Category: Gallus Glasgow

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Be a Building Detective!

Is there a building in your area that you’ve always been curious about? Want to know where to find out more?

Downloadable Maps for educators

Sulman Map, 6 A4 pages, (50MB, PDF) If the above file is too large you can download the pages individually below: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6 Knight Map, 6 A4 pages (51MB, PDF) If the above file is too large you can download the pages individually below: Page […]

Glasgow Green and Sport- Part Three

This blog explores the history of rowing on the Clyde. As the most popular spectator sport in the city up until the 1870s, races often saw crowds in excess of 30,000 lining the riverbanks. Ladies races were also held, but were seen as a novelty, an ‘amusing spectacle’.

Glasgow Green and Sport- Part Two

Historic black and white photograph of Glasgow Cathedral and the surrounding area, showing open ground in the foreground and 19th-century buildings in the distance. A row of arched structures lines one side, and the scene has a quiet, desolate atmosphere.

This blog explores how Glasgow Green is arguably the home of football, with it and the surrounding areas being home to many football clubs who changed the Scottish Game into the World Game.

Glasgow Green and Sport- Part One

Glasgow’s oldest park has long been used as a space for leisure, entertainment and public events, but it also has a rich sporting heritage. This blog explores the sporting activities of the early days of the Green, including golf, shinty and cycling.