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Hi everyone! I'm @LouBell, one of the Women's History tour guides at GWL. Sadly, we can't take you on any walks at the moment, so i've created this virtual version of our Women of the Gorbals walk for you all! 
Normally, i'd kick off the tour with a photo of me holding up the leaflet at one of the stops, but unfortunately I haven't been able to make it through to the city for a while. I miss it loads, and i'm sure some of you do too. So hopefully this tour helps a little with that.
Let's begin at Victoria Bridge. We are standing at the medieval gateway to Gorbals - where a wooden bridge crossed the river to Bridgend, a row of turf cottages on Gorbals Moor. The bridge was rebuilt in stone in 1345, with Lady Marjory Stewart of Lochlow funding an arch.
Hi everyone! I'm @LouBell, one of the Women's History tour guides at GWL. Sadly, we can't take you on any walks at the moment, so i've created this virtual version of our Merchant City tour.
Normally there would be a photo of me at one of the stops on the tour, but i've unfortunately not been able to make it through to Glasgow recently. I miss it loads, and i'm sure some of you do, too!
This area of Glasgow was partly built by money made on the backs of slaves, suppressed men and women working in appalling factories. There are several walks and projects that discuss the links to the slave trade. But today we're going to look at the women who made their mark here
Hi, I’m @LouBell, one of GWL’s Women’s History tour guides. We can’t take you on any walks at the moment, so I’ve created a virtual Glasgow Necropolis tour for you!
This tour is particularly special to me as it's the first one I went on as a member of the public, and is how i've ended up becoming involved with guiding on them! All thanks to me tweeting about it afterwards, and cheekily asking if GWL needed more guides...
To begin with, let's have a look at this monument. This marks the spot where the medieval Bishop's Palace once stood. Later, in the post-reformation period, it is where women accused of witchcraft were imprisoned and often put to death.
Hi, I'm @AnabelMarsh, one of GWL's Women's History tour guides. We can't take you on any walks at the moment, so I've created a virtual Garnethill tour for you. We begin on Sauchiehall Street at the corner with Rose Street. Look at the white building behind my head. 1/19
The former Willow Tearooms, now known as Mackintosh at the Willow, were opened by Catherine Cranston in 1903. She commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh to create the building and his wife, Margaret Macdonald, was responsible for the interiors. 2/19
Now we make our way up Rose Street to Garnethill Park. There will be a lot of up and down on this walk - the clue is in the name! Just check the pictures. The other part of the name refers to resident Thomas Garnett (1766-1802), an early supporter of female education. 3/19
Hi, I'm @AnabelMarsh, one of GWL's Women's History tour guides. We can't take you on any walks at the moment, so I've created a virtual one combining my favourite stops from our West End Walk and Suffragette City West Trail. Let’s begin at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery 1/16
Kelvingrove does have work by women, eg the Glasgow Girls and Margaret MacDonald, but much of the art is by men, and women often appear through the male gaze. If you look on the outside of the building you can see examples of idealised, stylised women. 2/16
Turning right along Dumbarton Rd we come to Anderson's College. In 1796 John Anderson, a professor at the University of Glasgow, left money in his will to found a rival, more egalitarian college. In its first 3 years, almost half its students were women. 3/16
