South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust
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South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust (SGHET) https://linktr.ee/sghet - celebrating our histories and places for a #SustainableSouthside #Glasgow #Heritage DMs don't reach us but our email is here https://sghet.com/contact/
📆 Southside History Run ~ returns Sat 15th Aug 🏃 Pair running with local heritage exploration! Join our qualified jog leader for a gentle 5.5km around 4 areas surrounding Queen's Park #Glasgow with stories of people, past events & more shared at stops en route 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southside-...
📆 Unseen Historical Buildings of Tradeston ~ Sat 22nd Aug... discover the stories of the area's remarkable landmarks & consider their possible futures on the cusp of massive surrounding redevelopment in this once mighty industrial area of #Glasgow Tickets & info👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unseen-his...
The Queen's Park Glasshouse is at a crossroads, and residents are fighting to keep it open. Your support can make a difference in this campaign. Every donation helps cover essential costs like posters and flyers. gofund.me/eaec17f61
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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.
Strathbungo Heritage Walking Tour rewind ~ before the closing rain we'd a balmy 2 hours exploring... with history, architecture & former residents stories in the mix. More #Glasgow Southside walks coming in August... for instant notice follow us on Eventbrite 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/south-glas...
#Glasgow Cathcart walk now fully-booked but we've activated a waiting list... Follow us on Eventbrite for instant notification of future walks later this summer & beyond 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/south-glas...
South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust@sghetorg.bsky.social · 2mo ago📆 Cathcart Heritage Trail ~ Sun 5th July... join us to explore the past & present heritage of the former village that became a stylish #Glasgow suburb. Discover mills & workers cottages, artists & architects, royalty & rebellion, a lost castle and more #Glasgow 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cathcart-h...
Not Van Gogh but the wildflower meadow part of the Old Castle Road, Old Cathcart Gardens (0745 hrs 13/6/26 😁)
📆 Cathcart Heritage Trail ~ Sun 5th July... join us to explore the past & present heritage of the former village that became a stylish #Glasgow suburb. Discover mills & workers cottages, artists & architects, royalty & rebellion, a lost castle and more #Glasgow 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cathcart-h...
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
Thanks to everyone who joined me on the @sghetorg.bsky.social Magnificent 11 walk yesterday - great time and company and thankfully the rain stayed off !
📆 New event: Pollokshields History Run Sat 20 June ~ Join our qualified jog leader for a gentle 5.5km around Glasgow's garden suburb with history, architectural designs & past Pollokshields residents stories shared at stops en route [18+ only] #Glasgow Tickets ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pollokshie...
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...
Yes indeed, the booking page for the Magnificent 11 half-day walking trail tomorrow is here (currently 2 tickets still available): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magnificen...
Magnificent 11 Heritage & Environment Walk
A guided half-day tour of the Magnificent 11 trail: discover the heritage & landscape of Glasgow's southern fringes and its natural habitats
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📆 New event: Pollokshields History Run Sat 20 June ~ Join our qualified jog leader for a gentle 5.5km around Glasgow's garden suburb with history, architectural designs & past Pollokshields residents stories shared at stops en route [18+ only] #Glasgow Tickets ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pollokshie...
📆 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...
Stonework detail: Scotland St School. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1906. Photo: Stuart Robertson.
📣 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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They shoot... They score! Good news for the first Hampden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Original Hampden Park stadium site in Glasgow given protected status
The first Hampden Park is designated a scheduled monument in recognition of its place in football history.
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It's great to hear that the site of the original Hampden Park, considered the world's first purpose-built international football stadium, has now been given protected status by Historic Environment Scotland. Cont./ #glasgow #football #glasgowhistory #queenspark #hampdenpark
Interior detail: Scotland Street School. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1906. Photo: Upton Large.
PLEASE SHARE: Free 8-week writers group at AGA/ @aowensarchive.bsky.social Glasgow. Starts 28 May, Thursdays 1–3pm at The Whisky Bond. For local people new to writing. Guest sessions with @heatherparry.bsky.social & @kirstininnes.bsky.social, facilitated by Saskia McCracken. 10 free spaces.
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.
For May only ... "Pollokshaws". A stunning Tenement Tiles Special Edition featuring a beautiful art nouveau harebell motif. Available framed or frameless. Order yours and see the whole range at duille.com/tt
Who wants a longish read about the colliery waggonways of Southside, illustrated with far too many maps? Nobody? Bah. You shall have one anyway. new-cleckit.dominie.scot/the-govan-wa...
Just a handful of (free) tickets left for our talk next week. Join us to discover the story of Cathcart Castle 💚 bsky.app/profile/sghe...
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...
"Pryde-Pierrot; from For Charles Rennie Mackintosh". Eduardo Paolozzi. 1975. Image: NGA. Paolozzi died OTD in 2005.
Thomas Tait’s pylons for Sydney Harbour Bridge - 22 hours apart - and both magnificent
