Hillhead underground station, photographed in 1971 before it was modernised, by Mrs A. Robertson of East Kilbride. Note the old station names: Partick Cross (now Kelvinhall) and Copland Rd (now Ibrox). Merkland St is the only ghost station on the line. #Glasgow
Calton Works, at 45-51 Tobago St, Glasgow, photographed from Drake St by John Hume in 1967. Built around 1850 for T & J Hamilton, bobbin turners. When it was founded bobbins were in great demand in cotton-spinning and thread mills in the east end of Glasgow. 📷 John Hume #Glasgow
George Square looking north west, around 1864. To the left are the Crow and Clarence hotels. They were demolished in 1865 to make way for JT Rochead's headquarters for the Bank of Scotland, now home to the Counting House. 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow
A welcome sight this afternoon as the statues that were removed for restoration have started to arrive back at George Square. 📷 Gill Kyle #Glasgow
With New Zealand's win in the netball, that's the end of the Commonwealth Games with just the closing ceremony to come. Eleven days of sport in a city that embraced and made a success of the event after the Australian state of Victoria pulled out so late in the day. 📷 Glasgow 2026/Craig Watson
But for the Austin in the foreground, you could be looking at a still from Blade Runner. An incredible, neon-washed long exposure shot of the Hielanman's Umbrella in 1955, looking west from Grants home furnishing store. 📷 Malcolm Dunbar for Picture Post #Glasgow
Looking south along Union St in Glasgow towards Jamaica St in July 1976, with Arnott's and Beaverbrook's on the corner. 📷 LouiseLH #Glasgow
John Burnet's 1856 Elgin Place Congregational Church at the corner of Pitt St & Bath St, photographed on 25 Nov 2004. It ceased to be used as a church in 1962 and a pipe organ built in 1903 by Henry Willis & Sons was removed to St Andrew's Cathedral in 1981. 📷 Glasgow Libraries, Urban Glasgow
Terraced houses of 1839-62 on Bath St by Robert Black. No 216 was the office of lawyers Hughes Dowdall. One morning in early 2002, staff arriving for work noticed a huge crack on the front of the building. #Glasgow
Having a wee chuckle at the Commonwealth Games walking event, only to feel a bit humbled when I realise that they walk a 10k nearly 20 mins faster than I can run it 😭 #commonwealthgames
The People's Palace on Glasgow Green. It was designed by the City Engineer A.B. MacDonald and decorated with sculptures representing Art, Science, Shipbuilding, Industry and Progress by William Kellock Brown. #Glasgow
Fresh from being named the third best pub in the UK by Time Out London, this week's Friday pub is the Doublet on Park Rd. It was opened in 1962 by partners Ossie Prosser and Alec Don in a former upholsterers, and they quickly sought to expand into the flat above. #Glasgow #fridaypub
Another footballing great has departed. Legendary Italian defender Franco Baresi has passed away at the age of 66. He's pictured here alongside Paolo Maldini during a World Cup qualifier at Ibrox in 1992, giving Gordon Durie a hard time of it. 📷 Newsquest
No timescale for this at the moment, but at least it's a start. Plans for the revitalised People's Palace and Winter Gardens. www.urbanrealm.com/news/2026/07...
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Jimmy Reid captured in full flow delivering his famous speech at the commencement of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders "work-in" of 1971, on this day 55 years ago. See my previous post for the full story behind the work in. #Glasgow
55 years ago, on this day in 1971, the UCS work in began. "We are not going to strike. We are not even having a sit-in strike. Nobody and nothing will come in, and nothing will go out, without our permission..." 🎥 BBC 📝 SSLH #Glasgow
Lewis's department store on Argyle St in Glasgow, seen here celebrating the Liverpool firm's centenary in 1956. It was built 1930-2 to designs by JH Craigie on the site of Lewis's Royal Polytechnic, and generations of Glaswegians continued to refer to it as "the Poly". 📷 Reach #Glasgow
Looking east along Gordon St in last week's sunshine. It still feels weird to be able to see so much of the Ca' d'Oro while standing there. #glasgow
Looking down on the category B-listed three storey late 19th century tenements of Nithsdale Rd in Strathbungo. There's something appealing about the uniformity of this stretch. #glasgow
Anniesland Cross, after 1913. To the right is Anniesland Mansions, designed by Hugh Campbell and erected between 1907-13 for James WG Oswald who continued to feu the Scotstoun estate after the death of his father in 1897. #Glasgow
The Glasgow Sailor’s Home, also known as the Seamen’s Institute, photographed in 1970. Built in the 1860s to designs by J.T. Rochead, it stood at 150 Broomielaw where it met James Watt St, and offered lodging and support for visiting sailors. 📷 John Hume #Glasgow
I really miss the old DSA and Canmore websites. Their replacements are either unusable or constantly down.
A distinctive tenement block of c.1853 at the corner of Finnieston and Argyle Streets, possibly to designs by Gildard & Macfarlane. I love the bow windows and wall head balustrade which tell us these would have been good quality, spacious flats. I bagsy the top floor! 📷 RCAHMS #Glasgow
A fantastic look around Glasgow Green and the surrounding area in 1962. Great scenes of the UCBS bakery by the Clyde, and Monteith Row still stands, grubby but more or less complete. There's a lot to see here, what do you recognise?
The Commonwealth Games studio down at the Scottish Events Campus stands on the site of one of the city’s most important trading docks. The cluster of venues in the shadow of the Finnieston crane were created on the site of Queen’s Dock, centre of the city’s worldwide trading operations.
Watching some of the Commonwealth Games coverage and I couldn't help thinking that something was missing. And then it came to me. There's no more knowledgeable nor better prepared host of multi-sport events than Hazel Irvine. #CommonwealthGames
This week's Friday pub is the State Bar on Holland St. Philip MacSorley of MacSorley's, Jamaica St, opened here in 1905. It's had a few names over the years, including Lymburn's and His Nibs when owned by Raymond McCrudden, a kenspeckle face in the Glasgow licenced trade.
