Last Thursday tea-time, the Queen’s Baton came to Stranraer as part of the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. It was quite fun to watch the crowds milling around in anticipation – arguably made for more interesting street-photos than the baton itself.
Tag Archives: Stranraer
Optimism
…is a for-sale sign attached to this dump in the middle of Stranraer
Curtains
Horizontal market business fail.
Dead shop specialising in vertical blinds, Stranraer.
Space reserved for carpark attendant
The things one sees out of the corner of one’s eye whilst strolling around town…
Urban grunge
Frontage of The George abandoned hotel in Stranraer.
With apostrophes like that I’m not surprised the pizza joint went bust as well.
Social Failures
This afternoon in Stranraer I stumbled across a protest in the town centre, a group of maybe 30-40 folks setting out their stalls (literally) to protest against the `Bedroom Tax’ and other social injustices.
Kudos to them for getting off their backsides to object.
But please, in the interests of being taken seriously:
- learn some vocabulary. The greater majority of political objections I’ve seen north of the Border centre on the simplistic phrase `[Scotland] says no to’ (be it a local proposed windfarm or tax scheme); how stupid does on have to presume one’s listeners to be that `opposes’ or `rejects’ are too complicated?
- learn, or better, write, some protest songs. And learn to sing. Screeching an ungrammatical Louis Jordan song from 1944 into a microphone, accompanied by electric guitar, rather detracts from the message.
Hardly surprising that I had the Dire Straits song Industrial Disease going through my head all afternoon – `there’s a protest singer, singing a protest song’…
The End of the Line
Definitely the back end of Stranraer railway station.
Moved On
At a guess, I’m assuming the dental practice that was here has moved on.
Perhaps the NHS should update their webpage, although the banner image serves to illustrate the former glory of the building.
Social Commentary 1: the morning after
Two abandoned glass bottles.