Queen Mary Tea Gardens
c.1910
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A black and white postcard of Queen Mary Tea Gardens, children's sandpit and model ships, Rouken Glen.
Title:
Queen Mary Tea Gardens
Date of work:
c.1910
Search dates:
01 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1919
Reference number:
828
Level of description:
Item
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
Source:
Photograph cabinet - Giffnock
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
UnrestrictedCopyright: Unknown
General notes:
In 1910 Paisley District Tramways purchased 5 acres of ground in Nitshill Road by their Spiersbridge tram terminus and set up the Queen Mary Tea Gardens as an attraction. This view of the gardens is dominated by the chimneys of Thornliebank printworks in the distance. The gardens were very successful and even included a bioscope (an early term for cinema or film). Other attractions included a display of fifteen model ships on the pond, ranging from a coracle to the Lusitania. The models had been made for the 1911 Scottish National Exhibition at Kelvingrove. The Coutts family (Fred Coutts was the owner) lived in two converted room and kitchen tramcars during the summer. They sometimes acted as a 'soup kitchen' to rescue soaked Boy Scouts or Boys Brigade who had come for summer camp at Rouken Glen.
Language:
English
Record number:
9261047