ON the first Gray Day (February 25, as featured in the Herald Magazine article "What a difference a day makes, February 20), it is worth remembering that it was Alasdair Gray who first prised open the doors of the Winter Gardens of the People's Palace, Glasgow Green, in 1978 after 12 years of closure, with his Continuous Glasgow Show. This was an exhibition of 30 portraits of contemporary Glaswegians, known and unknown, painted by Gray, who had joined the museum staff on a Jobs Creation programme. At that time the People's Palace was in poor condition with a low visitor profile. The Winter Gardens had been closed in 1966 pending demolition.