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Firhill Road, GLASGOW, G20 7BA

On Firhill Road. Part of Queens Cross Workspace. According to their website https://www.qcworkspace.co.uk/ 'Queens Cross Workspace is part of the Queens Cross Group. A collection of companies including Queens Cross Housing Association that works hard to improve the local area of Queens Cross. Established in 1985 the Queens Cross Workspace charity aims to provide affordable, high quality, hard working business space to local businesses.'

On one of the fence pillars outside flats on Firhill Road. The mosses have grown all over the concrete ball on top, whilst the lichens are colonising the flatter surface below. Images on Streetview show that there was no evidence of mosses on the ball in 2014, so this must represent about ten years of growth.

A typical Glasgow doo hut (pigeon loft) on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal at Firhill. First time I have ever seen one open!

The east end of the horseshoe bend around Firhill Park, home of Partick Thistle FC. Note the typical Glasgow doo hut in the centre of the photo.

On Firhill Road. Part of Queens Cross Workspace. According to their website https://www.qcworkspace.co.uk/ 'Queens Cross Workspace is part of the Queens Cross Group. A collection of companies including Queens Cross Housing Association that works hard to improve the local area of Queens Cross. Established in 1985 the Queens Cross Workspace charity aims to provide affordable, high quality, hard working business space to local businesses.'

The purpose of this structure is not obvious but fellow contributors have identified it as a pigeon loft or in the local dialect, doo-hut Image

A Glasgow pigeon loft beside the Forth and Clyde Canal. Much repaired over the years. The bit sticking out on the left is a landing platform for the pigeons (doos).

On the bank of the canal is this pigeon loft, known locally as a Doo Hut. The Forth and Clyde Canal was completed in 1790 and it provided a route for vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part (35 miles, 56km) of the Scottish Lowlands. Closed in 1963, the canal became semi-derelict. Millennium funds were used to regenerate the canal. The Glasgow Branch of the canal is a Scheduled Monument with details at: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6771

On Firhill Road. Part of Queens Cross Workspace. According to their website https://www.qcworkspace.co.uk/ 'Queens Cross Workspace is part of the Queens Cross Group. A collection of companies including Queens Cross Housing Association that works hard to improve the local area of Queens Cross. Established in 1985 the Queens Cross Workspace charity aims to provide affordable, high quality, hard working business space to local businesses.'

A typical Glasgow doo hut (pigeon loft) on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal at Firhill.