last time a new app/website was better than the old one.

I got a job in a radiology department, but they could see right through me.

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 3w ago

I got a job as a welder but lacked the mettle for it

My granddad was in the Royal Marines Light Infantry in WW1, I think in Scapa Flow, & possibly manning a shore battery. #ScapaFlow #Strathbungo

Snap, Morrisons in Crossmyloof Glasgow. I think it's installed back to front or up side down, and too close to the wall, but to be honest I have no idea how it is supposed to be used.

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · last mo.

Did the same with The Boy's bike on an even worse example of tehe genre yesterday at the indoor play place. This is the only way to use these crappy racks. (Also, why would anyone cycle to the place that's right next to the cycle path?)

Didn't realise until recently that famed 602 (City of Glasgow) AuxAF Squadron had its HQ in Coplaw Street, next to the old Third Lanark Drill Hall. Here's a potted history of 602 and the building, now sadly lost.

Another #Strathbungo #househistory. This time we're at the former 25 Princes Square, better known now as 55 Marywood Square. The first resident was Robert Murdoch, a mason who built Cragie St police & fire station, and the next Robert More, a maker & retailer of fine silk gowns on Buchanan Street.

Had fun on the Historic Strathbungo walk yesterday, until the downpour at the very end. Thanks to Cameron Winton and SHGET.com for supporting the event. Got a full turnout too. Next one will probably be Doors Open Day in September; follow "South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust" on Eventbrite.

As a former radiologist, I am well aware that Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in November 1895, and by March 1896, the Glasgow Royal Infirmary had already opened the world's first X-ray department. X-rays caught on really fast. What I didn't know was that by January 1897, you could also...

Just discovered that Moray Place used to be gated; there was a gate outside Alexander Greek Thomson's house at 1 Moray Place on two maps of 1893. So that adds to the previous discovery that Regent Park Square was gated too. #strathbungo #glasgowhistory #alexandergreekthomson #morayplace

Argh! The myth that will never die! Not sure where this one originated, but there's so many of these on Facebook, etc, spouting the same nonsense. This house was built in 1874 and that's the chimney flue! There's a chimney above it, bit of a clue.

Came here to mention this upcoming walk, but it's sold out already!. Ah well, you just need to follow SGHET for the next one, at Doors Open Day in September. SGHET has other events too, including a running history tour of Pollokshields.

South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust@sghetorg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📆 Strathbungo Heritage Tour ~ Sat 27th June... join us to explore the story of the old village of Strathbungo, now largely vanished with only traces remaining, before walking through the Victorian suburb to discover its bygone designers, builders & residents 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...

📣 Magnificent 11 Heritage & Environment Walk 🌿🏦 📆 Sat 6th June 10am-2.30pm ~ free but booking required 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magnificen... 💚 Explore the Southside's manicured & wilder fringes on a half-day walk... history, heritage & nature galore with panoramic views of #Glasgow en route 🌳🪿🌺⛅ 👣

Superb news the site of First Hampden - the world's 1st pitch built w/ the intention to host international matches & where the modern game of passing football was pioneered - has gained listed status✨🎉 blog.historicenvironment.scot/2026/05/firs... Our blog on its history 👉 sghet.com/project/firs...

First Hampden - SGHET

In Use 1873-1884 10 Kingsley Ave, Crosshill   Hampden Bowling Club sits on the 1st Hampden Park. This fact was lost for over 113 years. Yes – Scotland didn’t know where its true home of Scottish Footb...

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I tend to ignore the theories as to the origin of the moniker Strathbungo, as none are convincing. It turns out one of the most prevalent, that Bungo is a sort of corruption of St Mungo, was made up by some shit-stirrer from Govanhill. This from the Southern Press 1895:

A house history for 21 Marywood Square, formerly known as 42 Princes Square. Built by James Robertson in 1884, though he then went bust. First occupant John Andersons was from a family of printers, although his uncle had jacked it in to go to sea, and became Captain of Brunel's SS Great Eastern.

Curiously I was reading (and writing) about the Swedenborgians only recently. In the report of one of their meetings they implied they didn't have any proper churches before the 1880s, though I found one in Paisley (opened 1860, closed 2019), and the Edinburgh is older still.

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 3mo ago

This little hall at 5 Infirmary Street in Edinburgh, next to the former Lady Yester's Church, was the grandly named New Jerusalem Church, which followed Swedenborgian's teachings. It opened here in the 1840s and relocated to Gayfield in 1904 and appears to have wound up in 1913

Why don't cyclists use the cycle paths? PS, don't forget to vote on Thusday.

Built by Andrew McIntyre, who bought the land in 1880, but it wasn't ready until 1886. McIntyre was previously a gold digger present at the "birth of Australian democracy", when his jailing for rioting led to an armed insurrection known as the Eureka Stockade.

Andrew McIntyre, builder - and father of Australian democracy? - Bygone Bungo

How Strathbungo builder, Andrew McIntyre, got mixed up in riot, insurrection and the fight for democracy in Australia.

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This Is My Glasgow@thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The impressive curving facade of Salisbury Quadrant on Nithsdale Drive in the Strathbungo area of Glasgow looking wonderful in yesterday's late eveing sun. Designed in the imposing Classical style of Thomson and Turnbull, it was built around 1880. #glasgow #architecture #tenement #strathbungo

Thursday week at The Deep End if you're interested. Book through Eventbrite as per below.

South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust@sghetorg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📍🏰 Cathcart Castle Revisited + our mini-AGM ~ Thur 30 April... Guest speaker Brian Kerr reveals why this once imposing towerhouse was built in 1450 on the south side of #Glasgow & how its evolution intertwined with that of its owners & Scotland's wider story 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-cathc...

The story of 12 Marywood Square, Strathbungo, featuring a vanishing jeweller, anti-German riots in Cincinnati, the Swedenborgian Church, the grease that launched the Queen Mary, ironmongery & Aston Villa, and tea shops to rival Miss Cranston. #Strathbungo #househistory #glasgow

12 Marywood Square - Bygone Bungo

The story of 12 Marywood Square, Strathbungo, featuring a vanishing jeweller, anti-German riots in Cincinnati, the Swedenborgian Church, the grease that launched the Queen Mary, ironmongery and Aston ...

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A new house history – 6 Queen Square, Strathbungo. Home to two Reverends, a doctor, a manufacturer of dog-eared spikes (they sound a bit crap, but essential for railways apparently), then for 60 years a lawyer’s family. #househistory #glasgow #strathbungo

The perils of AI slop in a thread. Couldn't agree more.

Past Glasgow@pastglasgow.co.uk · 4mo ago

An aerial view of the city of Glasgow, taken post 1964 as we can see the College of Building and Printing. It really emphasises the spectacular sweep of the railway as it curves towards the looming sheds of St Enoch Station. What else do you see? #Glasgow

These are the deeds for a house in Queen Square, #Strathbungo, a particularly complete set, including wills and financial records. While not always easy to decipher, they provide a unique insight into the history of a house, and a neighbourhood. #deeds #househistory #glasgow #history #architecture

Just saw my first Strathbungo hedgehog 🦔. So Glaswegian, it was drinking a can of Magners Cider.

This is hilarious. Everyone to Kenmure Street has a lot to answer for 😂

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is what led to the arrest of Ryan Bridge from Raise the Colours A queen of a local passer-by decided to get under their cherry-picker van (while it was parked) so he called the police He & his rabble of flag wankers were served with notice by Oxford CC on Monday against putting flags up...

Just discovered this delightful view of Queens Park from c 1913, with the flagpole in the centre background. Noise is shown coming from the bandstand to the right. The Victoria infirmary is visible to the left. The large house in the centre... #Glasgow #Langside #History #VictoriaInfirmary

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Mrs McIntyre was Janet Auld (1852-1916), the wife of Archibald McIntyre. Her father-in-law was Andrew McIntyre, who built the terrace. In 1851 Andrew took his new wife and infant son Archibald half way round the world to join the Aussie Gold Rush, and live in a tent. #Strathbungo

Past Glasgow@pastglasgow.co.uk · 5mo ago

This week's Friday pub is the Titwood Bar on Nithsdale Rd, Strathbungo. Andrew Small, a wine & spirit merchant, occupied these premises and obtained a public house licence in 1893. Mr Small paid an annual rent of £62 10/- to the owner of the property Mrs Janet McIntyre, 40 Nithsdale Rd. #Glasgow

My research might have been a bit quicker had I noticed it says underneath "Successor to WJ Moffat" 🤦😁

Bygone Bungo@bygonebungo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A new ghost sign revealed in Strathbungo yesterday, as the old Marchtown shop front at 741 Pollokshaws Road is replaced. It is for K Scatchard, Chemists & Opticians. #strathbungo #glasgow #ghostsign #glasgowghostsigns #glasgowhistory

A new ghost sign revealed in Strathbungo yesterday, as the old Marchtown shop front at 741 Pollokshaws Road is replaced. It is for K Scatchard, Chemists & Opticians. #strathbungo #glasgow #ghostsign #glasgowghostsigns #glasgowhistory