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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)

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