These arrived today: MacFarlane's Castings: Walter MacFarlane and Co Saracen Foundry, Glasgow, Volumes 1 and 2. Weekend reading sorted!
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Looking up through the intricate dome of the James Martin Memorial Fountain by Glasgow Green. It was erected in 1893. It was created by MacFarlane and Co's Saracen Foundry one of the city's most famous producers of ornamental ironwork.
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The style of box shown in this picture replaced the original ones in the 1930s and unlike other parts of the UK, Glasgow police boxes were traditionally painted red rather than blue.
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Police box beside Barrowland Park on the east end of Glasgow. Invented by Charles Eggar, a Glasgow fireman, police boxes first appeared on the city's streets in 1891.
The original signal boxes were hexagonal and made of cast iron by the Macfarlane and Co Saracen foundry. A similarilty in design strongly suggests it was based on a men's urinal already produced it that company.
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