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Glasgow Science Centre. (National
Science Week)
March 'HoldYourBreath
- How to dig a tunnel under the Clyde
| Saturday 12th March | 12pm and 2pm |
| Sunday 13th March | 12pm and 2 pm |
| Saturday 19th March | 12 pm and 2 pm |
| Sunday 20th March | 12pm and 2 pm |
Fun, 20 minute presentation for primary age upwards FREE. Also Art-Area and HYB PostBox so that you can draw your own tunnel design.
| Museum of Transport | HYB PostBox with templates for suggestions. |
| IKEA glasgow | HYB Postbox with templates for suggestions. |
| Partick Library | HYB Postbox with templates for suggestions. |
| previously at : | The Lighthouse and Glasgow Science Centre |
June/September
Schools - Art, Science
and Music workshops,
Open-topped bus guided tours - history of the tunnel.
Community Groups
- consultation and art workshops, collecting memories.
Linthouse and Govan, Whiteinch and Scotstoun.
Soundscape - we plan to install a system to transmit an especially composed
soundscape into peoples car radios for the launch period (4-6 weeks).
It will composed by local
groups.
Website - How do you want the tunnel to look? Questionnaire, Tunnel facts,
Templates and Gallery.
Design Team - will
create a design based on public submissions. This will be presented Glasgow
City Council.
We hope the proposed designs will be accepted by the council and implemented shortly after the tunnel lining works are completed in April 2006.
The name 'HoldYourBreath'comes from the habit
of local children, who try and hold their breath
from one end of the Tunnel to the other, as if they are diving under the Clyde.