**This exhibition ended on August 13th 2018. You can still enjoy the Bird’s Eye online on our map galleries here** If you’re visiting the library in the next few months you’ll notice a new feature in our exhibition space just… Read More ›
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The Empire Exhibition: 80 Years On
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 ›
The Detective
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 ›
General elections and Constituencies
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 ›
The Case of the Glasgow Lottery
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 ›
When cricket reigned supreme in Glasgow
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 ›
1864 Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow: A growing city
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 ›
