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 a 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.
21. The Inverclyde Steam Kettle
The Solid Fuel Advisory Service sponsored the Inverclyde Steam Kettle, being towed up the River Clyde to be installed at the Glasgow Garden Festival in March 1988. Photo: Brian Stewart
22. The miniature train
Staff from the Glasgow Garden Festival have a last ride on the miniature train at the site in November 1988. Photo: Brian Stewart
23. Para Handy Sculpture
Lord High Commissioner Sir Iain Tennant sits beside a sculpture of Para Handy at the Glasgow Garden Festival, May 1988. Photo: Allan Miligan
24. The Paisley District Tram
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