Maryhill Heritage Group

Would you like to learn more about Maryhill's heritage or help us in our research of the local area? Join the Maryhill Heritage Group at Maryhill Burgh Halls.  Whether you would like to attend heritage events or help organise the group, be involved as much or as little as you like in this new local heritage group in the historic Burgh of Maryhill. 
 

The first meeting of the group is on Thursday 14th January 2016 at 5pm. The first meeting will involve the group getting to know each other and discussion of possible heritage activities and events. Tea and coffee will be provided. If you would like to join us, call  0845 860 1878 or email heritage@mbht.org.uk to let us know you're coming. We look forward to hearing from you!

Nick Hedges: Make Life Worth Living Exhibition

Nick Hedges's Make Life Worth Living photograph collection is on exhibition at Maryhill Burgh Halls from 5th November until 2nd December 2015. 

In 1968, Shelter Scotland commissioned Nick Hedges to document Scotland's slums in order to raise awareness of the extent of the unfit living conditions that many were subjected to. The photographer was reluctant to publicise the photographs as he wanted to protect the privacy of the young children and families that were portrayed in them. 

After nearly 50 years since the photographs were taken, Hedges has agreed to lift the restriction, allowing these powerful and emotive images to go on display.

Shelter Scotland hope to identify the people in the photographs. If you visit the exhibition at the Burgh Halls and recognise yourself or someone else in the photographs, please inform a member of the Burgh Halls Trust staff or you can contact Shelter directly on mediascotland@shelter.org.uk. 

The exhibition is available to view at Maryhill Burgh Halls entrance courtyard between 9am and 9pm Monday to Friday and 10am - 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. 

There will also be a sample of the photograph collection, portraying scenes from Maryhill on display in the Burgh Halls itself. These are available to view during the Burgh Halls' opening times: 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am - 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. 

The photographs are also available to view online at:  http://www.shelterscotland.org/lifeworthliving

The exhibition is sponsored by PwC: https://www.pwc.co.uk/

If you would like more information, please contact the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust Heritage Manager at heritage@mbht.org.uk or call 08458601878. 

Tackling Inequality

Sunday 29th November, 12pm - 4.30pm

An event organised by Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust and The Children's Wood to explore inequality in a global and local context:

Preview screening of The Divide, a documentary based on the best selling book, The Spirit Level.

Join us after in a discussion of how we can tackle inequality at home. 

This event is free, donations to Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust and  The Children's Wood are welcome. Suggested donation (payable via Eventbrite or at the event): £5.00. Advanced booking is essential. Tickets are available on Eventbrite: 

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-inequality-tickets-19040489617

The schedule:

12pm - 2pm - Talk from documentary director, Katharine Round and preview screening of The Divide

2pm - 2.30pm - Break for free refreshments and browsing of local community stall

2.30pm - 3.30pm - Talks from David Walsh, Centre for Population Health and Carol Craig, Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing

3.30pm - 4.30pm - Workshop - Make My Council Fair

Suitable for adults. 
Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. 

Disabled access available in the Burgh Halls. 
Limited on street parking available by the Burgh Halls. 

This event is organised in partnership between Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust and The Children's Wood. 

The Children's Wood:

Website: www.thechildrenswood.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheChildrensWood/

Securing Maryhill's Heritage - An evening of talks

Wednesday 18th November, 6pm - 8pm
Local history and community groups talks
Cheese, wine, tea and coffee refreshments

Did you know that Maryhill is named after a person called Mary Hill? Find out more by joining us for an evening of talks and refreshments at Maryhill Burgh Halls. 

Local historians will reveal the dynamic history of Maryhill while local community groups will tell us how they promote and preserve the area's rich heritage. You can even get involved in preserving Maryhill's heritage by joining the groups who will be running information stalls throughout the evening. 


This event is free. Donations to Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust are welcome at the event.  
Tickets are available on Eventbrite: 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/securing-maryhills-heritage-tickets-18885434844?ref=estw

Adults over the age of 18 are welcome. 
Young people under the age of 18 are welcome, accompanied by a supervising adult over the age of 18. 

Full disabled access is available in the Burgh Halls. 
Limited on street parking is available. 
 

For more information, please call 08458601878 or email: heritage@mbht.org.uk
Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow, G20 8YE

Doors Open Day events at Maryhill Burgh Halls 2015

Visit the Category B listed Burgh Halls in the historic Burgh of Maryhill. View the original stained glass windows designed by the famous Stephen Adam and learn about the unique heritage of Maryhill's industrial and social past. Learn more about our developing heritage collection and exhibition, with artwork on display from photographer Margaret Mitchell and community group Friends of Queen Margaret Drive. 
 

Building tour dates: 14th - 18th September and Sunday 20th September
Building tour times: 11am, 2pm and 6pm

Heritage walk dates: Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September
Heritage walk times: 11am and 2pm

Children’s activity dates: 14th - 18th September and Sunday 20th September
Children’s activity times: 12.15pm - 1pm

Children’s activities include an interactive tour of the stained glass panels, Edwardian games inspired by the autobiography of former Maryhill resident, James Murray and arts and crafts inspired by the stained glass windows. 

All events are free. Building tours last approximately one hour and please allow 1 hour and 30 minutes for the heritage walks. To book a place on any of these events, please call 0845 860 1878 or email heritage@mbht.org.uk. 

New 2015 Maryhill Burgh Halls Building Tours

What:

Join our free guided tours to learn more about the historic building and it's place in Maryhill. Discover the original stained glass windows in our magnificent Halls which tell the story of Maryhill's past and present. 

Where: 

Meet at the ground floor foyer by the entrance. 
Maryhill Burgh Halls
10-20 Gairbraid Avenue 
Glasgow 
G20 8YE
(Enter the building through the Firemen Gates on Gairbraid Avenue, we're the building entrance on the right)

When: 

2pm on - 
Thursday 4th June
Thursday 9th July
Thursday 13th August
Thursday 3rd September
More dates to come!

Tours last approximately 1 hour. 

How: 

To book a place on a tour please email or phone us. 
Email: heritage@mbht.org.uk
Phone: 0845 860 1878

If you would like to book a group tour on an alternative day, please email: heritage@mbht.org.uk 

Come join the team - new Heritage Development Manager needed!

Are you passionate about heritage, community & stained glass? Come work for us - we need a new Heritage Development Manager!
This re-advertised fixed term, full or part time post is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland. Reapplications are welcomed.

Find out more and download the application pack on our Jobs page here.

Closing date Midday February 20th 2015.

Exciting plans for 2015

We are looking forward to an exciting 2015. Our new refurbished cafe is now open and welcomes everybody with hot beverages and wide range of foods.

We will of course be taking part in Doors Open Day in September and hope have as much fun as last year. Tours of the building are available before then and can be arranged on request. Please check our Tour page on the website.

We are always looking for volunteers; in particularly we will need lots of volunteer gardeners to transform the outside spaces. Please check our volunteer page.

We have a new list of caterers for all our events and they will provide a wide range of tastes and budgets.

Songs of the trades Celebrate Christmas

We are proud to announce that our celebrated Songs of the Trades Choir will be performing here at the halls on Sunday December the 14th at 2.00 pm. This performance will be free and feature music from the distant and not so distant past as well as the specially commissioned songs created this year.

This is a very special event where in addition to the Songs of the Trades Choir there will also be a performance from our Choir Leader Maeve McKinnon and a raffle for charity too . After the concert we will also provide a tour of the building led by our heritage volunteers.

Before, during and after the event you can sample the wonderful fare from our new cafe and help us to celebrate the end of a very special year,

A message from the Rio Cafe

After nearly 9 Years running the Rio Café in Partick we thought it was time to spread our wings and head North. We love the space at Maryhill Burgh Halls and the scope and diversity of the tenants and activities there have really inspired us. We want to create a new Café based on the principles that make the Rio café special for people in Partick, but also focused on the requirements of the community who use Maryhill Burgh Halls. 

With that in mind and very keen to get started, we are taking a softly softly approach. A couple of months with some good coffee and a variety of sandwiches and snacks, just until we find out what it is that everyone wants from their “New Foyer cafe”

We are planning on bringing different coffee, tea and food specials for you all to try over the next couple of months, so if you don’t see what you want, let us know and we’ll see what we can do.

Come and tell us what you want to eat, what you would like to drink, and how you would like to use the space. Together we can bring the smiles and the laughter back in to the beautiful space that we all share in Maryhill Burgh Halls..

If you want to see what we do at the Rio Café in Partick, watch the video below.

So lets get started… Come and see us…

IN THE FOYER NOW… (well from the 1st December 2014!!)

Oh, I feel all “ Pearl and Dean”

Rio.

Changes to Halls Catering Arrangements

Now that the restored Halls has been open for a couple of years, Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust has been working with professional consultants in reviewing all of its operations, partnerships and organisational structure.

One major outcome of this is a change in how we provide the cafe and event catering services to Hall users.
Feedback from past, current and prospective users has made clear that there is a great demand for the option to choose between multiple providers for event catering, as well as the need to re-focus the cafe provision.

The Trust, supported by Fare Consulting, has therefore managed a tendering process that invited a number of organisations, including Clean Plates, to bid to provide catering services to the Halls under a new structure and with defined service level agreements.

The winning tenders were by organisations other than the current Grassroots/Clean Plates team. As a result, the current operations at the Halls by Clean Plates will cease at the end of October 2014. Events prior to that date will continue to be serviced by the current team.
We wish to thank Louise and the Clean Plates team for all the hard work and effort they have put in since April 2012, and wish them all the best for their future endeavours.

We will be announcing the new catering providers and more detailed arrangements shortly. For events after 1st November 2014, the Trust will be contacting people who have already made bookings directly to explain the new more flexible arrangements.

From 1st November, the cafe will be closed for a couple of weeks while refurbishment, repair and redecoration works take place. Please keep an eye out on our website for the re-opening date. The building will remain open as normal during these times.

For any queries or questions, please contact the Trust directly on info@mbht.org.uk or 0845 860 1891.

It's that time of year when Wee Doors Open Day's big brother comes to visit!!

Following a successful two years of Doors Open Days and an extra special Wee Doors Open Day earlier this year in celebration of the Commonwealth Games, we can announce our schedule of events and activities  for this weekend's Doors Open Day 2014!

Saturday 20th September 2014

10am     Building opens

11am      Tour

Midday Heritage Talk by Ian Mitchell, Historian and former Board Member of Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust

1pm       Tour

2pm      Heritage Talk again by Ian Mitchell

3pm     Tour

Sunday 21st September

10am      Building Opens

11am      Tour

Midday   Heritage Talk by Dr Gordon Barr, Board Member and former Heritage Manager of Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust

1pm        Tour

2pm        Performance by our Community Choir

3pm        Tour

Plus special Doors Open Day competitions and other activities including the Creative Cargo Barge....

Come along and join us, pop in and say hello!

Plus you can now make use of the Doors Open Day app!!

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/news/happy-exploring-this-weekend/

Celebrating our Commonwealth Heritage

As Glasgow prepares for the Commonwealth Games 2014, we at the Burgh Halls are celebrating our ties with the Commonwealth in a number of interactive initiatives and events.  Come and get involved and be a part of history!

Sunday 20th July 2014

As part of the Celebrate initiative funded by the Big Lottery Fund, our Community Choir will be performing songs linked to the trades depicted in our stained glass windows and celebrating Maryhill's historic role in the Commonwealth at the locks in Maryhill.  The performance will take place in the perfectly created amphitheatre of the Kelvin Dock and with a supporting act of the Creative Cargo supplied by Glasgow Sculpture Studios   Here you will be able to take part in workshops..... on a barge!

Come and join us for the performance at 2pm.  If the Glasgow sunshine decides not to make an appearance, the performance will still go ahead but in the beautiful Main Hall of Maryhill Burgh Halls.

Monday 21st July

Come and join us as the Queen's Baton Relay makes its way to and ends Monday in Maryhill at the Burgh Halls.  There will be street entertainment as the Baton arrives at approximately 3.20pm.  Our very own Project Coordinator, Hunter Reid, will have the privilege of bringing the baton to us!

Wednesday 23rd July

We are proud to be a part of Wee Doors Open Day run by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust.  As Glasgow's Built Heritage Festival, takes in 18 buildings, come and join us at the Halls for a full day of entertainment.

We will have ongoing demonstrations and interactive exhibits provided by Glasgow Science Festival.

Glasgow Sculpture Studios will be hosting contemporary stained glass workshops and these will run on the hour every hour.  The stop press announcement we have is that following your stained glass workshop, there will be an opportunity to take the Creative Cargo barge down the canal to the The Whiskey Bond where the Sculpture Studios are based.

The full schedule is as follows :

10.00am Building opens and first  Glasgow Sculpture Studio (GSS) stained glass workshop takes place 

11.00am  Heritage Talk - "Windows on Maryhill's Past" by Gordon Barr, Board Member and former Heritage Manager, Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust

GSS stained glass workshop

Midday GSS stained glass workshop

1.00pm    A short recital of approximately  15mins of Classical and Scottish Music performed by Barbara Downie, Violin, (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra) and Nicola Boag, Viola.

GSS stained glass workshop

2.00pm  Performance by our Community Choir

GSS Stained Glass Workshop

2.30pm A short recital  of approximately 15 minutes of Classical and Scottish Music performed by Barbara Downie, Violin, (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra) and Nicola Boag, Viola.

3.00pm  Heritage Talk - "Windows on Maryhill's Past" by Ian Mitchell, Historian and former Board Member, Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust

GSS Stained Glass workshop

The numbers for the Stained Glass Workshops are limited, so to avoid disappointment please phone and book on 0845 860 1878 or email info@mbht.org.uk

Don't worry about getting to the Halls either, vintage shuttle buses are providing transport to and from the City Centre, please see glasgowdoorsopenday.com/getting around for more details!

We look forward to you joining us!

Singing and art on the canal!

On Sunday the 20th of July Maryhill Burgh Halls Songs of the Trades Choir will be performing new and old songs at the historic Kelvin Dock. Performance will be at 2.00 pm. This is a free event and all are welcome. As well as the amazing choir Glasgow Sculpture Studio will be mooring their creative cargo barge from midday until 4 pm where you can get creative with the on-board artists to make pieces that celebrate the trades that used the canal to connect Glasgow to the furthest reaches of the Commonwealth.

All art activities are free and do not need to be booked. Simply turn up at the Kelvin Dock area of the canal (beside Maryhill road and at the top of the Maryhill Locks) between 12 and 4. The choir will be performing at 2.00 pm and are not to be missed.

For more information contact Jamie on 0845-860-1876 or jlumsden@mbht.org.uk

Moving on from Maryhill

Gordon Barr, who has been Heritage Development Manager at Maryhill Burgh Halls for the last four years, is moving on at the start of June 2014. He takes up a new role as Projects Officer for the Architectural Heritage Fund, with a geographical remit taking in the whole of Scotland and Northern England. Local projects the AHF has previously supported at various stages of their development include the Kelvingrove Bandstand, and Cottiers Theatre. 

Gordon said: “I’m sad to be leaving Maryhill after four fantastic years, and I’m really proud of all that has been achieved here - we’ve had over 6,000 people involved in over 170 different heritage related activities since 2010 - plus over 1,600 downloads of our free Maryhill Heritage Trails App. I’m looking forward to seeing how my successor at Maryhill builds on this to take things forward for the future.”

Some statistics for the heritage impact achieved over the last four years at Maryhill:

Since 2010

• People Involved: 6379

• Talks: 37 

• Tours: 85 

• Walks: 22 

• Events & Workshops: 30

• Walking Trails Booklets: 4

• Maryhill App Downloads: 1661   

MBH Supporting the RVS Scottish Baton Relay!

Around Scotland in 92 days by boat, plane and zimmer frame!

Royal Voluntary Service Scotland is taking on its own baton pass challenge to celebrate the power of volunteering in advance of the Commonwealth Games, with Scots aged from 2 to 103 years old participating in the event. 

The baton pass challenge, which will cover 2,500 miles across land and water in 92 days, will involve many of the 7,479 Royal Voluntary Service Scotland volunteers and some of the charity’s service users.  At least 30 modes of transport from vintage mini bus and golf trolley to roller blades and zimmer frames will be deployed.

Local Glasgow MP, Ann McKechin, was on hand to launch the event on Tuesday 22 April at Maryhill Burgh Halls, Glasgow. It will began with bagpipes and saw 2 year old Neve Graham begin the Glasgow leg in a toy car, followed by Harry French, 3, in a toy scooter, then Dugie the dog carrying the baton with Caroline Maxwell, 58, Service Manager for Royal Voluntary Service and Ian MacDonald, age 21, on a unicycle.

The whole community with some Royal Voluntary Service volunteers and some of the older people they help will then walk it to Gartnavel Hospital. The baton will make its way around Glasgow throughout the week, travelling in a variety of ways including by convertible and lifeboat, before heading off to its next leg in Moray & Orkney. 

Margaret Miller, Royal Voluntary Service volunteer and the oldest volunteer in the UK at 103, will pass the baton on at the end of the Glasgow week. It then travels throughout Scotland for 13 weeks through all 15 Royal Voluntary Service community hubs including Aberdeen, Tayside, Fife, Scottish Borders and Edinburgh, before arriving back in Glasgow on 22nd July just before the start of Commonwealth Games.

Find out more about the RVS and the Relay here.

Lighting up Blue for East Park and World Autism Awareness Day

We're delighted to have been supporting our friends at East Park for the last week by Lighting Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day 2014.

Find out more at
http://www.eastpark.org.uk/news/news/waad2014.aspx

Upcoming Craft Fairs - 1st Sunday of the Month

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart - National Theatre of Scotland performances at Maryhill Burgh Halls!

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

Created by David Greig (writer) and Wils Wilson (director)

The National Theatre of Scotland’s incredibly popular show - The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart - returns to Maryhill later this March for a short run of performances in Glasgow, Perth and Edinburgh.

Ticket Information:
Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26, Friday 28, Saturday 29 March at 7.30pm
Saturday 29 March at 2.30pm
Sunday 30 March at 3pm

Tickets £15/£12 (Booking fee where applicable)

Book tickets online here - or by phone from the Tron Box Office at 0141 552 4267

Performances of Prudencia have sold out across Scotland, the UK and internationally, so pull up a chair and whet your whistle for an incredibly inventive and entertaining piece of anarchic theatre, live music and strange goings-on…

One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her there. Inspired by the border ballads - and delivered in a riotous romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters and wild karaoke - Prudencia’s dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds among and around the audience.

With a rollicking text by David Greig, barnstorming live music; and a ‘terrific, inventive sense of fun…' (The Scotsman), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the lock-in to end all lock-ins. 

National Theatre of Scotland cannot be held responsible in the event of any member of the audience losing their head, their heart or their very self during the course of the performance. 

Find out more...

Big win for Maryhill at Scottish Property Awards!

Maryhill Burgh Halls has been named Development of the Year in the Public Buildings category of the Scottish Property Awards!

The award recognises the brilliant building design by JM Architects, and the high quality build by GRAHAM Construction, bringing the Burgh Halls of 1878 bang up to date with facilities fit for the 21st Century.

Other high-profile projects shortlisted in this category included the SSE Hydro, and the Olympia in Bridgeton.

Irene Scott, Chair of Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust said:

“We are surprised and delighted to have won this prestigious award - especially given the other amazing buildings and projects that we were up against.
This is a great recognition of the hard work thats been put in over the last ten years to bring the Halls back to life as a very busy community venue and business centre.

Given our recent success as a Regional Finalist in the national Civic Trust awards 2014, this is really the icing on the cake!”

We still have a few unique, high specification business spaces available to let - so if you’d like to join us here in Maryhill, please get in touch.

More details about the Scottish Property Awards