We are not amused
Glasgow’s famous Duke of Wellington road cone statue has some competition – in the shape of Paisley’s Queen Victoria.
someone has stuck a bright yellow cone on the napper of sombrelooking Queen Victoria, in Dunn square.
she has previously had other unwelcome additions, including a bird nest that was set up between her wrists a few years back.
the statue of Britain’s longestserving monarch – who famously said “We are not amused”when she didn’t like the way a conversation was going – suits the conical headgear.
Queen Victoria’s ancestors included Walter, High steward of scotland, who built Paisley Abbey in the 12th century and was a progenitor of the stewart royal dynasty.
she visited Paisley on August 23, 1888, in the 51st year of her reign to celebrate the town’s 400th anniversary.
During the 1888 visit ,Her Majesty rode in an open horse-drawn carriage accompanied by a cavalcade of mounted soldiers as she arrived in Abbey Close.
thousands of patriotic Buddies gathered, and she was welcomed by Provost Robert Cochran and 100 volunteers from the Argyll and sutherland Highlanders regiment.
Her Majesty, sheltered by an umbrella and wearing her traditional black robes and hat, then travelled along a crowd-lined High street to the steps of Paisley Museum. supply of cocaine and ecstasy.
Balfour also pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
Prosecutor owen Mullan said the cocaine – including the stash handed to Balfour – had a potential value of £189,900, with the ecstasy valued at £17,000.
Defence counsel tony Lenehan, representing Dowling, said:“He could have afforded to pay off the money because he was in employment, but thought this was an easy way out of his debt.“
tony Graham, defence counsel, representing Balfour, said:“My client succumbed to drug addiction and saw a way to get out out that debt.”