Doors Open Countdown 2024
Counting down to Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival in September – part of our exhibition and planned talk will cover the interesting history of the St. Rollox School (now Royston Primary School, and its two previous buildings on Castle Street, and on the site of the current school). The talk will be delivered by our […]
WW1 Roll of Honour
We are currently in possession of the First World War Roll of Honour for the Garngad area. We hope to get this back on public display as part of a new project. While we work behind the scenes on that, we’d welcome the opportunity to speak with descendants of these men. From our own genealogical […]
Season’s Greetings
Rosemount Development Trust (RDT) would like to wish everyone season’s greetings and best wishes for 2024 The photos below are of RDT’s Christmas tree and lights at Royston Primary, the lights and mural on Royston Road, and the city landmark Roystonhill Spire which we maintain for the community. We are delighted (for the 6th year!) […]
Doors Open Day 2023
Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is a free celebration of Glasgow’s architectural gems, with events, audio walking tours and activities for kids from 11th-17th September 2023. https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/ On Sunday 17th September 2023 1pm-4pm, we will offer free refreshments tea, coffee, juice and biscuits using the great facilities provided by our friends at Roystonhill Community Hub. […]
Season’s Greetings
Season’s Greetings and best wishes for 2023 Photos taken on Christmas Eve – RDT’s tree and festive lights at Royston Primary. Also shown is Roystonhill Spire formerly Townhead Blochairn Church (1866) which hosted hundreds of Christmas services over the years (photo from Christmas 1978 by Catherine Houston).
Doors Open Day 2022
Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is a free celebration of Glasgow’s architectural gems, with events, audio walking tours and activities for kids from 12th-18th September 2022. https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/ On Sunday 18th September 2022 10am-2pm, we will offer free refreshments tea, coffee, juice and biscuits using the great facilities provided by our friends at Roystonhill Community Hub. Download our […]
Roystonhill Spire aerial view
This film is a birds-eye view of the area from over the Roystonhill Spire clock tower – made for Doors Open Day Festival in September 2021 ?
Our area in autumn
Photos from the Spire Park, Royston Road, Rosemount Business Park and Glenconner Park – around the area of Royston, Glasgow. Roystonhill Spire is maintained for the community by Rosemount Development Trust and the Spire Park is free and open year-round. You can find out more about the stone sculptures on our historical interpretation panels and […]
Doors Open Day photos
Some pics from last weekend – our first time participating in ‘Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival’ #GDODF21 Thanks to everyone who came along – our ‘Doors Open’ volunteers Laura & Gordon, Pauline at the Hub on the Hill Cafe and Spire View for their help. We got a great response – people travelling to see Roystonhill Spire, […]
Spire Park mosaics
Works in progress – next week will see the completion of the wonderful mosaics, and annual maintenance work on the Spire, in preparation for Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival on 19th September. Artist Jane McInally worked with local people of all ages, researching the history of the area for inspiration in creating the mosaics. There will […]