Talks
Pollokshields Heritage hosts a range of talks which explore local history and heritage as well as arts and culture. These run throughout the year.
Pollokshields Heritage hosts a range of talks, which explore history and heritage as well as arts and culture. They run from November to April and everyone is welcome.
They are held at the Georgeson Room of the Fotheringay Centre, 63 Fotheringay Road, G41 4NN (view map). Nearest train station is Maxwell Park.
Time: 7.30pm start. Doors from 7pm.
Tickets: £6.00 with refreshments, no booking necessary. Cash and card payments accepted.
Upcoming talks from November 2026 to April 2027
Tuesday 17th November 2026
Talk from Christopher Platt of Studio KAP
Christopher Platt of Studio KAP will talk about the architecture studio’s work related to Pollokshields.
About Christopher Platt
Christopher has held senior architectural positions in the UK, Germany and Ethiopia before establishing the studio in 2002. Together with co-director Helen Campbell, he’s published and lectured widely in the UK and abroad.
Tuesday 19th January 2027
The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect
James Sellars was a major star in Victorian Glasgow’s architectural firmament, producing some of the city’s finest churches, schools, recreational and commercial buildings before his premature death in 1888, aged only 44. Renowned for his “fertile mind and facile pencil,” Sellars often designed exquisite ornamental ironwork for his buildings and the talk will discuss surviving examples of this work and also explore the often misunderstood relationship between Glasgow’s architects and its major cast iron foundries.
About Gordon Urquhart
Gordon Urquhart is an author, historian and educator recently retired from a career spanning forty-five years in Scotland’s building conservation sector. For many years Assistant Director of Glasgow West Conservation Trust, in 2007 Gordon joined the new Glasgow City Heritage Trust as Grants Officer. In 2015, he was recruited by Historic Environment Scotland to develop an innovative MSc in Technical Building Conservation in association with Stirling University. Gordon lectures widely on Glasgow’s architectural history, traditional construction technology and on a range of conservation topics and has published several books on the history and conservation of Glasgow’s West End.
Tuesday 16th February 2027
Under My Floorboards
Paul Noble tells a story of Glasgow life, from the 1870s to the 1970s, as seen through the eyes of one extraordinary family. Objects found under the floorboards of a 1930s Southside bungalow, reanimated a long forgotten and sweeping tale of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the Brown family. Their story, from slums to suburbia, echoes that of many Glaswegians who lived through two World Wars and witnessed the transformation of their City and their society from the Post Victorian to the Post Modern Era.
About Paul Noble
Paul Noble graduated in Industrial Chemistry back in 1984 and after a 40-year career in the world of STEM, in his retirement, followed in his son’s footsteps into the realms of the past (He’s a History graduate & History/Modern Studies Teacher). In addition to giving regular Historical Themed Talks, to numerous societies and groups, he leads guided tours at Glasgow Cathedral, at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum and at The Ramshorn Graveyard in Glasgow City centre.
He also keep his links to the STEM world by acting as a Mentor to young engineers on behalf of the industry Association, Scottish Engineering.
Tuesday 20th April 2027
Annual General Meeting, 7:30pm followed by talk at 8pm, speaker TBC.
This year's Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 20th April 2027 at 7.30pm at the Fotheringay Centre, Fotheringay Road, G41 4NN. Registration and reception from 7pm. AGM attendance is free for members. Non-members are welcome to attend but are not eligible to vote on motions. It will be followed by a talk at 8pm, details TBC.
Our talks take place at The Fotheringay Centre, 63 Fotheringay Road, G41 4NN.
Tickets on the door.