Harvie's Dyke: Glasgow's Forgotten Triumph
Dates & Times
Mini-Festival Programme
Thurs 17 Sept
13:00-14:00: Talk: Harvie’s Dyke
Sat 19 Sept
10:00-16:00: Harvie’s Dyke Dig Open Day
11:00-12:00: Walk: Weavers, Water, Whisky & Wildflowers - Sold Out
11:00-12.30: Urban Sketching Workshop (morning)
13:00-15:00: Urban Sketching Workshop (afternoon)
14.00-16.00: Walk: East End Radicals of the 1820s
Sun 20 Sept
10:00-16:00: Harvie’s Dyke Dig Open Day
11:00-12.30: Urban Sketching Workshop (morning)
13:00-15:00: Urban Sketching Workshop (afternoon)
14:00-16:00: Cycle: East End Radicals of the 1820s
16:00-17:30: Play: Tam Harvie's Dyke
About this Event
Thursday 17th
Talk: Harvie’s Dyke
13:00-14:00
Join Prof. Chris Whatley for a fascinating tale of how ordinary Glaswegians took on an arrogant landowner and successfully defended ‘the ’liberties of the banks of the Clyde’.
Drop in: no booking required
Saturday 19th
Harvie’s Dyke Dig Open Day
10:00 – 16:00
Come along to the excavations and survey at Harvie’s Dyke,chat to the archaeologists and get a chance to handle some 1800s artefacts.
Drop in: no booking required
Walk: Weavers, Water, Whisky & Wildflowers
11:00–12:30
Discover how the river shaped Glasgow’s east end. Hearstories of the people, places and industries that defined the area, and learnhow the Clyde is recovering from decades of neglect.
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Urban Sketching Workshop
11:00–12:30, 13:30–15:00
FREE ‘plein air’ sketching workshop with Glasgow artist Fiona Fleming. Enjoy a relaxed introduction to urban sketching outdoors - no experience needed. All ages and abilities welcome, with materials provided.
Walk: East End Radicals of the 1820s
14:00–16:00
Join Carolyn Wilson of Rebel Glasgow for a leisurely walking tour exploring the history of Glasgow’s east end and the rapid industrialisation it underwent in the 19th century.
Bridgeton Cross at The Bandstand
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Sunday 20th
Harvie’s Dyke Dig Open Day
10:00–16:00
Come along to the excavations and survey at Harvie’s Dyke, chat to the archaeologists and get a chance to handle some 1800s artefacts.
Drop in: no booking required
Urban Sketching Workshop
11:00–12:30, 13:30 – 15:00
FREE ‘plein air’ sketching workshop with Glasgow artist Fiona Fleming. Enjoy a relaxed introduction to urban sketching outdoors - no experience needed. All ages and abilities welcome, with materials provided.
Cycle: East End Radicals of the 1820s
14:00–16:00
Join Carolyn Wilson of Rebel Glasgow for a cycling tour exploring the history of Glasgow’s east end and the rapid industrialisation itunderwent in the 19th century.
Bridgeton Cross at The Bandstand
Booking: Click Here
Play: Tam Harvie’s Dyke
Tam Harvie’s Dyke is a short play written to be performed by the audience - that means you! It tells the story of community activists taking on a greedy landowner in the 1820s, resisting the enclosure of the commons, and winning rights of way along the Clyde.
16:00-17:30
Booking: Click Here
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