Trams for Edinburgh......Sherlock Holmes has to move

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7th July 2009

A statue of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character, Sherlock Holmes has been a fixture at Picardy Place, Edinburgh for nineteen years. Unfortunately he has to move to make way for the tram lines, and has been shipped off to storage for a while, until his new home can be made ready. A Time Capsule was located under the statue and one of the three individuals who know what the contents of the time capsule is was on hand to take it away for safe keeping meantime. Apologies to the hotel whose chair I used as an impromptu stepladder....and thanks to all those who put up with me pretending to be the press...!

01 The crane catches my from York Place Buy Print	02: Press posse #1 Buy Print	03: Final checks on the harness Buy Print	04: Press posse #2 Buy Print
05: He's on the move now Buy Print	06: The statue is visibly clear of the plinth Buy Print	07: Higher, do you think? Buy Print	08: The crane takes the strain Buy Print
09: He's clear of the scaffold Buy Print	10: Finally SH gets to look east down London Road Buy Print	11: Time to find the Time Capsule? Buy Print	12: looking west from the east end of the layby area Buy Print
13: not an easy shot - SH rests on the ground Buy Print	14: Wonder what the joke was? Buy Print	15: The statue rests on the base of the case which will be formed around him Buy Print	16: The cage is formed round the statue Buy Print
17: Matching jackets Buy Print	18: The Time Capsule is held aloft in triumph! Buy Print