The Glasgow Garden Festival was the first international event to be held in Glasgow in over 50 years following the Empire Exhibition in 1938 and arguably marked a turning point in the fortunes of the biggest city in Scotland. With substantial investment in the event, the Festival signalled a rebirth of the city from a historically industrial city to a hub of culture with Glasgow being named as the European City of Culture in 1990.
If you visited, you may remember the Coca Cola rollercoaster and the Clydesdale Bank tower. Here we take another look back at he hugely successful Garden Festival, which attracted over 4 million visitors to the city, making the Glasgow event the most popular of the five Garden Festivals held across the UK. Take a look at part one of our look back at the Glasgow Garden Festival here.
13. Glasgow Garden Festival 1988
The Tibetan Institute's Sorcam Pelmo, in traditional Tibetan dress, and a man in a yak costume presented a dance display at Glasgow Garden Festival in August 1988. Photo: Derek McNaughton
14. Glasgow Garden Festival 1988
The Yellow Kettle being towed up the River Clyde to be installed at the Glasgow Garden Festival in March 1988 Photo: TSPL
15. Glasgow Garden Festival 1988
Visitors to the Glasgow Garden Festival get a good view of the rollercoaster from the top of a Paisley District tram in May 1988. Photo: Allan Milligan