When fun was squeezing a bottle of water at your chums

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.

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