Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
RESIDENTS IN A FLAP OVER POP-UP SALTIRE MYSTERY
DUNDONIANS have been left “perplexed” after 20 Scottish flags were put up on park railings only to disappear a day later.
Saltires were arrayed along a section of Arbroath Road near the junction with Dalkeith Road at Baxter Park.
One local took a snap of the flags on Tuesday as the wind picked up shortly before 6pm.
David Marr said he had clocked the flags while out walking his dog, Fern.
He said they had still been there yesterday morning but by the time he took his dog for a walk just after 1pm, they had disappeared.
“I reckon there must have been around 20 flags going right along from the Arbroath Road entrance near Dalkeith
Road right back along towards the other Arbroath Road entrance,” said David.
“At first I thought it was maybe related to independence but there wasn’t any slogans on the flags.
“Then I kind of joked is the first minister on her way to the park?
“The flags were all spaced out, it must have taken someone a bit of time to set it up.”
Martin Groves and Chuang Gao were out for an afternoon walk and said the flags had triggered plenty of curiosity.
Martin, 34, added: “I could see them from my house blowing in the wind. It was more focused around the one entrance on Arbroath Road which was a little odd.
“My immediate thought was its related to independence and I thought maybe there was going to be more flags added to go right along.”
Chuang Gao, 30, who also counted around 20 flags, was not sure about when the flags were removed.
Another man, who did not wished to be named, said he was “perplexed” to see them on Tuesday evening.
“It was just totally random. I walked along and one flag simply had the letter ‘D’ written on it,” he said.
“It must have taken a person or persons a bit of time to do it. I’m just a bit perplexed to what the point was.”
Dundee City Council confirmed it was “looking into the matter”.