Field Visit
Date 17 September 2002
Event ID 613202
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613202
Sign, composed of a semi-circular panel (top) in which is the Boy's Brigade roundel decorated with a black anchor over a white cross; and four rectangular panels below, attached to a wall on the Water of Leith Walkway.
Inspected By : Anne Campbell
Inscriptions : In semi-circular panel, either side of anchor (painted white letters): B B
In semi-circular panel, either side of roundel (painted raised letters): 19 83
In top rectangular panel (painted raised letters): WATER / OF / LEITH / WALKWAY / STEDFASTGATE
In second rectangular panel (painted raised letters): OPENED / 8TH OCTOBER 1983 / BY / RT HON TOM MORGAN CBE / LORD PROVOST
In third rectangular panel (painted raised letters): NAMED TO COMMEMORATE / THE / CENTENARY / OF THE / BOYS' BRIGADE / BY / RT HON LORD MURRAY PC / HON PRESIDENT / LEITH BATTALION
In fourth rectangular panel (painted raised letters): CITY OF EDINBURGH / MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION / SCOTTISH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY / LEITH PROJECT
Signatures : None
Design period : 1983 (?)
Unveiling details : 8 October 1983 by Lord Provost, Right Hon. Tom Morgan CBE
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0706)
