Aiming to promote, encourage and stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of the city of Glasgow and its surroundings.
New Glasgow Society
Shown support to @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social and his pop-up exhibition/talk at our community space today. Learned about #Glasgow history often overlooked by the locals. Who's in love with those clay pipes and tenement night latch keys? 🖐🏽💯
Next week! Book your free tickets now!
the deaths and damage did elsewhere. More people died in Glasgow in 3 hours than died in Clydebank in the 2 day attack yet it's not memorialised or remembered in #Glasgow at all. Even though it's the most destructive and highest death toll event to happen in the history of Glasgow. [2/2]
TODAY at 6pm 👇🏽
Luftwaffe Attack on Clydeside March 1941
The popular narrative that has developed is that this was an attack on Clydebank and that damage that was done in Glasgow was accidental. My research proves the opposite. This narrative has led to people becoming Clydebank centric to the detriment of [1/2]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marc Conaghan holds a Master’s degree in Conflict Archaeology from University of Glasgow, where his research focused on the anti-aircraft defences of Clydeside during the Second World War. He then went on to undertake PhD research examining the Luftwaffe attacks on Clydeside, [1/2]
Today 🙌🏽
with a particular focus on the bombing campaigns of 1941 and their impact on #Clydeside and the wider region. His work explores #wartime landscapes, civilian experience, air defence systems, and the lasting memory of the Clydeside Blitz. [2/2]
3 June 2026, Wednesday, 6.30-8pm
NGS Community Space, 1307 Argyle St, G3 8TL
Free but ticketed.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/luftwaffe-...
The western block of the former Parkhead Public School on Westmuir Street in the East End of Glasgow. Built sometime after 1878, it's thought to have been designed by Hugh Maclure.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #parkhead #glasgowschool
