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For some reason, the reference to the 'Ladies of Partick' on this sign on the Jubilee Gates of Victoria Park of the West of Glasgow always amuses me, possibly because it now comes across as a rather antiquated phrase. The gates themselves were created by the Saracen Foundry in Possilpark and were erected in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's 50th Year on the throne.

#glasgow #Victoriapark #partick #ladiesofpartick #saracenfoundry #queenvictoria

A sign in a set of large, ornamental cast-iron gates which reads These gates and pillars gifted to the burgh by the Ladiea of Partick in commemoration of the Queen's Jubilee.

I've often wondered if English football fans realise when they sing 'Football's coming home', that this cricket ground in the Partick of Glasgow is the 'home' of international football, or at least it's where the first official international match was held. The match between Scotland and England was played here on St Andrew's Day in 1872 and it ended in a nil-nil draw.

#glasgow #football #homeoffootball #partick #footballhistory #glasgowhistory

A view across the West of Scotland Cricket ground in the Partick area of Glasgow.

By then, the Snow Bridge only led to Kelvingrove Park and Glasgow University's Gilmorehill Campus, as it still does to this day. This is a nice example of how Glasgow's streets and roads have been adapted and changed over time as new modes of transport were introduced.

#glasgow #glasgowhistory #glasgowtrams #bridges #partick #kelvingrove

The two bridges across the Kelvin just east of Partick. The older stone bridge, known as the Snow Bridge, was built around 1800 and carried the main road heading west over the river. After the crossing, the road turned sharply to the south (see left hand map).

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A photo showing two bridges across the river Kelvin in Glasgow and a series of maps showing to the local road network changed as these bridges were built.

Picked up a copy of 'Glasgow Uncovered' by @thisismyglasgow at Plantique in Glasgow (after resisting the urge to buy all the terrariums).

N.B. the remaining copies are scattered about the shop - they are for sale!

#Glasgow #Partick #Plantique

A book entitled 'Glasgow Uncovered: Eighteen Walks Through Its Past, Present and Future' by Colin M. Drysdale. The cover picture is a view across the river Clyde with a old ship-loading crane on the bank in front of some modern buildings, below a blue sky.

These relief sculptures are over the entrances to two relatively new tenements on Elie Street in the Partick area of Glasgow. Modern buildings need more little details like this, eapecially in Glasgow, which has such a strong tradition of architectural sculptures.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowbuildings #partick #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography

A pair of relief sculptures showing scenes inspired by Glasgow's maritime history.

The Sir Walter's Cross building on the corner of Gardner Street and Laurie Street in the Partick area of Glasgow. Built in 1890, I can find no obvious reason why this building has Sir Walter's Cross carved into its pediment. I'm presuming it refers to the 18th century Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, but that's not certain.

#glasgow #partick #sirwalterscott #tenement #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography

The top of a column of semi-circular corner windows with the words Sir Walter's Cross and the date 1890 carved into its pediment.

This Romanesque style tower of the former Scostoun Flour Mill on Dunaskin Street in Glasgow. Also known as the Waulk Mill, it was one of five mills lining the River Kelvin in the Partick area of the city in the 1820s, and it was the last one to remain operational. It had a variety of owners over the years, but at the time it closed in 2013, it was run by Rank Hovis MacDougall.

#glasgow #partick #glasgowhistory #tower #architecture #architecturephotography

A Romanesque brick tower sandwiched between two more modern buildings.

Partick Burgh Halls in the west of Glasgow. Designed by William Leiper in a style associated with the reign of Francois 1st of France (1515 - 1547), it was built in 1872.

#glasgow #partick #architecture #glasgowbuildings #buildingphotography #architecturephotography

An ornate blonde sandstone Victorian municipal building in the Partick area of Glasgow.

Tonight's sunset on the Clyde in Glasgow looking over the old Meadowfield Shipyard in Partick in the foreground (last ship launched in 1935), past the BAE Govan Shipyard on the left (still operational) to the titan crane at the former Barclay Curle Shipyard in Whiteinch in the distance (closed in the 1960s).

#glasgow #sunset #glasgowtoday #glasgowsunset #shipyards #glasgowshipyards #theclyde #govan #partick #whiteinch #clydebuilt #glasgowhistory

Looking down the Clyde at sunset to a distant titan crane.

The remains of the former Partick Central Station (later known as Kelvin Hall Station) under Benalder Street in Glasgow. It was built around 1896 for the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, and closed in 1965.

#glasgow #architecture #partick #oldrailway #urbanexploration #abandonedplaces #railway

An abandoned railway station under a road bridge in the Partick area of Glasgow.

Part of the cast iron latticework Victorian bridge which carries Benalder Street in Glasgow across the River Kelvin, and above the former Partick Central Railway Station, whose platforms still lie beneath it (just of of shot to the right of this photo). I'll feature the remains of the station itself in my next post.

#glasgow #partick #bridge #oldrailwaystation #riverkelvin

A cast iron Victorian bridge carrying a road over the River Kelvin in Glasgow.

Red sandstone tenements on the corner of Church Street and Dumbarton Road in the Partick area of Glasgow looking wonderful in this morning's sun.

#glasgow #architecture #partick #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #sunshine

A red sandstone corner tenement in the Partick area of Glasgow.

I'm liking the look of the new mural going on the Church Street facade of Gallus in the Partick area of Glasgow. It's being painted by Erin Bradley-Scott and replaces the Star Wars themed mural which was there previously.

#glasgow #streetart #mural #glasgowstreetart #glasgowmural #partick

A new mural being painted on the side of a Glasgow pub.

Tonight's sunset over the tenements at Partick Cross in Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #sunset #glasgowsunset #partick #partickcross #glasgowtoday #glasgowatnight #nightphotography

A sunset over the chimmeys and domes of a row of Glasgow tenements.

Red sandstone corner tenement at the junction between Crow Road and Dumbarton Road in the Partick area of Glasgow, with a former bank branch on the ground floor, faced with harder-wearing granite .

#glasgow #partick #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements

A red sandstone Glasgow tenement building.

The red sandstone tenements lining Dumbarton Road in Partick, Glasgow, in the late eventing sun.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #dumbartonroad #partick #tenement #glasgowtenements #sunshine

Red sandstone tenements lining a Glasgow Street.

A rather gorgeous orange sunset behind the surprisingly ornate 1904 Partick Sewage Pumping Station on the West of Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #sunset #partick #glasgowsunset #silhouette

An ornate silhouette of an Edwardian Swage Pumping Works in Glasgow against an ornate sunset.

The remains of one of the slipways of the former Meadowside Shipyard on the foreshore of the north bank of the Clyde in Glasgow revealed by last night's very low Spring tide. In the background is the new Govan-Partick pedestrian bridge.

#glasgow #shipyard #theclyde #partick #govan #industrialarchitecture #glasgowhistory

The remains of a shipyard slipway on a foreshore with a modern bridge in the background.

I came across this threshold ghost sign at the entrance to a shop beside Kelvinhall Subway Station in Glasgow. As far as I can work out, it's for an old department store which used to occupy the site.

#glasgow #ghostsign #partick #architecture #architecturephotography

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