The Suffrage Oak on Kelvin Way in Glasgow. This tree was planted in 1918 by Louisa Lumsden on behalf of a number of organisations which campaigned for the right for women to be able to vote. It commemorates the passing of the Representation of the People Act of that year. Amongst other things, this act extended voting rights to women over the age of 30 who occupied property with a rateable value of £5 or more.
In March 1941, the neighbouring areas of Clydebank and Glasgow were extensively targetted by German bombers, leading to the death of over one thousand people and much damage. One of the areas hit was the Kelvin Way Bridge in the city's West End where an exploding parachute mine sent two of its four groups of sculptures into the river below, including this one of War (right) and Peace (left).
The statues lay in the river until 1949 when they were finally recovered and at this point it was found War's right arm was missing. This was replaced in 1951 and a plaque was added to mark the occasion. The missing arm was eventually recovered from the river in 1995, but by then replacement had blended in with the rest of the statue and it was decided not to attempt to re-attach the original one.
Kelvingrove Bandstand on Kelvin Way in Glasgow. Built by Glasgow Public Parks Department in 1924, by the 1990s it had become derelict and was in danger of being lost. However, it was refurbished in the 2010s and is now regularly used as a music venue and for other events.
Are the lamps on Kelvin Way Bridge the most ornate street lights in Glasgow? I think they might just be!
Sculpted by Paul Raphael Montford between 1914 and 1924, these lamps consist of four allegorial groups of larger than life figures representing eight aspects of Glasgow civil society: Peace and War, Navigation and Shipbuilding, Commerce and Industry; and Philosophy and Inspiration (the pair shown here).