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| Fountain in front of the main performing hall. |
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| There are several metal animals downtown. I've never noticed before that this monkey is rearranging the letters that spell out INFORMATION on the information board. |
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| Flame mosaic commemorating the last witch burning in town in 1669. |
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| We live in one of the roughest cities in Scotland (which is why it wasn't entirely surprising when schoolgirls were setting a fire in our stair tower last week). The town is full of graffiti and derelict buildings, but there's also so much gorgeous architecture. |
7 comments:
Love the clock--and the chance to think about witch burning early in the morning.
You should check out a book called "Witch's Blood" by William Blain. If you haven't already. It's all about Dundee.
I never noticed that the monkey is re-arranging the letters of Information to spell "Ma Fair Toon" as Dundonian for My Fair Town.
Not my Fair City - which would be referring to Perth.
I'd spotted most of the things down town but had completely missed the Witch Flame. I agree the architecture is wonderful. It throws back to when Dundee was a rich city full of jute and marmalade.
KWB
Thanks to the monkey I know where to go when I am looking for "ma fair toon".
They commemorated the last witch burning? Was that for "yay we're not doing this anymore," or "look what we used to do?"
Eliana--Yes, poor Grizzel found herself on the wrong side of Henry Scrymgour's authority (great names, hey?)
Anonymous--Someone else recently recommended that one to me. I'll have to check it out.
Steve--I never noticed that either until you pointed it out.
KWB--It's actually a bit hard to identify as a flame, if you don't know to look for it.
Meg--He's a helpful monkey.
Ldsjaneite--Maybe a bit of both.
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