@lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Clyde-built. Recovered shambrarian, monger of metadata and fettler of systems. Genealogy/Local history. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
🚨 NEWS! We're digging our 1,500-year-old graveyard this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Come see the Govan Heritage Trust dig and survey of Govan Old's ancient kirkyard between 11am and 4pm on Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, and Sunday 9th of August, 2026.
Meetings with no biscuits, then.
RN ship losses@rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 4d ago2 Aug 1962 // Destroyer HMS Battleaxe was written off in a collision in poor weather with frigate HMS Ursa in the Clyde Estuary during an exercise. Neither ship was properly aware of the other's position, and reprimands of varying severity were issued to officers on both. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Yes indeed.
DeeCee@gadjobeen.bsky.social · 4d agoA must watch for everyone in Scotland.👇 The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (from 1974) The 1974 TV adaptation of John McGrath's iconic 7:84 play about the exploitation of the Scottish people through history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Just returned from this with a bagful. Still loads of interesting books left, if you're around. www.townspot.co/event/charit...
📚 Charity Weekend Book Sale for MAP - 8,000 non-fiction books - Allan Armstrong Memorial Event | Bruntsfield - Sat 01 Aug
CHARITY BOOK SALE in memory of Allan Armstrong 8,000 books donated by Allan's family covering a lifetime of thoughtful reading - Politics, History, Geography, Travel, Music and more. Pay what you can ...
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'Mon the whales! Great story and a masterful telling. Enjoyed the comany. Till next time the good ship #TheFilmCrowd puts to sea
I do wish LinkedIn would let me login so I could delete my account that's been dormant for over a decade.
Edinburgh in summer. Where the choose is between waiting and extra five minutes for another bus, or walking along George IV Bridge. Dear Reader, I waited.
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train. A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social. Please repost with your own caption.
Away from the handsome parks and sporting facilities, much of #Glasgow Green 1910 is taken up by city factories and manufacturing, and our sampled street directory is thick with trades and diverse job descriptions – it’s very easy to lose yourself in such a list! #CommonwealthGames
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!)@alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 2w agoAs our introduction quotes ‘ #Glasgow made the Clyde, and the Clyde made Glasgow’, & it has to be said that there's an intimate feeling to the river as it caresses its way through the city. Once a steel-grey river, holding steel-grey ships, today’s Clyde is a greener, more relaxed beast.
Good news, the Gaelic classes are back for round two! 🗣️ 📅 3rd Sep to 23rd Oct ⏰ Fridays, 1pm to 3pm 📍 At our sister venue, The Whitehouse 🎟️To sign up, shorturl.at/g6qpp
Watching Time Team on youtube, and realised it's taking me back to Sunday evenings nearly 30 years ago.
The film that led to Thora Hird having an entry in the Internet Movie Firearms Database www.imfdb.org/wiki/Thora_H...
David Willoughby@davidwilloughby.bsky.social · 2w agoOnce more, its Thora Hird taking out Nazis o’clock on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Harrowing, gripping Wartime drama ‘Went the Day Well’, adapted from a short story from Graham Greene, is screening 13:30 this afternoon
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um oh my god????? the sedevacantists of Orkney are doing a schism tomorrow??? “The order had previously faced accusations of abuse, bullying and psychological torture”???? one monk drowned and three others had to sneak away in a boat heist to escape??????? Jennifer what am I reading holy shit
Jennifer Delaney@clanwilliam.bsky.social · 2w agoBTW, @clairewillett.bsky.social, you might also want to keep an eye on Orkney tomorrow. The monks on Papa Stronsay are planning on consecrating their own bishop. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/monks-i...
"Swiss architect Barbara Buser has spent decades proving that the greenest building is often the one already standing." Excellent article on @reasonstobecheerful.world reasonstobecheerful.world/what-if-we-n...
What If We Never Built Another New Building?
Instead of asking what should be built, Barbara Buser asks what can be saved.
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This may be the best thread ever on BlueSky. ⬇️ #AI #GreatLakes #submarines
James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · 2w agoIt's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.
Enjoyable day with FamilySearch launching their Commonwealth hub at Strathclyde Uni. Great networking with other FH societies and archives.
CILIP (used to be the Library Association but uhhhhh things happened) have a new website. Others are noticing the images fall into the wtf/AI slop category. And haven't been checked. I can't stop laughing at the calculator on their Salary Guide page. Of all pages. www.cilip.org.uk/learn-develo...
Our introduction gives an excellent and concise history of the area, noting how each significant institution was founded – and there are many on this map! We also include an extensive street directory, full of names and interesting occupations!
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!)@alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 2w agoKelvingrove Gallery is a heavy jewel in #Scotland’s overly bejewelled cultural crown, a shining light of interest & intrigue in a city awash with such fabulous attractions. Our Hillhead 1909 map couldn’t be filled with more fascinating buildings, stories & interest! We're Bowled over with this one!
Those attending the guided tour of Kirkaldy Old Kirk Graveyard on Sat July 25th will hear about the story of the last fatal duel in Scotland with the two duellists buried duelling distance apart in the graveyard. Read more about "Stories from the Stones" here 👇 www.fifetoday.co.uk/whats-on/thi...
‘Stories From The Stones’ guided tours at historic Kirkcaldy graveyard
A guided tour of Kirkcaldy Old Kirk’s historic graveyard takes place this weekend.
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Our paper, 'Mapping the mills of early industrial Britain, 1729–1836', is now available, open access, in Journal of Historical Geography www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mapping the mills of early industrial Britain, 1729–1836
This paper examines the capabilities and limitations of Mills of Britain, a recently compiled Historic Geographic Information System (HGIS) dataset do…
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#MapMonday sees more #maps added to SABRE Maps, with three more Half Inch sheets added to our 1968 layer. A few weeks ago we complained about the 1961 Snowdon sheet not being ready for Number Six, well, he was there in 1968, and so is The Village! #ThePrisoner buff.ly/1rC4ClC
Interested? We need your help: BAP are looking to understand the significance and value of the collections and for letters of support to enable funding applications. Think you can help contact details in blog and website.
EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes@mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 2w agoA new #industrialheritage body #Bricks and Pits was registered as a SCIO with a primary aim to secure the med and long term future of the Scottish brick collections both virtual (www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk) and the physical. Interested see www.mining-landscapes.org/news/announc... #BrickHeritage
