This Is My Glasgow<p>The entrance to the former Springburn Public Library. It was designed by William B. Whitie in an Edwardian Baroque style and was opened in 1904. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowlibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowlibraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/publiclibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publiclibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowarchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a></p>
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Evangelos🏴<p>Repair Cafe day in Glasgow.<br>Today, 12-2 at the Springburn Park Auditorium 🛠</p><p><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/repaircaf%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repaircafé</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/repaircafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repaircafe</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The former Hydepark Public School in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was designed by Thomas, Dykes and Dale and was opened in 1910. It's now the Hydepark Business Centre, showing that old school buildings can be successfully re-used for other purposes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldschool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldschools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldschools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Love this industrial style cross on the top of Saint Aloysius Church in Springburn. It's very much in keeping with the area's industrial heritage. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/industrialheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrialheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cross</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowchurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowchurches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishchurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scottishchurches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Allegorical figures of Speed and Science flanking the entrance to the North British Locomotive Company building in Springburn, Glasgow. They were sculpted by Albert Hemstock Hodge in 1909.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/publicart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The water tower and old buildings of Stobhill Hospital in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands, and opened in 1904, Stobhill Hospital is one of the few remaining large complexes built as a Poor Law Hospital to care for those who could not afford to pay for treatment before the creation of the National Health Service.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/stobhillhospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stobhillhospital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/watertower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watertower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poorlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poorlaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotograpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotograpy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The entrance to Saint Rollox House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Built in 1887 using the classic polychromatic brick style of Glasgow's industrial buildings, it was once the office for the Saint Rollox Railway Works.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brickwork</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Balgray Tower in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The original gothic villa was built for the book seller James Duncan around 1820, but this tower was added about ten years later after it have been bought by the owner of a fleet of tea clippers called Captain Breeze.<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The Glasgow Savings Bank building on Springburn Way in Glasgow. Designed by Robert Ewan with Renaissance details, it was built in the 1890s.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowarchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowsavingsbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowsavingsbank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Mosesfield House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Designed by David Hamilton in a Castellated Gothic style, it was built in 1838 for the bookseller James Duncan. Mosesfield House was also where, in 1895, George Johnston designed and built the very first British motor car as part of the Arrol-Johnston company. </p><p>Cont./</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mosesfieldhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mosesfieldhouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/motoringhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motoringhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/britishmotorindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishmotorindustry</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Inside the remains of the Springburn Winter Gardens. Designed by the hothouse builders Simpson and Farmer, with iron work by William Baird of Temple ironworks, it was built in 1899. It fell out of use after it was damaged by a storm in 1983, and was almost demolished in 1985. However, it was saved after being given A-listed status due to its architectural importance. However, it remains derelict and is considered critically at risk.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburnpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburnpark</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>A distant Dumgoyne lit up by today's Autumn sun as glimpsed between the high flats on Viewpoint Place in the Springburn area of Glasgow.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dumgoyne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumgoyne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowtoday</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The former Springburn Fire Station in the north of Glasgow. Designed by A.B. McDonald and built in the 1890s, it survived the destruction of traditional buildings during the post-war years and has since been converted into housing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The main entrance of James Miller's magnificent 1903 offices for the North British Locomotive Compnay on Flemington Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was later used as an engineering college, and then offices. Recently, plans have been announced to demolish it, but these now seem to have been withdrawn, at least for the moment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/builtheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>builtheritage</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The entrance to the Recharbites Hall on Valleyfield Street in Springburn. THE Independent Order of Rechabites was a Temperance and Friendly Society which began in Salford in 1835. It opened its first branch in Glasgow in the 1840s. This particular hall was built in 1902.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/recharbites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recharbites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowhistory</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>A total of 75 schools were constructed by the Glasgow School Board between 1874 and 1916, and this is one of the oldest still standing. It currently lies empty and abandoned.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldschool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buildingsatrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buildingsatrisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowschoolboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowschoolboard</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The former Springburn Public School (and later Springburn Primary School) on Gourlay Street in Glasgow. Designed by David Thomson and built in the early 1870s, it was one of the first schools constructed by the Glasgow School Board after the introduction of free and compulsory education for 5 to 13 year olds through the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872. </p><p>Cont./</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldschool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buildingsatrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buildingsatrisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowschoolboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowschoolboard</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>A rather elegant red sandstone tenement on Valleyfield Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tenement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowtenement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buildingphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buildingphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>It's estimated that, over the years, as many as 30,000 locomotives were transported through the city in this manner.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Love this sculpture over the entrance the former North British Locomotive Company building in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The chains on either side are those used to pull the completed locomotive through the streets of Glasgow (originally done by teams of cart horses, but later by steam traction engines and diesel tractors) and down to the banks of the Clyde so they could be loaded onto ships and transported all over the world. </p><p>Cont./</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowhistory</span></a></p>
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