Yesterday we visited the People’s Palace in Glasgow Green!

We took part in a workshop called ‘Age of Invention’ where we got to handle items from the past and present – these included cameras, irons and telephones.

We had to work as a group to put our items in order from old to new.

Our guide Laura took us around the museum where we saw a single end home in a tenement – she told us that one whole family would all live in a single end sharing beds and even bath water!

We also went ‘Doon the Water’ where we saw where people went their holidays, what they wore and what they took with them.

Then we went to the ‘Steamie’ where we washed and dried our clothes.

After our busy morning we had a picnic in the park and enjoyed the sunshine!

“I really liked going Doon the Water!” Erin

“It was nice eating our lunch outside!” Cameron

“I know what a single end is now!” Adam

“It was interesting seeing what a single end looks like” Daniel

“I liked washing the clothes in the Steamie!” Matthew

“The gift shop had lots of interesting things!” Derin

“I didn’t like the smell of the soap in the Steamie!!” Melissa

“I had an apron on in the Steamie!” Mary

“I was scrubbing clothes clean in the Steamie!” Aidan

“It was fun working in the Steamie!” Connie

“I had never seen a single end” Katie

“The fountain outside cooled us down!!” Ryan

“It was an amazing day!!” Callum

“We don’t wash our clothes like they did in the Steamie!” Ethan

“Laura was very interesting!” Lauren

“Laura was very slow at dialling 999 on the old telephone – EMcF was much faster on the mobile!” Taylor

“It was fun working in the Buttercup Dairy!” Lewis