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Glasgow Humane Society
Glasgow Humane Society (GHS) operates from a boathouse alongside the River Clyde, in the grounds of Glasgow Green park, the site of the People's Palace, in the east end of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
The independent search and rescue (SAR) service was established in 1790.
The service currently operates a Whaly 500 rescue boat, with a unique fold-down bow for ease of casualty recovery, on station since 2021.
Glasgow Humane Society is a registered charity (No. SC001178).
Glasgow Humane Society was founded on 16 August 1790, and was one of many such Humane Societies established all over the world. In Glasgow, it was set up by members of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, after James Coulter left the sum of £200 to the college in 1787, to set up a society.
Previously, in the eyes of the church, a person who attempted to take their own life, for example, by jumping into the river, was to end up in hell and suffer eternal damnation. A person who lives was a criminal. Regardless of whether they jumped or fell, it was unlikely that someone would come to their assistance. The Society was founded towards the end of the Age of Enlightenment, when science and intellect was taking over from religious beliefs, with a different view of people who ended up in the water.
Glasgow Humane Society established the oldest continuing lifeboat service in the world.
On Saturday 21 to Monday 23 July 1900, as part of the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, France, the World Life-saving Championships took place on the River Seine. The Glasgow Humane Society were invited to attend, representing Great Britain, the crew being George Geddes, James Aitken, trainer to Queen's Park F.C., and Gavin Meiklejohn, a waterman. The competition required the crew to row to someone in the water, retrieve them into the boat, and row back. A special symmetrical boat was constructed, designed by George Geddes, which has a seat down the middle of the boat, allowing easier rowing in either direction. With the unique boat, in front of a crowd of 12,000 paying spectators, the Glasgow crew won their event.
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Glasgow Humane Society
Glasgow Humane Society (GHS) operates from a boathouse alongside the River Clyde, in the grounds of Glasgow Green park, the site of the People's Palace, in the east end of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
The independent search and rescue (SAR) service was established in 1790.
The service currently operates a Whaly 500 rescue boat, with a unique fold-down bow for ease of casualty recovery, on station since 2021.
Glasgow Humane Society is a registered charity (No. SC001178).
Glasgow Humane Society was founded on 16 August 1790, and was one of many such Humane Societies established all over the world. In Glasgow, it was set up by members of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, after James Coulter left the sum of £200 to the college in 1787, to set up a society.
Previously, in the eyes of the church, a person who attempted to take their own life, for example, by jumping into the river, was to end up in hell and suffer eternal damnation. A person who lives was a criminal. Regardless of whether they jumped or fell, it was unlikely that someone would come to their assistance. The Society was founded towards the end of the Age of Enlightenment, when science and intellect was taking over from religious beliefs, with a different view of people who ended up in the water.
Glasgow Humane Society established the oldest continuing lifeboat service in the world.
On Saturday 21 to Monday 23 July 1900, as part of the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, France, the World Life-saving Championships took place on the River Seine. The Glasgow Humane Society were invited to attend, representing Great Britain, the crew being George Geddes, James Aitken, trainer to Queen's Park F.C., and Gavin Meiklejohn, a waterman. The competition required the crew to row to someone in the water, retrieve them into the boat, and row back. A special symmetrical boat was constructed, designed by George Geddes, which has a seat down the middle of the boat, allowing easier rowing in either direction. With the unique boat, in front of a crowd of 12,000 paying spectators, the Glasgow crew won their event.
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