Robbie Morrison
@robbiemorrison.bsky.social
Writer. Novels: Edge of the Grave (Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel 2021); Cast a Cold Eye (Shortlisted for McIllvanney Prize 2023). Comics: Nikolai Dante, Doctor Who, Judge Dredd, Drowntown, Heretic, etc.
This week finds Frank hitting the buffers over the loss of the magnificent Botanic Gardens Station. Repurposed in the late 1960s to house the Silver Slipper café, and Morton's plumber's shop on the ground floor, with Sgt. Pepper's nightclub in the roofspace.
The Kinning Park Pumping Station on Milnpark Street in Glasgow. Designed by D. and A. Horne, it was built in the early 1900s. I love the way the roof line mirrors the curves of the windows. #glasgow #kinningpark #industrialheritage #architecture #architecturephotography
Book all but done with a title change! Two 'special' internal pages to finish which I saved as a treat, and the cover is currently underway. It'll go to Kickstarter early Autumn, and I'll set up a pre-launch soon. This is one of the early pages - I will show more eventually - there's 120 of 'em!
For more watery #Glasgow heritage - and future - listen to BBC R4's The People's Pool on the history of Govanhill Baths, the campaign to save it, and the community's on-going care for a historic place of health & leisure. Just out on BBC Sounds! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Swimmingbaths 2/2
Archive on 4 - The People's Pool - BBC Sounds
One Glasgow swimming pool reveals the story of public baths and wash houses in Britain.
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Come on in, the water's lovely! Dip into the Clyde's rich history: ancient kingdoms; majestic liners; return of the salmon; Victorian swimmers (my bit!) & more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digging-de... 31 Jul, 6pm, free! #Commonwealth #Watershed #rivers #Clyde #SportsHistory #swimming 1/
Digging Deeper quick-fire talks from the River Clyde
A series of quick-fire talks from people researching the history of Glasgow’s River Clyde in surprising and interesting ways.
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Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)
The well-preserved, and still in use, Western Range of Charles Wilson's 1840s Royal Lunatic Asylum in Glasgow, which later became Gartnavel Royal Hospital. By contrast, the Eastern Range lies unused and decaying. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #gartnavelhospital #architecturephotography
The city's decline as a major port after WWII led to the home's closure, and it was demolished in 1971. Many early postcard views of the River Clyde were taken from the tower of the Sailor's Home.
Looking along Elmbank St to the Art Deco/Streamline Moderne former Beresford Hotel on Sauchiehall St. Built for the 1938 Empire Exhibition, it featured rooftop kennels for guests travelling with canine companions. It was designed, owned, and operated by William Beresford Inglis.
Hold yer horses! Think week, Frank is feeling unstable at the loss of the Admiral Street Tram Depot. Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)
The sports retailer Greaves, known to generations of Glaswegians, has been acquired my Mike Ashley's Fraser's Group. The business started life as the Clydesdale Rubber Company, when William Greaves decided to buy out the Birmingham & Leyland Rubber Company, where he had worked as a manager, in 1926
The absolutely 100% accurate & objective & definitive One Hundred Best Novels Ever list. (In no order of preference.) 37. “The Quiet Man”, by Graham Greenen.
The former John Inglis and Co tannery and leather warehouse on St Andrews Square in the East End of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #streetscape #standrewssquare
Looking up Union St to Renfield St, with John Honeyman's furniture warehouse of 1872, better known as the Ca' d'Oro, on the right. It's hard to believe that, 8 days from now, all the barriers, heavy equipment, and skips will be gone and this street will reopen for the first time since the March fire
Happy publication day to SHADOW OF MADNESS, my new historical thriller set in Renaissance Italy. Think Shutter Island X And Then There Were None as a blizzard traps Cesare Aldo in a remote asylum for the criminally insane. It's a Sunday Times historical novel of the month! @panmacmillan.bsky.social
At this time on a Saturday, Ashton Lane will be buzzing with people making merry at its many bars and restaurants. But back in 1933 it was lined with Victorian stables, mews buildings and small workshops. That's Jinty McGuinty's on the left. 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow
This week's Friday pub is Hubbard's on Great Western Rd. This Art Deco building on Great Western Rd was built 1929-31 to designs by James Lindsay Jnr for Walter Hubbard, to house his bakery and tea room. #Glasgow #fridaypub
Get 6-7 March 2027 in your diaries, Earthlets — it's our 50th birthday and we're having a party! Exciting details to be announced in the coming months...
“An Imperial Flying Boat”! - A cutaway of an Imperial/Qantas Short Empire flying boat c.1939. Only 5 days from Southampton to South Africa, 6 days to Hong Kong & 10 days to Australia!
This week's Friday pub is Sloan's. It started life as a coffee house in Morrisons Court, named after Glasgow Baillie John Morrison, back in 1797. The cobbled courtyard was the scene of cock-fighting, and twice a week, a stagecoach would leave the Court bound for Edinburgh.
This week's Friday pub is the Old Ship Bank on Saltmarket. Named after the Glasgow Ship Bank which was the city's first bank, founded in 1749 by a group of tobacco merchants. It was officially known as Dunlop, Houston & Co, after its principal partners. #Glasgow #fridaypub
The Royal Exchange, photographed in September 1912. Buried deep within what's now the Gallery of Modern Art, is the townhouse of William Cuninghame of Lainshaw, a slave owner. The original building was constructed between 1778-1780. 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow
Had a great time last Thursday at the opening of artist extraordinaire @mikeperkinsart.bsky.social's exhibition at Swan Hill Studios. You’ve got until the 18th to check it out (& possibly even see the artist at work too!). What’re you waiting for? www.swanhillstudios.com/event-detail...
Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana...BATMAN! Open 11 - 3 | 12th - 18th | Swan Hill Studio
Join us at Swan Hill Studios for a special exhibition celebrating Mike Perkins’ recent Batman work and its unexpected links to Shrewsbury. Discover how some of the town’s most recognisable buildings, ...
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I'm in Linlithgow @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social from 6pm this Wednesday 17th June for #IndieBookshopWeek. Sally & team will have sneaky advance hardbacks of my new Cesare Also historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS on sale (three weeks early!). @panmacmillan.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social
Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop@ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat a lovely week to live in Linlithgow! It's ALL happening, with the Marches and the Gala Day AND it's Independent Bookshop Week! We are closed for the Marches tomorrow, but we are OPEN today and every other day this week, with lots of lovely books & gifts & free events for a special week!
There's an incredible new tiled mural at Glasgow Central today, produced by Make It Glasgow. It recreates an advertising poster by Margaret & Frances Macdonald for Joseph Wright's Drooko Umbrella Co. #Glasgow
