THE ZOO
June and Douglas Baird standing in front of Elephant in Calderpark zoo 1964
Before the days of Costas holidays families would spend their holidays doing day trips .
We lived in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow so one of our favourite day trips was to the Zoo.
My dad used to take us to a small zoo which was on the other side of the Clyde across the suspension bridge.
The real highlight was to Calderpark Zoo which in 60`s/70`s seemed miles away.
It was a full day out with mum making pieces and dad making up the diluting orange.
The Zoo was out the eastend of the city. Towards Balieston
The Zoo itself was very exciting because we had read about these wild animals inour comics.,To see lions,Giraffes and Elelephants in real life was magic .
Feeding time was the highlight. Seeing the lions attack their food was great entertainment.
The Polar bear wasn`t very lively but I suppose we was a bit far from home.
We all had a great day out and couldn`t wait to get home to tell our friends about our adventure.