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This Is My GlasgowThe tenements have never been replaced, and much of the place where they once stood remains a gap site to this day.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wwii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wwii</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/queenmargaretdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queenmargaretdrive</a>

This Is My GlasgowIf you examine the northeast corner of the parapet of the Queen Margaret Drive Bridge in Glasgow, you can the granite is covered with pockmarks (top picture). These were caused by shrapnel from a German parachute mine which exploded at 12:40 on the 14th of March 1941. It destroyed a row of tenements on the opposite side of Queen Margaret Road (see maps below), killing one person. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wwii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wwii</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/queenmargaretdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queenmargaretdrive</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe remains of one of the platforms of Kirklee Station hidden away amongst the trees in the Botanic Gardens in the West End of Glasgow. The station opened in 1896, and temporatily closed in 1917. It re-opened in 1919 and then closed permanently in 1939. The line closed in 1964 and the station buildings were demolished in 1971.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/botanicgardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#botanicgardens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glaagowbotanicgardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glaagowbotanicgardens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/abandonedstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abandonedstation</a>

This Is My GlasgowA Glasgow Corporation Lighting Department ghost sign at the entrance to a tenement close on High Street in Glasgow, featuring a phone number with the BELL extension of the nearby Bell Telephone Exchange, which opened in 1936.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenementlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenementlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtenements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowtenements</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/highstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#highstreet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pastglasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pastglasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldsign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldsign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ghostsign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghostsign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowghostsign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowghostsign</a>

This Is My GlasgowThey were widely used in Scotland for accessing common areas like tenement closes between the late 18th Century and the start of the 20th Century as they were cheaper and more robust than more traditional locks, since they had no moving parts and replacement keys could be simply be cast from existing ones. They were not particularly difficult to circumvent, but they provided a sufficient level of security to deter casual or opportunist thieves.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/odellnightlatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#odellnightlatch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lock</a>

This Is My GlasgowOdell's nightlatches had a complex-shaped ward inside them (top right - not from the same door) which was mirrored by the spaces in their associated key (bottom right). This allowed a key to be inserted into the base of the T-shaped hole and then be slid upwards over the ward to release the latch (not shown). If the pattern on the key didn't match the shape of the ward, this couldn't be done. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/odellnightlatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#odellnightlatch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dullmensclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dullmensclub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a>

This Is My GlasgowThis unusual T-shaped keyhole (left) is part of an Odell's nightlatch. It's at the entrance to an 1850s tenement on Kelvingrove Street and is only the second I've found in the wild in Glasgow. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/odellnightlatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#odellnightlatch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dullmensclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dullmensclub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtenemenets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowtenemenets</a>

This Is My GlasgowLove this decorated junction box on Argyle Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow. It celebrates the local Verreville and Delftfield Potteries, both established in the 18th Century, and was created by Little Book of Transfers in conjunction with the Yardworks Grid Project. I especially like the pottery-themed take on the Glasgow coat of arms on the central plate.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/finnieston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finnieston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anderston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anderston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowmurals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowmurals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowstreetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowstreetart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ceramics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ceramics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pottery</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe former Gas Purifier Shed on French Street in the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow. Built in 1843, it was part of the Glasgow Corporation Gasworks No. 1 Depot, which closed in the 1950s. After lying largely unused for the next 65 years, it was brought back into use in the 2010s, and now contains a series of modern business spaces.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dalmarnock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dalmarnock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gasworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gasworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/industrialheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrialheritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/industrialarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrialarchitecture</a>

This Is My GlasgowThis is the modern Cineworld building in central Glasgow. It's main claim to fame is that it stands on the plot once occupied the legendary Glasgow Apollo. Originally opened as Green's Playhouse in 1927, it was re-branded as a music venue in 1973 and opened with two concerts by Johnny Cash.Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowapollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowapollo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowA brick made at the Gartshore Brickworks in Kilsyth revealed by the current very low waters in the River Kelvin in Dawsholm Park in the West of Glasgow. This brickworks was founded by William Baird and Co in 1867, and was still in operation at least into the 1980s.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dawsholmpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dawsholmpark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldbricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldbricks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gartshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gartshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/riverkelvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#riverkelvin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowI've often wondered if English football fans realise when they sing 'Football's coming home', that this cricket ground in the Partick of Glasgow is the 'home' of international football, or at least it's where the first official international match was held. The match between Scotland and England was played here on St Andrew's Day in 1872 and it ended in a nil-nil draw.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#football</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/homeoffootball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeoffootball</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/partick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#partick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/footballhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#footballhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowIt turns out these attributes may well be linked, as they were seemingly created by children twisting their their pennies into the soft, red sandstone as they waited to get inside. I can't remember where I read this so I can't be certain that it's true, but it makes perfect sense.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govanhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govanhill</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govanhilbaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govanhilbaths</a>

This Is My GlasgowI've always been rather intrigued by these pock-marks on the 1910s Govanhill Baths on Calder Street in Glasgow. They're almost perfectly spherical scoops out of the stone, with the largest being about the diametre of an old, pre-decimal penny, they're all in a narrow band just a few feet above the ground, and I've not seen them on any other building. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govanhill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govanhill</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govanhilbaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govanhilbaths</a>

This Is My GlasgowHighfield on Broompark Circus in the East End of Glasgow. Dated 1867, this Franco-Gothic villa is possibly one of the few parts of James Salmon Senior's largely unrealised scheme for Hugh Dennistoun's Victorian garden suburb that was actually constructed. However, it's also been attributed to John Gordon based on its architectural style. Either way, it's a beautiful building.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dennistoun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dennistoun</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowA plaque in Professors' Square on Glasgow University's Gilmorehill Campus marking the graduation of Madge Easton Anderson, the first woman to practise law in the UK. This followed the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in 1919 which allowed woman, for the first time, to become solicitors, barristers, chartered accountants and vets.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowuniversity</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe Buck's Head Hotel (left), complete with the head of a male deer above its door from which it presumably took its name, on Argyle Street in Glasgow. It started life as a Georgian mansion built for John Murdoch in the 1750s before becoming a rather fashionable hotel in the 1790s. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alexandergreekthomson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/argylestreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#argylestreet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowThis mural has been unveiled to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Linthouse Housing Association in assocation with SGW3's Yardworks GRID project and was created by the artist Jeks.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/marybarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marybarbour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowHowever, as one of Glasgow's first female councillors, she also campaigned for the provision of family planning clinics, the introduction of public washhouses, laundries, public baths, free milk for school children, child welfare centres, play areas, pensions for mothers, home helps and municipal banks. In short, she's exactly the type of person who fought to make the world a better place for everyone around her.Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/marybarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marybarbour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

This Is My GlasgowThis brilliant new mural on Govan Road in Glasgow is of Mary Barbour, a Scottish political activist and social policy pioneer of the early 20th Century. She first made a name for herself leading the rent strikes of 1915.Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/govan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/marybarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marybarbour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

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