Georgian-style blond sandstone 3-storey end of terrace houses, 4 & 6 Queen Square
A new house history – 6 Queen Square, Strathbungo. Home to two Reverends, a doctor, a manufacturer of dog-eared spikes (they sound a bit crap, but essential for railways apparently), then for 60 years a lawyer’s family.
#househistory #glasgow #strathbungo
Pile of old legal documents on a table
These are the deeds for a house in Queen Square, #Strathbungo, a particularly complete set, including wills and financial records. While not always easy to decipher, they provide a unique insight into the history of a house, and a neighbourhood.
#deeds #househistory #glasgow #history #architecture
The stylish and instantly-recogniseable lotus-shaped chimney pots on Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1859 Moray Place in the Strathbungo area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #strathbungo #alexandergreekthomson #chimney
Mrs McIntyre was Janet Auld (1852-1916), the wife of Archibald McIntyre. Her father-in-law was Andrew McIntyre, who built the terrace. In 1851 Andrew took his new wife and infant son Archibald half way round the world to join the Aussie Gold Rush, and live in a tent.
#Strathbungo
The former Strathbungo Public School in Glasgow (now Saint Bride's Primary School). Designed by Gordon and Baird, and constructed in 1894, it's a wonderfully imposing building.
#glasgow #glasgowschool #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography
Partly dismantled shopfront reveals faded sign reading Chemist, K Scatchard, Opticians
A new ghost sign revealed in Strathbungo yesterday, as the old Marchtown shop front at 741 Pollokshaws Road is replaced. It is for K Scatchard, Chemists & Opticians.
#strathbungo #glasgow #ghostsign #glasgowghostsigns #glasgowhistory
The end wall of 1 Moray Place in the Strathbungo area of Glasgow. Built in 1859, it was designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson as part of a terrace of Classical Townhouses. Thomson himself lived here with his family between 1861 and his death in 1875.
#glasgow #architecture #strathbungo
As Rutherglen begins its 900 year celebrations, I note 57 Marywood Square, Strathbungo, was home to William Murray, owner of the immense Caledonian Pottery, once Rutherglen's largest employer, but now buried under the M74.
A new house history on BygoneBungo.
#Rutherglen900 #Strathbungo #Pottery
Matilda Terrace, Nithsdale Road. A stern long blond sandstone terrace with a pub at this end, formerly Sammy Dows, here as Zinfandel (2022), but now Bossa.
Matilda Terrace and Titwood Place are two tenements that face each other across Nithsdale Road, #Strathbungo. Both have strong connections to #Australia.
Matilda Terrace, as it was originally, houses watering holes Tabacs (ex The Bungo) and Bossa (ex Sammy Dows).
#Australiaday #Glasgow #Sydney
Man admiring Britain's first, and the world's third, operating diesel engine. Now in the Anson Engine Museum, Poynton.
Today is #AustraliaDay, (or Invasion Day if you prefer) so coming up, three #Strathbungo links to #Australia. The third is entirely new.
Firstly, at 24 Moray Place were RA Robertson, sugar refining manufacturer & builder of Britain’s first diesel engine, and his Australian wife, Elizabeth Ritter.
The beautifully proportioned, and beautifully restored, former Mission Hall on Nithsdale Drive in Glasgow. Built in 1887 and designed by Alexander Skirving, it's strongly influenced by Skirving's former mentor Alexander 'Greek' Thomson.
#glasgow #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography
Single-deck trolleybus passes in front of the curved tenement Salisbury Quadrant. With permission of Charles Bilette
I spotted an old advert on the excellent Scottish Brick History website that prompted me to dig into the origins of Nithsdale Drive and the ring of tenements that includes Salisbury Quadrant and March Street Police Station. Building started in 1880.
#Strathbungo #McIntyre #glasgow #architecture
After Strathbungo and its neighbouring areas were annexed by the city in 1891, this police station was closed and a new one, bearing the city's coat of arms, was buit in a similar style on Craigie Street in Govanhill.
#glasgow #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
The monogram on the crow-stepped gable (RCC) stands for the Renfrew County Constabulary, and indicates it was built before the area was absorbed into the city of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
The 1860s former Strathbungo Police Station on March Street on the Southside of Glasgow.
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Photo of Bety Gow with jacket, pearls, white gloves, 1930s fashion
Charles Lindbergh beside his plane, Spirit of St Louis
Today was the day in 1935 when Scottish nurse Betty Gow gave her evidence in the "Crime of the Century", the kidnap and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby son.
Quite an ordeal for the innocent young lady from #Strathbungo
#bettygow #lindbergh
The open crown spire of the former Strathbungo Parish Church rising above the tenements of Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow. Built in 1886, it was designed by J. MacKissack.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #strathbungo #architecturephotography
This rather wonderful carving from the entrance of the former Strathbungo Parish Church in Glasgow is of ... erm ... well I'm really not too sure what it's of, but it's certainly interesting!
#glasgow #sculpture #design #strathbungo #architecture #architecturephotography #keepglasgowweird
This is quite a contrast to how we expect business owners to act today.
#glasgow #architecture #shawlands #strathbungo #crossmyloof #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
What I presume is a surviving part of the old Crossmyloof Bakery behind the Camphill Gate tenements on Pollokshaws Road on the Southside of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #architecture #shawlands #strathbungo #crossmyloof #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
An abandoned pair of angel wings found stuffed behind a dumpster on a rainy Sunday morning. Welcome to life in Glasgow!
#glasgow #keepglasgowweird #angelwings #strathbungo #sundaymorning #glasgowtoday
Still in ecclesiastical use, it's now known as the Queen's Park Govanhill Parish Church.
#glasgow #church #glasgowchurches #architecture #architecturephotography #queenspark #strathbungo #govanhill
The former Queen's Park Free Church on Albert Avenue on the Southside of Glasgow. Designed in a nave-and-aisles gothic style by James Thomson, it was built in the 1870s.
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#glasgow #church #glasgowchurches #architecture #architecturephotography #queenspark #strathbungo #govanhill
Me pontificating nonsense to the tour participants in Regent Park Square
Did my first ever #Strathbungo walking tour for Glasgow Doors Open Day in conjunction with @sghetorg.bsky.social and The Strathbungo Society. Tours are fully subscribed but it was good fun and I might do it again sometime. Watch this space.
#GDODF25 #gdodf #glasgowheritage
Good morning! it's Friday! Yesterday did in fact turn out sunny later in the afternoon. Yes. I sat on the pavement in #Strathbungo and had a pint or two. Yes I have a sunburned forehead!
Check out my latest substack post on the best beer gardens in Glasgow's Southside
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#Glasgow #Glasgowsouth #Drink #Beer #Shawlands #Strathbungo #Govanhill #Pollok
The Glasgow Police tug of war team in their kilts and sporrans, with their captain in the centre, 1889. Source: Glasgow City Archives
William McIntosh moved into 15 Regent Park Square around Christmas 1895 (having been at no 6 a few years earlier). He was an inspector with Glasgow Police Force, and their tug-o-war captain.
But he was more famous as the father of the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
#Strathbungo #househistory
The abandoned Stockwell Street Free Church in 1999, looking rather dlapidated with peeling whitewashed walls. Source: Canmore
15 Regent Park Square wasn’t just the home of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Aberfeldy-born Rev John Duff Macgregor was resident in the 1870s. He was minister of Stockwell Street Free Church (which was actually in Howard Street).
#Strathbungo #househistory #charlesrenniemackintosh
Poster that says "Saturday June 28th 11am-4pm. Vintage and pre-loved clothes, records and bric-a-bric. The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HG"
Next market this Saturday at the Glad Cafe in #Glasgow
Come along for vintage fashion, second hand records, and collectibles.
I'll be there with my felties and bones as usual 🙂
#GlasgowThisWeekend #Shawlands #Govanhill #GlasgowSouthside #Strathbungo #Pollokshields #GlasgowMakers
Brilliant afternoon at Bungo in the Back Lanes 🤩🎉 #Glasgow #Strathbungo #Shawlands #GlasgowSouthside #community #livemusic #coffee #cake
