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Wall of (real) cars in the Riverside Museum, Glasgow.
©Peter Barr
©John Messingham
©Dr Neil Clifton
A tramway was set up at the Festival, featuring two trams borrowed from the National Tramway Museum. This is ex-Paisley No 68.
©Dr Neil Clifton
3 million visitors came to the site in 5 months. This injected over £100m into the local economy. The site is now called Pacific Quay.
©Carol Walker
This festival was sited on the desolate landscape of the former Princes dock,Govan. This 60 acre site on the south side of the Clyde was transformed.
©Carol Walker
This was a ride at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. This death-defying,loop the loop,rollercoaster trip was not for the faint-hearted!
©Carol Walker
©david smith
©david smith
©david smith
©Johnny Durnan
Looking west towards Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium (known locally as the 'Armadillo'), with the Crowne Plaza hotel behind and the Glasgow Science Centre tower in the background on the left.
©Paul Johnston-Knight
Known locally as The Armadillo.
©Richard Dear
The Police and Ambulance service on site.The normal yellow ambulance helicopter was in the hangar getting serviced, the red one is the standby.
©Johnny Durnan
©Johnny Durnan

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