REMEMBER when having fun was not much more sophisticated than filling an empty washing-up liquid bottle with water and squirting it at someone? These children are getting quite excited about the prospect at Cranstonhill Nursery School in Glasgow, which was built as part of the Anderston redevelopment near the Kingston Bridge in 1970.
The bottles were probably whipped away from them once the photographer had gone, although they are wearing smocks so a certain amount of mayhem is expected.
The nursery had just opened and the Evening Times noted it had been designed by a female architect, Fiona Mason, of Edinburgh. Said the Times: “A talking point are ‘playstages’ comprising climbing frames for the adventurous with, below them, areas ideal for playing houses.
“The school is designed on split level lines with big double playrooms equipped with everything to delight a child. The outside play-spaces, considered by the architect to be as important as the inside of the school, has ramps, climbing bars and even a concrete tunnel, all provided in an effort to give the pupils safe and interesting surroundings.”
The Evening Times notes that there were now 54 nurseries in Glasgow providing space for 4000 youngsters. Think it’s gone up a bit since then.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here