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Video screen one shows the walking tour group of 14 people at the junction of Nithsdale Street & Nithsdale Road with the rear view of the end of Alexander 'Greek' Thompson's Moray Place block behind in the distance. Video screen two is our walk leader Andrew Downie standing in The Cooperage wearing a Bungo t-shirt. Andrew is a SGHET Trustee and the author of the local history blog 'Bygone Bungo'. Video screen three shows the walking tour group standing at the beginning of the Category-A listed block of 1-10 Moray place designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thompson in 1859-61. Video screen four shows a well-preserved ghost sign on Nithsdale Street.
Flyer for the event featuring a photo of part of the remains of the Old Cathcart Parish Church tower and its surrounding wall topped with an old iron lamp stand (now lampless) made by the Saracen Foundry of W. MacFarlane & Co in Possilpark.
Flyer for the event featuring an old photo of Nithsdale Road, courtesy of Gerald Blaikie.
Flyer for the event featuring an old photograph of the entrance point to one of Strathbungo's streets seen from Pollokshaws Road with 4 grand stone-carved gatepost pillars, 2 with decorative lamps affixed.
Flyer for the walk with a photo of the historic Ha'penny Bridge spanning the White Cart river in Linn Park. Built circa 1811-1820, it is the oldest known complete iron bridge in greater Glasgow. The distinctive decorative pierced iron work, painted entirely white, give the structure a light and elegant appearance, accentuated by its pierced saltire lattice-work, Greek motifs, gothic spandrels and distinctive 'ha'penny' roundels.
Flyer for the event with a photograph of a plaster armorial panel from circa 1630, engraved with the arms of (left) Bryce Semple of Cathcart, and (right) Jean Lauder of Halton.
Photo of a car parked on Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow in 1940, with shops with awnings behind it.
Flyer with the text: 'Hewing a Legacy: the Story of Pollok, Gilmour & Co. From Glasgow to the forests of North America' and an old colour illustration of the massive Gilmour & Co lumber complex in Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
Flyer with a collage image showing photos from the 3 heritage walks we held in Tradeston, Strathbungo & Linn Park in Glasgow's Southside for Glasgow Door Open Days Festival in September 2025. The link in the post goes to our latest podcast where you can find out from the walk leaders how the walks came about and how they panned out.
Our of photo of a photo (!) showing a tiled wall and large fanlight-shaped overhead window taken from inside Govanhill Baths in south Glasgow, which is gradually being restored and adapted into a community health and wellbeing centre. On the window glass are etched the symbols of the Glasgow Coat of Arms including the figure of St Kentigern, aka St Mungo, at the centre top of the etched Coat Of Arms configuration. The photo is on display in an exhibition at The Deep End on Nithsdale Street, south Glasgow, until 6th February 2026.
Photo of our South Glasgow Heritage Trails guidebook, with 8 books stacked up behind and 1 facing the camera in front.
A photo of part of one of the distinctive Glasgow Style ironwork gates on Scotland Street School, situated on the south side of the city, with part of the school seen behind it covered entirely in scaffold.
Empire Retold augmented reality app to explore Bellahouston Park shown on a display panel with QR codes to download it - free to download, with IoS and Android versions.
Section of a display panel titled 'Different Stories, Multiple Perspectives' outlining the polyvocal approach the Empire Retold project took to both collating interviews and quotes from members of the Glasgow community who took part in project workshops, as well as in their historical research.
Cover of the 1938 satirical & critical pamphlet entitled 'Come and see The Empire by The All Re Route' showing a large ship in silhouette on the sea and the price of 2d. It was produced by the Workers' Empire Exhibition Committee organised locally in Glasgow by the Independent Labour Party. Source: Archive.org
Photo of Lindsay House seen from Snuff Mill Bridge in Cathcart, south Glasgow, and some of our walk attendees, on our Linn Park Industrial Heritage Walking Tour held on Sunday 21st September 2025.
Some of our Glasgow Doors Open Days tour group on a street in Tradeston amid its heritage buildings which were built for a range of industrial, commercial and municipal purposes.
Photo of Salisbury Quadrant with people looking over at it from our Strathbungo Heritage Walking Tour on Friday 19th September for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025. The walk was led by SGHET board member and Bygone Bungo blog author Andrew Downie.
Graphic showing our 4 local heritage walks for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025 and the festival logo.
Castlemilk Stables
An old illustration and an old photograph of different scenes in the Strathbungo area which attendees of the event will discover more about on our new guided tour.
An old painting and an old photograph of different scenes in the area which event attendees will find out more about on the day.
Flyer for Unseen Historical Buildings of Tradeston walking tour showing a large, ornate former industrial building in the area which is one of many that attendees of the event will find out more about on Saturday 20th September!
Two photographs of Linn Park in borders of south Glasgow today and East Renfrewshire, one showing its waterfall and the other showing remaining evidence of early industrial activity in the park site now largely overgrown with vegetation.
Two photo graphs of Linn Park, Glasgow, one showing its waterfall and the other showing remaining evidence of early industrial activity in the park now largely overgrown with vegetation.
Extract from 'Reinforced Concrete Condition Assessment in Architectual Heritage. The Lion Chambers (Glasgow, UK) and the Teatro E. Duni (Matera, Italy)'; published 2011.
Photo of the north elevation of the Category A listed Lion Chambers in Glasgow designed by James Salmon Junior and completed 1907, constructed from reinforced concrete, steel and glass using the Hennebique system. It was originally comprised of law firm premises with a specially designed artists' studio on the top floor and is a designated Building At Risk. It is currently vacant from the first floor upwards due to the dangerous decay of the structure, with a commercial tenant on the ground floor.
Photo of the Cierva C9 autogiro in 1928, built in 1927 with funding from J.G. Weir of Cathcart, Glasgow. Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Some of the attendees on our 21st June 2025 Southside History Run standing outside the gable end of 1 Moray Place on Nithsdale Road in south Glasgow, the Category A listed row of houses designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson built in 1859-60 and the one that he himself lived in.
Detail from the extension and adjoining part of the Category-A listed India of Inchinnan building in Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally built as offices and factory for India Tyre and Rubber Co. in 1930
Flyer for North Laurieston Masterplan Stage 1 public consultation event with event info and showing aerial map and old illustration of Carlton Place facing onto the river Clyde.
Photograph of page 1 of a 2-page feature article in Scotland On Sunday newspaper today 15th June 2025 by Alastair Dalton, about themed running tours, with South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust's new Southside History Run included and our jog leader and trustee Cameron Winton quoted.
Screenshot of the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival website homepage announcing their 2025 theme: 'The Visionary City' and featuring a photograph of the Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport and Technology and The Tall Ship Glenlee next to it on the river Clyde.
Twelve people in running gear standing in front of Salisbury Quadrant in Strathbungo, south Glasgow, one of the stops on our new Southside History Run. Photo taken on 24th May 2025 at the first run.
A group of runners paused outside Camphill House in Queen's Park, south Glasgow, on our first Southside History Run on Saturday 24th May.
Photo of a group of three runners jogging along Moray Place in Strathbungo, south Glasgow.
Photo of the main avenue steps in Queen's Park, south Glasgow, overlaid with the words: 'Feeling outdoorsy? Get set for a feelgood heritage summer'
A segment of an illustrated map from 1822, showing the name Mount Floridon and neighbouring locales of south Glasgow including Langside, Crosshill and Cathcart. This is part of a larger map of Lanarkshire published in John Thomson’s Atlas of Scotland, 1822 (republished 1832). Image courtesy of: National Library of Scotland, Maps department.
Photo of the model created by Holyrood Secondary School S1-S3 pupils of Kinning Park Co-operative Society Store 1935 Extension. The Challenge and the community exhibition they were showcased at was part of our Art Deco Southside Alive! community outreach programme in 2024 and photos of all the models of local Art Deco buildings created by pupils from 4 secondary schools and 2 primary schools in south Glasgow will be showcased in an Online Gallery launching later in 2025.
A sketch by Moss Haste of part of the Kinning Park Co-op Extension store, with some decorative elements abstracted from the building and drawn floating in space in more detail on their own. These urban sketching sessions were part of our Art Deco Southside Alive community outreach programme in 2024 and photos of all the sketches will be showcased in an Online Gallery launching later in 2025.
An archive photo of both connected Kinning Park Co-operative Drapery Stores and Warehouses on Bridge Street, Laurieston, in south Glasgow. The taller building was sadly demolished many years ago. Image copyright of Glasgow City Archives at The Mitchell Library.
A photo taken in June 2024 of the Art Deco style Kinning Park Co-operative Store Extension, Bridge St, in south Glasgow, designed by architect Cornelius Armour.
A screenshot of the exhibition information on the North Lanarkshire Council website.
Photo of three books on the exhibition bookshelves: Interwar British Architecture 1919-1939 by Gavin Stamp, and Mid Century Britain: Modern Architecture 1938 - 1963 by Elain Harwood, and the Atlas of Brutalist Architecture published by Phaidon.
Concrete Dreams on the exhibition book display case at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre in Motherwell, along with other books about Mid Century Modernist design.
Photo of Cumbernauld Town Centre's Golden Eagle Hotel interior check-in desk and seating area. The hotel had 25 single rooms, 15 double rooms and 3 double suites, a function suite fitting up to 150 people and a restaurant / grill, plus bar facilities. The hotel closed in 1982 for licensing, planning and structural reasons.
Two images in the Mid Century Modern: Putting Scotland on the Map exhibition depicting an icon of brutalism due to be demolished in stages over 2027-2033: 1. Presentation illustration of the early design of the Cumbernauld Town Centre designed by architect & urban planner Geoffrey Copcutt, circa 1962. 2. Collage depicting the model of Cumbernauld Town Centre viewed as if approached in a sports car.
Photos of The Scottish Pavilion designed by by Basil Spence & Thomas Tait's Tower of Empire at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park, south Glasgow, both sourced from the Historic Environment Scotland archive.
Entrance banner for Mid Century Modern: Putting Scotland on the Map exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre in Motherwell showing a black and white photo of three women, two of whom are pushing babies in prams, walking out of the sloped pathway leading out of Cumbernauld Town Centre, built between 1963 and 1967 and due to be demolished in stages from 2027 to 2033.
The restored Georgian-era Castlemilk Stables in south Glasgow.
Screenshot of our first 6 Southside Chronicles episodes on Glad Radio website, the community podcasting station for the south side of Glasgow.
Screenshot of Southside Chronicles podcast Episode 6 on Glad Radio showing the Tall Ship Glenlee on the Clyde in its now permanently stationed spot directly in front of the dramatic outline of the Riverside Museum, designed by architect Zaha Hadid, on the north bank of the river.
A photo of the Ha'penny Bridge, Linn Park, on the southern fringes of Glasgow, built circa 1835. A cast-iron arched structure, over the River Cart, with for identical ribs, each apparently a one-piece casting, and simple wrought-iron railings, it is the oldest surviving complete iron bridge in the greater city of Glasgow area
Photo of former Craigie Street police station in the Govanhill / Strathbungo interzone in the April spring evening sunshine last week with a cherry blossom tree in bloom in front. Designed by Alexander Beith McDonald in the Scots Renaissance style and completed in 1896, it has been converted to flats and is a great example of adaptative re-use of historic buildings for present day needs, which both saves embodied energy and contributes to the enduring character of the neighbourhood, its stories and sustainability.
'Art Deco Scotland' exhibition panel at The Glasgow School Of Art on Entertainment showing 5 photographs of .Art Deco and streamline moderne cinemas from across Scotland.
Art Deco vent grille under a marble stone doorstep on the east end of Prince Edward St, right by the corner with Victoria Rd in the southside of Glasgow's Govanhill neighborhood. There are identical vent grilles at the same height on the Victoria Rd frontage of the building.
Cream, green and gold-tiled Art Deco fireplace courtesy of Edward Elderman, USA, on X.
Cover of 'South Glasgow Heritage Trails: A Guide' showing a range of southside landmarks illustrated by Nebo Peklo
One of the two large stained glass windows on the Baker St side elevation of the 1920-built Marlborough in Shawlands / Crossmyloof glowing at night due to new interior red lighting on the evening of Tuesday 25th February 2025.