Sculptures and Statues around Glasgow

[HollowHorn]

Yes, it is, Ronnie, just along from the "Briggait"

[viceroy]

Figure of a studious boy at the former Greenview School, on Greenhead Street overlooking the Green, just up from Templeton's. It dates from 1873 and belongs to a wing added to the original house - Greenhead House which was built in 1846 and which became the Buchanan Institute for Destitute Children in 1859.

[HollowHorn]

Wonderful railings too.

[viceroy]

I didn't go close enough to look at the railings but I wouldn't be surprised if they are of recent origin - the building has been extensively refurbished. Could be wrong though.

[HollowHorn]

Were not all the "old" railings taken away & melted down during the war?

[viceroy]

Well that's what I was thinking, which is why I suspect they are modern.

[My Kitten]

Well that's what I was thinking, which is why I suspect they are modern.

im sure ive passed some old railings at tenements in darnley road that looked pretty original. hmmm

[Fossil]

Were not all the "old" railings taken away & melted down during the war?

Ah that’s a good one HH.
Ronnie Crusty will be on later to explain that


Fossil

[HollowHorn]

Ah! You mean that I should have visited the Mirtual to do my research

[Fossil]

Ah! You mean that I should have visited the Mirtual to do my research

cheeky

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[viceroy]

The Virtual Mitchell has a picture of Greenview School dating from the 1960's which shows the railings so presumably they are the original ones after all.

I thought the removal of railings during WWII would have been a topic that might already have been covered on HG but I couldn't find any posts.

You see quite a lot of street/garden boundaries where the railings have obviously been removed in the past and yet there are many others where the old railings are still in situ. So I wonder what criteria were used as to whether a property should lose them or keep them, how extensive the practice of removal actually was and whether it was the private or the public sector that bore the brunt of it.

Any background info from the usual knowledgeable suspects would be received with interest.

[Apollo]

This info comes from discussions a good few years back (non-web) but it would appear that the truth behind the removal of railings, fencing and similar large-scale non-essential public metal decorations was based on the needs of public propaganda, and a need to be seen to be doing something to contribute to the war effort. The same was true of similar appeals for items such as pots and pans.

The reality was said to great piles of these items, hidden from public view or destroyed. The reason being that the quality and type of the scrapped material was such that it was of no value for the grade of steel required for the manufacture of weapons and munitions.

[HollowHorn]

Mundane enough to be true, Apollo

[Alex Glass]

Hindu Mandir



Lots of features on this building.

[HollowHorn]

Where is that, Alex?