AN appeal for cash to preserve Glasgow’s winter gardens was in full swing in 1981.
Glasgow parks workers Elaine Granger, left, and Angela Hanna, were in the city’s George Square, where they handed out sprigs of white heather in return for a donation.
They had borrowed a wheelbarrow from the parks department for the purpose.
It, like the glasshouses so desperately in need to renovation, dated from the previous century and now, in the next century, the Winter Gardens still offers the chance to see exotic plants in the middle of a Scottish winter as part of an outing in an area of the city renowned as a place for its citizens to recuperate from the hustle and bustle that surrounds it.
Glasgow Green – the city’s oldest public space – is just outside the Winter Gardens, while the People’s Palace tells Glasgow’s social history.
So Elaine and Angela’s efforts played a part in maintaining a centuries’ old tradition.
 It shows what can be achieved by goodwill and hard work – and a sprig of lucky white heather.

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