Maryhill’s crown jewels
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THE world’s first interactive stained glass windows have taken up pride of place in the restored Maryhill burgh halls.
The set of ten windows – designed by artist Stephen Adam, with the help of 250 neighbours of all ages – were unveiled on Tuesday at the westend heritage site and nicknamed the crown jewels of Maryhill.
As reported in last week’s Extra, the panels contain a 2D barcode which can be scanned using a smartphone, automatically taking the user to a webpage with more information.
They’re an homage for the original 1878 windows, which depicted boat builders, glass blowers, iron moulders and canal boatsmen – but this time the people of Maryhill decided on the themes.
Gordon Barr, heritage development officer for the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, told The Extra: “We’re really excited to finally see the results of all the hours of workshops and talks, and the effort from literally hundreds of people who got involved in various ways – some have their images actually featured in the glass itself.
“The descendants of some of the school pupils featured in these new windows will be coming to the burgh halls to see just what their great-great grandfather looked like when he was in primary seven”.
Pictured is the window depicting youth, featuring a local youth club – the other designs focus on education, culture, social heritage, heavy trades, workers, space age, sport and leisure, regeneration and diversity.
Connecting all are excerpts from archive maps of the area, and lines from the song Voices by Maryhill’s own Kevin McDermott.
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