Next year, 2026, sees the 150th Anniversary of Partick Thistle Football Club. One of the many things planned for our anniversary year in 2026 will be a book commemorating the occasion. 📕📙
Read on:
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31.08.2025 13:02 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A beautiful example of decorative painted glass from the main door of a Victorian townhouse in the North Kelvinside area of Glasgow.
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23.07.2025 12:16 — 👍 50 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Love the corner tower, topped by a candle-snuffer roof, on this red sandstone tenement on Wilton Street im the northwest of Glasgow.
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23.07.2025 17:31 — 👍 37 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Saint Charles' Primary School on Kelvinside Gardens in Glasgow. Built in 1932 and designed by William McCaig, who was the Glasgow Coporation Education Department's architect, it's one of the few Art Deco style schools in the city.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #artdeco #school
23.07.2025 17:38 — 👍 62 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
I love the shape and detail, especially the sculpted hand, on this memorial to William Primrose on a tenement on Wilton Drive in the northwest of Glasgow.
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23.07.2025 19:37 — 👍 75 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 3
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And following swiftly on afterwards: WILTON STREET GARDEN FETE is back on Sunday 8 June 1.30-4pm. Part of WestFest @westfest.bsky.social, with ceramics, cakes, art, bakes, books, BBQ, tablet, tattoos, music, massage, make-your-own and loads of games... what more could you ask for? See you there!
26.05.2025 14:24 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Got some time next Saturday 31st May? Come join us for a tidy-up in the Gardens, 10am-12noon, to get everything ready for the Fete on 8th June. Gloves and equipment supplied - plus tea/coffee, cakes and a chance to get to know your neighbours!
26.05.2025 13:47 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Glasgow Science Festival Glasgow Celebrates 5th - 15th June 2025
One week until the Glasgow Science Festival begins!
Join in with 10 days of science fun for all ages between 5 June and 15 June, with its biggest-ever programme of events as part of the city’s celebrations of its 850th anniversary! 🎉🧪
More ➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
29.05.2025 16:05 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
The secret ‘smart-canal’ trying to solve Glasgow’s housing crisis
A multimillion-dollar computer brain, 3,000 new houses and a 3% drop in mortality rates
In a first for the UK and Europe, Glasgow is rebooting its canal story with a classically 21st-century plot device: a multimillion-dollar computer “brain” that gets cleverer day by day.
30.05.2025 07:24 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
3 of our helpers standing proudly beside the piles of rubbish we cleared up
Another successful clean-up at the weekend, this time beside Braeside Community Garden. Thanks to everyone who volunteered!
24.03.2025 11:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Thomson
The Scottish Architect, Alexander “Greek” Thomson was born on 9th April 1817 inEndrick Cottage in the village of Balfron, around 15 miles north of Glasgow. He wasthe son of bookkeeper John Thomson …
Alexander Thomson died #otd 150 years ago on 22nd March 1875.
As a fledgling history of art and architecture student, I worked at Holmwood in Glasgow, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Have a read of my blog post about Thomson and his magnificent villa here
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22.03.2025 10:55 — 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
A close up photo of the bark of a tree. The left side of the photo shows the grey, cracked bark of the tree while on the right, shaggy green moss is growing from the tree.
Did you know that Glasgow has over 100 parks, gardens and green patches? Many of them are home to some terrific trees!🌳
Join us on Wednesday 26 March for a special talk about some of the remarkable trees of Glasgow.🌲
Book your place today 👇
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#Scotland #wildlife #glasgow
18.03.2025 08:20 — 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Britain's most expensive bus fares just went up again
Plus: a leg of lamb at Shawlands Continental and a peerless night at LayLow
The Monday briefing is in your inboxes now!
🗞️ Glasgow's got the most expensive bus fares in Britain - and they've just gone up again. So what's the answer?
📣 Plus: where to get the best leg of lamb in the city, and a delightful Spring exhibition beckons.
17.03.2025 12:27 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
👀 "While a penalty of £80 exists for littering in Glasgow, anyone who litters in Oviedo ... faces a fine of €750 (£621)"
28.02.2025 14:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Glaswegians - if you want a city rebirth get off the sidelines and stop carping
Columnist Dani Garavelli on a city rebirth and why Glaswegians need to get off the sidelines and prove People Make Glasgow.
"The real moon outshone the paper one, and, from a distance, it was impossible to distinguish the light flooding through the film scenes from the light flooding through stained glass." My optimistic-ish @heraldscotland.bsky.social call-to-arms on Glasgow's future. (with HTs to Italo Calvino).
23.02.2025 10:14 — 👍 37 🔁 14 💬 6 📌 2
Home - Glasgow City Council Webcasting
Home - Glasgow City Council Webcasting
It's Budget day at Glasgow City Council. Dry as this sounds, it sets the agenda for the next three years - where is your money going to go?
If you'd like to follow the meeting, it starts at 11am, and you can watch live from your home here.
glasgow.public-i.tv/core/portal/...?
20.02.2025 09:27 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
Some Budget announcements:
💰 Universal free school meals in Glasgow's primary schools
💰200+ new cleansing staff for frontline Clean Teams to rapidly respond to litter and fly tipping etc.
💰£1m for parks teams, focusing on improving those in deprived areas
20.02.2025 11:34 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
Cut-down tree trunks suitable for children to sit on in a woodland clearing
Cut-down tree trunks in a woodland clearing
Pathway cleared through woodland
Great work done at the weekend by Friends of #Ruchill Park in #Glasgow. #Volunteer days are 2nd Sunday of the month, noon to 3pm. All welcome!
12.02.2025 19:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hello #Glasgow!
06.02.2025 15:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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