"I agree with your surmises 100 %. There was also a large inaccessible walled garden to the left of the hothouse as you looked at it from the front. In there, I believed that a lot of the flowers were propogated, and there was also at least one small hothouse there.

In my time, I vaguely remember a day that the upstairs was once opened up for a "controlled" visit, and what I saw was very disappointing. It was sparsely occupied with plants. (Or maybe I was just one of the stupid lads that sneaked up for a quickie when the parkie was attending to important matters at the nearest lavy?)

I don't think it was designed for public access in the first place, so it might have not been too safe up there to carry a lot of people - but it could provide access to roof maintenance and cleaning, or to opening roof windows of we got more than two consecutive days of smog- free sunny weather in those days! However, I do remember long chains hanging down and anchored all along the red brick walls that were connected to some of the roof windows."

That answer is a credit to an Albert SS education. Succinct. Sensible. Satisfying. Thank you, Siccar

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"Used to go to the park every Sunday with my Dad and Grandpa Caird. We also went in the summer holidays with our jam sandwiches and bottles of water, the older girls in the street were in charge of us young ones, then we went on hour own as we got older.
My other Grandpa Dempster used to take us to the monerytree. When you shook it dropped pennies out of the branches. I think really it was my Grandpa the threw them on the ground for me. What do you think!!!"

Na it wis a money tree that's how we aw ended up rich.

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"Thanks Beryl,just to let you know you were in good company,my Mother was a chorus girl and travelled all over the UK,a wee bit before your time,the 1920s.Did you ever know of a Dorothy Sanderson(Tuck)she was a cousin, and married to Ninian Sanderson(Le Mans winner 1956) There was a beautiful article on her passing in the Herald a few weeks back,she was from the Cowlairs Rd Tuck's."

Can't say I remember your cousin Dorothy, I am afraid. The name Tuck does ring a bell, though. Just thinking about Cowlairs Road for a second. Was there not a wee fruit and flower shop there where your mother sent you for their freshly made, steaming beetroot? There was always the heavy scent of freshly made wreaths which seemed to linger with you all day.The beetroot was wrapped in greasproof paper and then newspaper, if I remember and it was the best in the entire world. I was a dancer/actress in the 1950's.but my late Mother may well have known your Mother. Springburn was so like a village in those days. It is so touching to find former residents with so many happy memories they can share with us. Och aye, we former children of Springburn are a romantic lot but I am sure our former teachers at Albert and the other schools would be so proud of us now.

Beryl.

Beryl.

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