Sunday, May 4, 2025

M J HERAGHTY

 

 M J HERAGHTY 708 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. Pub was established in 1890,part of a block of red sandstone tenements.

Saturday, May 3, 2025

The Sixty Steps

 
The Sixty Steps
, are located in Glasgow's West End. The steps were designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson, a once pominient Glasgow architect. The steps date from the 1870's, and are still very much in use today. At the top of the stairs, there is a walled area, which also has a small garden.

 







Friday, May 2, 2025

Walchern Barracks







 Walchern Barracks in the West end of Glasgow was originally built as a drill hall for the Glasgow Highlanders.

The architect was John Laird and son 1938/39.

The building is still used by the military as an army reserve centre.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Electricity Box






 Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department, control box for street lights, now becoming a rare sight. in the city.

Tuesday, April 29, 2025






7th Cameroonian Former HQ and Drill Hall, Coplaw Street, Glasgow.

Designed by James Craig & Barr and opened in 1912. It is in a Scots Baronial style and comprises a single-storey and attic, 4-bay.

The original drill hall was subsequently demolished leaving only the Coplaw Street extension standing. The extension was converted to a leisure centre in 1984 and then converted to apartments in 2001.