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Heritage Open Days - BAJR Host - 2nd September 2009
The Guardian has gone heritage mad .. reporting on the fabulous
English Heritage Open Days
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2009/sep/01/heritage
10th-13th September now in its 15th Year
however, let us not forget that northern country :face-confused:
with Doors Open Days in Scotland with over 900 properties open to the public on.. yes..
http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/opendays/default.aspx
Doors Open Days is Scotland?s largest free annual architectural event. It is coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and is part of European Heritage Days along side Scottish Archaeology Month, coordinated by Archaeology Scotland (formerly known as the Council for Scottish Archaeology). Both are supported by Historic Scotland. Doors Open Days first took place in Glasgow and Ayr in 1990 where it formed part of the European City of Culture celebrations.
So spare a thought for the place where it started
There is so much to see and do.. and I'll be there, finding a lost 12th century chapel - if you are up in Scotland, then do join in the celebrations. The Guardian may give you half the picture - have a look at the rest. And lets celebrate the whole. :face-kiss:
Heritage Open Days - BAJR Host - 2nd September 2009
Oh... and I should also have mentioned Wales here...
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=21&NewsId=278
This is part of a European wide Heritage Open Days and interestingly all sems to have started in Glasgow... who would have thought it!
Heritage Open Days - Weegie - 2nd September 2009
And why should that be such a surprise, my Embra chum? We Glaswegians are just so...giving. }
Heritage Open Days - BAJR Host - 2nd September 2009
I did not realise that a tour of chippies, offies and A&E departments would be so popular :face-angel:
Heritage Open Days - Weegie - 2nd September 2009
As you are well aware, Glasgow is a city of many architectural splendours. There would have been many more, of course, if it wasn't for neglect, comprehensive redevelopment and the surprising tendency of vacant buildings to spontaneously combust. It just went on fire, so it did... I'm sure this sort of thing would never happen in Embra, especially not in the Cowgate. }
Heritage Open Days - BAJR Host - 2nd September 2009
You can never pin that one on me...I have an alibi!
Perhaps it was to cut down on the number of buildings for the Doors open days
Heritage Open Days - TheDoc - 12th September 2009
Well the heritage open days certainly get bodies through the door in some numbers at our sites, even when the admission prices were next to nothing anyway - ?1.50 for museum+working mill at Skidby for instance. A bargain surely?Nothing like a freeby for getting folks in!
Heritage Open Days - BAJR Host - 12th September 2009
HAd a good one at Old Pentland Graveyard... loads of people coming to an out of the way gem! AND get to watch live - find the blinking church!
We found it by the way! 8D
Heritage Open Days - BAJR Host - 13th September 2009
Here we are (I am mysteriously never in shot!)
with our loverly wall!