Hidden Glasgow West End Walks - 13/06/2006 |
Get in quick and book tickets for walks before they go on sale to the wider public! For details of how to book tickets early, go here. |
Hidden Glasgow West End Walks - 07/06/2006 |
Following this years West End Festival, Hidden Glasgow will be launching a programme of guided walks to take you through the rest of summer. The walks will encourage you to look more closely at that which you find so familiar. Our guides will explain the history and architecture of the area or take you off down a path you have never yet taken!! Stay tuned for more details which will be made available over the next few days. Posters will be going up at the weekend and leaflets will be available throughout the West End so be sure to pick one up. A website supporting the walks will be up in running over the next week. Tickets will be available from Barretts newsagents on Byres Road from the 16th June. |
| BLOCK Architecture Festival 2005:: 29/09/2005 |
Hidden Glasgow are once again taking part in the BLOCK Architecture Festival which runs from October 8th - 15th. This year sees us doing a series of walks and even a river boat tour!! Check the BLOCK page for more details and come and join us! For further information about BLOCK check www.blockarc.co.uk |
| HG Christmas Fun:: 16/12/2004 |
It's christmas and time for some festive fun!! Friday night is party night! |
| BLOCK Architecture Festival:: 03/09/2004 |
Hidden Glasgow will be contributing to the BLOCK Architecture Festival which runs fro September the 18 -25th. Details will be posted on this site soon! For further information about BLOCK check www.blockarc.co.uk |
| The Great Eastern:: 17/03/2004 |
Mostly based on panoramas we took to promote a photography exhibition in The Great Eastern in 2001. There are a few photographs from the rest of the hotel, including the upper floors which we got a guided tour of by the wee guy who manned the door. The upper floors were both burnt out and riddled with dry rot, so NOT ideal for a wander around! |
| Lennox Castle Hospital:: 25/02/2004 |
| Addition of a collection of Lennox Hospital photographs taken in May 2003. Just some bad photos at the moment, but will hopefully develop over time! |
| Dowsing the Molendinar Burn:: 25/02/2004 |
| WHEN: 10:30AM, Sunday 29th February 2004 (yes, sundays have mornings too!) WHAT: Starting at Jail Square at the foot of the Saltmarket, site of former public hangings, the plan is to use dowsing (A.K.A divining or water witching) or anything else you can think of, to track the flow of the Molendinar to its source. Its could be a 3 mile walk so no stilletos anyone!! Needless to say this takes us to lunchtime and we should have worked up an appetite, so we can get some lunch and a beer - as tribute to the first beer in Scotland being brewed on the banks of the Molendinar (should an excuse be needed thanks for giving us one Jim). |
| Addition of a collection of Woodilee Hospital photographs taken in March 2003.Also includes a timeline. |
| Gartloch Hospital:: 10/01/2004 |
| Addition of a collection of Gartloch Hospital before the developers moved in and started to rip the place apart. Photographs taken in May 2003. |
| Govan Graving Docks:: 08/01/2004 |
| The first of the New Year updates shows a fantastic collection of photographs of Govan Graving Docks shot while the docks were still in use.. |
| Plans for 2004:: 04/01/2004 |
Hope you all had a good New Year! 2003 saw the Hidden Glasgow Projects really start to grow with more and more people contributing to the forums. Lots of things are planned for the next year including getting all the material that has currently been archived put online for all to enjoy. So stand by for additions to the following Projects: Winston Barracks, The Granary, Govan Graving Docks, Glasgow Zoo, Military, Dookits, and the appearance of some new projects which will appear in due course! |
| St Peter's Seminary: 06/12/2003 |
The St Peter's Project has been extended with a selection of images from the 1960's These show the seminary in use. |
| Underneath Glasgow Central:: 28/11/2003 |
A rare glimpse of what lies hidden in the depths of Glasgow's Central Station. |
| Military - Mugdock gunsite:: 22/11/2003 |
Mugdock anti-aircraft gunsite added to the military pages. |
| Cardross - St Peter's Seminary: 18/11/2003 |
Sunday was a beautiful day, perfect for a trip to Cardross to take a further look around St Peter's. This time the teaching block and the walled garden were also explored. |
| Glasgow Central Low Level Railway Flood / December 11th/12th 1994:: 07/11/2003 |
After day’s of continuous rainfall that fell over Glasgow in the early part of December 1994 the Glasgow Central Low Level Railway was about to be engulfed by thousands of gallons of water that poured out of the River Kelvin in the West End of the City... read on |
| World War Two:: 31/10/2003 |
The stack of information and photographs of former military sites in and around Glasgow has finally got so big that it was time to deal with it. Again, if anyone has any information or photographs of any of these sites or of other sites that haven't been covered yet, I would love to hear about them. |
| PERIPATETIC RANDOMISING:: 27/10/2003 |
The Randomiser (see HERE and HERE) will be on the streets again on Saturday 1st of November as part of the Pre/Amble festival of Art & Psychogeography in Vancouver.All welcome. Gather at the corner of Bath Lane and Renfield Street (next to Thompsons Coffee shop) at 11.30 AM. PREAMBLE for more info on the festival. |
| Glasgow Hospitals 04/10/2003 |
The first installment into Glasgows old asylums is now uploaded. Take a look at the Victorian splendour of Gartloch Asylum. This massive hospital complex has recently began the process of reinvention into a luxury village complex. |
| Cardross - St Peters Seminary: 17/08/2003 |
As promised (a couple of month ago!) I've put together a collection of images taken at St Peters Seminary. This place is simply stunning. A massive concrete building nestling amongst beautiful woodland... not your everyday discovery. It was award winning in its day but has lain derelict for the last 20 years. |
| MISCELLANY:: 28/07/2003 |
There is an increasing number of photographs that dont belong to a specific project, so I've gathered them together into a page. If you have any additions you'd like to make, of can suggest something that should be recorded before its gone, please get in touch.Mail sharon@hiddenglasgow.com |
| Barclay Curle:: 24/07/2003 |
View a good selection of recent photos inside and around the Barclay Curle yard. |
| Mugdock gunsite panorama and photos:: 21/07/2003 |
Added to the list of panoramas is one taken last weekend at Mugdock Gunsite. In addition there is a substantial gallery of photos taken at the site giving you a good look round and inside! |
| Panoramas:: 05/07/2003 |
There are still more to be added, but here's a start to a collection of panoramas taken in and around Glasgow. |
| Glasgow Stations:: 04/07/2003 |
| Are you old enough to remember these stations? |
| Govan Graving Docks:: 29/06/2003 |
| Its a very different outlook over Govan Dry Docks now hat it has been completely flattened, as can be seen in a selection of photographs taken today. |
| The Granary:: 27/06/2003 |
| More photos added of the Granary in use and a Horseguard procession. |
| Glasgow Green:: 26/06/2003 |
| Ive finally got this project started, so if you have any photos, stories or history about Glasgow Green I'd love to add it to the site!. |
| The Granary:: 26/06/2003 |
| More demolition photos added. |
| Winston Barracks:: 25/06/2003 |
| Winston Barracks has been sitting in the HiddenGlasgow archives for almost 2 years! So, finally I've dusted it down and put it live. |
| Updates:: 11/06/2003 |
| Its been all go behind the scenes, not that you would know from visiting the website! Look out for new projects appearing soon. These will include: St Peters Seminary (Cardross College), Broomhill, Gartloch, Belavadere, Hartwood, Lennox Castle and Woodielee Hospitals / Aslylums. You might also be able to spot some additions to the Water Towers project and there will be some further additions to the Granary Project as is slowly turns into dust. |
| The Granary:: 19/04/2003 |
| After a long , long wait...some form of order has been brought to the collection of photos of Meadowside Granary. There are still allot of photos to add to this, but it is now easier to browse the project. |
| Govan Graving Docks - Engineering Drawings:: 21/03/2003 |
| This project now features a set of engineering drawings. Well worth a look. |
| Govan Graving Docks:: 05/03/2003 |
| Two days ago I spotted smoke spiraling up from the Graving Dock and thought that neds had decided to set light to a few more of the remaining buildings. Closer inspection today revealed that the smoke signals were coming from a more professional source! - work on flattening the site has begun. |
| Partick Central:: 15/02/2003 |
| The rail project now includes a section on Partick Central. |
| Webcams:: 14/02/2003 |
| It turns out there are quite a few webcams dotted around the place. I've a few more to add if they actually start to work again!! And I would guess that there are more out there, so if you know of any I've missed let me know... |
| Book shop!:: 09/02/2003 |
| There have been loads of great books written about Glasgow. For your convenience I've put together a page full of them!! |
| Shout Box:: 04/02/2003 |
| Just to make it even easier for you to have your say - if you don't want to use the forums you can use our shout box! (under the news!) |
| Updates:: 04/02/2003 |
| A few new sections have been added...and some old ones updated! NEW: Rail & Govan Graving Docks. UPDATED: Doocots, Rotundas, Water Towers. Again remember contributions in the form of photos, facts or stories are always welcome! |
| Govan Graving Docks:: 02/02/2003 |
| The photos that were taken in December at the Govan Graving Docks have finally been arranged into something approaching an order. A wee bit of research has shown that there are substantial plans to redevelop this site in the near future as part of the ongoing regeneration of the area. Stand by for another piece of Glasgow' maritime legacy disappearing. There are some links to articles about the plans for the site on this page. |
| Glasgow articles on ScotlandToday:: 01/02/2003 |
| The Scotland today website has a couple of articles that are worthy of a look (complete with video reports). Bomb at Meadowside Granary and The (former) village of Grahamston in Glasgow city Centre. |
| New links section: 29/01/2003 |
| The HiddenGlasgow links section has burgeoned into a surprisingly long list; requiring more space than provided previously. Stand by for a (slight) home page revamp! |
| Happy New Year:: 12/01/2003 |
| Well hope everyone had a good one and are off to a good start this year. |
| Govan Graving Docks:: 15/12/2002 |
| Another corner of Glasgow is captured!! |
| Bomb found at the Granary:: 28/11/2002 |
| Another chapter in the history unfolded at Meadowside Granary yesterday when a W11 bomb was discovered. The bomb was spotted in the bucket of a digger while work to clear the site was being done. Quite a surprise for the guy in the digger I should imagine. The area has been evacuated. (I was pleased to provide the BBC with some photos for their story!!) |
| Rail...:: 23/11/2002 |
| A few photos to get the rail section under way... |
| More from the Virtual Mitchell collection - The Granary - The Early Years:: 27/09/2002 |
| Those good folks at the Virtual Mitchell have done good again. If your browse the collection by area and have a look through the Partick photos you will find dozens of photos of the Granary from the early days of construction onwards. |
| Rotunda Photos:: 22/09/2002 |
| Selection of photos of both the North and South rotundas, compare these with the photo in the Virtual Mitchell collection!! |
| New Granary Photos:: 21/09/2002 |
| Well demolition is at around the half way mark now - just uploaded are a selection of photos which capture some of the progress. Also in this collection is a shot from 1971 taken from the South side of the river and a shot from 1985 showing some of the loading / unloading process. |
| Grahamston Book - "Glasgow's Forgotten Village - The Grahamston Story":: 18/09/2002 |
| Uncovering the myths and mysteries of the village which disappeared to make way for Central station - a fascinating collection of research and stories into the history of Grahamston Village and the role it played in the development of Glasgow. Well worth a read!! |
| Tunnels Article in the Herald:: 07/09/2002 |
| Last year an article about Glasgow's subterranean culture appeared, which I've just discovered in the Herald archives. Perhaps not the best article ever written, but still... |
| Glasgow Harbour Tunnel [Rotundas]:: 07/09/2002 |
| The Virtual Mitchell library has some pictures of the tunnel between the Rotundas. Click on the Area link (on the left) and then look through the Finnieston photos. There a photo from 1896 of horses and carts entering and leaving a rotunda and one of the pedestrian tunnel. Enjoy! (thanks to Stef Robb for this one) |
| Redevelopment for HiddenGlasgow is planned! |
| OK, its been a while since new content has been uploaded - and its not because I don't have plenty! Instead, it because I have simply too many thing to add to the site that I've decided it needs a database behind it!! It'll take a wee while to do so the occasional new thing may be added meantime...but when its back, it'll be better than ever! |
| BOOK: The Grahamston Story 12/08/2002 |
| Grahamston vanished beneath the foundations of Glasgow Central Station more than 100 years ago, but its memory lives on in buildings, in street patterns and not least in the urban legend of an abandoned village beneath the platforms of Scotland’s busiest station. This book promises to uncover the facts and fictions wrapped up in the Grahamston story. |
| Busy Busy Busy:: 18/06/2002 |
| I've not had a lot of time to add much content to these pages lately. But...time will be found soon and all the new photographs will be made available for all to see. |
| Virtual Tour of Glasgow Botanic Gardens:: 18/06/2002 |
| A few panoramas taken on a grey day around the Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens. |
| Virtual Tour of Kelvingrove Art Gallery:: 09/06/2002 |
| I took these panoramas a good while ago, and its taken till now to do something with them. Still better late than never (I hope!) |
| Glasgow Harbour Tunnel [Rotundas]:: 07/06/2002 |
| These two round buildings on opposing banks of the Clyde were once the access points to Glasgow Harbour Tunnels. Sadly these tunnels are now completely closed off [last used in 1986]. |
| Seamen’s’ Institute and McAlpine Street Police Office Lost:: 30/05/2002 |
| Two of the few buildings that were part of the Broomielaws maritime past have been demolished. This is covered in the Glasgow City of Sculpture May newsletter. |
| Meadowside Granary:: 25/05/2002 |
| Loads more photos of the granary - both inside and out - have been added!! |
| Meadowside Granary:: 18/05/2002 |
| I was inside the 1960 Granary building today. Most of the machinery and silos are gone - much of which was taken out just last week! Photos from today's visit will be added to the site within the next few days. Should be some nice ones of the demolition work on the old buildings. Click here for a taster! |
| Meadowside Granary:: 11/05/2002 |
| Demolition of the Old Building is now well under way with the turrets all gone now. Meantime I've added a few more photos to the Granary Project. |
| Zoos & Menageries:: 10/04/2002 |
| OK, you might wonder what on earth a zoos section has been added for...well, it started with a bit of information about the panopticon in the Trongate which led to the Scottish Zoo on New City Road where apparently the stone animal cages can still be found (still to check this) and it turned out that the elephant in the Kelvingrove was an attraction at this zoo! |
| New Links added:: 10/04/2002 |
| A few new links have been added to the selection. Enjoy. |
| High Court Tunnels:: 07/04/2002 |
| Contributors to the project have suggested that there is a tunnel that leads from the old High Court building at the bottom of the Saltmarket, across the road and into Glasgow Green. This was used to take prisoners from the court who were about to be publicly
hung in the park. The last time it was used was around 1869 when Dr. Pritchard,
the infamous poisoner, was executed in front of 100,000 spectators. |
| New Projects:: 06/04/2002 |
| You may have noticed that new projects have been listed. These are of course all works in progress, and indeed some are works yet to be started! So, as always, if anyone has any thoughts or suggestions please drop me a line, or post the suggestions on the boards to help get the discussions going. |
| Rotunda Tunnels:: 26/03/2002 |
| There has been much talk about the Glasgow Harbour Tunnels that link the North and South Rotundas together under the Clyde. Originally there were 3 tunnels - 2 vehicular and 1 pedestrian. Does anyone know if the pedestrian tunnel was filled in or is this still accessible? |