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.
25. Miss Scotland at the Garden Festival
Former Miss Scotland Natalie Devlin dressed as a mermaid beside the OCS-sponsored waterfall at the Glasgow Garden festival site in March 1988. Photo: Allan Milligan
26. The waterfall!
Children from Crookfur primary school cool off in the waterfall when temperatures hit 75 F (23 °C) at Glasgow Garden Festival, June 1988. Photo: Allan Milligan
27. Tram driver slightly distracted
Glasgow Garden Festival tram driver Stanley Kerr strains for a glimpse of the new Tennent's lager models on the top deck, May 1988 Photo: Donald MacLeod
28. On board the Coke-coaster!
Locals enjoying the Coca-Cola roller coaster at a special preview of the Glasgow Garden Festival in April 1988. Photo: Brian Stewart