Springburn Heritage Collection

31/05/2025

Springburn Heritage Collection are actively looking for stories, recollections, memories and more info about legendary / born jazz musician .

Frankie was a prominent and popular figure, performing at the likes of the , and many other venues around the city.

He also toured internationally, performing alongside the likes of and other popular names of the time during the 50s

Frankie, who was originally a postman from aged 15 (pictured), became an engineer at the “world famous Caley” (Caledonian Railways), and later got his licence from to perform as a professional jazz musician and recording artist, completing three notable albums.

Anyone with any information, please email us - [email protected], with the subject heading “Frankie Blue Springburn”.

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16/02/2025

Amazing! 🖤🤍🩶

Vesalius Street, Shettleson, 1922, with girl aged 4 on a patch of waste ground; in the background a group of men gambling
Ref: P7582

08/12/2024

27/11/2024

Photos from Springburn Heritage Collection. 📷

12/10/2024

These are some photos which were found in a recent archive donation to Springburn Heritage Collection. We don’t have any information about the individuals in the photos, and are keen to identify the people/places.

Do you recognise anyone in the photos? Email [email protected].

12/10/2024

Springburn Heritage Collection has been gifted a number of boxes of photos, 8mm film and VHS from local people, and will be bringing these to life for future events and screenings.

Look out for news of these special exhibitions soon, and if you’d like to have anything added to the archives please pop into Springburn Community Hub to talk to our archivists Frank and Helen.



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