For some reason, the reference to the 'Ladies of Partick' on this sign on the Jubilee Gates of Victoria Park of the West of Glasgow always amuses me, possibly because it now comes across as a rather antiquated phrase. The gates themselves were created by the Saracen Foundry in Possilpark and were erected in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's 50th Year on the throne.
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Intertwined sea monsters on the top of the Saracen Fountain in Alexandra Park in Glasgow. Designed by David Watson Stevenson and made by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry in Possilpark, this cast iron fountain was created for the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park. At the end of the festival it was removed and re-erected in Alexandra Park in 1914.
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In addition, if you look very carefully at the right hand side, just below the glazed section, you can see the small tap which would have been turned on to let the gas flow through to the mantle before it was lit. This would have been done each night by one of Glasgow's army of leeries or lamplighters. They'd then return in the morning to turn off the tap, so extinguishing the flame.
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A former gas lamp (now converted to an electric one) on North Gate to Victoria Park in the west of Glasgow. It's one of a pair created, along with the rest of the gate, in 1887, by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry. You can tell it was originally a gas lamp because it has an open base and a vented cap at the top (needed to allow oxygen in to feed the flame).
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A K6 Red Telephone Kiosk on Lochlea Road on the Southside of Glasgow. It was designed in 1935 by Giles Gilbert Scott, the grandson of George Gilbert Scott who designed the main buildings of Glasgow University in the 1860s. This particular kiosk was made at Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry in the Possilpark area of Glasgow.
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The Saracen Fountain in Alexandra Park in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by David Watson Stevenson, it was made by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry for the 1901 Glasgow Internarional Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park. After the exhibition was over, it was moved to its current location.
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McFarlane's Saracen foundry would go on to become one of the most famous and highly rated decorative iron foundries in the world.
A Moses McCulloch and Company access cover on Albert Drive in Glasgow. Founded around 1810, McCulloch and Company started life at the Cumberland Ironworks on Stockwell Street, and until they ceased trading in 1962 they were one of the oldest such businesses in Scotland. Walter McFarlane spend 10 years working at this foundry before setting up his own foundry at Saracen Lane in 1850.
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Beautifully cast dolphin fish on the top tier of the MacFarlane and Co fountain in Alexandra Park in Glasgow. You can really see why their Saracen Foundry was world-famous for the qaulity of its decorative ironwork.
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These arrived today: MacFarlane's Castings: Walter MacFarlane and Co Saracen Foundry, Glasgow, Volumes 1 and 2. Weekend reading sorted!
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