Glasgow University Tenement Society

Promoting Glasgow’s urban landscape and building student activism for the preservation of the city’s built and cultural heritage. @UofGlasgow

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

✨Welcome to the GU Tenement Society!✨

We are a newly-founded club, aiming to give students the opportunity to explore Glasgow and learn about the city's built and cultural heritage. Whether you're interested in Glaswegian history /1

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Put down your books and join us for an evening of dancing at our Exam De-Stress Ceilidh, tonight @GUUnion!

[This Is My Glasgow @is_glasgow]

These tenements on Hathaway Lane in Maryhill have a feature I've not come across elsewhere: rubbish chutes. They look like a later addition rather than an original feature.

#glasgow #tenements #tenementlife
#maryhill #glasgowbuildings #buildings

[Dennistoun Style 🎀 @DennistounStyle]

The Steamie. Whitevale Baths, Dennistoun, built in 1901 it had separate men and women’s swimming pools, hot baths, showers and a wash house ‘Steamie’ with 66 washing stalls. The men’s pool could be drained to create a 500 seater concert venue! Amazing! #glasgow #thesteamie

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Beware! There seems to be a knight in a shiny armour in the streets of Glasgow... ⚔️🛡️

[Lost Glasgow @LostGlasgow]

There's a shady character on Queen Street.

Twice in the year, around the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the sunrise shines right along Ingram Street, turning the Iron Duke, his steed, Copenhagen, and even his traffic cone hat into a shadowy work of art.

Picture: u/Hoyerman68

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

✨Friday Fun✨ What's in a name? Let's travel back in time to explore where the name Kelvingrove Park originated. Currently a people's favourite, it carries a loaded history in its name: a linen merchant, a long-gone mansion & a skate park!🛹 #Glasgow https://t.co/uTn00YKi8P

[Lost Glasgow @LostGlasgow]

In 1990, to mark our reign as European City of Culture, both Glasgow School of Art and the Templeton Carpet Factory appeared on UK stamps.

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

🤯🤯🤯

[Lost Glasgow @LostGlasgow]

Come with me, to the pub that disappeared.

Not so much of a thread, more of a long interrupted stagger.

I'm on the bell!

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Look at you. You sexy thing...😍🥰

[Dennistoun Style 🎀 @DennistounStyle]

Close. Dennistoun. This is actual Art Nouveau heaven. Brace yourself. It’s stunning. Every.single.detail. 👌🏻 A more beautiful close does not exist! ⁦@TnmntTiles⁩ ⁦@ColoursClose⁩ ⁦@BehindTiles⁩ ⁦@Studio_FV⁩ #dennistoun #tenementcloseglasgow #artnouveau

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

✨THE HUNTERIAN TOUR✨
Have some free tomorrow between assessments? Why not tag along to a 25-minute guided tour of the @hunterian!
Tomorrow at 1:45pm. Glasgow Uni students only.
Meeting point: the Cloisters.
See you there! 🔬🗝️💛

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Lots of exciting new events are coming up for the second half of the semester 🏭🏛️ Guided tours, guest speakers, collaborations... Stay tuned! 🤭 #Glasgow #Heritage

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Oh my, oh my!!! 🤩

[Dennistoun Style 🎀 @DennistounStyle]

Art nouveau Cupola, Dennistoun. Painted glass. Can you imagine seeing this every time you climb the stairs in your close?! Amazing! I’ve found 3 closes with these ceilings so far. #dennistoun #artnouveau #artnouveaucupola #paintedglass @DiscoverGlasgow @TnmntTiles @BehindTiles

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

🌺🟦⬜️🏵️

[Dennistoun Style 🎀 @DennistounStyle]

Wally tiles, Dennistoun. Beauties. 🌸🌺🌷🍋#dennistoun #dennistounstyle #wallytiles @GUTenements @TnmntTiles @BehindTiles @ColoursClose @Studio_FV

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

🚨EVENT ALERT🚨
Our next event is taking place tomorrow, 26th November @ 11am. We’ll be visiting the @TenementHouse11!

Entrance fee is £6 for students or £1 for Young Scot Card holders (£8.50 for non-students). All details here: https://t.co/SxIN6SK9Up

Hope to see you there!

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

🚨MEGA WINTER TIP 🚨
@ScotRail will offer students 50% off on Off-Peak tickets between 21 November to 9 January 2023 ⛄️❄️

Great opportunity to travel in and around Glasgow to enjoy Xmas markets and winter landscapes. All the info here! https://t.co/f83nPAk4SE #GlasgowLife

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

We wish we could take a wee look at one of these! Thanks very much for sharing 😃

[Dennistoun Style 🎀 @DennistounStyle]

Check this flat on Duke St for sale complete with turret attic room! Wow! Who wouldn’t love that wee hidey hole?! @TnmntTiles @GUTenements @Studio_FV @ColoursClose @BehindTiles @MurphyNiallGLA @icosseheritage #dennistoun #dukestreet #tenements #tenementsglasgow #tenementheritage

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 🎃👻

[Niall Murphy @MurphyNiallGLA]

#MomentsofHorror in #Glasgow: As it’s #Halloween today here’s Glasgow’s most haunted door case at the appropriately named Castle Chambers. It’s got all the little #Lovecraft touches, the empty eye sockets and the screaming devils on console brackets above = scary stuff…😱👻🎃👿!

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

@BehindTiles @Studio_FV @DennistounStyle Nautical... and stylish!🐚

Thanks for sharing it with us 😊

[Govan Reminiscence Group @GovanRemGroup]

A great photo from August 1954 showing the new Woolworth's shop at corner of Langlands Road and Golspie Street being fitted out by Leeds based shop fitting firm John Curtis & Son. The building had originally been built as Govan EU Church.

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

🚨Isle of Bute trip has been postponed🚨

Apologies to everyone who's already reserved their place, but we'll be postponing the event to next weekend (29 or 30 October) due to unforeseen circumstances 😥

We'll inform you of the new date soon. Sorry for the last-minute change! 🙏

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Life was much simpler back then, but it was still all about keeping appearances! 💁🏻‍♀️

If you haven’t seen a wally close already, don’t worry! You can spot them all over Glasgow and we may even take a peek at some point 👀

In the meantime, check out @TnmntTiles & @BehindTiles!

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

⚡️FUN FACT⚡️Wally Closes🟩
Wally closes have always been a major thing in #Glasgow tenements. Wally is a Scots word for ceramic & is used in all sorts of contexts: wally dugs 🐕 (traditional dog-shaped ceramic figures); wallies as in somebody’s fake🦷; or feeling peely wally 🥴

[Glasgow University Tenement Society @GUTenements]

Back in the days, you would measure your neighbours’ status based on how clean they kept the close 🧹 This was done on a rota basis & if the close wasn’t spotless after you cleaned it, it would suggest that neither would your house! 🏠😱