Landemer Day 11th June 2022

 We will be having a stall at the event with  raffle prizes and  giveaways for children  Our stall will be banana themed with banana goodies and replica of Billy Connolly’s  Banana Boots  for photoshoot.  Plus banana themed raffle prizes.

 

 

Q: Where was the only source of bananas in Glasgow during WW2?
A: The Winter Gardens on Glasgow Green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rutherglen St Eloi to appear for Landemer Day 2022 

Glasgow Life has agreed to lend the copy of the Rutherglen St Eloi statue, made for the People’s Palace displays in 1975.  The piece has an important story to tell, not just for Rutherglen, but for the wholesale cultural destruction which took place of all catholic images at the time of the Scottish Reformation of 1560. The first two of the Ten Commandments, ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before Me’ and ‘Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..’ led to the wholesale smashing of statues and obliteration of devotional paintings in Scotland by the religious reformers. St Eloi, hidden beneath the floor of Rutherglen Parish Church, is a rare survivor. More information on his story is told in our news page.