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Art, empire and dick
Dec. 10th, 2012 11:36 pmI've had the very great pleasure of having ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nodbear to stay for the last week so we can do some work on our navyboy research. RL work has been a bit of a distraction but we have managed to make some progress never the less. Today however we took a break and went to visit House for An Art Lover in the park near where I live. The House was built in the early 1990's based plans designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald for an architectural competition in 1901.
Sadly the house itself was closed today so instead we went to see a new heritage centre about the history of the park, the surrounding area and the nearby upper Clyde shipyards.nodbear was fascinated by an installation about the Empire Exhibition which took place in the park in 1938. I have always known about the Exhibition but it was fascinating to see pictures of so many of the pavilions, many representing countries that no longer exist, such as Southern Rhodesia. On the one hand the striking art deco buildings looked very much like a brave new world, but the exhibition also the last hurrah of the empire. Elegant though the buildings were, many of them were a touch grandiose, however one that showed a distinct sense of humour, and which nodbear and I immediately fell in love with, was the Atlantic Restaurant and Tower, a restaurant in the shape of a ship built on the top of a hillside. Sadly only one of the Empire pavilions was retained after the exhibition, the Palace of Art still stands in the park and is now the head quarters of the West of Scotland Sports Institute. It's a lovely building, but we couldn't help wishing they'd left the Atlantic instead!
In other news, partner bought "nautical puddings" as a treat fornodbear and I, so tonight after dinner we had spotted dick. I'm sure you can imagine the depths to which the sniggering and innuendo sunk. Partner has a lot to answer for....
nodbear to stay for the last week so we can do some work on our navyboy research. RL work has been a bit of a distraction but we have managed to make some progress never the less. Today however we took a break and went to visit House for An Art Lover in the park near where I live. The House was built in the early 1990's based plans designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald for an architectural competition in 1901.  |  |
Sadly the house itself was closed today so instead we went to see a new heritage centre about the history of the park, the surrounding area and the nearby upper Clyde shipyards.
nodbear was fascinated by an installation about the Empire Exhibition which took place in the park in 1938. I have always known about the Exhibition but it was fascinating to see pictures of so many of the pavilions, many representing countries that no longer exist, such as Southern Rhodesia. On the one hand the striking art deco buildings looked very much like a brave new world, but the exhibition also the last hurrah of the empire. Elegant though the buildings were, many of them were a touch grandiose, however one that showed a distinct sense of humour, and which nodbear and I immediately fell in love with, was the Atlantic Restaurant and Tower, a restaurant in the shape of a ship built on the top of a hillside. Sadly only one of the Empire pavilions was retained after the exhibition, the Palace of Art still stands in the park and is now the head quarters of the West of Scotland Sports Institute. It's a lovely building, but we couldn't help wishing they'd left the Atlantic instead!  |  |
In other news, partner bought "nautical puddings" as a treat for
nodbear and I, so tonight after dinner we had spotted dick. I'm sure you can imagine the depths to which the sniggering and innuendo sunk. Partner has a lot to answer for....
