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This Is My Glasgow

Wincher's Stance at Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station. This statue was created in 1994 for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive by John Clinch (yes, really!), and features a couple kissing in a close embrace, known locally as winching. I love the single tear, highlighted in polished bronze, running down the woman's cheek.

A bronze statue of a young couple in a close embrace.
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This Is My Glasgow

A statue of Thomas Carlyle in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow created by William Kellock Brown and erected in 1916. Born in 1795 in Ecclefechan, Carlyle became a famous writer, historian and philosopher. While some of his views are no longer be acceptable, he changed the English language forever by coining words such as Environment, Captains of Industry, Visualise, Gullible, Improvised, Shiftiness, Decadent, Self-help, World-famous and Giggly.

A statue of the Scottish early 19th Century philosopher Thomas Carlyle.
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#ThrowbackThursday #TBT: 7 years ago today we were in #Wrocław for an afternoon. There are more than 970 "Wrocław #dwarfs" all over the city, but I only snapped a few of these mini #bronze figurines, sorry!


#Breslau #Wroclaw #WrocławDwarves #WrocławDwarfs #Zwerg #WrocławGnomes #Zwerge #dwarf #dwarfs #BreslauerZwerge #WroclawDwarfs #WrocławskieKrasnale #oldTown #Altstadt #streetPhotography #streetArt #urbanArt #sculpture #sculptures #Skulptur #Skulpturen #Statue #statues #Statuen #Poland #Polen #Polska

(Sorry, I really didn't mean to post so many carousel posts today!)
Three bronze statues of Wrocław Dwarfs stand on a cobblestone street. The dwarf on the left, representing deafness, wears a pointed hat and puts a hand to his ear, looking upwards. The dwarf in the middle, representing blindness, holds a white cane. The dwarf on the right is in a wheelchair. A red brick building with a window is visible in the background. The shadows of people are cast on the building.
A bronze statue of a Wrocław Dwarf stands on a cobblestone street. The dwarf is holding a guitar above its head, its arms outstretched. In the background, there's a bustling market square with colourful buildings, people walking around, and a church tower visible on the left.
Two bronze statues of Wrocław Dwarfs are positioned on the exterior of a building. One dwarf sits on a window ledge, while the other is standing on the street, seemingly pulling the first dwarf up with a rope. The building's exterior is made of stone and features a window with text partially visible above it.
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