Catriona Haine - MarpleCat

A black and white photograph of an elaborate Victorian pub building from the outside, part of an ornate 3-storey corner tenement block. Older, less salubrious tenements can be seen adjacent. The building is a "gushet", a triangular block on the corner of a triangular junction. 1927. Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, Edinburgh City Libraries.

OS 1893 Town Plan of Edinburgh, centred on the Pleasance and the pub at number 165, showing lots of streets running off in different directions in a densely populated part of the city. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

Pubs we never knew. Macpherson's at 165 Pleasance in 1927 shortly before demolition in a slum clearance scheme. Allegedly one of the finest the southside ever knew. The windows advertise Disher's legendary 10 Guinea Ale in bottles, at 11.2% ABV it was quite the tipple and also came in pints

18 maternal cousins, but zero paternal cousins as my dad was an only child.

My kids are like you with 2 on each side.

The book is Built Heritage of the Temperance Movement by Andrew Davison. How the billiard temperance halls of Manchester evolved into some of the pubs we have today. 👇
BBC News - The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs - BBC News
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Would definitely love the chance to hear this rather fabulous sounding but sold talk on Glasgow cinemas @glasgowheritage.bsky.social Any chance of another date being added?

Fabulous pictures.

I'm a very happy genealogist. Picked up Alex Wood's Scottish Bastards first and it's a great read with, of course, fantastic research.

Look forward to learning more about this #oneplacestudy which is very close to my doorstep.

Picture of 5 books of varying themes related to social history.

Picture of socks and tote bag with slogans related to book loving and reading habits.

Between Christmas & birthday, I’ve been very lucky to receive quite a few books off my wish list. One or two other gifts from my family seem to have a theme to them too… 😂

Thanks Alison.

Thanks Jane.

Thanks Rowena

Thanks Claire.

Thank you Marian

Thanks Ciara.

Thanks Lorna. I'm having a very lovely afternoon in one of my happy places - the research room of the Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS. @gwsfhs.org.uk I think we should all be carried when it snows!! 😀

MarpleCat as a baby with her mother and father. Image belongs to MarpleCat and not for reuse.

Birthday celebrations for me today. I’m reliably informed there was serious snow on the ground on the day that I was born. While there is substantial snow in the north of Scotland today, not so much around the central belt, despite the weather warnings. This is my earliest photo I have as a baby.

Happy birthday Dave.

101K views · 35 reactions | Peak Scotland 🥶❄️ #Gritterwatch #scotlandisbeautiful #scottishgritters | Nikki McWilliams Design Peak Scotland 🥶❄️ #Gritterwatch #scotlandisbeautiful #scottishgritters

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Gritter tracker | Traffic Scotland Traffic Scotland gives you the real-time information you need about Scotland’s trunk road network

The best thing about Scotland in the cold is the gritters network with the punniest named gritters www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...

This morning at the Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church on Argyle Street in Glasgow. Designed by J.T. Emmett and completed by John Honeyman, this Gothic style church was built in the 1850s.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #argylestreet

New London Road Cemetery Chelmsford

New Stories for the New Year As we look forward to our next Forgotten Women Friday later this month, it is time to publish seven more stories of women who worked in the Ulster Linen industry. You can read about Elizabeth Hodgen, ...

The first new stories of 2026 are now available - 7 Ulster Linen Workers #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/new-sto...

I do live in the Ayrshire Patricia, just a few miles from Caprington Castle though had never been before. Where were your ancestors living?

Now that these works have entered the public domain, put them to good use in our annual Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.

Image of MarpleCat Genealogy post on Facebook (about Blacksyke Tower) that link in this Bluesky post to redirects to.

Happy New Year! It was the last day of the festive holidays in Scotland yesterday. I enjoyed a walk in the Ayrshire sunshine & discovered a little bit of industrial history that employed some smoke & mirrors style deception. #Genealogy #History www.facebook.com/share/p/1DxD...

And what a lovely evening we had.

From the Channel to the Ypres Salient: The Belgian Sector 1914 -1918 The Belgian Sector 1914 -1918

Go on. You know you need to. #ww1 #genealogy #vlaanderen #wo1 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/from...

Would your home have been under a motorway? "The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.

Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Thanks Alison