Bygone Bungo
@bygonebungo.bsky.social
Documenting local history in and around Strathbungo, Glasgow.
Look up your house or just read the blog at bygone.bungoblog.com
Look up your house or just read the blog at bygone.bungoblog.com
Quick shout out to two Victorian businesses I came across during some research this week. J & G Mossman, monumental sculptors, and J & R Anderson, decorators. Both are still trading to this day!
Ghost sign in the Partick area of Glasgow. John Curdie and Son was started in Kilmarnock in 1870. John Curdie himself died at age 68 in 1911, but the business carried on.
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#glasgow #ghostsign #partick #glasgowhistory
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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Quick shout out to two Victorian businesses I came across during some research this week. J & G Mossman, monumental sculptors, and J & R Anderson, decorators. Both are still trading to this day!
8 Moray Place, whose first resident was Margaret Hay Spence, and her husband James Simpson, a jeweller. Margaret was born in Haroldswick on Unst, in almost the most northerly house in Britain.
Numbers 7 and 8 Moray Place on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in 1859, they were designed by the one and only Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, and they are just pure class.
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#glasgow #architecture #classicalarchitecture #alexandergreekthomson
#morayplace #architecturephotography
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#glasgow #architecture #classicalarchitecture #alexandergreekthomson
#morayplace #architecturephotography
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
8 Moray Place, whose first resident was Margaret Hay Spence, and her husband James Simpson, a jeweller. Margaret was born in Haroldswick on Unst, in almost the most northerly house in Britain.
No 7 Moray Place, home of Mike & Hilary Stanger, fundamental to the founding of The Strathbungo Society in the early 1970s.
Numbers 7 and 8 Moray Place on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in 1859, they were designed by the one and only Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, and they are just pure class.
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#glasgow #architecture #classicalarchitecture #alexandergreekthomson
#morayplace #architecturephotography
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#glasgow #architecture #classicalarchitecture #alexandergreekthomson
#morayplace #architecturephotography
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
No 7 Moray Place, home of Mike & Hilary Stanger, fundamental to the founding of The Strathbungo Society in the early 1970s.
Did my first ever #Strathbungo walking tour for Glasgow Doors Open Day in conjunction with @sghetorg.bsky.social and The Strathbungo Society. Tours are fully subscribed but it was good fun and I might do it again sometime. Watch this space.
#GDODF25 #gdodf #glasgowheritage
#GDODF25 #gdodf #glasgowheritage
September 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Did my first ever #Strathbungo walking tour for Glasgow Doors Open Day in conjunction with @sghetorg.bsky.social and The Strathbungo Society. Tours are fully subscribed but it was good fun and I might do it again sometime. Watch this space.
#GDODF25 #gdodf #glasgowheritage
#GDODF25 #gdodf #glasgowheritage
So for Doors Open Day I've joined with #SGHET and I'm getting out on the streets for a wee tour.
📣 Strathbungo Walking Tour
📆 Fri 19th or Sat 20th Sept at 1pm ~ book here 👉
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...
#GDODF #GFODF25 #Glasgow850 #heritagetrail #Glasgow
📣 Strathbungo Walking Tour
📆 Fri 19th or Sat 20th Sept at 1pm ~ book here 👉
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...
#GDODF #GFODF25 #Glasgow850 #heritagetrail #Glasgow
August 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So for Doors Open Day I've joined with #SGHET and I'm getting out on the streets for a wee tour.
📣 Strathbungo Walking Tour
📆 Fri 19th or Sat 20th Sept at 1pm ~ book here 👉
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...
#GDODF #GFODF25 #Glasgow850 #heritagetrail #Glasgow
📣 Strathbungo Walking Tour
📆 Fri 19th or Sat 20th Sept at 1pm ~ book here 👉
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathbung...
#GDODF #GFODF25 #Glasgow850 #heritagetrail #Glasgow
Great thread!
It's been ages since I did a Glasgow photo thread.
It's June 1898 and we're sitting on a roof looking across the Fairfield fitting-out basin, in this photo from an anonymous album held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Let's see what we can see.
It's June 1898 and we're sitting on a roof looking across the Fairfield fitting-out basin, in this photo from an anonymous album held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Let's see what we can see.
July 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Great thread!
William McIntosh moved into 15 Regent Park Square around Christmas 1895 (having been at no 6 a few years earlier). He was an inspector with Glasgow Police Force, and their tug-o-war captain.
But he was more famous as the father of the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
#Strathbungo #househistory
But he was more famous as the father of the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
#Strathbungo #househistory
July 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
William McIntosh moved into 15 Regent Park Square around Christmas 1895 (having been at no 6 a few years earlier). He was an inspector with Glasgow Police Force, and their tug-o-war captain.
But he was more famous as the father of the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
#Strathbungo #househistory
But he was more famous as the father of the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
#Strathbungo #househistory
Another resident at 15 Regent Park Square was Peter Niven, former factor at Househill in Nitshill. He managed the Victoria coal pit there at the time of the great pit explosion of 1851 that claimed the lives of 61 men and boys. It was, at the time, the worst recorded Scottish mining disaster.
July 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Another resident at 15 Regent Park Square was Peter Niven, former factor at Househill in Nitshill. He managed the Victoria coal pit there at the time of the great pit explosion of 1851 that claimed the lives of 61 men and boys. It was, at the time, the worst recorded Scottish mining disaster.
15 Regent Park Square wasn’t just the home of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Aberfeldy-born Rev John Duff Macgregor was resident in the 1870s. He was minister of Stockwell Street Free Church (which was actually in Howard Street).
#Strathbungo #househistory #charlesrenniemackintosh
#Strathbungo #househistory #charlesrenniemackintosh
July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
15 Regent Park Square wasn’t just the home of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Aberfeldy-born Rev John Duff Macgregor was resident in the 1870s. He was minister of Stockwell Street Free Church (which was actually in Howard Street).
#Strathbungo #househistory #charlesrenniemackintosh
#Strathbungo #househistory #charlesrenniemackintosh
Excellent podcast by @sghetorg.bsky.social with Cameron Winton leading us round the industrial history of the White Cart in Linn Park.
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Episode 7: Linn Park ‣ Southside Chronicles ‣ Glad.radio
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July 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Excellent podcast by @sghetorg.bsky.social with Cameron Winton leading us round the industrial history of the White Cart in Linn Park.
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The game's afoot! Great #househistory sleuthing from Andy Arthur.
Given a public house wasn't established here until 1970 (the "Gold Medal", referencing the Commonwealth Games), and Conan Doyle died in 1930, it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to deduce that this probably *wasn't* actually a "favourite watering hole" of Sir Arthur
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June 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The game's afoot! Great #househistory sleuthing from Andy Arthur.
You can read the full #househistory of 17 Regent Park Square here.
#Strathbungo #JamesBond #ianfleming
#Strathbungo #JamesBond #ianfleming
17 Regent Park Square - Bygone Bungo
The story of 17 Regent Park Square includes a calico printer, a clothes manufacturer, a bizarre tale of small illegitimate children being sent to live in lodging houses, and my perennial favourite,…
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June 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
You can read the full #househistory of 17 Regent Park Square here.
#Strathbungo #JamesBond #ianfleming
#Strathbungo #JamesBond #ianfleming
And so to my favourite resident of 17 Regent Park Square. The house was owned by the Skaifes from 1947, but in the 1950s they had a lodger, one Mr Boothroyd. Harold Skaife and Geoffrey Boothroyd were avid fans of the #JamesBond novels, but Geoffrey was also a gun expert. And Ian Fleming wasn't.
June 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
And so to my favourite resident of 17 Regent Park Square. The house was owned by the Skaifes from 1947, but in the 1950s they had a lodger, one Mr Boothroyd. Harold Skaife and Geoffrey Boothroyd were avid fans of the #JamesBond novels, but Geoffrey was also a gun expert. And Ian Fleming wasn't.
Jane and Elizabeth Aitken were sisters who purchased 17 Regent Park Square around 1882-5. Their upbringing was odd, to say the least.
June 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Jane and Elizabeth Aitken were sisters who purchased 17 Regent Park Square around 1882-5. Their upbringing was odd, to say the least.
Andrew McAllan was the son of a calico printer from Bonhill, on the River Leven. He and his brother owned the Dillichip Works there. He had offices in town, and lived off Paisley Road West. He married Margaret Guthrie of Bonhill in 1850 and had a large family, but..
#househistory #strathbungo
#househistory #strathbungo
June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Andrew McAllan was the son of a calico printer from Bonhill, on the River Leven. He and his brother owned the Dillichip Works there. He had offices in town, and lived off Paisley Road West. He married Margaret Guthrie of Bonhill in 1850 and had a large family, but..
#househistory #strathbungo
#househistory #strathbungo
31 Regent Park Square #Strathbungo was built by Daniel McNicol in 1864. McNicol didn't make it to 50, dying in 1872. He was one of at least three Strathbungo builders I have identified who died before they were 50.
The first occupant was there only briefly, and died the following year at a mere 33.
The first occupant was there only briefly, and died the following year at a mere 33.
May 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
31 Regent Park Square #Strathbungo was built by Daniel McNicol in 1864. McNicol didn't make it to 50, dying in 1872. He was one of at least three Strathbungo builders I have identified who died before they were 50.
The first occupant was there only briefly, and died the following year at a mere 33.
The first occupant was there only briefly, and died the following year at a mere 33.
Great stuff, right up my street as it were. Thought Glasgow was rough, but Strathbungo can't match this.
13 Blackfriars St, Edinburgh—currently eight flats (after modernisation); probably more in the 1870s, when it was built as working-class housing to replace the "rotten, ruinous old buildings" and the "congeries of dark and wretched lanes" of the area.
Former residents include:
Former residents include:
April 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Great stuff, right up my street as it were. Thought Glasgow was rough, but Strathbungo can't match this.
Spotted a ghost sign in Cathcart Road yesterday. James Campbell & Sons, bakers and confectioners, were at 545 Cathcart Road from c.1920 to at least 1941.
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#glasgow #ghostsigns
@ghostsignsgla
#glasgow #ghostsigns
April 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Spotted a ghost sign in Cathcart Road yesterday. James Campbell & Sons, bakers and confectioners, were at 545 Cathcart Road from c.1920 to at least 1941.
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#glasgow #ghostsigns
@ghostsignsgla
#glasgow #ghostsigns
Familiar, yet strangely foreign.
March 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Familiar, yet strangely foreign.
The incredible shrinking Moray Place cat.
March 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The incredible shrinking Moray Place cat.
Foreign, yet strangely familiar.
March 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Foreign, yet strangely familiar.
Anyone in the gardens?
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March 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Anyone in the gardens?
Here's another #househistory for #Strathbungo, this time 38 Queen Square, built in 1866 by Daniel McNicol.
March 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Here's another #househistory for #Strathbungo, this time 38 Queen Square, built in 1866 by Daniel McNicol.
One of my fave pointless trivia facts. William Stirling-Maxwell, Renfrewshire landowner & feuar of most of Strathbungo, had this ring of tenements laid out round Nithsdale Road & Street and March Street. But he couldn't complete the design because one small corner was in Lanarkshire and not his.
March 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
One of my fave pointless trivia facts. William Stirling-Maxwell, Renfrewshire landowner & feuar of most of Strathbungo, had this ring of tenements laid out round Nithsdale Road & Street and March Street. But he couldn't complete the design because one small corner was in Lanarkshire and not his.