As many of our followers may be aware, Rachael and myself are currently researching Mr. Alf Alexander Webster (1883-1915) stained glass artist and all round superstar. Part of looking for Alf’s work obviously includes stoating about churches and other fabby buildings. One of these fab buildings is Cadder Parish Church, which has a feast of…
Category: Research
IHBC Summer School 2015, Norwich
Last week I was lucky enough to be heading down to Norwich for the annual IHBC (Institute of Historic Building Conservators) Summer School in Norwich, a city I had never visited before, but will definitely be visiting again. I had a fantastic time, exploring Norwich on two tours organised as part of the School, and being surrounded by architecture…
100 Years of Govanhill Baths: Book and Archive Launch
On Thursday 19th March at Govanhill Baths, the Community Trust celebrated the launch of a publication, exhibition, and archive in aid of the Baths centenary. Below are some details about the projects, forgive me for not posting about these till now, I’m only a few…ahem…months late, but we have been rather busy with a certain conference you may…
Glasgow’s Gilded Age: Conference No.1
Karen has already posted some snaps from the day (quite rightly from her bed), and said thank you to all involved, but after a nice long nap and scones with jam and clotted cream I am writing this more in-depth post about the Big Day. It all kicked off at 8am for the History Girls…
Conference hailed a success!
Just a quick post (from my bed) to let everyone know that the conference was awesome!! Thank you to everyone who attended, or helped to make the day so special. We have had positive feedback from many of the speakers including the wonderful Max Donnelly from the V&A and the lovely Professor John Hume. If…
The First Glasgow’s Gilded Age Conference
Karen and myself have been working like women possessed over the past couple of months on The Gilded Age Projects inaugural conference, and we are proud to announce that the conference has just this minute sold out! We will be receiving 110 attendees tomorrow in the gorgeous main hall at Cottiers, for a truly fantastic…
STV Debut!!
The History Girls made their television debut on tonight’s STV Riverside Show. Rachael and myself were up at the fabby Cottiers Theatre filming all morning to promote our work (GCHT) project Glasgow’s Gilded Age. If you missed tonight’s episode, why not catch up on the STV player? Stay tuned for further awesome events, or if…
Glasgow’s Gilded Age: Conference Update
It’s all hands on deck here at the Glasgow’s Gilded Age Conference Headquarters, with less than a month to go now till the big day on May 8th, preparations have stepped up a gear and we have confirmed a fantastic line up of speakers. Every one is an expert in their field and is…
Glasgow’s Gilded Age: Glamour and Grit 1864-1914
On the 8th of May a conference with a difference, being organised in part by ourselves, the History Girls, for the Glasgow City Heritage Trust, will be held at Cottiers Theatre and Restaurant in Glasgow’s West End. Our aims and intended outcomes, and more details about the conference are written below: ‘The Gilded Glasgow Project will…
Magical Mystery Tour: Miller & Lang Publishing House, Pollokshields.
We have been lucky enough to have been sent these wonderful images from Roger and Helen Millar, who have very kindly granted us permission to use them in our campaign to help catalogue and preserve Glasgow’s wonderful built heritage. The following images are of the, exterior and interior, Millar & Lang Publishing House on Darnely…
Stained Glass Database
Just a wee follow up post to connect with the last one, the Scottish Stained Glass Database, created by myself, RCAHMS, the Scottish Stained Glass Trust and Glasgow City Heritage Trust, is now up and running! Feel free to peruse the images and enjoy the glass we have catalogued. As the previous post stated, we…
The History Girls need you: Glasgow Stained Glass Appeal!
The History Girls are looking for any information regarding stained glass in Glasgow to add to an ever growing on-line resource. We are currently working in conjunction with The Scottish Stained Glass Trust to obtain as much inform as possible about Glasgow’s rich stained glass heritage. If you have any high quality images (no mobile…
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