I had previously been contacted by Graham Glen who told me his grandfather, James Benson had made the beautiful stained glass windows for the former building on Glasgow Road. In February 2017, I was contacted by Ean Brown, Bill Holdsworth and Bill Andrew, who each confirmed that the windows had been carefully removed in 1977 […]
Next up, the little known story of how a man died following a tragic accident inside St Joseph’s Church in 1921. In June 1921, the British and Foreign Glass Company of Glasgow were contracted by the RC Church on Glasgow Road to undertake some urgent repairs to the large windows facing out on to the […]
Do you remember the stained glass windows in Shuttle Row? Due to the way the glass was made, with each piece varying in thickness and set in lead, they’d buckled and warped but everyone at Scottish Glass Studios has done an amazing job at restoring them!
During mid September 1967, over a 4 day period over half a dozen shops had their plate glass windows broken during the night, with displays in the shops windows made off with! Windows were smashed at six shops. A patrolling police officer was dispatched one Wednesday evening but even then, a footwear shop was […]
In December 2016, Graham Glen contacted me saying, “I am researching the work of my maternal grandfather, Glasgow master glass stainer James Benson, who was prolific in producing church memorial windows and domestic panels around 1890 until 1914. He is on record as having work installed at the Livingstone Masonic Lodge. I would be most grateful […]
Did you know when it gets dark, until before midnight each night, St Joseph’s Church on Glasgow Road show off their new stained glass windows by lighting them up. On Monday 21st December 2015, there was a carol service at St Joseph’s Church, Glasgow Road where the brand new windows were unveiled. The stained glass windows […]
If you’re ever in the shrine room in the David Livingstone Centre, (when it re-opens), you’ll see some beautiful stained glass windows. These were donated and unveiled on Tuesday 26th April 1932. Ministers and ladies numbering over 40, belonging to the United Free Church of Scotland met in the shrine room at the Livingstone […]