Glasgow council has ended plans to stop pranksters placing cones on top of a Duke of Wellington statue. It's part of a long tradition of statue tomfoolery.
Glasgow council has ended plans to stop pranksters placing cones on top of a Duke of Wellington statue. It's part of a long tradition of statue tomfoolery.
More than 10,000 sign an online petition defending traffic-cone statue tradition as part of Glasgow's heritage
Glasgow council has ended plans to stop pranksters placing cones on top of a Duke of Wellington statue. It's part of a long tradition of statue tomfoolery.
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Plans are lodged to raise the height of the "iconic" Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow - in a bid to stop revellers placing traffic cones on it.
The customary sight of Glasgow's Duke of Wellington statue with a traffic cone placed on its head could be a thing of the past.
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
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