A Westminster Year Zero - The Scottish Cultural Revolution and the Dawn of the New Iconoclasts
“The hand of Vengeance found the Bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled The iron hand crush’d the tyrant’s head And became Tyrant in his stead.” William Blake I was very pleased to read that our grand old neoclassical 18th/19th century municipal building here in Inverclyde is having some maintenance work carried out. Even during these times of austerity and dwindling public funds, it is important that our symbols of civic pride and architectural beauty are maintained. The Municipal buildings are A listed and the Grand Corridor and Council Chambers are very fine examples of Georgian and Victorian splendour. Years back on Doors Open Day, a lovely long serving Council official informed me that it is unclear which statues once stood on each plinth within the now empty alcoves dotted all around the outside walls of the building or even what some of the remaining carvings represent. This sad state of affairs is down to the fact the original plans are apparently lost? I don't know about the