Press Coverage: New Stained Glass
Scotland.org: The official web-portal to Scotland
World's First Ever Interactive Stained Glass Window
West End Extra:
The Daily What:
Space-age windows come to Glasgow
Heritage Lottery Fund:
Maryhill’s new stained glass windows of today revealed at last!
The Metro, 14 Dec 2011, page 3
New crown jewels of Maryhill: Interactive Stained Glass Windows make their debut...
also:
The Herald Arts Magazine, 10 Dec 2011: Colourful Stories
Read the full text on author Jan Patience's blog here.
Greenock Telegraph, 9 Dec 2011
plus, a motion lodged in the Scottish Parliament:
Motion S4M-01590: Bob Doris, Glasgow, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 14/12/2011
That the Parliament welcomes the news of the world’s first interactive stained glass windows being revealed at Maryhill Burgh Halls; recognises the technological achievement in incorporating a 2D barcode that can be scanned by visitors’ smartphones, automatically directing them to a webpage containing further material and information on the designs; acknowledges that the set of 10 features the Maryhill-born Turner Prize winners, Douglas Gordon and Susan Phillipsz, Jaconelli’s Café, local primary school children and the signature of Mrs Mary Hill, the lady who gave her name to the area; notes the long history of stained glass in Maryhill from the creation of the original “crown jewels of Maryhill” in 1878 when the burgh commissioned 20 stained glass windows to showcase the trades and industries of the area, and celebrates this initiative, which can attract and inform the next generation of visitors to the crown jewels of Maryhill, both old and new.Supported by: Margaret Burgess, Kevin Stewart, Mike MacKenzie, David Torrance, Ruth Davidson, Stuart McMillan, Christina McKelvie, Humza Yousaf, Clare Adamson, Willie Coffey, Jamie Hepburn, Dennis Robertson, Colin Beattie, Bill Kidd, George Adam, Dave Thompson, Roderick Campbell, Adam Ingram, Annabelle Ewing
Evening Times: It's A Key Moment in City History!
From the Evening Times, Tuesday 27th September
Astonishingly, more than 133 years later, one of the original keys has been discovered, in time for next month’s re-opening of the restored building.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/it-s-a-key-moment-in-city-history-1.1126161
Press Coverage: Heritage Trail Launch
Evening Times:
"A new guide has been launched to celebrate the impressive architecture, rich history and picturesque scenery of Maryhill."
West End Extra:
Boots were made for walking (along the Kelvin)
"WESTENDERS are being called north this week, as Maryhill burgh halls launches a new self-guided walking tour to draw history and nature lovers into the area."
The Glaswegian:
Rich History of Maryhill in Walking Tour
Round up of the impact of the walking guide on the Glasgow City Heritage Trust site here:
Press Coverage: Mystery Stained Glass Panel
BBC News website: Mystery solved over Maryhill Burgh Hall glass panel [4th May 2011]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13269760
Radio Scotland Newsdrive, 4th May 2011 [Available to Listen Again for 7 days; approx 57 minutes in]
Press Coverage: Halls Cupola Re-instatement
Feature on STV Evening News, Thursday 27th January [Scroll through to 12 min 30 seconds in]
http://news.stv.tv/video/stv-news-at-six-west-20110127/
Local News Glasgow: Raising the Roof in Maryhill
http://www.localnewsglasgow.co.uk/2011/01/raising-the-roof-in-maryhill/
Website of Ratho Byres Forge News piece
http://www.rathobyresforge.co.uk/?q=node/380
The Glaswegian: Maryhill Burgh Halls Re-United With Roof Tower Three Dacades After It Was Removed
Scottish Housing News: Maryhill Burgh Halls regains Crowning Glory
http://www.scottishhousingnews.com/dailynews.asp?week=31/01/2011#H304156
Construction Now Website:
http://www.constructionnow.co.uk/index.asp?cat=news&period=lastweek#221917
Weekend Evening Times, 5 Feb 2011:
BBC Radio Scotland Culture Cafe
BBC's Claire English discusses the Burgh Halls project, the historic stained glass, and the new Windows of Today with Hunter Reid, Alec Galloway, and Gordon Barr.
Available to Listen Again until Dec 14th here:
Parliamentary Motions
We're delighted that two of our local MSPs have lodged motions in the Scottish Parliament about the Burgh Halls this week:
*S3M-7482 Bob Doris: Maryhill Burgh Halls Urban Regeneration Award—That the Parliament is delighted that Glasgow’s Maryhill Burgh Halls won the award for Category 5, Best contribution to Urban Regeneration in Scotland through the use of European Structural Funds at the European Structural Funds Best Practice Awards at the Glasgow School of Art on 23 November 2010; considers that this prestigious award was hard won by the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust in recognition of its work in leading an inspirational community-focussed project; notes that the £9.2 million renovation project is half way toward completion and considers that it will see the 132-year-old structure being brought back from the brink of ruin to become one of Glasgow’s most prized community assets, comprising offices, café, public hall, recording studio, children’s nursery, meeting rooms and courtyard garden, and looks forward to the completion of the project in the summer of 2011.
Press Coverage Round-up
Scottish Housing News covering the European Award Story:
EUROPEAN AWARD FOR MARYHILL BURGH HALLS
Scottish Construction Now:
EUROPEAN AWARD FOR MARYHILL BURGH HALLS
Heritage Lottery Fund News:
EUROPEAN AWARD FOR MARYHILL BURGH HALLS
Glaswegian: Halls Restoration offers Window of Opportunity for Local Artists
Scottish Housing News: HALLS THROW OPEN THE DOORS FOR HANDS-ON HERITAGE PREVIEW
Scottish Housing News, 01 November 2010
HALLS THROW OPEN THE DOORS FOR HANDS-ON HERITAGE PREVIEW
East Dunbartonshire Gen: Unveiled: East Dumbartonshire Based Designer Creates New Gates for Halls in Glasgow
Reproduced by kind permission of East Dumbartonshire Gen/Re-Gen newspapers
Glasgow Magazine: A New Heart for Maryhill
A two page feature on the Burgh Halls and the stained glass can be found in the August/September issue of 'Glasgow' magazine.
Glasgow magazine has a circulation of around 300,000; a copy will be delivered to every household in Glasgow in the next few weeks.
The full issue can be downloaded in PDF format here.
West End Website: Burgh Halls Update
New article on Pat's West End Website, bringing the story of the Halls up to date:
Maryhill Burgh Halls
Previous articles by Ian R Mitchell are also available on the same website:
Maryhill Burgh Halls Restoration
Evening Times - Inside Glasgow Videos - Maryhill
Featuring Hunter Reid of the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust discussing the project.
Click on the video above to play. The Burgh Halls section is from approx. 3min 20 seconds into the video.
Welcome to the Maryhill Burgh Halls Blog
Here you will find in-depth research and snippets into our local history which has been conducted by volunteers, staff and friends of the Halls.