The Hidden Glasgow Forums

Late notice, I know, but NGS is hosting a Quiz Night on 7:30 this Thursday. It's a grand opportunity to meet fellow members, join up (or not!), reacquaint yourself with the good things we're up to, and most importantly test your knowledge of Glasgow's buildings past and present and the issues surrou...

A date for your diary: New Glasgow Society is re-launching on Saturday 5th March, 4pm at their refurbished premises at 1307 Argyle Street, Yorkhill, G3 8TL (next to Firebird). The Society would be delighted to see you - whether member or non-member - there. Apart from showing off the shiny new premi...

I guess this is part and parcel of what I happened to see when cycling past Kelvinbridge yesterday: the steel doors which lead to the Kelvinbridge-Botanics tunnel was wide open, and unattended! Portaloo, scaffolding and fencing seems to tie in with the Botanics stabilisation work. Parts of the old K...

This is rather interesting - a pleasant side-effect to the credit-crunch-fuelled desolation of our high streets: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/18/slack-space-vacant-shops There's Mutley's thriving and dead trendy Studio Warehouse, of course, but it'd be nice to see this phenomenon ...

Glad you like 'em. All geared up to work out the 1888 and 1911 Kelvingrove maps - when I get around to it!

I keep thinking I see the supports from a bridge lurking in the Kelvin downstream from Kelvin Way, and would like to know if they're a relic of 1888 or 1901...

Hi folks ~ A wee while ago I put together a couple of Google Earth overlays based on maps from Perilla and Juliet Kinchin's 'Glasgow's Great Exhibitions' book. I met up for a chat about this with Neil Baxter, whose father had drawn the maps, and he seemed to be OK about me distributing them. Have on...