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Recording the form, story and legacy of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival with LambLex, @GordonBarr.scot & @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social (Pic J McDougall, CC 2.0) http://www.glasgowgardenfestival.org
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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!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3E...

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@glasgowgardenfestival.org Found another leaflet, this one for the Clydesdale Tower.

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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

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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! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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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)

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From the archives: East Kilbride’s Anniversary – Tram Stop Credit: Morven Maciver (1988) Sculpture at Priestknowe Roundabout, East Kilbride, May 2023 – Credit: Claire J www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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From the archives: Bell’s Bridge Credit: 1 - Donald Whannell (1988) 2 - Gordon Barr (2022) www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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From the archives: Tourist Information, High Street. Credit: Ross Mackay www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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From the archives: Decoration of Bollards (Daniel Buren) Credit: Richard East (1988) Gordon Barr (2023) www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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From the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival: a postmodern pavilion.

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From the archives: Waterfall/Cascade Credit: Ian White 1988a / Gordon Barr 1988b / @gordonbarr.scot 2022 www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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From the archives: Flower Piece III (Jake Kempsall) Credit: Donald McCrae www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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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…. www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/object_recor...

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