McLennan Arch, found at the north-west entrance to Glasgow Green.
GLASGOW GREEN
Glasgow Green is a park situated in the east end of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde. It is the oldest park in the city dating back to the 15th century.
In 1450, King James II granted the land to Bishop William Turnbull and the people of Glasgow. The Green was quite different from what it is today, being an uneven swampy area composed of a number of "greens" (divided by the Camlachie Burn and Molendinar Burn), including the High and Low Greens, the Calton Green and the Gallowgate Green. The park served a number of purposes in its first few centuries; as a grazing area, an area to wash and bleach linen, an area to dry fishing nets and for activities like swimming. The city's first steamie, called The Washhouse, opened on the banks of the Camlachie Burn in 1732.
In 1806, the year after Admiral Horatio Nelson's death, a 43.5 metre tall monument was erected in the Green. The first civic monument in Britain to commemorate Nelson's victories, it predated Nelson's Pillar in Dublin by two years and Nelson's column in London by three decades. Four years after its construction it was hit by a lightning strike which caused the top 6 metres to collapse, but the damage was soon repaired. In 2002 a £900,000 restoration programme restored the monument to its original. condition, repaired damage that had accumulated over the last two centuries and installed floodlighting.
The Doulton Fountain is the largest terracotta fountain in the world, as well as the best surviving example of its kind. The fountain has been beautifully restored and relocated to the front of the People's Palace.
The People's Palace and Winter Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland are a museum and glasshouse situated in Glasgow Green, and were opened on 22 January, 1898 by the Earl of Rosebery.
People`s Palace is free and well worth a visit . Upstairs there is a superb
exhibition of life in Glasgow during the second world war.
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GLASGOW AT WAR
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Friends of Glasgow Green website
Clydesdale horses originated in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland and were bred for their power and stamina.
Before the development of the internal combustion engine, heavy horses were a source of power and there would have been thousands of horses stabled in the City. They were used to pull carts and drays; to transport goods and people; deliver milk; uplift rubbish and they were essential in the parks, carrying out all the tasks we associate with the work of tractors today.
Working horses have long since disappeared from our streets and today Clydesdales are a Rare Breed. Glasgow City Council however has turned back the clock and once again there are Clydesdale horses in our parks.
All photographs are taken and owned by D Baird