Lost Glasgow
@lostglasgow.bsky.social
Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
A very happy 83rd birthday to this wee yin, who would go on to become the Big Yin.
Billy Connolly let me know my voice, my accent, our stories, were worth hearing, worth telling, and worth listening to.
Billy Connolly let me know my voice, my accent, our stories, were worth hearing, worth telling, and worth listening to.
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A very happy 83rd birthday to this wee yin, who would go on to become the Big Yin.
Billy Connolly let me know my voice, my accent, our stories, were worth hearing, worth telling, and worth listening to.
Billy Connolly let me know my voice, my accent, our stories, were worth hearing, worth telling, and worth listening to.
I'm going time-travelling tonight, attending a gig at the QMU.
As a spotty 18-year-old, working my first job in the Uni library, I practically lived in there.
Wonder if they still sell 'Redwitch' - a pint of snakebite with a double Pernod and blackcurrant in it?
As a spotty 18-year-old, working my first job in the Uni library, I practically lived in there.
Wonder if they still sell 'Redwitch' - a pint of snakebite with a double Pernod and blackcurrant in it?
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'm going time-travelling tonight, attending a gig at the QMU.
As a spotty 18-year-old, working my first job in the Uni library, I practically lived in there.
Wonder if they still sell 'Redwitch' - a pint of snakebite with a double Pernod and blackcurrant in it?
As a spotty 18-year-old, working my first job in the Uni library, I practically lived in there.
Wonder if they still sell 'Redwitch' - a pint of snakebite with a double Pernod and blackcurrant in it?
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
A Sunday Post article, from April 1975, bemoaning the state of Sauchiehall Street.
A Sunday Post article, from April 1975, bemoaning the state of Sauchiehall Street.
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
A Sunday Post article, from April 1975, bemoaning the state of Sauchiehall Street.
A Sunday Post article, from April 1975, bemoaning the state of Sauchiehall Street.
What's that you say; a new book from the archives of Professor John R Hume, the father of Scottish Industrial Archaeology? Sign me up!
Pic: Looking along Hyndland Street towards Dumbarton Road
stenlake.co.uk/books/view-b...
Pic: Looking along Hyndland Street towards Dumbarton Road
stenlake.co.uk/books/view-b...
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What's that you say; a new book from the archives of Professor John R Hume, the father of Scottish Industrial Archaeology? Sign me up!
Pic: Looking along Hyndland Street towards Dumbarton Road
stenlake.co.uk/books/view-b...
Pic: Looking along Hyndland Street towards Dumbarton Road
stenlake.co.uk/books/view-b...
My amazing painter pal Tommy McGoran turns 98 today. Mind you, I've known him since he was a struggling young artist of 95.
Slainte, Tommy, and many happy returns.
If you haven't already, you can still order a copy of Tommy's book in time for Christmas, from artbytommy.co.uk/product/a-gl...
Slainte, Tommy, and many happy returns.
If you haven't already, you can still order a copy of Tommy's book in time for Christmas, from artbytommy.co.uk/product/a-gl...
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My amazing painter pal Tommy McGoran turns 98 today. Mind you, I've known him since he was a struggling young artist of 95.
Slainte, Tommy, and many happy returns.
If you haven't already, you can still order a copy of Tommy's book in time for Christmas, from artbytommy.co.uk/product/a-gl...
Slainte, Tommy, and many happy returns.
If you haven't already, you can still order a copy of Tommy's book in time for Christmas, from artbytommy.co.uk/product/a-gl...
Beautiful tribute tonight from one Manchester bass boss to another.
Thank you, Hooky!
Thank you, Hooky!
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Beautiful tribute tonight from one Manchester bass boss to another.
Thank you, Hooky!
Thank you, Hooky!
In Glasgow, I always tell visitors to look up...
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In Glasgow, I always tell visitors to look up...
I knew Guillermo del Toro filmed some of his Frankenstein in Glasgow Cathedral, but think his poster designer must have visited Kelvingrove Museum to see Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I knew Guillermo del Toro filmed some of his Frankenstein in Glasgow Cathedral, but think his poster designer must have visited Kelvingrove Museum to see Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross.
Produced for only 5 years, between 1919 and 1924, the 'Glasgow' was Scotland's only indigenous tractor. The three-wheel drive system was an attempt to overcome the problem of working steep hillsides.
Still trying to work out why Inspector Clouseau is at the wheel?
Pic: Country Life magazine
Still trying to work out why Inspector Clouseau is at the wheel?
Pic: Country Life magazine
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Produced for only 5 years, between 1919 and 1924, the 'Glasgow' was Scotland's only indigenous tractor. The three-wheel drive system was an attempt to overcome the problem of working steep hillsides.
Still trying to work out why Inspector Clouseau is at the wheel?
Pic: Country Life magazine
Still trying to work out why Inspector Clouseau is at the wheel?
Pic: Country Life magazine
Saddened to hear of the death of bassist, Gary 'Mani' Mounfield.
Brown was never the greatest singer, but when Mani and Reni locked into that hypnotic groove, and Squire sprinkled his gold dust on top, the world, and all that was in it, belonged to us.
Pic: The Stone Roses, Glasgow Green, 1990
Brown was never the greatest singer, but when Mani and Reni locked into that hypnotic groove, and Squire sprinkled his gold dust on top, the world, and all that was in it, belonged to us.
Pic: The Stone Roses, Glasgow Green, 1990
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of bassist, Gary 'Mani' Mounfield.
Brown was never the greatest singer, but when Mani and Reni locked into that hypnotic groove, and Squire sprinkled his gold dust on top, the world, and all that was in it, belonged to us.
Pic: The Stone Roses, Glasgow Green, 1990
Brown was never the greatest singer, but when Mani and Reni locked into that hypnotic groove, and Squire sprinkled his gold dust on top, the world, and all that was in it, belonged to us.
Pic: The Stone Roses, Glasgow Green, 1990
A nice day yesterday, speaking to members of the Royal Society of the Arts, in the Studio Theatre of the revamped Citz.
Nice, too, to finally meet architect, historian, and author Neil Baxter, who was punting his new book on the history of our High Street; I bought two copies.
Nice, too, to finally meet architect, historian, and author Neil Baxter, who was punting his new book on the history of our High Street; I bought two copies.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A nice day yesterday, speaking to members of the Royal Society of the Arts, in the Studio Theatre of the revamped Citz.
Nice, too, to finally meet architect, historian, and author Neil Baxter, who was punting his new book on the history of our High Street; I bought two copies.
Nice, too, to finally meet architect, historian, and author Neil Baxter, who was punting his new book on the history of our High Street; I bought two copies.
Been bursting to tell you this, it's #WorldToiletDay, so I was relieved to find this image of a public urinal in Craignestock Street, Calton, c 1900. The cast iron urinal was made at the Saracen Foundry in Possilpark by Walter Macfarlane & Co.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Been bursting to tell you this, it's #WorldToiletDay, so I was relieved to find this image of a public urinal in Craignestock Street, Calton, c 1900. The cast iron urinal was made at the Saracen Foundry in Possilpark by Walter Macfarlane & Co.
Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde - Dirk Bogarde, centre back - attended Allan Glen's School between 1934 and 1937, while staying with an aunt and uncle in Bishopbriggs, and, by his own account, far from his pals and parents, had a pretty miserable time of it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde - Dirk Bogarde, centre back - attended Allan Glen's School between 1934 and 1937, while staying with an aunt and uncle in Bishopbriggs, and, by his own account, far from his pals and parents, had a pretty miserable time of it.
Back to school...
Pic 1: Pic/text: The City That Disappeared: Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall (1981)
Pic 1: Pic/text: The City That Disappeared: Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall (1981)
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Back to school...
Pic 1: Pic/text: The City That Disappeared: Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall (1981)
Pic 1: Pic/text: The City That Disappeared: Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall (1981)
Sometimes, I walk sideways. To avoid you, when I've annoyed you...
How can this LP be 40 years old?
Still rattles my breeks.
How can this LP be 40 years old?
Still rattles my breeks.
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sometimes, I walk sideways. To avoid you, when I've annoyed you...
How can this LP be 40 years old?
Still rattles my breeks.
How can this LP be 40 years old?
Still rattles my breeks.
Hang that in the Louvre!
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hang that in the Louvre!
My place of work tomorrow.
Many people have said I should be on the stage; sadly, it left some time ago.
Don't get up, I'll see myself out...
Many people have said I should be on the stage; sadly, it left some time ago.
Don't get up, I'll see myself out...
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My place of work tomorrow.
Many people have said I should be on the stage; sadly, it left some time ago.
Don't get up, I'll see myself out...
Many people have said I should be on the stage; sadly, it left some time ago.
Don't get up, I'll see myself out...
The Danish Food Centre on St Vincent Street offered up a veritable smorgasbord of Dansk culinary delights for Glaswegian food lovers in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Opening in 1969, it introduced Glaswegians to a wide range of the best Danish grub.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Danish Food Centre on St Vincent Street offered up a veritable smorgasbord of Dansk culinary delights for Glaswegian food lovers in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Opening in 1969, it introduced Glaswegians to a wide range of the best Danish grub.
When Cisco Houston returned to Glasgow, in 1960, he asked local folk legend Hamish Imlach to take him back to Betty's.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
When Cisco Houston returned to Glasgow, in 1960, he asked local folk legend Hamish Imlach to take him back to Betty's.
Betty's Bar on the Clydeside, in the 1970s.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Betty's Bar on the Clydeside, in the 1970s.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
Dust Bowl Blues legends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston played there in July 1944, while awaiting a ship back Stateside, after their ship was sunk off Utah beach after D-Day.
Kenspeckle Glasgow busker William 'Scotty' McLean, of Tattershall Street, Garthamlock, playing to the crowd outside a one-off Billy Connolly show at the Citizens' Theatre in 1975.
Pic: Ronnie Anderson
Pic: Ronnie Anderson
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Kenspeckle Glasgow busker William 'Scotty' McLean, of Tattershall Street, Garthamlock, playing to the crowd outside a one-off Billy Connolly show at the Citizens' Theatre in 1975.
Pic: Ronnie Anderson
Pic: Ronnie Anderson
Word!
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Word!
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
An arresting image to end this Armistice week, and new name for me.
It's December 1940, and here's artist Alexander Macpherson's (1904–1970) take on 'War Weapons Week, in George Square'.
There's even a downed Messerschmitt, left, for folk to ogle.
It's December 1940, and here's artist Alexander Macpherson's (1904–1970) take on 'War Weapons Week, in George Square'.
There's even a downed Messerschmitt, left, for folk to ogle.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
An arresting image to end this Armistice week, and new name for me.
It's December 1940, and here's artist Alexander Macpherson's (1904–1970) take on 'War Weapons Week, in George Square'.
There's even a downed Messerschmitt, left, for folk to ogle.
It's December 1940, and here's artist Alexander Macpherson's (1904–1970) take on 'War Weapons Week, in George Square'.
There's even a downed Messerschmitt, left, for folk to ogle.
Glasgow, the night after the Bataclan Club attack in Paris.
The Old/Vielle Alliance runs deep...
The Old/Vielle Alliance runs deep...
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Glasgow, the night after the Bataclan Club attack in Paris.
The Old/Vielle Alliance runs deep...
The Old/Vielle Alliance runs deep...
#OTD in 1970.
Muddy Waters came onstage on crutches, after an accident some months previously, and, by all accounts played a blinder of a set.
The gig went on so late that club owner, Willie Cuthbertson, let people who had travelled miles for the show sleep in the venue for the night.
Muddy Waters came onstage on crutches, after an accident some months previously, and, by all accounts played a blinder of a set.
The gig went on so late that club owner, Willie Cuthbertson, let people who had travelled miles for the show sleep in the venue for the night.
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#OTD in 1970.
Muddy Waters came onstage on crutches, after an accident some months previously, and, by all accounts played a blinder of a set.
The gig went on so late that club owner, Willie Cuthbertson, let people who had travelled miles for the show sleep in the venue for the night.
Muddy Waters came onstage on crutches, after an accident some months previously, and, by all accounts played a blinder of a set.
The gig went on so late that club owner, Willie Cuthbertson, let people who had travelled miles for the show sleep in the venue for the night.