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Post by Waverley on Mar 5, 2011 23:34:34 GMT 1
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Post by pwm437 on Mar 6, 2011 15:15:14 GMT 1
The land for Alexandra Park was acquired by the City Improvement Trust in 1866 and passed on to the Corporation. The original parcel of land was almost 80 acres, with a further 5 acres being donated by Alexander Dennistoun.
More land was later acquired, notably 33 acres of the Lands of Kennyhill in 1891. The planting of trees and shrubs in the park was considerably hampered because of the pollution in the soil, much of it believed to have come from the nearby Blochairn Iron Works.
The park contained an 18 hole golf course (later reduced to 9 holes) a magnificent cast-iron fountain, from the Saracen Foundry works of Walter Macfarlane & Co., as well as a bandstand and model yacht pond.
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Post by Waverley on Dec 13, 2012 13:43:28 GMT 1
I seem to have collected quite a few postcards and other stuff over the last few months re Alexandra Park. I will endeavour to list them on here over the Christmas and New Year period.
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Post by Waverley on Dec 22, 2012 14:15:47 GMT 1
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