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Recording the form, story and legacy of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival with LambLex, @GordonBarr.scot & @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
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Meanwhile it was nice to spot our new @glasgowgardenfestival.org walking trail that takes you round the former site of the Glasgow Garden Festival 1988 out in the wild in leaflet stands across Glasgow today!
You can also download a digital copy at
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May 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's the 37th anniversary of the Glasgow Garden Festival’s Public Opening Day, and hence a fitting occasion to announce our new walking tour leaflet and interpretation boards. The two boards in Festival Park mark the first onsite recognition of the event.
April 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our own Dr Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social delivering his lecture on the Archaeology of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival at the Society of Antiquaries last month. (Strong recommend!)

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February 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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@glasgowgardenfestival.org Found another leaflet, this one for the Clydesdale Tower.
January 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It was built by Mctaggart & Mickel as a temporary structure for the festival, which ran for five months. Here's my copy of the brochure, which contains the background story on the design... (THREAD)
January 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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If you missed my Society of Antiqs of Scotland lecture last week on The archaeology of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, fear not! @glasgowgardenfestival.org @glasgowheritage.bsky.social
You can now watch it here: youtu.be/_V3EGcS-Ilw
The archaeology of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival
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January 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One of the finds from our Glasgow City Heritage Trust funded digs earlier this year at the site of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival made a list of the top 5 finds of the year - and featured on the BBC Scotland news homepage today!
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Glasgow plant pot tag among 'amazing archaeological finds'
The discovery made in Glasgow is on a list of top five Scottish artefacts for 2024.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Some more fascinating Garden Festival documents came to light recently - in this case relevant to the proposed afteruse of the site, and very interesting in the light of what actually came to pass. (Credit: Ann and David Lever archive)
December 7, 2024 at 7:30 PM
From the archives:
East Kilbride’s Anniversary – Tram Stop
Credit: Morven Maciver (1988)
Sculpture at Priestknowe Roundabout, East Kilbride, May 2023 – Credit: Claire J
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November 29, 2024 at 9:55 PM
From the archives:
Bell’s Bridge
Credit:
1 - Donald Whannell (1988)
2 - Gordon Barr (2022)
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November 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
From the archives:
Tourist Information, High Street.
Credit: Ross Mackay

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November 23, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Was shown these during your What Remains tour last December. It was very interesting.
A special bottle of whisky.
November 21, 2024 at 8:49 PM
From the archives:
Decoration of Bollards (Daniel Buren)
Credit: Richard East (1988)
Gordon Barr (2023)

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November 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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From the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival: a postmodern pavilion.
October 31, 2024 at 4:55 PM
From the archives:
Waterfall/Cascade
Credit: Ian White 1988a / Gordon Barr 1988b / @gordonbarr.scot 2022

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November 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
From the archives:
Flower Piece III (Jake Kempsall)
Credit: Donald McCrae

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November 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM
From the archives:
Reclining Woman (Dhruva Mistry)
Credit: Donald McCrae
Have you seen this statue recently? If so, please let us know! We’d love to find out what happened to it….
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November 18, 2024 at 3:57 PM