Brigadier-General Sir Donald Matheson was a Glasgow businessman who was knighted for his many years of commitment to the city's military volunteers.
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Archibald Colville – cotton merchant
Archibald Colville worked all his life with one of the biggest cotton spinning companies in Glasgow.
Polio in Glasgow: social distancing in 1947
In 1947 the UK was in the grip of an epidemic of poliomyelitis. Polio is an acute and sometimes fatal viral disease. While many other diseases were reducing in occurrence due to improvements in hygiene and medicine since the beginning of the 20th century, every few years polio would reappear. It was also called infantile … Continue reading Polio in Glasgow: social distancing in 1947
Meandering
Ancient 'Greek' Frets or Keys feature lines enclosing spaces named meanders for the Meander River in modern-day Turkey. The patterns are thought to be representations of the sea and labyrinths.
Arlington architect: Benjamin Conner 1902 and the gym that never was
Benjamin Conner, civil engineer, architect and baths member, completed the façade as we see it today. What is the story behind the Arlington's gym?
Arlington Baths Club History Group 