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Glasgow Cathedral (Cathedral of St Mungo/St Kentigern)

We’ve passed this many times on our way into Glasgow, to the People’s Palace, the Barras or the city centre but had never stopped for a look till December 2018.

Glasgow Cathedral

If you look closely you can see a lamppost in the above photo. This is a close up showing the Glasgow Coat of Arms in the loop at its top:-

Glasgow crest on Lamppost

The Cathedral is dedicated to St Mungo otherwise known as St Kentigern. His tomb is in the cathedral crypt:-

St Mungo's Tomb

Stone rood screen – unique we were told:-

stone rood screen

Ceiling:-

medieval roof

A rather ornate side altar:-

altar-ish

Kneelers Glasgow and Highland Light Infantry Coats of Arms:-

Kneelers, Glasgow Cathedral

Kneelers, Highland Light Infantry and Church of Scotland Coats of Arms. Kneelers in Glasgow Cathedral

Glasgow Exhibitions Display at the People’s Palace

There is a small display at the People’s Palace on Glasgow Green which shows images of Glasgow’s various International Exhibitions.

Glasgow Exhibitions Display at People's Palace

The colour picture at the top is of the 1901 Exhibition, a panorama of that same exhibition is below it, a sepia depiction of the 1888 Exhibition lies below the writing, a view of the Scottish Pavilion at the 1938 Empire Exhibition is to the left and a poster stamp of the Empire Exhibition’s logo in red is below that.

The colour picture is of the Main Pavilion at the 1901 Exhibition:-

The mostly blue picture is of the interior of one of the two Scottish Pavilions at the 1938 Empire Exhibition:-

Scottish Pavilion Empire Exhibition 1938

Here’s the poster stamp in a closer up version:-

Gummed Paper Label, Empire Exhibition 1938

The People’s Palace also has one of the jigsaws of the Empire Exhibition:-

Jigsaw Empire Exhibition 1938

Note the (oddly shaped) missing piece of the jigsaw. I actually have a complete example of this jigsaw at home (a companion piece to this) but it’s still in a box somewhere due to the house move last year.

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