Strachan, Z. (2023) Regarding Pheasants and Peacocks in the Grounds. [Website]
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Abstract
Creative non-fiction. Between 1932 and 1940, the Physician Superintendent of Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital, Angus MacNiven, embarked on a venture to secure ornamental fowl, particularly peacocks and peahens, for the grounds of Gartnavel. He wrote, sometimes several times a day, to various suppliers and breeders. Eggs were duly dispatched, and those birds that he did manage to purchase were confined in wicker baskets and carried by train. The eggs tended not to hatch, and peahens in particular didn’t fare well at Gartnavel, but when birds did roam the grounds they proved as great an attraction as MacNiven had hoped for his patients and their visitors.
| Item Type: | Website |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Strachan, Ms Zoe |
| Authors: | Strachan, Z. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
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