This morning I am presenting some images of a recent visit to Glasgow Green in the East End of Glasgow.
Here is the Doulton Fountain which dates to the 1888 International Exhibition and is a manifestation of Britain’s then empire.
Here is the Templeton Carpet Factory, a very unusual design based on the Doge’s palace in Venice.
Here is inside of the the Peoples Palace and Winter Gardens (1888). This was built as a cultural centre for the East End population.
View of Glasgow from the Clyde
Ben and Sarah Parsonage’s Bridge (over the Clyde).
Cacti inside the Winter Gardens
Tropical foliage within the Winter Garden’s
Queen Victoria silhouetted against the sun
Doulton Fountain (1888) by A E Pearce. The largest terracotta fountain in the world was created for Glasgow’s first Great Exhibition and later removed to Glasgow Green.
The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens were built in 1898 on historic Glasgow Green for the benefit of the industrial working people of the east end.
Picture of the Green in sunlight. Note vertical iron poles.
More detailed picture of iron poles. These were erected to hold washing lines at a time when the working people used communal facilities for washing -and drying-clothes.
Stunning architecture at Templeton’s Carpet Factory (1889). Glasgow’s most colourful brick building-a bit of Venice marooned in Glasgow!
