Overview This club was based inĀ Govan, an area south of the River Clyde and southwest of the city centre. (For more information about this area, seeĀ Gerald Blaikie’s article, ‘Govan, Glasgow. Architecture & History‘ on theĀ ScotCitiesĀ website.) In 1913, there were 50 Read More …
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Young Menās Association (Renfield Street United Presbyterian Church) (currently unknown if this is same society as Free Renfield Literary Society)
Overview Members of this society were most likely part of the congregation of the Renfield Street United Presbyterian Church. The church, completed in 1848, was located on the corner of Renfield Street and Sauchiehall Street. (For more information about this Read More …
Young Men’s Friendly Society, St. Mary’s Branch, Glasgow, Debating Society
Overview Members of this debating society were most likely members of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, which was located onĀ Great Western Road, in the West End of Glasgow. (For a history of this church, see ‘History‘, on the St Mary’s Cathedral, Read More …
Young Women’s Christian Association (aka Glasgow Young Women’s Christian Association)
Overview The earliest evidence we have to date for the Glasgow branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association comes from the 1870s, about twenty years after theĀ Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) was formed in London, and about thirty years after Read More …
Youths Reading and Recreation Club (Glasgow Foundry Boys Religious Society, South Cumberland Street Branch) (later became Renwick Halls Branch)
Overview Members of this club were most likely part of the congregation of the Renwick Free Church. To go back a bit to the early nineteenth century, the congregation was known as the Southern Reformed Presbyterian Congregation and their church Read More …