Glasgow’s open doors are waiting for you
September 9, 2011 by Grace Franklin · Leave a Comment
The Riverside Museum designed by Zaha Hadid will be open as usual with the Glenlee 19th century sailing ship at the door.
You don’t even need to knock! More than 100 buildings and 12 allotments will be taking part in Glasgow’s Doors Open Day on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September. But the first Doors Open event starts on Monday 12 September with a hosts of talks, competitions and walks scheduled for the rest of that week in the run-up to the grand weekend. Look out for your free copy of the booklet containing all the information. They can be found in most public places like libraries. But also look on the website for details: www.glasgowdoorsopenday.com The Doors Open Day host, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, has organised a clever link with Google Map to pinpoint each venue you might be interested in.
For anyone who has not yet enjoyed Doors Open Day, the whole idea is that you get to see inside some of the city’s magnificent buildings that would not normally be open to the public. Among the new places this year are Red Road Community Flat in the 31 storey tower block in Springburn. They are set to be demolished soon. The former Our Lady and St Francis Secondary School which is now the HQ for the Wise Group in Charlotte Street, G1 5DW. Hampden Park for football fans in Letherby Drive, G42 9BA. The Hunterian Museum within Glasgow University G12 8QQ and a multitude of other interesting places.
Running alongside the Doors Open will be OPEN GATES in which twelve of the city’s allotments will put out the welcome mat and people can see what happens there.
Free shuttle buses will operate from the front of Glasgow City Chambers in George Square to go to historic Provan Hall in Easterhouse – at least as old as Proven’s Lordship in the city’s High Street. Another free service will go the award winning Stables building in Castlemilk thanks to Cassiltoun Housing Association.
A photographic competition will have a category for over 18s and for under 18s with fabulous prizes. For those aged under 16 a fascinating Passport competition will be running. In marked venues, a question will be displayed related to the building itself. Each competitor is challenged to find the answer to that question within that venue and do the same for at least four different places with the deadline for sending in the forms being Friday 30 September.
The whole concept is a great way to get people talking and walking and gaining knowledge of and a pride in this wonderful city of Glasgow.
Clear your diary – get through as many doors as you can. It’s fun!
Sponsor adds fizz to Spiders’ Saturday encounter
January 21, 2010 by localnews · Leave a Comment
Fans of Queens Park and visitors from Annan Athletic will be able to take part in Scottish Football League sponsor Irn Bru’s latest challenge this weekend.
As the Spiders lock horns with the Galabankies at Hampden on Saturday, 23 January, the Irn Bru SFL Tour Bus will be in town and fans of both teams will be the first to take part in the sponsor’s shooting competition.
From 2pm, the doors to Irn Bru’s ‘shooting chamber’ will open and footballers of all shapes and sizes can test measure their speed against a camera. The hardest and the fastest will win, and fans can compare their performances with others on the Phenomenal Footy website.
The bus is also there with giveaways and ‘the Matchbox’, which allows fans to record their post-match reactions which are uploaded to www.phenomenalfooty.com.
Half-time entertainment will come in the form of the inflatable football game, and there will be a chance to collect a free wee-bru on the way home.
