Remembering Thomson

The Scottish Architect, Alexander “Greek” Thomson was born on 9th April 1817 inEndrick Cottage in the village of Balfron, around 15 miles north of Glasgow. He wasthe son of bookkeeper John Thomson and his second wife Elizabeth Cooper. Sadly,John died in 1824 and by the following year, Elizabeth moved to the outskirts ofGlasgow with her

The Dennistoun Saracen Fountain

The Saracen Fountain, so named because it was cast by Walter Macfarlane & Co at the Saracen Works in Possilpark, has stood in its current site in Dennistoun, in the east end of Glasgow for the last 110 years. According to the Macfarlane Castings Catalogue, this cast iron spray fountain is model no. 130 and

The Mermother of Greenock

An untitled mural which is located on the gable end of a tenement at 61 Nicolson Street in the west end of Greenock is almost nearing completion. The street artist known as Smug, aka Sam Bates, hails from Nowra in New South Wales and has lived and worked in Scotland for close to 20 years.

The Port “Skelpies”

A new sculpture called ‘The Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow” designed and built by Artist John McKenna is almost complete in Coronation Park in Port Glasgow. It sits in-between the lighthouses at what was known as Devil’s Point off Fore Street (not far from Malcolm Robertson’s “Endeavour” Sculpture of 2012) and Ferguson’s Marine, the last remaining

The buildings of the Glasgow Necropolis

Whenever people talk about the Glasgow Necropolis, it goes without saying that the monuments, memorials and mausolea are mentioned, and maybe even the statue of John Knox designed by William Warren, who casts his reformist glance over Tennents Wellpark Brewery on Duke Street and far beyond, from his lofty perch on top of a 58

The Water Tower, Cranhill

The Cranhill Water Tower is located a little under 4 miles east of the city centre of Glasgow. This prominent landmark at the junction of Bellrock Street and Skerryvore Road was built in 1951 by F. A. MacDonald and partners and owned by Scottish Water. Skerryvore Road is better known as the birthplace of Malcolm