An image of The Briggait, Glasgow. Credit: Andrew Lee. The text reads: AHF50 Glasgow Exhibition. Celebrating 50 Years of the Architectural Heritage Fund. 1st May - 16th May. The Briggait.
Catch the AHF 50th Anniversary Exhibition at the Briggait in Glasgow for its second stop of the tour.
#AHF50 #ArchitecturalHeritage #SustainableDevelopment #Scotland #UKHeritage
Absolutely LOVING this piece of AOACIS #fanart by the incredibly talented Sarah, Age 12 from Linlithgow! Keep up the great work, the game is still very much in production, and this is going on our wall. ❤️
#cat #drawing #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #adventuregame
@gordonbarr.scot
Project of the Week 14.
The Old Sail Loft during repair and restoration. Credit: Highlands Historic Buildings Trust.
The Old Sail Loft after restoration. Credit: Highlands Historic Buildings Trust.
From a warehouse for the storage and repair of sails and nets to beautifully presented town houses and a holiday let – the Old Sail Loft in Stornoway has had quite the transformation!
Learn more about our latest Project of the Week for #AHF50: ⬇️
ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...
The Lyceum was pretty interesting inside too- very unique building. Plus of course the genius of its entirely fake show facade!
Charles Mckean describing it in the Scottish 30s: “It seems, therefore, that by the time of the War, the cinema was indeed about to achieve its true architectural form”
Who do you think let me in? 😀
The inside of it is pretty cool as well…(pics from trip up it I made back in 2017)
Nice to be able to be part of a rare counter example to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines!
Our upcoming exhibition celebrating 50 years of @archhfund.org.uk is opening for its Scottish focused leg in Glasgow at the Briggait soon!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599811...
Project of the Week 13.
A historic photograph of Law's Close. Credit: Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.
The exterior of Law's Close after restoration. Credit: Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.
The interior of Law's Close. Credit: Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.
Over 20 years, Scottish Historic Buildings Trust worked to conserve, study & interpret this 16th-century merchant’s house and its history.
Today, Law’s Close operates as a commercial business & retail hub, and is home to a variety of small businesses. #AHF50 👇
ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...
National Trust sign saying I am old and need to rest. Please do not climb on me.
I need a t-shirt with this on.
"Delegate Zephon, you will go on my first whistle. Delegate Malpha, you will go on my second whistle. Contenders, READY!"
<audience all applaud by hammering the flats of their hands down the table in front of them>
Well that’s beautifully surreal - the two 1960s lost episodes of Doctor Who found & returned by @filmisfabulous.bsky.social now sharing the “new and trending” space on iPlayer with Gladiators!
Project of the Week 12.
Kinghorn Town Hall before restoration. Credit: Fife Historic Buildings Trust.
Kinghorn Town Hall after restoration. Credit: Fife Historic Buildings Trust.
The master bedroom at Kinghorn Town Hall. Credit: Fife Historic Buildings Trust.
After suffering fire damage in the late 1980s, Kinghorn Town Hall was boarded up. 🏚
Now, thanks to Fife Historic Buildings Trust, the building has been converted into a holiday let, providing a special place to stay and experience Fife. #AHF50
Read more: 👇
ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...
A person walks past the front of Peterson's Smokehouse, part of The Peterson's Project by the Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust, which was supported with social investment from the AHF. Credit: Fleet Architects and Fernando Mañoso.
🔔 New Job Alert!
Are you looking for a new opportunity in #SocialInvestment?
We’re hiring an Investment Manager to join the AHF team to support organisations across the UK to bring historic buildings back to life.
👉 Find out more & apply today:
ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
Project of the Week 11.
The front of Gardyne’s Land before restoration. Credit: Tayside Building Preservation Trust.
Gardyne’s Land today, sitting in the centre of Dundee’s high street. Credit: Lara Carbone.
One of the bedrooms inside Dundee Backpackers Hostel. Credit: Lara Carbone.
How do you breathe new life into a group of historic buildings on the high street?
When Tayside Building Preservation Trust secured ownership of Gardyne’s Land, they set out to transform the complex into affordable visitor accommodation in the heart of Dundee. 👇 #AHF50
ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...
Nominations are open for the Buildings at Risk 🏛️
SAVE Britain’s Heritage is seeking entries from across Scotland to spotlight historic buildings at risk and support their reuse.
Submit a nomination:
Sprung!
Twice in the year, around the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the sunrise shines right along Ingram Street, turning the Iron Duke, his steed, Copenhagen, and even his traffic cone hat into a shadowy work of art against the great doors of GoMA.
Picture: u/Hoyerman68
From the Point of View of a Cat This is my Man. I am not afraid of him. He is very strong, for he eats a great deal; he is an Eater of All Things. What are you eating? Give me some! He is not beautiful, for he has no fur. Not having enough saliva, he has to wash himself with water. He meows in a harsh voice and a great deal more than necessary. Sometimes in his sleep he purrs. Let me out! I don’t know how he has made himself Master; perhaps he has eaten something sublime. He keeps my rooms clean for me. In his paws he carries a sharp black claw and he scratches with it on white sheets of paper. That is the only game he plays. He sleeps at night instead of by day, he cannot see in the dark, he has no pleasures. He never thinks of blood, never dreams of hunting or fighting; he never sings songs of love. Often at night when I can hear mysterious and magic voices, when I can see that the darkness is all alive, he sits at the table with his head bent and goes on and on, scratching with his black claw on the white papers. Don’t imagine that I am at all interested in you. I am only listening to the soft whispering of your claw. Sometimes the whispering is silent, the poor dull head does not know how to go on playing, and then I am sorry for him and I meow softly in sweet and sharp discord. Then my Man picks me up and buries his hot face in my fur. At those times he divines for an instant a glimpse of a higher life, and he sighs with happiness and purrs something which can almost be understood. But don’t think that I am at all interested in you. You have warmed me, and now I will go out again and listen to the dark voices. Translated by Dora Round; revised by the editor. Originally published in Intimate Things, 1935.
A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.
Project of the Week 10.
The interior of Rothesay’s Victorian Toilets. Credit: National Transport Trust.
The urinals, made of porcelain and green marble, inside Rothesay’s Victorian Toilets. Credit: Niall Murphy.
Close up of elaborate mosaics and ceramic tiling inside Rothesay’s Victorian Toilets. Credit: Niall Murphy.
In the 90s, Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust undertook a unique project to bring this ornate set of gentlemen’s toilets back into use.
Rothesay's Victorian Toilets have since become one of the island’s most popular visitor attractions - we can see why! #AHF50 👇
ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...
Hopefully, some good news coming re. the reopening of the A-listed Langside Halls.
Built in 1847, as the National Bank of Scotland, in Queen Street, the building was moved stone-by-stone to the edge of Queen's Park in 1902.
Pic: The building when it sat in Queen Street.
Newspaper photo showing a popular beat combo ("The Three Others"; there are four of them) singing with a large hippopotamus.
There comes a point in every quest through the newspaper archives at which you realise you have left sanity a long way behind.
This is Harry, the Singing Hippo (1964).
Details on talk from Lorraine Murray's talk "All that remains: Tales from the Ramshorn Kirkyard" https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-remains-tales-from-the-ramshorn-kirkyard-tickets-1984707738272
Details on talk from Lorraine Murray's talk "All that remains: Tales from the Ramshorn Kirkyard" https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-remains-tales-from-the-ramshorn-kirkyard-tickets-1984707738272
🚨 Attn #Glasgow folks ⚠️
I have developed a new #history #talk for the Alexander Thomson Society.
"All that Remains: Tales from the Ramshorn Kirkyard" on Sat 25 Apr, 1pm, Mitchell Library, free entry.
Booking 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-r...
#Taphophile
#Graveyard
#MementoMori
#DeathHistory
Dr Who - the time travel show that can deliver new episodes, from 61 years ago.
Camfield directing a Nation script. Nick Courtney. Hartnell looking right at us and saying 'Daleks!'.
Other fans get easter eggs, we get resurrections.
Missing Doctor Who Recovered!
The Film is Fabulous! team are pleased to announce the recovery of two missing episodes of Doctor Who, from the serial entitled, ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’:
The Nightmare Begins (Broadcast: 13th Nov 1965)
Devil’s Planet (Broadcast: 27th Nov 1965)
Amazing #DoctorWho news to wake up to!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bernat Klein Studio. Credit: Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.
It is fantastic to see that two #AHFsupported projects have made the shortlist of the 2026 Museums + Heritage Awards, which has been announced today.
Congratulations and good luck to:
- Bernat Klein Studio Coalition
- No7 Bottle Shop
Full shortlist: 👇
awards.museumsandheritage.com/2026-shortli...
Mid-C19th five-pound banknote including a coat of arms with dragons.
Since we appear to be arguing about whether there should be animals on banknotes, and if so which animals, I'm going to point out that this is the five-pound note issued by the Dundee Banking Company in 1845, and it had dragons on it.
Knockers. London Spitalfields.
Daffodils with sun behind them. Some of the daffodils are in focus.
Have a moment's calm before the chaos resumes.
Lifelong achievement unlocked: attending a recording of a TV show tonight at the iconic BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London. Not only that, it was TC3, where much of 20th Century Dr Who was recorded from William Hartnell right through to Sylvester McCoy. Very exciting!
QI was also good.
