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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 23h

The interior of our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh, holds many treasures, including heraldic shields and a collection of vestments. There are many stained glass windows of interest. More here 👇 www.stvincentschapel.org.uk/stained-glass/ #WindowsOnWednesday 🧵1/2

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OTD in 1915, husband‘s great uncle died of injuries sustained at Loos. He was 20 years old and studying for the Civil Service. Remembered in Clarkston Church and on Airdrie Academy War memorial. Not Forgotten.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 29/09/2026

Great moments in Scottish medical history. Finally James Young Simpson gets a moment of peace, locks himself in the toilet and sits down on the throne to enjoy a cheeky half hour of me time with the latest issue of Nuts magazine.

Statue of James Young Simpson in Edinburgh, he looks a bit like he's sitting down on the toilet leafing contemplatively through a book

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.

Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This compact, mid 19th century Gothic architectural gem, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh, was designed by Scottish brothers John, William H. and James M. Hay, often referred to simply as the Hays of Liverpool, where their thriving architectural practice was based. 🧵1/2

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Managed to visit five #DoorsOpenDays buildings today. Photos of four. Still drying out.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Doing a rather wet #DoorsOpenDays and, for #CeilingsonSunday, here is the ceiling in Lyon & Turnbull, auctioneers, Edinburgh.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Have been to an absolutely fascinating lecture on the film from 1951, the Singing Street, given by @threadinburgh.scot Andy Arthur, at Norton Park for #DoorsOpenDays. Here’s an article by him on the former school, where the film he discussed was made. threadinburgh.scot/2026/09/14/s...

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 25/09/2026

This William Wilson stained glass panel is a thing of beauty (and yours for opening bids of £1,200). Can anyone hazard a guess where it might have come from? cc @jeelyeater1.bsky.social @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social

Stained and painted glass panel, a bold mid-20th century design c. 1955 but also in a much older tradition.

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Research in Action on Church Heritage @churchheritage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Want to get involved in recording Scotland’s church heritage? We’re looking for volunteers to join us at Brechin Cathedral on Friday 9th October to help with heritage recording as part of our ReACH case study.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

At our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Margaret's, Newlands, Glasgow, the floor has a marvellous mosaic. It was laid in 1958 to celebrate the church's 50th anniversary. The mosaic shows children, plus their playthings, and represents children from past congregations. #MosaicMonday

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#StainedGlassSunday By Herbert Hendrie in Kippen Kirk, Stirlingshire.

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Bobbie Johnson @bj13johnson1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Heritage Open Days. Haslar Heritage Group

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 13/09/2026

📣 Important PSA! 📽️ I'll be screening and talking about the wonderful 1951 short film "The Singing Street" on next 2 weekends. 📅 19th & 20th, 10AM, Abbeyhill School with Colony of Artists 📆 26th, 12 Noon, Norton Park Centre with Doors Open Day 🎫 Free, unticketed, arrive early to avoid disappointment

A little poster for the event with some stills from the film and the dates and places. "“A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF EDINBURGH – as true perhaps as has ever been put on the screen” The Scotsman"

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Paisley Abbey is #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek. 6th century Irish missionary St Mirin is said to have raised a church on a plot near the river where the town of Paisley now stands, known as St Mirin’s Croft Prior. After his death, the church became an important pilgrimage site for the Celtic Church 🧵1/3

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Robert M Ross @bob.omg.lol · 06/09/2026

@jeelyeater1.bsky.social for your viewing pleasure, as seen in Milngavie United Free Church

Detail of the maker's name - Sadie McLellan, Glasgow, 1944

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Robert M Ross @bob.omg.lol · 06/09/2026

Two enamelled City of Glasgow coats of arms at Loch Katrine @glasgowcoa.bsky.social

plaque commemorating 100 years of the water supply for Glasgow at Loch Katrine

Close up of the coat of arms on previous picture

cairn to commemorate the Glen Finglas Works at Loch Katrine, again featuring the City of Glasgow coat of arms

detail of the coat of arms from the previous photo

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#StainedGlassSunday Window by Daniel Cottier, in the cludgie of Leith and Restalrig church, Leith Walk. Warm welcome when we visited the church recently. First visited in 2011 with the Scottish Stained Glass Symposium.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#MerchantNavyDay My dad was in the Merchant Navy in the early 1920s, on the SS Argyllshire. He fell down the hold and ended up in an Australian hospital, with a broken ankle. Newspaper report is inaccurate.

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The name of a Scot who died in the Holocaust after refusing to abandon Jewish children in her care has been added to a special memorial wall at Auschwitz www.heraldscotland.com/news...

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The gabled front of our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Houston & Killellan, has a colonnette-spoked wheel window and some lovely stained glass throughout the church by artists such as William Wilson and Douglas Strachan. 🧵1/2 📷Church's own

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Gothic revival church, Houston & Killellan Kirk, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek was constructed in 1874-5 by Glasgow architect David Thomson, replacing an earlier kirk of 1775. Thought to be the 3rd church on the site, it was built in memory of Captain Archibald Alexander Speirs of Elderslie. 🧵1/2

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Made it up to the Knock viewfinder this morning. First time this year and definitely won’t be doing it again soon. Steep and stony and the descent was worse than the ascent.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Local community given exclusive opportunity until 1st Nov 2026, by Church of Scotland, to raise £50k to buy Parton Kirk in Dumfries & Galloway. Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell is buried outside and would be focus of next chapter for the historic building 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (1/2)

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Parton church purchase plan would honour James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell's work paved the way for devices such as mobile phones, radio and television.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Out with daughter for a meal at East at Crieff Hydro. Excellent.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s 47 years ago this week that we were posted to Nepal for a year. Thoughts with the Nepali people at this terrible time.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#InternationalDogDay Our Bedlington terrier lived in three countries- Scotland, England and Germany between 1984 and 2001. Still miss him after 25 years.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Church of Scotland has asked Historic Environment Scotland to take Dunfermline Abbey Church into state care. The historic building currently faces an estimated £4m repair bill over the next 3-5 years and the congregation is unable to meet that financial burden 👇 news.stv.tv/east-central...

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Robert the Bruce church could be taken into state care

The Church of Scotland has asked Historic Environment Scotland to consider looking after the kirk.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, has notable stained glass by leading artists including Adam & Small, James Ballantine, Cottier & Co, W & J J Keir, Crear McCartney and Douglas Strachan. More 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/churc... #WindowsOnWednesday 🧵1/2

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A great opportunity if you would like to know more about the Leith St. Andrew's Trust's ambitions for this historic church that sits at the bottom of Easter Road in Edinburgh, just on the edge of Leith Links. There will also be tours, live music, family circus events and a local history exhibition.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Our Holy Redeemer closed due to health and safety fears" A Clydebank church, built by the noted architect Peter Paul Pugin from 1901-03 and a survivor of the Clydebank Blitz of March 1941, has been closed "until further notice" by the Glasgow Archdiocese 👇 www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/2648816...

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Clydebank church closed 'until further notice' due to health and safety fears

A Clydebank church has announced its sudden closure due to 'health and safety concerns'

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Founded in 1129 as the parish church of Stirling, The Church of the Holy Rude, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, was largely re-built after a fire in 1405. Read more on our site 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/churc... 🧵1/3

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#StainedGlassSunday Window at the entrance to Drumsheugh Baths Club, Edinburgh. Taken from outside, artist unknown.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 22/08/2026

right inuff ma language is disgraceful ma maw tellt mi ma teacher tellt mi thi doactir tellt mi thi priest tellt mi… —Tom Leonard, “right inuff” published in GHOSTIE MEN (Galloping Dog Press, 1980) #poem #poetry

“right enuff”
by Tom Leonard

right inuff
ma language is disgraceful
ma maw tellt mi
ma teacher tellt mi
thi doactir tellt mi
thi priest tellt mi

ma boss tellt mi
ma landlady in carrington street tellt mi
thi lassie ah tried tay get aff way in 1969 tellt mi
sum wee smout thit thoat ah hudny read chomsky tellt mi
a calvinist communist thit thoat ah wuz revisionist tellt mi
po-faced literati grimly kerryin thi burden a thi past tellt mi
po-faced literati grimly kerryin thi burden a thi future tellt mi
ma wife tellt mi jist-tay-get-inty-this-poem tellt mi
ma wainz came hame fray school an tellt mi
jist aboot ivry book ah oapnd tellt mi
even thi introduction tay thi Scottish National Dictionary tellt mi

ach well
all livin language is sacred
fuck the lohta thim.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Let's take a final virtual visit this week to our beautiful #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Christ Church in Morningside, Edinburgh. Like many other churches across Scotland, you can visit this gorgeous Gothic gem, designed by Hippolyte Blanc, in person during next month's #DoorsOpenDays weekends. (1/2)

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We have been receiving LOTS of questions about the very welcome new "Scotland's Places of Worship Fund" that is set to launch in October. Here are the answers to some of the most frequent ones we have received: (🧵1/7)

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The closure of over 400 churches across Scotland since 2020 has been felt keenly all across the country. These buildings mean a great deal to their local communities, even when many local residents have perhaps not crossed their thresholds for years or, in some cases, ever... (🧵 1/4)

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you would like to help record these historic buildings or want to drop in to one of the public open days to share your personal memories of these wonderful churches, do follow our account and the @churchheritage.bsky.social project account for more details. (🧵4/4)

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Some HUGE news for Scottish listed places of worship as the Scottish Government and Historic Environment Scotland announce the launch of "Scotland's Places of Worship Fund". This new scheme replaces the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme that was cancelled by the UK Government earlier this year.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In 2018, a two decade long, whole building, refurbishment project was completed Read more on the SCT website here 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/chris... and further information, plus guides, can be downloaded here on the church site👇 www.christchurchmorningside.org/building.html 🧵2/2

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This French Neo-Gothic style church is our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek. Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh, was designed in 1875 by Scottish architect Hippolyte Blanc, a member of the congregation. It was his first architectural competition win. The three stage tower and spire reaches 140 ft. 🧵1/2

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Today is the 180th anniversary of Elsie Inglis's birth. She obtained the Triple Qualification in medicine in 1892, founded a maternity hospital in Edinburgh, spoke at suffrage events organized by Milicent Fawcett, and during WWI created the Scottish Women's Hospitals. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Some of the pipe bands taking part in the parade through Crieff on the way to the Highland Games. Rain holding off so far.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#CeilingsOnSundays Former Catholic Apostolic Church, Edinburgh. Now Mansfield Traquair.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Plan to conserve three of Inverness's oldest graveyards" Recognising their cultural and natural heritage value, council officers have recommended that Highland Council support a feasibility study to conserve, improve & interpret three historic graveyards in the town 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Plan to conserve three of Inverness's oldest graveyards

It is hoped the scheme will lead to an "enhanced visitor experience" at the three city centre burial grounds.

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Appalled that the media have hounded someone else to their death, in this case fuelled by racism and right wing culture wars. The media coverage of the Jason Arday case was totally out of proportion to what he had done wrong, and also a blatant misunderstanding of academia culture. RIP.

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A very late in the day #fontsonfriday The C18th font at the Chapel of St Luke, Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Excellent afternoon of French arias at the Fringe.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Visit this morning to one of my favourite places in Edinburgh, to see Phoebe Anna Traquair murals.

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