Hailed at the time as ‘Britain’s greatest Exhibition since Wembley, ‘(Imperial Review No.5), The Empire Exhibition of 1938, which began 80 years ago this month, provided an opportunity to showcase Britain’s place within the Empire, all at a cost of… Read More ›
I recently discovered a curious bound volume of a short-lived 19th Century journal in the Wylie Collection. Beginning in April, 1885, The Detective, Or Criminal and Historical Gazette, provided weekly representations of crime and police in Glasgow and… Read More ›
If you’ve registered to vote in the upcoming General Election, you will have probably received your polling card by now, detailing your constituency. The constituency boundaries are carefully calculated. The total number of people registered to vote (the electorate) is… Read More ›
In 1834, the first and second reports from the Select Committee on The Glasgow Lottery were published. Having never heard of a Glasgow Lottery, I was intrigued. So too, it appears, were the Select Committee; The 1823 Lottery Act was… Read More ›
Cricket may not be the first sport you’d think to associate with Glasgow. But, perhaps surprisingly, the city has close links with the game dating back two centuries; in fact people were putting bat to ball on Glasgow Green back in… Read More ›
The next post in our Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow blog series looks at life in the growing city of Glasgow up to 1864. (Click on the images to show more detail). In 1755, Glasgow was a modest city of… Read More ›
The next post in our Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow blog series looks at the industry of the city up to 1864. (Click on the images to enlarge the detail). “In fine, Glasgow may be considered the workshop of Scotland;… Read More ›
