Gordon Barr

For last 2 years we have been working on a large project to digitise, list & sort a collection of over 800 images (mostly glass negatives) taken by the Engineers Department in the 1920s & 1930s. The images can now be viewed online on our Flickr page:flickr.com/photos/dundeec….

We don’t really know how high Mousa survived to, as it got tidied up by the ministry of works! But perhaps the tallest surviving pre-Christian building in NW Europe!

After what has been difficult week for many here, something a bit lighter from the streets of Glasgow from A Sign of Humour. Definitely one for the Keep Glasgow Weird file. #glasgow #humour #keepglasgowweird #sign #partick

Further information on the two recovered episodes of Doctor Who can be found on the Film is Fabulous! website: filmisfabulous.org.uk/missing-doctor…

The list of missing Doctor Who episodes has gone down from 97 to 95! The team at @filmisfabulous have recovered The Daleks’ Master Plan episodes 1 and 3! More from my colleague Simon Ward on @BBCBreakfast in the morning bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Lizo.

“They are out there, I know it! And they’re getting closer.” 🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 Missing #DoctorWho episodes FOUND!! After 61 years, “The Nightmare Begins” & “Devil’s Planet” (Eps 1 & 3 of “The Daleks’ Master Plan”) are BACK, thanks to @filmisfabulous. Available on iPlayer in April!

@BadWilf Yes! That’s the one I was thinking of.

@GordonBarr Yeah. That would make sense. There was an Audible Buffy about 3 years ago

Maybe all the Doctor Who announcements that turned out to be nothing, have made me cynical for what the Firefly one could be

Achievement unlocked: attending a recording of a TV show tonight at the iconic BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London. Not only that, it was TC3, where much of 20th Century Dr Who was recorded from William Hartnell right through to Sylvester McCoy. Very exciting! QI also good.

@Pogue Bah! Not out until the 26th in the UK it seems.

PUBLICATION DAY! This morning, “Apple: The First 50 Years” appeared in bookstores, on front porches, in e-book apps, and on audiobook sites. Two years of work, 150 interviews, 360 color photos, 600 pages, and an absolutely gorgeous result!

In aftermath of Glasgow Union St fire, interesting to compare with historic Goad fire insurance maps (NLS). The one remaining structure within building envelope is clearly remains of the ‘stone stairs’; & thankfully clear thick wall separation between it and adjacent buildings!

Yeah - just google English medieval castle - what could possibly go wrong?

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist magazine.

Garden Festival Book update: read-through and fact-checking with another two veteran GGF designers this morning went well. Also currently awaiting confirmation (or otherwise) that a future Turner Prize winner worked as a chef in a Garden Festival cafe!

@PastGlasgow Seemingly had a plywood Queen Mary going under the bridge too although we've never found photographic proof it was built!

@is_glasgow Now the Hillhead Picture Salon, 1913 - that’s nice and early 😄 scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/hillhe…

@GordonBarr I think I slightly mis-interpeted one of the statements on the HES listing page (which says it's an early example). 👍🙂

The pillared and domed entrance to the A-Listed former Waverley Cinema in the Shawlands area of Glasgow. Designed by Watson, Salmond and Gray in 1922, this was one of the city's first purpose-built cinemas. #glasgow #shawlands #architecture #architecturephotography #oldcinema

Two major #glasgow roads for the price of one in this stunning aerial photo from around 1990. The M8 and Clydeside Expressway are both visible, as is a still new SECC! The Garden Festival site has been cleared but what else stands out? #archives #1990s

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