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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 11h

This week, Frank's taking us to the flicks - and no the 'fancy flicks'! We're off doon a single stair to the Eglinton Electreum. Fleapit or fire-trap? You decide... Pic/text: 'The City That Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 11h

There are some photos you can practically smell, this is one of them. Taken at the corner of Jamaica and Clyde St (then Great Clyde St), it was part of a series taken in 1914 to highlight traffic congestion, and to support a parliamentary bill for tramway extension 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 12h

After the first one opened on London Road in 1876, public bath and wash houses rapidly became a key part of life in Glasgow, and by 1914, there were 26 of them spread right across the city. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #publicbathhouses #glasgowhistory

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Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today I'm reading extracts from the memoirs of Detective Archie Carmichael, who served in the City of Glasgow Police from 1859 to 1900. A skilled investigator, his fascinating casebook demonstrates the detective strategies of the time, as well as offering a glimpse of Victorian Glasgow.

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glaswegians didn't need to go to Grenada to visit the Alhambra, they just had to walk along Wellington Street. This week finds Frank bemoaning the sad loss of what was the city's most modern and sophisticated theatre.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 72nd anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives, and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth

Daily Mirror front page shows grainy image of horde of children in a cemetery, and the headline “Amazing scene as hundreds of children rush cemetery”

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Robbie Morrison @robbiemorrison.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As @2000ad.bsky.social gears up for its 50th Anniversary next year, I'll be taking part in the Day of Dredd on 3rd October, signing 2pm at Forbidden Planet International, Manchester, alongside @andydiggle.bsky.social. Be there or be square😉!

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I love the way the chimney flues have been incorporated into the facade of this tenement on Whitehill Street in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #dennistoun

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another one bites the dust! This week, Frank tells us about the final curtain call at the Grand Theatre in Cowcaddens - oh yes he does... Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cranes and Ships, Glasgow Docks, 1947, painting by L.S. Lowry, 1887-1976 (Glasgow Museums Resource Centre).

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Campbell, Reid and Wingate's Egyptian Revival warehouse, built 1914-21, is an imposing sight on Bell St. Difficult to appreciate fully at street level, you only get a sense of the building's scale from the air. #Glasgow #architecture #photography

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just finished reading Edge of the Grave by @robbiemorrison.bsky.social, it's an excellent crime thriller set in 1930s gangland Glasgow. Very highly recommended.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Original wooden panelling revealed during refurbishment work on the outside of Brechin's Bar on Govan Road in Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #govan #architecture #architectirephotography #glasgowpubs

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Projecting windows on a 1898 blonde sandstone Victorian tenement in the West End of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #tenement #architecturephotography #architecture #windows

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 10/09/2026

On this day in 1897, the foundation stone of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery was laid by the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Mary). #Glasgow #otd #history #westend #architecture #photography #aerialphotography #drone

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

End of Empire... This week, Frank's bringing the curtain down on the city's most famous - and feared! - variety theatre, the Glasgow Empire. Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Cathedral Court, No 25 Rotten Row, Glasgow, photographed by John Hume in 1970. The open galleries were designed to reduce the risk of transmitting infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis which was very prevalent at the time. #Glasgow

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The QE2 prior to launch, John Browns Yard, Clydebank shipyard, Glasgow, 1967, by the great Oscar Marzaroli.

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Glasgow's Grand Hotel of 1880 by James Thomson, pictured in 1968. It had 105 rooms, a grand ballroom, a cocktail bar, and nine function rooms, and embodied the opulence and glamour of the Victorian era. In its design, Thomson drew inspiration from the buildings of Paris. #Glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The remains of the railway viaduct running parallel to Osborne Street in Glasgow. This once carried trains from Bellgrove in the east end to the grand St Enoch Station in the city centre. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #saltmarket #railways #oldrailway

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 09/08/2026

The top end of Sauchiehall St, showing Albany Chambers 1896-99 by JJ Burnet on the right and the Grand Hotel in the distance which was demolished in 1969 to make way for the M8. The date of 1892 on the postcard is incorrect. It was manufactured by English firm Judges which didn't exist until 1902.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The former Kelvinhaugh Ferryport to the west of the Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow. From here, foot passengers could cross the Clyde to Highland Lane at the western end of the Govan Graving Docks of the other side. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #clydeferries #kelvinhaugh

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Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Was hold for ages on a call so just made up this from scratch while my brain was elsewhere #ipadpro #comics #procreate

Comic of a guy walking up to three different ways to go on his journey

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BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy 90th birthdays to The Broons and Oor Wullie! 🔗 Click the link below to celebrate Scotland’s Happy Family and Favourite Son with us over on BfS! 🎉 #OorWullie #TheBroons #BooksfromScotland booksfromscotland.com/2026/08/the-...

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The Broons and Oor Wullie Celebrate their 90th Birthdays! - Books from Scotland

'Whatever the future may hold, we can be sure that The Broons and Oor Wullie will always be a part of it in Scotland.'

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This week finds Frank hitting the buffers over the loss of the magnificent Botanic Gardens Station. Repurposed in the late 1960s to house the Silver Slipper café, and Morton's plumber's shop on the ground floor, with Sgt. Pepper's nightclub in the roofspace.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Kinning Park Pumping Station on Milnpark Street in Glasgow. Designed by D. and A. Horne, it was built in the early 1900s. I love the way the roof line mirrors the curves of the windows. #glasgow #kinningpark #industrialheritage #architecture #architecturephotography

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Aly Fell @alyfell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Book all but done with a title change! Two 'special' internal pages to finish which I saved as a treat, and the cover is currently underway. It'll go to Kickstarter early Autumn, and I'll set up a pre-launch soon. This is one of the early pages - I will show more eventually - there's 120 of 'em!

A text free, three panel page from a graphic novel in black and white. It features an old car being driven to a North Devon destination in winter. The driver is a woman in a cloche hat and scarf.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For more watery #Glasgow heritage - and future - listen to BBC R4's The People's Pool on the history of Govanhill Baths, the campaign to save it, and the community's on-going care for a historic place of health & leisure. Just out on BBC Sounds! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Swimmingbaths 2/2

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Archive on 4 - The People's Pool - BBC Sounds

One Glasgow swimming pool reveals the story of public baths and wash houses in Britain.

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Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Come on in, the water's lovely! Dip into the Clyde's rich history: ancient kingdoms; majestic liners; return of the salmon; Victorian swimmers (my bit!) & more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digging-de... 31 Jul, 6pm, free! #Commonwealth #Watershed #rivers #Clyde #SportsHistory #swimming 1/

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Digging Deeper quick-fire talks from the River Clyde

A series of quick-fire talks from people researching the history of Glasgow’s River Clyde in surprising and interesting ways.

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The well-preserved, and still in use, Western Range of Charles Wilson's 1840s Royal Lunatic Asylum in Glasgow, which later became Gartnavel Royal Hospital. By contrast, the Eastern Range lies unused and decaying. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #gartnavelhospital #architecturephotography

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 26/07/2026

The city's decline as a major port after WWII led to the home's closure, and it was demolished in 1971. Many early postcard views of the River Clyde were taken from the tower of the Sailor's Home.

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 26/07/2026

More from Glasgow Green and the surrounding area in 1962. Featuring the winter gardens and People's Palace, the recently demolished East Boathouse, scenes of protest, and ladies hanging their washing out on the Green. #Glasgow #1960s #history

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 23/07/2026

Looking along Elmbank St to the Art Deco/Streamline Moderne former Beresford Hotel on Sauchiehall St. Built for the 1938 Empire Exhibition, it featured rooftop kennels for guests travelling with canine companions. It was designed, owned, and operated by William Beresford Inglis.

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hold yer horses! Think week, Frank is feeling unstable at the loss of the Admiral Street Tram Depot. Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 22/07/2026

The sports retailer Greaves, known to generations of Glaswegians, has been acquired my Mike Ashley's Fraser's Group. The business started life as the Clydesdale Rubber Company, when William Greaves decided to buy out the Birmingham & Leyland Rubber Company, where he had worked as a manager, in 1926

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The absolutely 100% accurate & objective & definitive One Hundred Best Novels Ever list. (In no order of preference.) 37. “The Quiet Man”, by Graham Greenen.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The former John Inglis and Co tannery and leather warehouse on St Andrews Square in the East End of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #streetscape #standrewssquare

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 09/07/2026

Looking up Union St to Renfield St, with John Honeyman's furniture warehouse of 1872, better known as the Ca' d'Oro, on the right. It's hard to believe that, 8 days from now, all the barriers, heavy equipment, and skips will be gone and this street will reopen for the first time since the March fire

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 09/07/2026

Happy publication day to SHADOW OF MADNESS, my new historical thriller set in Renaissance Italy. Think Shutter Island X And Then There Were None as a blizzard traps Cesare Aldo in a remote asylum for the criminally insane. It's a Sunday Times historical novel of the month! @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Cover layout for SHADOW OF MADNESS by D. V. Bishop

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 04/07/2026

At this time on a Saturday, Ashton Lane will be buzzing with people making merry at its many bars and restaurants. But back in 1933 it was lined with Victorian stables, mews buildings and small workshops. That's Jinty McGuinty's on the left. 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 03/07/2026

This week's Friday pub is Hubbard's on Great Western Rd. This Art Deco building on Great Western Rd was built 1929-31 to designs by James Lindsay Jnr for Walter Hubbard, to house his bakery and tea room. #Glasgow #fridaypub

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Get 6-7 March 2027 in your diaries, Earthlets — it's our 50th birthday and we're having a party! Exciting details to be announced in the coming months...

A graphic showing the title '6-7 March 2027' and 'celebrating half a century of Thrill-power'. The background is a field of dark blue night sky filled with stars, the lower half of the image is the top of Judge Dredd's helmet. Dredd art by Mick McMahon.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

“An Imperial Flying Boat”! - A cutaway of an Imperial/Qantas Short Empire flying boat c.1939. Only 5 days from Southampton to South Africa, 6 days to Hong Kong & 10 days to Australia!

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 12/06/2026

This week's Friday pub is Sloan's. It started life as a coffee house in Morrisons Court, named after Glasgow Baillie John Morrison, back in 1797. The cobbled courtyard was the scene of cock-fighting, and twice a week, a stagecoach would leave the Court bound for Edinburgh.

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 19/06/2026

This week's Friday pub is the Old Ship Bank on Saltmarket. Named after the Glasgow Ship Bank which was the city's first bank, founded in 1749 by a group of tobacco merchants. It was officially known as Dunlop, Houston & Co, after its principal partners. #Glasgow #fridaypub

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