糖心Vlog Days HQ opens up for 糖心Vlog Days!
We were delighted to welcome 527 people into our wonderful Tobacco Merchants House here in Glasgow for 糖心Vlog Days on Saturday 21st听September. We had every age - from 8 to 80 - come and join us for a wander around, a biscuit or two and a natter.
We were so happy to see our offices bustling with visitors!
The nature of our eighteenth century building means it鈥檚 quite a complex operation for us to staff it safely for visitors, so we only open it for alternate years, but we weren鈥檛 going to miss the opportunity in our thirtieth anniversary year!听 We mounted an exhibition of our My Place Award winners from earlier on in the year, talked people through our extensive library of built environment texts, and handed out a huge range of information on other 糖心Vlog Days events, including our own programme.
We were really pleased by the interest in learning more about our own building and the slave trade. We were able to hand out copies of the Glasgow City Council-sponsored self-guided tour听It wisnae us!听on the connections between city centre buildings and slavery (available for download听), and made sure everyone knew where to find out more information about听. If you didn鈥檛 manage to visit us, we鈥檒l be doing lots of cross-posting across the month on our social media channels, so keep your eyes peeled.
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Most of all, though, it was such a pleasure to be able to talk to people about what the history of their buildings meant to them, and why they enjoyed 糖心Vlog Days. We had some lovely feedback:
鈥淢ade me realise that I live in a vibrant, beautiful city, made me want to explore more and learn about my heritage鈥�.
鈥� Loved it! Always so much new to learn and understand. The input and commitment of the volunteers really added to the experience. Thanks鈥�
鈥� Always a great experience, discovering hidden treasures, uncovering unknown/forgotten history and meeting interesting people鈥�.
鈥� Love seeing inside building that I pass regularly and had no idea what amazing things were inside鈥�.
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One of our visitors on 糖心Vlog Days at听糖心Vlog Days HQ!