Edinburgh #4
I've mentioned there was plenty of statuary and sculptures around Edinburgh. Here are a few of the things that caught my eye. The lion in St Andrew Square garden was very different from the usual 'civic lions'. Not sure I really liked it; I prefer Saltaire's four classical lions.
On the Grassmarket, I noticed a plaque saying 'Robert Burns stayed here in 1791'. Such history everywhere.
The rather jolly 'Oor Wullie' statue on the Royal Mile commemorates a war veteran, Tom Gilzean, who raised funds for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, rattling his collecting tin on the streets of the Old Town. He died in 2019 aged 99. See HERE.
Some may like their men 'in the raw' (don't ask what's under the kilt!); others prefer them locked up! 👀 😳
And back to St Andrew Square for the Paddington statue, part of a trail of 23 all across the UK, placed by the film studio as publicity when the latest film 'Paddington in Peru' was released in 2024.
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