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It made a change to see the traffic cone on the horse's backside this morning, rather than in its traditional place on Wellington's head.
You're in Glasgow.
You have a camera.
You have to take this photograph.
IT'S THE LAW.
Photo © George Crawford.
In Royal Exchange Square outside the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and forming an end to Ingram Street is an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington by Italian artist Carlo Marochetti, erected in 1844. Capping the statue with a traffic cone has become a traditional practice in the city, claimed to represent the humour of the local population and believed to date back to the first half of the 1980s if not before. The statue is a Category-A listed monument and due to minor damage and the potential for injury that the placing of cones involves, the practice has been discouraged by Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police in recent years. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_statues_in_Glasgow
May 3, 2010
In Royal Exchange Square outside the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and forming an end to Ingram Street is an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington by Italian artist Carlo Marochetti, erected in 1844. Capping the statue with a traffic cone has become a traditional practice in the city, claimed to represent the humour of the local population and believed to date back to the first half of the 1980s if not before. The statue is a Category-A listed monument and due to minor damage and the potential for injury that the placing of cones involves, the practice has been discouraged by Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police in recent years. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_statues_in_Glasgow
May 3, 2010
View looking down one side of Royal Exchange Square with the gallery on the right. The Square is bedecked with fairy lights over the Christmas period.
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I was attracted to this white bike, it was chained to a wrought iron fence. I was amused by the three clemetines and the bag of pick-and-mix sweets in the basket. Found outside the Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Place, Glasgow.
It wasn't until I got home and took a closer look at the shot, I read the leaflet inside the basket.
After research - I found out it's called The White Bike Plan.
NVA launch their Witte Fietsenplan (White Bike Plan) for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2010..
Unless they mean "the shop belonging to a 'Little VIP'", which I somehow doubt.
Seen in Royal Exchange Square, glasgow.
enjoying a quiet drink in the terrace [smokers area] of The Social club at Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow city centre, Scotland during a rainy night in August 2008.