SOMETIMES it takes the passage of many years for improvements to come to fruition. 
Back in February 1968 Glasgow Corporation was considering changes to seven old burial grounds in the 
city, including Tullis Street, Bridgeton, pictured above at that time.
The cemetery, which had been used in the 17th and 18th centuries, had officially been shut in 1870 and the bodies had been exhumed and buried elsewhere. The hope was the grounds could be converted into parks and gardens.
The plan was to plant trees and put seats in the area, with the changes being costed at about £3500. In the 1980s the unkempt area was landscaped and seating was installed.
But it was not until 2009 that major changes began. 
New lighting was installed, old fencing removed, trees replaced and when the work was over the bill was £325,000. 
The gardens were reopened  on October 22 that year.

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Eleven-year-olds Paul Devlin, and Ann Marie McKay were happy to don kimonos back in February 1992 as they learned about Japanese culture during lessons at St Cuthbert’s Primary, Possilpark