Field Visit
Date 25 June 2002
Event ID 613140
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613140
Five metal warriors, from S. to N.: Samurai with sword; Roman with a round shield; Australian Aborigine with oval shield and boomerang; African with large shield and long spear; American Indian wearing feathered headdress and carrying bow and arrow.
The building was occupied in the early 1960s by the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd. It was subsequently occupied by P & O Travel in 1986, Hogg Robinson Travel in 1992, then Going Places Leisure Travel Ltd in 1998.
The figures have been on the building since the 1960s.
The figures represent the five continents of Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and America.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : Early 1960s
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0657)