This Is My Glasgow
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'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
The John Aitken Memorial Fountain at Govan Cross in Glasgow. It was erected in 1884 as a memorial to Govan's first medical officer, serving between 1864 and his death aged just 41 in 1880.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The John Aitken Memorial Fountain at Govan Cross in Glasgow. It was erected in 1884 as a memorial to Govan's first medical officer, serving between 1864 and his death aged just 41 in 1880.
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#glasgow #govan #ironwork #castiron #drinkingfountain #govancross #decorativeironwork #fountain
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The magnificent and imposing edifice of the Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow. Built in the Scottish gothic revival style in the 1880s from a design by Robert Rowand Anderson.
#glasgow #scotland #buildings #architecture #churches #govan #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography
#glasgow #scotland #buildings #architecture #churches #govan #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The magnificent and imposing edifice of the Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow. Built in the Scottish gothic revival style in the 1880s from a design by Robert Rowand Anderson.
#glasgow #scotland #buildings #architecture #churches #govan #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography
#glasgow #scotland #buildings #architecture #churches #govan #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography
A rather wonderful decorative window in Tennent's Bar on Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A rather wonderful decorative window in Tennent's Bar on Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow.
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The Victorian Gothic tower of Glasgow University rising above an abandoned industrial site which was once the home of the D. and W. Henderson's Meadowside shipyard in the Partick area of the city.
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#glasgow #architecture #shipbuilding #partick #glasgowhistory #glasgowuniversity
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November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Victorian Gothic tower of Glasgow University rising above an abandoned industrial site which was once the home of the D. and W. Henderson's Meadowside shipyard in the Partick area of the city.
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#glasgow #architecture #shipbuilding #partick #glasgowhistory #glasgowuniversity
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Part of the Scots Renaissance style Pearce Institute on Govan Road in Glasgow. Designed by Rowand Anderson in 1892 it was opened in 1906.
#glasgow #govan #architecture #architecturephotography
#glasgow #govan #architecture #architecturephotography
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Part of the Scots Renaissance style Pearce Institute on Govan Road in Glasgow. Designed by Rowand Anderson in 1892 it was opened in 1906.
#glasgow #govan #architecture #architecturephotography
#glasgow #govan #architecture #architecturephotography
Is it just me, or does this look remarkably like Batman carved into the base of the doorway to Glasgow University's Victorian-era Randolph Buildings?
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #sculpture #grotesque #batman #imbatman #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #sculpture #grotesque #batman #imbatman #architecturephotography
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Is it just me, or does this look remarkably like Batman carved into the base of the doorway to Glasgow University's Victorian-era Randolph Buildings?
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #sculpture #grotesque #batman #imbatman #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #sculpture #grotesque #batman #imbatman #architecturephotography
A red sandstone tenement on Thornwood Drive in the west of Glasgow. This is quite an unusual design as it mixes columns of bay windows at either end with curved oriel windows in the middle.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A red sandstone tenement on Thornwood Drive in the west of Glasgow. This is quite an unusual design as it mixes columns of bay windows at either end with curved oriel windows in the middle.
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #thornwood
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Tree of Hope in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. No idea who's behind this, but I really like the idea. It's kind of like a modern interpretation of the traditional Clootie Tree.
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #treeofhope #streetart #clootietree
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #treeofhope #streetart #clootietree
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Tree of Hope in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. No idea who's behind this, but I really like the idea. It's kind of like a modern interpretation of the traditional Clootie Tree.
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #treeofhope #streetart #clootietree
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #treeofhope #streetart #clootietree
James Thompson's 1858 gently curving terrace of grand Classical townhouses on Crown Circus in the west end of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #hyndland #classicalarchitecture #glasgowarchitecture #buildingphotography
#architecturephotography #dowanhill
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #hyndland #classicalarchitecture #glasgowarchitecture #buildingphotography
#architecturephotography #dowanhill
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
James Thompson's 1858 gently curving terrace of grand Classical townhouses on Crown Circus in the west end of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #hyndland #classicalarchitecture #glasgowarchitecture #buildingphotography
#architecturephotography #dowanhill
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #hyndland #classicalarchitecture #glasgowarchitecture #buildingphotography
#architecturephotography #dowanhill
Tonight looking across the Clyde in Glasgow to the Scottish Events Campus.
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #glasgowtoday #scottisheventscampus #hydroarena #finniestoncrane #lights #colours #cityscape #photography #scotland
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #glasgowtoday #scottisheventscampus #hydroarena #finniestoncrane #lights #colours #cityscape #photography #scotland
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tonight looking across the Clyde in Glasgow to the Scottish Events Campus.
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #glasgowtoday #scottisheventscampus #hydroarena #finniestoncrane #lights #colours #cityscape #photography #scotland
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #glasgowtoday #scottisheventscampus #hydroarena #finniestoncrane #lights #colours #cityscape #photography #scotland
The River Kelvin in spate in the West End of Glasgow this afternoon, looking more like its full to its brim with tea rather than water. I haven't seen it like this in quite a while.
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The River Kelvin in spate in the West End of Glasgow this afternoon, looking more like its full to its brim with tea rather than water. I haven't seen it like this in quite a while.
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #kelvingrovepark #riverkelvin #rain
Early 1900s red sandstone gushet tenement overlooking Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1870s Sixty Steps in the North Kelvinside area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #alexandergreekthomson
#sixtysteps #northkelvinside #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #alexandergreekthomson
#sixtysteps #northkelvinside #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Early 1900s red sandstone gushet tenement overlooking Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1870s Sixty Steps in the North Kelvinside area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #alexandergreekthomson
#sixtysteps #northkelvinside #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #alexandergreekthomson
#sixtysteps #northkelvinside #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography
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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November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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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Another shot of the former Partick Fire Station in the west of Glasgow.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Another shot of the former Partick Fire Station in the west of Glasgow.
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A rain-soaked early 19th Century sundial in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A rain-soaked early 19th Century sundial in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens.
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Red sandstone tenements lining Thornwood Drive in the west of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #thornwood
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #thornwood
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Red sandstone tenements lining Thornwood Drive in the west of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #thornwood
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #thornwood
Larch trees on the path up Conic Hill at Balmaha on the shores of Loch Lomond. I took this shot a couple of years ago, but it remains one of my favourite autumnal photographs.
#glasgow #lochlomond #conichill #autumn #autumncolours #larchtrees #autumnphotography #scotland #visitscotland #balmaha
#glasgow #lochlomond #conichill #autumn #autumncolours #larchtrees #autumnphotography #scotland #visitscotland #balmaha
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Larch trees on the path up Conic Hill at Balmaha on the shores of Loch Lomond. I took this shot a couple of years ago, but it remains one of my favourite autumnal photographs.
#glasgow #lochlomond #conichill #autumn #autumncolours #larchtrees #autumnphotography #scotland #visitscotland #balmaha
#glasgow #lochlomond #conichill #autumn #autumncolours #larchtrees #autumnphotography #scotland #visitscotland #balmaha
This is gentleman is the Reverend William Auld, minister of Tollcross United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow from 1833 until his death on 1885. This image of him can be found on his gravestone in Tollcross Cemetery.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is gentleman is the Reverend William Auld, minister of Tollcross United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow from 1833 until his death on 1885. This image of him can be found on his gravestone in Tollcross Cemetery.
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The B-listed 1894 Whiteinch Lesser Burgh Hall in the west of Glasgow in February 2023 (top) and today (bottom). The dormer windows were removed in May 2023 supposedly to help protect the building.
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#glasgow #architecturephotography #glasgowarchitecture #whiteinch #buildingsatrisk
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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The B-listed 1894 Whiteinch Lesser Burgh Hall in the west of Glasgow in February 2023 (top) and today (bottom). The dormer windows were removed in May 2023 supposedly to help protect the building.
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The Beith Street facade of the former Partick Fire Station in the west of Glasgow. Designed by James Miller in an Edwardian Queen Anne Revival style and built in 1906, this section was the engine house.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Beith Street facade of the former Partick Fire Station in the west of Glasgow. Designed by James Miller in an Edwardian Queen Anne Revival style and built in 1906, this section was the engine house.
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#glasgow #partick #firestation #architecture #architecturephotography
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#glasgow #partick #firestation #architecture #architecturephotography
The entrance to Eastbank Parish Church (now the Shettleston New Church) in the Shettleston area of Glasgow.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The entrance to Eastbank Parish Church (now the Shettleston New Church) in the Shettleston area of Glasgow.
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Much of the land which now forms Glasgow was, not that long ago, countryside. As the city expanded relentlessly outwards during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it swallowed up countless country mansions and farms alike.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Much of the land which now forms Glasgow was, not that long ago, countryside. As the city expanded relentlessly outwards during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it swallowed up countless country mansions and farms alike.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #tollcross #shettleston #egyptfarm
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #tollcross #shettleston #egyptfarm
Blonde sandstone tenement on Butterfield Place on the southside of Glasgow. Built in 1884, the Scots Baronial details, like its crowstepped gables and corbelled eaves give it a distinctive look for a tenement in the city.
#glasgow #architecture #tenement #architecturephotography #glasgowtenements
#glasgow #architecture #tenement #architecturephotography #glasgowtenements
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Blonde sandstone tenement on Butterfield Place on the southside of Glasgow. Built in 1884, the Scots Baronial details, like its crowstepped gables and corbelled eaves give it a distinctive look for a tenement in the city.
#glasgow #architecture #tenement #architecturephotography #glasgowtenements
#glasgow #architecture #tenement #architecturephotography #glasgowtenements
The emblem of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, featuring a snake wrapped around a thistle, on a leather chair in the hospital's museum.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The emblem of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, featuring a snake wrapped around a thistle, on a leather chair in the hospital's museum.
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#glasgow #glasgowroyalinfirmary #hospital #asciepius #rodofasciepius
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The former Buchanan Retreat on Milngavie Road just outside Glasgow. Built in stages between 1861 and 1899, this Tudor Gothic building was constructed by the Buchanan sisters of Bellfield in Ayrshire as a residential home for the elderly.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The former Buchanan Retreat on Milngavie Road just outside Glasgow. Built in stages between 1861 and 1899, this Tudor Gothic building was constructed by the Buchanan sisters of Bellfield in Ayrshire as a residential home for the elderly.
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#glasgow #architecture #bearsden #nightphotography
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