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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sept weekend trip to St Andrews. Despite being off work, I accidentally came across the grave of Dr John Hunter Park Paton.. son of Rev. John Allan Hunter Paton who was the brother of Allan Park Paton, former Librarian of the Watt Library in #Greenock between 1868-94 @inverclydehistory.bsky.social

Grave of Dr. John Hunter Park Paton (19 Feb 1875 – 11 Jan 1949) in St Andrews Eastern Cemetery.
He died at sea at age 74.
Two of his sons were killed during WW2 and are commemorated here - William Neil Paton and John Greves Paton.

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last night's Harvest Moon in #Glasgow View from Bothwell Street

Hope St Glasgow, taken from Bothwell Street.
Harvest moon
photo credits E Scoular / L Murray

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My first history talk of the season took place last night. It was a pleasure to speak about #Witchcraft in Dunbartonshire for the Lennox Heritage Society to a full house. It always surprises and amazes me when people come along to hear my chat!

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Troll-Masters return Wednesday 9/16 🙏 🤣

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My first talk of the season is Wed 9 Sept @7.30 for Lennox Heritage Society - "Witchcraft in the west of Scotland", £2 entry or £10 to join the Society. All welcome! Keep an eye on my events page for info on further talks as they are added archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/history-talks/

Post from Lennox Heritage
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1F2iDRWHPb/

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The historic boundary which separates Grahamston on the left (west) and old #Glasgow on the right (east). Smug's mural might be suggesting the old St Enoch's Burn is hidden underneath, culverted over by what is now Mitchell Street. #History #HiddenHistory

Mitchell Street, Glasgow
Photo (c) Lorraine Murray
29 Aug 2026

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sounds like an Americanism!

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Glasgow's Bothwell St. et al. aka Gotham City earlier this week. Film crews setting up for filming The Batman II 🦇 Nice to see the old M&S food shop being used for something at last... #Glasgow #Batman

Batman II filming
Bothwell St Glasgow
20 Aug 2026
(C) S. Murray

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Me neither 🫣 and yes, the link is lovely, it looks like a good experience for those who attended!

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Listening to @gregjenner.bsky.social's "You're dead to me" podcast with Dr Simon Yarrow & Rachel Parris about Medieval Saints, St Carlo Acutis was mentioned. There was a "relic tour" for his canonisation last Sept in the Glasgow/ Paisley Diocese & 👇 came to my kid's school. Relic's still a thing.. 🤔

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I had the most lovely visit to the first domestic villa designed by Charles Rennie #Mackintosh - Windyhill. Without this building designed for the Davidson's, we would have no Hill House.

Post at Windyhill in Kilmacolm
Photo by Lorraine Murray, August 2026

Windyhill in Kilmacolm
Photo by Lorraine Murray, August 2026

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today's talk from Dr Alasdair Whyte about Glasgow's Gaelic place names for the Govan book festival was very interesting. Always glad to have the opportunity to go for a nosey in the bookshop @govanstones.bsky.social I don't think I've ever left empty handed 🫣

Today's talk by Dr Alasdair Whyte about Glasgow's Gaelic place names for the Govan book festival

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#otd 10 June 1697, seven people were executed in Paisley as witches. Eight were found guilty, and one died in prison prior. Remembering John Lindsay (of Barloch) Agnes Naismith Margaret Fulton John Lindsay(Bishop) James Lindsay (Curate) Katherine Campbell Margaret Lang John Reid #earlymodern

Memorial stone by Fraser McKechnie to commemorate those executed at Paisley for the crime of witchcraft. 2023.

It reads" Renfrewshire Witch Hunts. Pain Inflicted. Suffering Endured. Innocent Always."
Photo: Lorraine Murray

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Thanks so much for sharing. I read before that the hours were long, but people talked fondly of the treatment and seemed to enjoy working for her, and that she gave "3 square meals a day" to her staff. I wonder what the average working day was for people then, as way of comparison.

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I would have thought so too. Maybe worth a read.

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I'm excited to be taking part in this year's Magic and Witchcraft conference on 25 June, talking about Marie Lamont and #witchcraft in Inverclyde. There's no excuse to miss this wonderful event, you can attend either in person in York or watch online! www.eventbrite.com/e/magic-and-...

eventbrite.com

Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2026: Nature and the Supernatural

The 5th annual Magic & Witchcraft Conference theme: nature and the supernatural, Expect magic plants, animate stones and witches' familiars

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I didn't see it, and I would surprised to find this to be true, as I have seen evidence to the contrary. Anythibg is possible of course, but I would be interested in the source of the claims

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#otd 1849, Catherine Cranston was born in #Glasgow. Known for her "art tearooms", she was an early patron of Charles Rennie #Mackintosh. Come along to my talk next Monday, 1st June at 6.30pm at Eastwood House to hear more about her life and legacy. www.facebook.com/share/19DirN...

Advert for heritage talk about Catherine Cranston by Lorraine at Eastwood House for Enjoy East Renfrewshire

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A reminder about tomorrow's #Heritage Fair event in #Gourock. Come along from 10.30 to hear from a number of great #history groups and speakers. I'll be giving a short talk about Charles Rennie #Mackintosh and his connection to #Inverclyde at 2.30pm All welcome and free entry!

Inverclyde Heritage Network poster for 2026 Heritage Fair

Details about the Inverclyde Heritage Network 2026 Heritage Fair

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Or mine, we don’t watch football so you probably don't either so no need for an extra day off...

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

They're lovely. I've never seen it done anywhere else!

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Come along to a *free* tour of the #Ramshorn graveyard Nestled in the Merchant City of #Glasgow on Ingram Street is this quiet haven with many interesting stories waiting to be discovered. Book via: tours@ramshorngraveyard.org or www.eventbrite.com/o/121214087409 It will be dead interesting..

Flyer advertising free summer 2026 tours of the Ramshorn Graveyard in Glasgow, from the Friends of Ramshorn Graveyard

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Royal Crescent off Sauchiehall St, #Glasgow, set up for filming "The Buccaneers" over the weekend. Brilliantly disguised parking metre and bays! Dating from around 1840 by Alexander Taylor.

Photo of Royal Crescent in Glasgow showing a curved terrace townhouses from around 1840 by Alexander Taylor

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Att Inverclyde folk! The Inverclyde Heritage Network is running a Heritage Fayre on Sat 23 May from 10am in Gourock. I'll be giving a short talk about Charles Rennie #Mackintosh in Inverclyde. Come along and hear from local history groups and other speakers, it's sure to be a great day!

Flyer for the Inverclyde Heritage network fayre in Gourock on Saturday 23 May 2026

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Women always get the blame for such immoral behaviour, what about Archy?..

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

3 May 1672: Sir John Temple is granted 144 acres that had been part of the #Phoenix Park #Dublin #otd Temple was also an influential writer on the 1641 rebellion. For accounts of the violent events of 1641, see the 1641 Depositions series from @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The #Salem #witch trials took place 1692/3, but only *after* Cotton Mather published his text in 1689 where he describes the behaviour of a person in Boston supposedly afflicted by #witchcraft possession. This book had been much discussed in New England, including Salem Village.. #earlymodern

"Memorable providences, ... " by Cotton Mather, 1689
Available from the Internet Archive https://share.google/OppkVRBYdTSOfBhdt

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Remembering the late Professor Christina Jessy Larner, Historian and Prof of Sociology from Glasgow University who died #otd 1983 at the age of only 49. Author of the seminal "Enemies of God: the witch-hunt in Scotland" & co-auth of the first Scottish #Witchcraft survey in 1977. #WitchBookClub

"The thinking peasant : popular and educated belief in pre-industrial culture"
Christina Jessy Larner, 1982

"Enemies of God : the witch-hunt in Scotland" Christina Larner, 1981

"A source-book of Scottish witchcraft" compiled by Christina Larner, Christopher Hyde Lee and Hugh V. McLachlan, 1977

"Witchcraft and religion : the politics of popular belief" Christina Larner

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

Richard Brooks photographed the three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a local church one evening in July after staking out the site most evenings over a three week period. Anglia News on 23 February 2010. http://www.richard-brooks.co.uk/3BarnOwls.html

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Reminder for anyone who booked for my talk on the Ramshorn Kirkyard. It is this coming Saturday 25th April at 1pm at the Mitchell. Hope to see some of you there, and come say hi 😁

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The Argyll Arcade in #Glasgow is one of the oldest covered shopping centres in Scotland, designed by John Baird for James Robertson Reid in 1827 who had the canny idea of knocking through from his Buchanan St home to his tenement in Argyll St. Cat A listing status and home to many jewellery shops.

The roof of the Argyll Arcade in Glasgow designed by Architect John Baird I in 1827.
Photo (c) Lorraine Murray, 18 April 2026

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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

+++ Wishing a most wonderful birthday, to Robert James Smith of The Cure, who was born on this day, the 21st of April 1959, in Blackpool, Lancashire. +++ #robertsmith #thecure #postpunk #newwave #icon #altrock #goth #OTD #blackpool #lancashire #gothcore #gothic #alt

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

No, not yet. I'm supposed to write a blurb to send them... I'll go do it now 🫣 It will be 6.30pm as I work weekdays

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I enjoyed watching Smug working on this newest mural on Saturday morning just off the High Street in #Glasgow

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I'm doing a talk on this very subject at Eastwood House on 29th October for Enjoy East Ren (libraries)

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Some #Mackintosh buildings depicted in these lovely glass panels in the old Harry Ramsden's restaurant building on Paisley Rd at Springfield Quay in Glasgow. House for an Art Lover, GSofA Mack building and Scotland St School.

House for an Art Lover, GSofA Mack building and Scotland St School glass panels from restaurant on Paisley Rd, Glasgow.
Photo (c) Lorraine Murray 2026

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Around 1870, so during his lifetime, to distinguish him from other Architects named Thomson. Have a read of this great article by Dominic D'Angelo from the Alexander Thomson Society which explains more - "Why 'Greek' Thomson?" share.google/yc3xbsmTMifT...

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Why 'Greek' Thomson?

And when was he described as such?

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The reply = you're from Edinburgh vs Glasgow

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It definitely influenced his work too. He understood the connection between health and wellbeing with fresh air and access to natural life which can be seen in the pragmatism of his architectural designs and details.

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today is the anniversary of Alexander "Greek" Thomson who was born #otd 9th April 1817 in Balfron. Read more about him in my blog post here - archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/r...

Screenshot of blog post about Alexander Thomson, Glasgow Architect

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The entrance was for gentlemen to access the smoking and billiard rooms above the other tearooms. Catherine Cranston made good use of spaces designed for individual gendered use at a time where it was appealing for customers

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Alexander "Greek" Thomson, the wonderful #Glaswegian Architect, died #otd (22 March 1875) He influenced much of the built environment in the West of Scotland. Read more about him and his masterpiece "Holmwood" in Cathcart here: archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/r...

"Remembering Thomson" by Lorraine Murray

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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Artist Peter Brown chatting to bystanders at the corner of Drury St and Renfield St with the partial remains of the Gordon St façade of Union Corner as his subject matter. Almost a week on from the devastating Union Street #fire adjacent to Central Station, demolition has now begun in #Glasgow.

Photo of Artist Peter Brown at the corner of Drury Street and Renfield Street Glasgow.
(c) Lorraine Murray, 12 March 2026

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