Free weekend parking around the Mitchell Library. Bus (King's Theatre) and rail (Charing Cross) links nearby

Is the venue wheelchair accessible?

Yes and the venue has accessible toilets

Will refreshments be available?

Free tea/coffee and cake will be provided

Tuesday, May 13

Glasgow Harbour - Talk by Graeme Smith

A fascinating talk about Glasgow Harbour by author & campaigner Graeme Smith featuring stunning images from photographer Mike McCreery.

By Renfield Centre

Date and time

Tuesday, May 13 · 7 - 8:30pm GMT+1

Location

Renfield Centre 260 Bath St

260 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4JP United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Set sail with author and campaigner Graeme Smith on the story of Glasgow Harbour. Extending from Glasgow Green to Clydebank, developing 12 miles of modern quays and 500 miles of railways, Glasgow became the greatest sea port in Scotland. And the world centre of shipbuilding. The docks were the busiest and most important in the UK throughout WWII.

The new illustrated book Glasgow Harbour is being published by Amberley on April 15th; following the success of Graeme’s book about Glasgow’s Blythswood.

Experience this fascinating talk by Graeme, accompanied by the photography of Mike McCreery, in the spacious Blythswood Hall of Renfield Centre, in partnership with the Old Glasgow Club.

Free event. Tickets can be acquired here or at the door. You also have the option to make a donation of any amount to the charity (Registered charity Renfield Centre SC022996).

About the charity: With wellbeing at the heart of what we do, The Renfield Centre has been helping people, groups and communities thrive for thirty years. An accessible, central hub, welcoming to all, we provides facilities, activities and events designed to support the wellbeing of diverse communities in Glasgow city centre. Our goal is to deliver equal opportunities for all to be physically and mentally healthy, learn, train, work, socialise, create, contribute and thrive as part of a supportive environment The Renfield Centre – Glasgow

Organized by

Renfield Centre

An important aspect of our work is helping people who face barriers accessing experiences and participation in the arts, by providing free and affordable tickets, as well as engaging people through resident organisations and groups at the Centre. We also work with arts and cultural organisations to provide discounted rates which enable them to deliver inspirational performances in the Renfield Centre's 200-capacity venues. Government arts arm’s-length bodies indicate that the diversity of arts audiences is very low in comparison with the national population. Funding cuts, venue closures and rising costs are preventing smaller but vital arts organisations and emerging artists from presenting work for the public. This harms audience development, decreases the number of platforms available to showcase up-and-coming talent and negatively impacts the talent pipeline. Smaller-scale city-centre venues like ours want to do our part to support organisations and artists during an extremely challenging time for the creative sector. We want to make sure that people from diverse backgrounds have the opportunity to benefit from enrichment and enjoyment derived from engagement with music and arts.