Another postcard from Gordon Cook showing the world fountain at the David Livingstone Memorial Centre. This time taken from the opposing view from yesterday, looking across the expansive playing fields. The small trees are now incredibly tall, lining the straight path at the far side of the grounds. As seen, sheep were a good way […]
A rather lovely, (and rare!) photo postcard of the World Fountain at the David Livingstone Memorial Centre, back in the 1930s. The fountain looks new in this picture, pristine tidy. The view, taken many decades ago shows well how much the area has changed. Long before the Africa Pavilions, these neat paths snaked around the […]
I’ve perhaps shown a grainy photo of this scene before, but thought I’d share this better resolution copy. Pictured in the 1940s is the World Fountain at David Livingstone Centre. In 1935, Mrs Maxwell, the wife of the former Councillor Mr. A.B Maxwell gave £1,000 for the construction of this globe. Mrs Maxwell also left other […]
Pictured here in the late 1930’s in a photo which I recently bought on ebay, is a rare picture of the World Fountain at David Livingstone Centre, in all its new glory. I hadn’t seen this photo before encountering it on the auction site and was pleased to win with a bid of only a few […]
Thank you to Alison at the David Livingstone centre who emailed me this most detailed description of the World Fountain, written and published in the late 1930s. I think it offers a definitive description of the sculpture and I hope in not much detail to compromise your interest. “Much has recently been written of the great […]
One of Blantyre’s most recognisable icons. The World Fountain at David Livingstone Centre. Given by the wife of Councillor A.B Maxwell in his memory and designed by Mr. F. C. Mears the Trust Architect this work of art was commissioned to be part of David Livingstone Centre. Mrs Maxwell died just 2 weeks after presenting […]
Pictured here in an unseen photo of 1935 is the construction works at David Livingstone Centre in 1935 building the iconic World Fountain. Contractors C D’O Pilkington Jackson have finished building the fountain and are landscaping the pavements around it. Workers shovels, hammers and materials lay around. Stringlines mark out the pavements which have had […]