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Another wonderful example of decorative ironwork from the 1880s former Savings Bank on Bridge Street in Glasgow.

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Whatever the reason, and regardless of what happened to them, these wartime efforts dramatically changes the streetscape of Glasgow, and many other parts of the UK, forever.

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This Is My Glasgow Jul 5

The idea of recycling of architectural ironwork for the war effort actually began Germany in 1938, and was started in the UK in 1940. In 1941, Glasgow was amongst the first British cities to launch a large scale programme of removing decorative ironwork, and any not deemed to be of historic importance (i.e. made after 1850) and not needed for safety reasons were considered fair game.

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This Is My Glasgow Jul 5

If you keep an eye out while travelling around Glasgow, you'll see many low walls lined with metal stumps like this one outside a church in Pollokshields. Most of these are all that remains of decorative railings removed during World War II. As many such railings were made of wrought, rather than cast, iron, they were relatively easy to recycle into new iron objects.

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This Is My Glasgow Jun 29

Decorative cast-iron air vent cover on the former National Bank of Scotland building in St Enoch Square in central Glasgow.

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This Is My Glasgow Jun 6

Love the flower detail on these Victorian cast-iron railings on Hillhead Street in the West End of Glasgow.

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This Is My Glasgow Jun 1

Over the past few years, I've suggested quite a few times that this rather beautiful old lamp base outside the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow should be painted up to make it stand out a lot more. Well, it looks someone is finally doing it! Thanks to Glasgowpixman for their post which made me aware of this.

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This Is My Glasgow May 29

Love this decorative metalwork outside one of the Victorian townhouses on Woodlands Terrace in the Park District of Glasgow. It forms part of an urn on the top of a newel post supporting railings leading up the stairs to the entrance.

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This Is My Glasgow Mar 30

A wonderful lion pillaster on the combined drinking fountain and lamp in Dowanhill Park in the west end of Glasgow. It was made in 1903 by the MacFarlane and Co foundry in Possilpark, one of Scotland's most important manufacturer of ornamental iron work between 1850 and 1965.

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