Lorraine

Hello from a newbie 👋 I'm interested in architectural history, fashion history, interiors, the built environment, cemeteries, 16/17th c. West of Scotland witchcraft, and pretty much everything in-between. I also write a blog archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/ Feel free to say hi!

Celebrating 200 years of the Ramshorn Kirk in Glasgow Sunday 1 Nov: Special graveyard tour 2pm & Hallowtide talk 3pm with archivist and historian Lorraine Murray (option for tour+talk or talk only) Wed 18 Nov: No Stone Unturned, talk by historian Paul Noble 6pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

Sept weekend trip to St Andrews. Despite being off work, I accidentally came across the grave of Dr John Hunter Park Paton.. son of Rev. John Allan Hunter Paton who was the brother of Allan Park Paton, former Librarian of the Watt Library in #Greenock between 1868-94 @inverclydehistory.bsky.social

Last night's Harvest Moon in #Glasgow View from Bothwell Street

My first history talk of the season took place last night. It was a pleasure to speak about #Witchcraft in Dunbartonshire for the Lennox Heritage Society to a full house. It always surprises and amazes me when people come along to hear my chat!

The Troll-Masters return Wednesday 9/16 🙏 🤣

My first talk of the season is Wed 9 Sept @7.30 for Lennox Heritage Society - "Witchcraft in the west of Scotland", £2 entry or £10 to join the Society. All welcome! Keep an eye on my events page for info on further talks as they are added archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/history-talks/

The historic boundary which separates Grahamston on the left (west) and old #Glasgow on the right (east). Smug's mural might be suggesting the old St Enoch's Burn is hidden underneath, culverted over by what is now Mitchell Street. #History #HiddenHistory

Glasgow's Bothwell St. et al. aka Gotham City earlier this week. Film crews setting up for filming The Batman II 🦇 Nice to see the old M&S food shop being used for something at last... #Glasgow #Batman

Listening to @gregjenner.bsky.social's "You're dead to me" podcast with Dr Simon Yarrow & Rachel Parris about Medieval Saints, St Carlo Acutis was mentioned. There was a "relic tour" for his canonisation last Sept in the Glasgow/ Paisley Diocese & 👇 came to my kid's school. Relic's still a thing.. 🤔

I had the most lovely visit to the first domestic villa designed by Charles Rennie #Mackintosh - Windyhill. Without this building designed for the Davidson's, we would have no Hill House.

Today's talk from Dr Alasdair Whyte about Glasgow's Gaelic place names for the Govan book festival was very interesting. Always glad to have the opportunity to go for a nosey in the bookshop @govanstones.bsky.social I don't think I've ever left empty handed 🫣

#otd 10 June 1697, seven people were executed in Paisley as witches. Eight were found guilty, and one died in prison prior. Remembering John Lindsay (of Barloch) Agnes Naismith Margaret Fulton John Lindsay(Bishop) James Lindsay (Curate) Katherine Campbell Margaret Lang John Reid #earlymodern

I'm excited to be taking part in this year's Magic and Witchcraft conference on 25 June, talking about Marie Lamont and #witchcraft in Inverclyde. There's no excuse to miss this wonderful event, you can attend either in person in York or watch online! www.eventbrite.com/e/magic-and-...

#otd 1849, Catherine Cranston was born in #Glasgow. Known for her "art tearooms", she was an early patron of Charles Rennie #Mackintosh. Come along to my talk next Monday, 1st June at 6.30pm at Eastwood House to hear more about her life and legacy. www.facebook.com/share/19DirN...

A reminder about tomorrow's #Heritage Fair event in #Gourock. Come along from 10.30 to hear from a number of great #history groups and speakers. I'll be giving a short talk about Charles Rennie #Mackintosh and his connection to #Inverclyde at 2.30pm All welcome and free entry!

Come along to a *free* tour of the #Ramshorn graveyard Nestled in the Merchant City of #Glasgow on Ingram Street is this quiet haven with many interesting stories waiting to be discovered. Book via: tours@ramshorngraveyard.org or www.eventbrite.com/o/121214087409 It will be dead interesting..

Royal Crescent off Sauchiehall St, #Glasgow, set up for filming "The Buccaneers" over the weekend. Brilliantly disguised parking metre and bays! Dating from around 1840 by Alexander Taylor.

Att Inverclyde folk! The Inverclyde Heritage Network is running a Heritage Fayre on Sat 23 May from 10am in Gourock. I'll be giving a short talk about Charles Rennie #Mackintosh in Inverclyde. Come along and hear from local history groups and other speakers, it's sure to be a great day!

Women always get the blame for such immoral behaviour, what about Archy?..

3 May 1672: Sir John Temple is granted 144 acres that had been part of the #Phoenix Park #Dublin #otd Temple was also an influential writer on the 1641 rebellion. For accounts of the violent events of 1641, see the 1641 Depositions series from @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social

The #Salem #witch trials took place 1692/3, but only *after* Cotton Mather published his text in 1689 where he describes the behaviour of a person in Boston supposedly afflicted by #witchcraft possession. This book had been much discussed in New England, including Salem Village.. #earlymodern

Remembering the late Professor Christina Jessy Larner, Historian and Prof of Sociology from Glasgow University who died #otd 1983 at the age of only 49. Author of the seminal "Enemies of God: the witch-hunt in Scotland" & co-auth of the first Scottish #Witchcraft survey in 1977. #WitchBookClub

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

Reminder for anyone who booked for my talk on the Ramshorn Kirkyard. It is this coming Saturday 25th April at 1pm at the Mitchell. Hope to see some of you there, and come say hi 😁

The Argyll Arcade in #Glasgow is one of the oldest covered shopping centres in Scotland, designed by John Baird for James Robertson Reid in 1827 who had the canny idea of knocking through from his Buchanan St home to his tenement in Argyll St. Cat A listing status and home to many jewellery shops.

Coat wearing weather in Glasgow today. @whitbygothic.bsky.social

+++ Wishing a most wonderful birthday, to Robert James Smith of The Cure, who was born on this day, the 21st of April 1959, in Blackpool, Lancashire. +++ #robertsmith #thecure #postpunk #newwave #icon #altrock #goth #OTD #blackpool #lancashire #gothcore #gothic #alt

I enjoyed watching Smug working on this newest mural on Saturday morning just off the High Street in #Glasgow

Some #Mackintosh buildings depicted in these lovely glass panels in the old Harry Ramsden's restaurant building on Paisley Rd at Springfield Quay in Glasgow. House for an Art Lover, GSofA Mack building and Scotland St School.

Today is the anniversary of Alexander "Greek" Thomson who was born #otd 9th April 1817 in Balfron. Read more about him in my blog post here - archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/r...

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The entrance was for gentlemen to access the smoking and billiard rooms above the other tearooms. Catherine Cranston made good use of spaces designed for individual gendered use at a time where it was appealing for customers

Alexander "Greek" Thomson, the wonderful #Glaswegian Architect, died #otd (22 March 1875) He influenced much of the built environment in the West of Scotland. Read more about him and his masterpiece "Holmwood" in Cathcart here: archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/r...

Artist Peter Brown chatting to bystanders at the corner of Drury St and Renfield St with the partial remains of the Gordon St façade of Union Corner as his subject matter. Almost a week on from the devastating Union Street #fire adjacent to Central Station, demolition has now begun in #Glasgow.

🚨 Attn #Glasgow folks ⚠️ I have developed a new #history #talk for the Alexander Thomson Society. "All that Remains: Tales from the Ramshorn Kirkyard" on Sat 25 Apr, 1pm, Mitchell Library, free entry. Booking 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-r... #Taphophile #Graveyard #MementoMori #DeathHistory

I have developed a new #history talk for the Thomson Society about the Ramshorn Kirk in #Glasgow Come along to "All that Remains: Tales from the Ramshorn Kirkyard" on Sat 25 Apr, 1pm, Mitchell Library, free entry. #MementoMori #Graveyards #Taphophile #Empire www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-r...

⚠️ Attn #Glasgow folks! 🚨 Come along to my new talk focusing on the Patrons of Charles Rennie #Mackintosh - Catherine Cranston, Walter Blackie and William Davidson. Next Sunday #IWD 8 March 2026 @1pm at Mackintosh Tearooms on Sauchiehall Street, £8 booking info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-on-...

#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

The Old Toll House on the Southside of Glasgow, with Pollokshaws Road in the distance. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory #pollokshaws

The "Tree That Never Grew" on Bothwell Street, bearing the four emblems of the city: the bird, the bell, the fish, and the cone.

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It's sad to hear reports that this mural of St Enoch and a young St Mungo on a tenement on High Street in Glasgow has been removed during work currently being carried out on the building. The mural was painted in 2018 by the street artist Smug. #glasgow #mural #streetart #glasgowstreetart

#OtD 21 Jan 1974 postal workers began four-day strike at the Jersey City, NJ, bulk and foreign mail center, protesting an involuntary shift change. The wildcat was led by a group of young workers who identified themselves as "The Outlaws" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9379...

For anyone in and around #Glasgow here are the next four Saturday afternoon talks at 1pm in the Mitchell Library Moir Dyer room for #Glasgow850 by The Alexander Thomson Society. All events are free, just sign up at Eventbrite below. www.eventbrite.com/o/10377821774

Happy St Kentigern's Day all Glaswegians 💚 ~ spotted from a far distance here on @govanhillbaths.bsky.social #Glasgow Coat Of Arms window etching... snapped at @glasgowcoa.bsky.social free & community-sourced photo exhib @ Deep End on Nithsdale St which runs until 6th Feb 🙌 bsky.app/profile/csbu...

A nice snag this morning from my local Hospice shop; an original AP Thomson etching of Glasgow Cross. Better still, it's in the original frame, with its original label, telling me that it is only one of 75 signed artist's proofs. A suitable gift to myself on today, the Feast of St Mungo.