The Bandstand in Queen’s Park
Since moving to the Southside of Glasgow I’ve always cast a sad and longing eye at the disused bandstand in Queens’ Park. I live a stones throw from the Victoria Road gate of Queen’s Park and therefore two stones throws from the bandstand. It’s not a grand Victorian structure or much more than a dent in the landscape but it has the potential for some fun and it would be great to see it spring to life. So, I was delighted to hear that the Community Councils and Glasgow City Council are doing something about it and a competition of designers and architects has chosen a structure to re-launch the bandstand. Here’s the winner.
As a bit of an homage to the bandstand I popped down there this morning and did an ambient sound recording. At 5.30-6am I was in the company of various birds, lots of squirrels and even more rabbits. I was probably a bit late for the main dawn chorus but even so there was a fair few birds doing their thing.
Bandstand, Queens Park, Glasgow, 6am, 3 June ’10 by timjnunn
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Here’s hoping the bandstand gets going properly and a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who is putting effort into making that happen.