The German Luftwaffe carried out many bombing raids in west Scotland in 1941, particularly targeting shipyards in Clydebank in March, with thousands of homes also being demolished or damaged. Glasgow was also affected the following month and this house in Boyd Street, Govanhill, was among those hit.
THIS worker is focusing on hitting the gold standard as he starts painting duties on the leaf decorations on railings around what was then the Stirling’s Library in Royal Exchange Square.
The work, in July 1980, was helping Glasgow to brush up its image by restoring railings around the city.
Seven years later, in September 1987, the council decided many more of the decorative iron work surrounding older properties needed attention, either because they had been damaged or had suffered neglect.
So the council decided to launch a £25,000 scheme to help improve the railings, with money given in the form of discretionary 50% grants to people who wanted to undertake repair work.
The Stirling’s Library has since become the much-admired Gallery Of Modern Art – although there is still
a library in the basement – and the railings still have those leaves painted gold.
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