It was a time for giant fun when this photograph was taken. Big Rory helped East Kilbride Development Corporation managing director George Young, left, and chairman Allan Denholm to launch the festival ‘Big Rory And His Oversized Responsibility, Wee Malky’.
A major figure with a big monument to his name. That’s
this statue in the Necropolis, Glasgow, which is a tribute to actor and theatre owner John Henry Alexander. Under his direction it became the city’s top theatre and he made sure everyone knew it because modesty was not one of his attributes. But in 1849 the building caught fire during a show and 65 people were killed. Mr Alexander was said never to have recovered
from the shock and died not long afterwards on December 15, 1851. This monument was designed by James Hamilton and carved by sculptor Handyside Ritchie
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