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Gordon Barr

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Buildings/heritage/tech fan, ex-scientist. 50% of @ScottishCinemas Works @archhfundscot 33% of @AtGF1988 & Married @calluna_ Also at @gordonbarr.scot on BlueSky

Glasgow, Edinburgh, Linlithgow Katılım Mart 2009
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Dundee City Archives
Dundee City Archives@DundeeArchives·
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….
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Dr Murray Cook
Dr Murray Cook@murrayJamescoo1·
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!
Iain Cameron@theiaincameron

The best-preserved pre-Christian building in the UK. The Broch of Mousa, on a small island in Shetland, is 2,300 years old and almost its original height. It is the most complete example of this type of building, one of 500 built in Scotland and nowhere else.

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Benjamin Cook
Benjamin Cook@benjamin_cook·
“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!
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Martyn Havell
Martyn Havell@BadWilf·
@GordonBarr Yeah. That would make sense. There was an Audible Buffy about 3 years ago
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Martyn Havell
Martyn Havell@BadWilf·
Maybe all the Doctor Who announcements that turned out to be nothing, have made me cynical for what the Firefly one could be
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Gordon Barr@GordonBarr·
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.
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Gordon Barr@GordonBarr·
@Pogue Bah! Not out until the 26th in the UK it seems.
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David Pogue
David Pogue@Pogue·
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!
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Gordon Barr@GordonBarr·
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!
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Steven Robb
Steven Robb@StevenMRobb·
Yeah - just google English medieval castle - what could possibly go wrong?
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Tom Gauld
Tom Gauld@tomgauld·
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist magazine.
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Lex Lamb
Lex Lamb@LambLex·
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!
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ScottishCinemas.org
ScottishCinemas.org@ScottishCinemas·
@PastGlasgow Seemingly had a plywood Queen Mary going under the bridge too although we've never found photographic proof it was built!
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This Is My Glasgow
This Is My Glasgow@is_glasgow·
@GordonBarr I think I slightly mis-interpeted one of the statements on the HES listing page (which says it's an early example). 👍🙂
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Scottish Roads Archive
Scottish Roads Archive@ScotRoadArchive·
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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Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm
Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm@Burns_Ellisland·
Ellisland is not just a museum. It is a working historic site, a learning space and part of Scotland’s cultural story. The current funding campaign will protect the farmhouse, collection and visitor experience. Support the future of Ellisland:ellislandfarm.co.uk
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